In the ever growing list of why the NHL is becoming increasingly unwatchable, I submit for your consideration a video of Islander "tough guy" Chris Simon, who apparently thinks graphite shaft on face makes for a pleasant experience.
Friday, March 9, 2007
Tuesday, December 12, 2006
Don't Raise a Loser
I was a product of bad parenting. I don't make any bones about that and I am sure my parents will agree as well. However I really can't fault my parents because they did the best they could with the resources they had. My father worked long hours and spent very little time with me and my mother did the best she could while coping with the death of her own mother. It wasn't as if I was beat on a constant bases, abused by a relative, or my dad was a drunk and my mom a whore, however it wasn't the Waltons as well. And In a way, I am glad.
I benefited from on the job training, the type of life experience you get by seeing reality and dealing with it. I was a latch key kid, I had a car in high school, I hung out with people that did drugs, I drank at an early age and did all the things that your parents wish you never did yet never get around to telling you not to do. Today, I know enough not to walk down a street in a bad neighborhood, not to look at anyone the wrong way, not to say anything to loudly as to have someone know I am talking about them negatively, and foremost, I know that I have several emotional issues that I have to work out. Fortunately, counciling and the occasion Double Maker's Mark and Xanax does the trick, however with a new little boy at home I have to learn better methods to deal with whatever I have circulating in my head.
My mission then has simply become to not repeat the same mistakes my parents made. The emotional unattachment that my father displayed towards me pales in comparison to the overly protective mother who shielded me from many of the stark realities of life. This seriously hindered my development as a person, and made me an introvert and malcontent for most of my adolecent life. I have few friends, fewer drinking buddies, and the kind of life that a hermit may be proud of. I at times reclusively hole up in my home, shielding myself from having to deal with others and confine myself to my own boredom. Escape comes in shopping or finding some other outlet that is unproductive.
So I cringe when I see people with kids treating them like they are some piece of property that are not to be tampered with. I guess that was a bad analogy, however I simply cannot understand people that have kids only to ruin them. I am not claiming anyone in particular, or maybe I am, however I understand that people's imbalances are handicaps and should not be frowned upon. However when it comes to ruining your kid, I think it is downright immoral in today's society to not take a vested interest in seeing that a child is freed from that environment. It is simply not natural to overly shelter your child and to not teach your boy or girl the reality that exists in today's world.
So I know my role in raising my child is to teach him that he is not only a citizen of the United States, but a citizen of the world. Rather lofty expectations, however I know that ideally, I want to teach my son the importance of being relevant to subjects that impact the world. Again, rather lofty and that Double Maker's may be talking. I serve him less by shielding him from the cold hearted reality that exists. If he falls, he falls. However he will learn to get up and keep on.
I benefited from on the job training, the type of life experience you get by seeing reality and dealing with it. I was a latch key kid, I had a car in high school, I hung out with people that did drugs, I drank at an early age and did all the things that your parents wish you never did yet never get around to telling you not to do. Today, I know enough not to walk down a street in a bad neighborhood, not to look at anyone the wrong way, not to say anything to loudly as to have someone know I am talking about them negatively, and foremost, I know that I have several emotional issues that I have to work out. Fortunately, counciling and the occasion Double Maker's Mark and Xanax does the trick, however with a new little boy at home I have to learn better methods to deal with whatever I have circulating in my head.
My mission then has simply become to not repeat the same mistakes my parents made. The emotional unattachment that my father displayed towards me pales in comparison to the overly protective mother who shielded me from many of the stark realities of life. This seriously hindered my development as a person, and made me an introvert and malcontent for most of my adolecent life. I have few friends, fewer drinking buddies, and the kind of life that a hermit may be proud of. I at times reclusively hole up in my home, shielding myself from having to deal with others and confine myself to my own boredom. Escape comes in shopping or finding some other outlet that is unproductive.
So I cringe when I see people with kids treating them like they are some piece of property that are not to be tampered with. I guess that was a bad analogy, however I simply cannot understand people that have kids only to ruin them. I am not claiming anyone in particular, or maybe I am, however I understand that people's imbalances are handicaps and should not be frowned upon. However when it comes to ruining your kid, I think it is downright immoral in today's society to not take a vested interest in seeing that a child is freed from that environment. It is simply not natural to overly shelter your child and to not teach your boy or girl the reality that exists in today's world.
So I know my role in raising my child is to teach him that he is not only a citizen of the United States, but a citizen of the world. Rather lofty expectations, however I know that ideally, I want to teach my son the importance of being relevant to subjects that impact the world. Again, rather lofty and that Double Maker's may be talking. I serve him less by shielding him from the cold hearted reality that exists. If he falls, he falls. However he will learn to get up and keep on.
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