On your journey cross the wilderness, From the desert to the well, You have strayed upon the motorway to hell

"Stood still on a highway
I saw a woman
By the side of the road
With a face that I knew like my own
Reflected in my window
Well she walked up to my quarterlight
And she bent down real slow
A fearful pressure paralysed me in my shadow
She said 'son what are you doing here
My fear for you has turned me in my grave'
I said 'mama I come to the valley of the rich
Myself to sell'
She said 'son this is the road to hell'"
Chris Rea / The Road to Hell (Part 1)

Well I had my "interview" today and was offered a job. Another company also indicated today, that I should be expecting an offer in the near future. No clear choice has emerged (I hate that). Decisions, decisions.

Very funny true story
I received an email today from Lands' End regarding a recent order that I placed for an organization. The order only had a PO Box and they needed a physical address in order to ship. Well, I replied to the service rep that I had provided the shipping address when I placed the order, but that I would be happy to provide it again and did so. I received the following reply:

From: name deleted to protect the not so innocent
Sent: Wednesday, October 19, 2005 10:57 AM
To: me
Subject: RE: Lands' End Order # xxxxxx

Thank you for your response. I apologize for the incontinence.

name deleted to protect the not so innocent
Sales Consultant
Lands' End Business Outfitters

To make matters even funnier, I forwarded the email to my wife. She replied as follows:

Maybe she peed on the original order, and it smudged the mailing address?!?!

Only she didn't reply to me she replied to the Sales Consultant at Lands' End.

Please allow me to introduce myself - I’m a man of wealth and taste - I’ve been around for a long, long year - Stole many a man’s soul and faith

Well tomorrow I think I'll find out how much my soul is worth. I'm interviewing with a company that I don't wish to work for, doing a job I don't wish to do, in an environment that I don't wish to work in. Why, you may ask am I putting myself through this? Well, the job happens to be about 3 1/2 hours closer to my home, which would allow me to see my family every day. Being away from my girls has been so much more difficult than I ever imagined and I will do just about anything to get back to being part of their daily lives. Even if it means selling my soul...

Rolling Stones / Sympathy for the Devil

Wasted away again in Margaritaville

Well, since my last post hasn't generated the level of commentary that I had hoped, I thought I would go for lighter fare this time around. I came across this:

You Are a Margarita

You aren't just the life of the party, you are the party! You mix a good drink, bust out some great music, and know how to get down.

What Mixed Drink Are You?

How accurate do you think it is about me? What type of dring are YOU?

Margaritaville / Jimmy Buffett

I'm a man without conviction, I'm a man who doesn't know how to sell a contradiction

So, I could catch my reader up with the latest happenings in my world, but I've gotten so far behind that it would be a long and fairly boring piece. Instead I've decided to write about something that will hopefully spark some good commentary, but won't offend too many folks. Monica gets credit/blame for moving my mind in this direction with her recent post.

Here's the issue: I don't understand how someone can claim to be a Christian, as our President does, and be pro-capital punishment. To me, Christ was all about forgiveness and finding the potential in even seemingly worthless people. Not only that, but he was the perfect example of how government can wrongly kill an innocent person. Also, capital punishment, to me, is largely fed by revenge, which seems to go against everything that Jesus taught. The other problem I have is that many of these same people speak about the sanctity of life when they approach the abortion issue. I guess the potential of life is sacred, but once that potential has been realized and found to come up short, the state has the right to sanction killing. It just doesn't square with me.

What are your thoughts?

P.S. Maybe there is hope for Texas - check out this candidate for Governor

Culture Club / Karma Chameleon