The Briar Patch

 Every month I donate to a local animal charity, as I like animals much more than people. However I also choose 1 random charity to donate to as well. Something I feel is important, 12 charities randomly important to me, a year. NOW this isn't 100% altruistic. I do get to feel good doing something & there is a benefit at tax time. Fun fact I miss when rich people actually donated their money to decent causes instead of doing a rich guy space race. In true capitalism the wealthy were supposed to donate to keep society going and government was to back off and not have to tax as much because those who could help would. Seems like all "thinkers" they forgot to think about human greed. This little side rant is just saying IF more people who could gave a little more maybe the world would be a better place?? All the right wing nuts saying down with big government and taxes.... Did you ever think about this?? Truth and reconciliation, the pope coming all this I think is kind ...

Its all over, another Xmas has come and gone. Did you get what you want? Welp it doesn't matter cause really you could be out buying in on these amazing boxing day sales right now! As I gotten older and maybe wiser I started to realize that last sentences don't matter. I mean actually I knew that a long while back but let me get down to Xmas and what is really about..... Do you remember what you got last Christmas or the one before that?? Presents are for kids. I mean yes it is a big deal then. I remember just waiting to open my Santa present. But even as a kid something better was always coming. My cousins! We would go over or they would come over and it was soooo much fun. I think that was maybe when I started to there was more to Xmas. Then I moved away, it solidified it. Coming home it didn't freaking matter what was under that tree. It meant 2 things. Time off! So that was super awesome. But more than that it meant I got to see family. My parents, grandparents and ...