I was telling Denice about how I let this asshole on the Interstate get to me today. Normally when someone gives me the finger for no apparent reason I just blow it off, but today that wasn’t the case. I was driving home a few hours ago, going a little faster than the speed limit, when this clown gets right up on my bumper. There was a car in front of me, so I couldn’t go any faster. He eventually sped around me, and flipped me off, all while hanging his head out of his window and hurling expletives at me. I was enraged. I started to speed up to catch him. I’m not sure what I would have done if I did, but it was a moot point, seeing that my truck is a beater, and couldn’t catch the guy anyway. Well, after about a minute I realized how stupid my behavior was. Here I am, driving like a maniac in my little green beater, trying to catch an immature little punk who doesn’t know me from Adam, all the while endangering my life and the lives of everyone around me. Stupid. I quickly regained my calm, and went back to driving like a normal person.

When I finished telling Denice my story, she said that she thought it was funny because every time she would get road rage, she would hear my voice saying, “just let it go. It’s not worth it,” in her mind. I have already made that kind of impression on her. It was humbling to know that she takes my words as wisdom, and I almost ruin her image of me by letting that douche push my buttons. It makes me want to try harder to be the kind of person that she can look up to. She already is to me. I hope I never let her down again.

We now have four videos in the can for our Carnivore Rehab project on Youtube. We’re still having a hard time keeping away from the dairy products, but we have maintained our abstinence from meat. Our weakness is Mexican food, especially chips and queso dip. If we can break our addiction to cheese, I think we will be on our way to becoming true vegans.

I’m trying to think of what to do for the next video over at the Erick’s Odyssey Youtube Channel. I’m going to give editing a try for a while. I’m not that proficient with it yet, so don’t expect much. I think I’ll do a video on the defeat of SOPA and PIPA. Stay tuned.

At a point in the conversation we got to talking about the trouble that is brewing with Iran. I personally think it is only a matter of time before the U.S. ends up in a major conflict with Iran. A war with Iran would be bad, no so much because Iran is a capable military opponent, but more because it could end up dragging China, Russia, and Israel into the insanity. China and Russia are heavily dependent on Iran for oil, and Israel has been frothing at the mouth to get at Iran for a long time. The U.S., China, and Russia all have nuclear weapons technology. What I see forming is the perfect storm of human stupidity that could very well usher in a Mad Max, Hell on Earth apocalypse.

If the wort case scenarios come to fruition, it is a certainty that the U.S. government will re-institute the draft. Technically, I have exceeded draftable age, but I’m sure if things got bad enough that wouldn’t matter. If the proverbial ‘shit’ hits the proverbial ‘fan’ then I’m afraid anyone who can walk and pull a trigger would be fair game. I want to make my position known right now on this. I am not going to play this game, period. I am not going to go kill people to protect corporate interests, or to satisfy the egos of government and military douche bags. I am not a coward, and have no problem using deadly force to protect what I hold dear, but I do not believe that this is the case. When things are escalating out of control, someone has to draw a line in the sand. If enough of us refuse to become instruments of death… then the insanity will come to an end. Enough is enough. War ends with me!

We have enjoyed unseasonably warm weather here in the Tennessee valley for the past few days. That has come to an end. In the past twelve hours the temperature has dropped over twenty degrees, and it’s going to get even colder by morning. I fear that old man Winter is about to bitch-slap us a reminder of just how bone-chilling cold he can be. I’m ready for it. Sure, it’s going to put a hamper on my sudden mountain biking renaissance, but I’m too chubby for that right now anyway. I am dropping some weight though. In spite of the recent bad eating that Denice and I have done, we are both still down a few pounds. Hopefully, we will be able to keep the momentum, and by spring time we’ll be in much better shape to do some cycling.

That’s all for now. I’m going to go take a hot shower, and engage in one of my favorite activities… sleep.