May 9, 2006

  • Upon further review, it appears that there was a nothing at that bank
    yesterday. That's right, a nothing. Sure, there was a practically a
    swat team of cops including snipers on nearby building, but there
    wasn't any hostages, guns or even a robbery on the inside of the bank.
    Turns out, some guy who was "mentally unbalanced" was in the bank
    acting oddly saying "In God We Trust" over and over and over. Honestly,
    I think he was just reading his money. Extremely quick witted employees
    easily interpreted this as him having a gun and wanting to rob the
    bank. So, they called the cops, who in turn brought in more people
    than  Bush sent to Iraq. Next thing you know, all hell breaks
    loose. Evacuating people from a nearby restaurant, rushing customers out
    of the bank, and in the end, the guy was brought out of there wearing
    nothing but his underwear, for some reason. And because the media
    really digs so hard for good, accurate info (previous examples are when
    they reported Gore won in 2000 and the miners in Virgina surviving, and
    we all know what great, accurate reporting that was) CBS 2 Chicago
    reported that the man was robbing the bank and had hostages, so you can
    see how one could get the impression that the bank was being robbed.
    So, it turns out it was just a crazy, 45 year old guy who really likes
    to read his money when he gets it, you know, just in case something
    different was printed on there. I guess there are some lessons to be
    learned here, such as never believing the rumors. Oh, and something
    makes me want to sell my stock in CBS.

    I had a long discussion with the Christian dude at work today about
    many things, among them gays and religion and gay marriage. The thing
    is, this guy is a nice guy, I like him and want to be friends with him,
    but his views on gays prevents that from happening. And of course, he
    doesn't know I'm gay so he considers me a friend and is always trying
    for us to become outside of work friends. I push him away and keep him
    at an arm's length, because, why would I want to be friends with
    somebody who not only doesn't approve of my sexuality, but also has
    told me that if his son were gay, he would "not be allowed back in my
    house." I have stated in clear terms my thoughts and supports of gays
    and I think that he just doesn't get it, or chooses not to get it.
    Still, I hope that he is smart enough to put 2 and 2 together to
    realize that with an anti-gay attitude, I can't be friends with him. I
    know this is going to sound like bullshit, but regardless if I were gay
    or not, I still would not be friends with somebody that is anti-gay,
    much in the same way that I keep racist and sexist people at an arm's
    length as well. Some people might accuse me of being too judgmental,
    but the way I see it, do unto yourself as you do to others. And, if
    they are going to be judgmental of others, I will be judgmental of
    them and choose not to associate with them. After all, these people's
    belief systems go against everything I stand for and believe in, I just
    can't be friendly with somebody like that.