I was talking to my grandmother on the phone last night. I haven’t talked to her in a long time so we had a lot to catch up on. I wanted to talk to her because I knew she had poor eyesight and I was hoping to help her get Lasik surgery. But even as I tried to explain it to her, I found that I was asking myself exactly what is Lasik? I mean, what exactly does the actual word mean? I guess I should have looked up the definition of that word before I tried to talk my grandmother into it. I definitely should have known better than to think that it would be the first thing she would ask, and that she wouldn’t listen to anything further until she understood what it meant. Silly me. I just didn’t think that she would insist on knowing the definition of the exact word before she’d hear anything else about it. I figured I’d at least explain the procedure to her and tell her I’d get the definition to her right away. There was no way she was going to look into it herself; she really hates technology and absolutely refuses to go near anything computer-related.

I was looking at pictures that I finally downloaded from our family reunion that I attended this past year.  I sure have been putting off getting the pictures posted for everyone to see.  I really think the reunion turned out great.  I have cousins I was glad to see again.  Some of us haven’t seen each other for years.  I could see the resemblance in all of us – the way we laugh, and walk, and everyone is really funny. One cousin is a doctor, who said he could see androgenetic alopecia runs in the family.   We didn’t know what that meant and told him to please speak English.  He said that a lot of people were bald headed.  We had a good laugh on that one, because it’s true especially on my Grandpa’s side of the family.  We even had a few aunts who seemed to be thinning out on the top of their heads.  But who cares, we were just glad to see each other all in one place.  I am certain that everyone wants to see these pictures, so I will put them on the Internet in a photo album.  We are sure to add to the album in the years to come.

I’m not sure why they wanted this project done. It sounded as if an intern could do it. I don’t know who left the message; all the voice said was install wire closet organizer. When I called the office to ask who left it all I received was the voicemail. I’m pretty sure it sounded like Mark who left the message, but it was so full of static that I couldn’t tell.  It might have been Jeff.  I guess it doesn’t really matter who it was I just want to know who wants it done and why. If it is someone who hasn’t been here that long they might not have the authority to approve a project like this. I had little time to get it finished before they started showing the home.  I tried calling all those who I thought it was. Mark said that he didn’t call but to ask Jeff because he thought he remembered him talking about something like that. So I called Jeff. He said he didn’t leave the message. I finally ended up calling George. It was him who left the message.   He was sorry about the last minute project, but the boss thought it essential to get it finished earlier rather than later.  I had to go all the way across the town to pick up the equipment.  We were using special materials that you couldn't get anywhere else. When I got to the business I found out that my company doesn’t have an account there. I had to max out my credit card by buying materials for this project. They better reimburse me quickly. If my wife found out I did this I’d be better off dead.

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I almost burned down my whole house last night!  I set my cigarette and forgot that the thing was still burning.  The first thing it melted through was this brochure for the benefits of home security.  In fact, benefits of home security was the only thing left on the remains of the brochure that I could still read.  How am I going to know how to protect my home and all the benefits of doing so?  You know other than the fact that I get to keep all my things and not have any damage done to my place and possessions?  I suppose I could just call the security company and ask them to mail me a new brochure.  I could even drive by there and pick one up.  Anyway, the cigarette melted through the brochure and started a little fire in my trash bin.  Luckily, I woke up with a start, but not from a nightmare or anything.  No, I missed lunch and had a light dinner so my stomach was growling and I was desperate for some sort of snack.  Then I saw the trash and couldn’t believe it.  I immediately grabbed a glass of water and dumped it in.

            People have always called the United States of America a melting pot.  It’s a country and society made up of many different cultures and peoples and we’re all supposed to be extremely proud of that fact.  Yet, all we ever read about in the news are people who seem to hate other kinds of people and lives instead of celebrating them.
 

            Last July, a Hindu chaplain sponsored by Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nevada, opened up a session of the Senate with a Hindu prayer, invoking the earth, sky, and spirits.  Then he proceeded to get pelted by fruit by Christian activists screaming that Satan had been let loose upon the senate floor. 

            A society is defined as a grouping of individuals, characterized by common interests, and may have distinctive culture and institutions.  And America’s common interests are supposed to be the fact that we are all truly individuals with our own beliefs and goals.  That’s why it’s called the land of the free because we’re supposed to be free to believe what we want.  We don’t have to love each other, but we at the very least have to tolerate each other.  That’s what makes us civilized.  That’s what makes us a true society. 

            I understand that there are dark chapters in American history.  Slavery in particular is a huge black eye, not to mention that even when all the slaves were freed Jim Crow laws were passed to make them second-class citizens.  The Klu Klux Klan ran roughshod over the South for years and still exercise a lot of power in certain regions to this day.  And, of course, racism and various other types of discrimination will probably always exist.  But working out the kinks is a necessary part of growing up for any society. 

            Generally speaking, the belief was that since the dark ages civilization and society have been on the upswing, at least until the Holocaust, which many consider the lowest point in human development.  By after that, civilization and society began progressing again.  Humankind should be at its peak right now.  And since the United States of America is the world’s sole superpower and most powerful country, it should be the best example of humankind. 

            Yet, here we have Americans chasing other Americans off the floor of a house of government because they have different beliefs and a different concept of God.   What kind of society is this?  Isn’t embracing differences supposed to be what America is all about?  The first amendment even states that there should be freedom of religion and of belief, not to mention separation of church and state, which is for the good of all churches and organized religions.  If the state controlled any religion, then that would be the only one in all the land. 

            If American society matched the definition of society exactly, it wouldn’t be much of one.  If you thinks are difficult now, imagine how hard it would be to live with everybody else if we were all the same.