Sports and Children: Balance of Violence

I enjoy running, wrestling, throwing, catching, slamming, wacking and jumping with my two and four-year old sons.  But, my wife would rather that we look up science experiments on YouTube and try them because that’s a less rowdy activity.  I don’t want to influence their behavior and allow them to think that rowdiness is acceptable at inappropriate times, but I also would like to raise my boys as boys instead of girls (I know that sounds sexist).  The idea is that since I have boys my boys will play sports.  If I had girls it wouldn’t matter to me if the girl played sports.  (I guess I am a sexist.  I don’t think I knew that before.) 

• Maybe if I restrict the areas that we play . . . like set up certain areas for sports and make sports off-limits in other locations.
• I could also give them certain play clothing . . . they can’t get rowdy without their uniforms.
• We could have play times . . . if it’s not time for sports you can’t play them.

See? I can do this.  This parenting thing is just tedious . . . it doesn’t take a genius.  Any ideas?  -antiwasp

Filed under: Character, Culture, Lessons Learned, Self Actualization, Sports, Children, Parenting, Play, Restrictions, Sports, Violence

Texas: I’m the Type of Alcoholic that Wants Beer on Sundays

I’m not sure how your drink schedule looks, but mine’s mostly packed into Friday nights, Saturday afternoon/nights, and Sunday mid-afternoons.  Archaic religious golden cows are fucking this up for me.  I’m fairly certain that the average contemporary American views Sunday as the last day of the weekend rather than as the sabbath day.  Fuck you church goers, give me my beer on Sundays before noon.  Especially during football season.  I like to get my drink early on Sunday so I am fresh on Monday morning for my shitty job in the Army.  Sunday’s my relax day, and the planning I would have to do to get the beer the day before would ruin my weekend.  Fuck planning and fuck the fact that beer is not at any time on my weekend.  Fuck your religious beliefs encroaching on my life.  Let me live my productive life how I chose to live my productive life and quit trying to regulate the few habits I’m allowed to have.  -antiwasp

Filed under: Culture, Economy, Lessons Learned, Military, Politics, Revolution, Self Actualization, So there I was . . ., Social Life, Sports, Time, Wisdom, Alcohol, Beer, Bible, Golden Cows, Jesus, Law, Politics, Regulation, Religion, Sunday, Weekend

No One Dies During The Game

In politics, sports, life, economics, education, etc. . . I’m not rooting for the underdog.  As a matter of fact, I do usually want the best team to win if I don’t have a favorite that’s in the competition.  I just don’t want anyone to die during the game.  Take our economy, we have enough food for everyone so that no one will die.  People that work harder at their employment and have the natural talents making them valuable at work should have more money than lazy people without talents, but food oughtn’t be one of the things that poor people don’t have access to.  The same with education – all kids should get it, and health care, voting, shelter, transportation to get a job, etc.  Give the rich nice cars, the nice houses, Starbucks, the Gap, Bose Speakers, flat screen TVs, and Ipods . . . but in this game of the market no one should die unnecessarily, and everyone should get an opportunity to play when their ready.  Kids should receive no punishment of starvation or poor health care because their parents suck at the game.  Just a thought, but people shouldn’t die when playing games, or we may need to play the game differently . . .  -antiwasp

Filed under: Culture, Economy, Education, Health Care, Lessons Learned, Politics, Sports, World Wide Policy, Class Struggle, Communist Revolution, Economy, Education, Health Care, Jobs, life, Money, Revolt, Underdog