Man, I am slipping. I forgot to rant about yesterdays excursion through commercialism. The hotel we do maintenance at had one of their waterheaters die. And of course, it happened when they are packed full of people for the big holiday weekend. So it looks like a trip to Menards because nobody here has commercial water heaters in stock. The boss needed me, and my pickup, to go to BigBoxTown early to beat the black friday rush. So we get to Menards at 6 freakin a.m., and we cant find a parking spot! There are people parked over the curb, and on the grass! All to save a couple bucks on a Skil saw! I dropped Boss off and circled like a vulture preying on limping Toyotas just trying to get to the main road. I finally para-sighted a spot opening up at the garden center and backed in, much to the dismay of the other jackals around me. I sat waiting for Boss to call me and let me know if he got one. Man, I sure regretted quitting smoking! I did find a fingernail that needed some chewing though. After about 20 minutes I get out to see if he was at the exit or check out or close to being done. As I get to the back of the truck, the fella in the next car yells at me "Hey man, I know your sitting there waiting on whoever you're waiting on, and you have probably seen as much of all this crazy shit as I have." "Yeah," I said. "check this out for 30 seconds and tell me what you think. Just listen for thirty seconds." "Allright. Sure!" was all I said, thinking whatever this is, its got to be more entertaining than watching near misses in the parking lot and listening to christmas songs on the radio. Stupid radio stations. So he starts spitting out the dopest rymes, g. All about how people are sucked up in shopping for stuff we dont need when theres people starving. I gave him more than 30 seconds. I was pretty impressed. I cant put 2 sentences together without throwing in an Uhhhh... or ummmm... What he was rapping about was pretty good. And I told him so. then he started telling how he wants to be heard and how he's white just like Eminem and how Eminems birthday is October 17th, and his is on October 16th, and thats got to mean something, right? Probably not. Anyway I didnt answer him on that one. Then he starts telling me way too much about his past, then I start thinking, "wackjob!". I shouldnt, but I did. Sorry Menards parking lot rapping guy. My bad. Anyway, Boss called my cell phone, I met him at the exit, we went around back, picked it up, and went to work, everything was swell. And then this morning I started thinking "Ha! Christmas rapping! Free! Free Christmas rapping at Menards!" Ha! LOL! Did somebody pull my leg? Where are the hidden cameras? Is this some kind of joke? Noooo, its not. he is right. Too much time spent on shopping and not enough on just plain giving of yourself. So its OK to start the season early. Not with early sales. Early giving of yourself. Wether its your time or blankets to Goodwill. So, thanks, and once again, sorry Menards parking lot rapping guy. Good job. He gets it. Well, thats about it. I better get off the computer and get something done today.  ¶ 6:36 AM