Yes folks I’ve changed the day from Friday to Saturday! My Random Rantings will now take place on this day as opposed to Friday. Reason being? I’m now to busy on Friday, and Saturday is now my day off. So enter “Random Rantings Saturday”.
There was an interesting story in the paper today I read while having breakfast with my girl this morning. A High
School kid pulled something I would have done in Highschool had I thought of it. He staged a “Kegger” at his house and invited a tone a friends over. The street was lined with cars, music was blaring, Kids were drinking and playing games; only there was only Root Beer in the Kegs. He wanted to prove the over suspicion of the cops in his town. Thinking they had just made the biggest bust I’ve under-age drinking ever, they searched and overturned everything in the house, and issued 90 breathalyser tests, they let the kids go. It was a brilliant caper, and the young man proved his point.
I’m sitting with Carrie in the Kansas City public library. I love that my woman loves to read and learn as much as I do. only one thing I’ve noticed about this place is that every time I come there is some sort of construction going on. Like every time I come. I wonder if there isn’t something to that… hmmm
My cold is fading but not faded. Currently I feel like I could go back to bed. But as much as I’d like to, I also want to feel normal and be out of the house I’ve been confined to this last week.
Carrie and I met with a photographer friend who is going to take our pictures. It’s none other than that stellar Electric guitarist for Luke Wood… Mr Steve Offut! Check out the spread he did for our friends Nate and Katty Wood: (Link here) He is awesome! By the way did I mention the guy can shred like Stevie Ray Vaughn?!
I love Microsoft OneNote 2007! I never thought I’d express actually express love for Microsoft product, but then here I am raving about One Note like it saved my life! I love that program, If you can get Microsoft office, check it out.
I have sat in the recliner in my bedroom for most of the week. It’s an admittedly ugly chair. It’s mauve in color and I’ve had it for 6 years. I fear it’s met the end of the road however, not only is it fading but my wife to be hates it. So se la vee as they say.
Germany is the first to boycott the Olympics this year. I think the U.S. will follow. It’s lame because I love the Olympics. I grew swimming and diving so watching those has always been my favorite.
Little known fact: In swiming held the city record for the 25yrd Butterfly when I was 11yrs old.
My biggest pet peve is celebrities going on news shows telling people how to vote. Entertainers, actors, singers, rappers, they are trained to do that, not give their uneducated opinion about politics, and candidates. Since when are they experts concerning who is worthy to be President.
I’m excited about going grocery shopping… and random pictures.
13 Comments
Jam3000000amSun, 30 Mar 2008 01:49:24 +000008 5, 2007 at Sunday, March 30, 2008
i go to the library about 2 times a week and there never construction going on. weird. maybe those construction guys are actually CIA and they are tracking you down for planning and executing root-beer keggers throughout the US. Ever thought of that?
Jam3000000amSun, 30 Mar 2008 01:50:45 +000008 5, 2007 at Sunday, March 30, 2008
oh. and it “cest la vie”, that’s french, the “t” is silent.
Jam3000000amSun, 30 Mar 2008 04:33:48 +000008 5, 2007 at Sunday, March 30, 2008
That was a great story about the Root Beer caper. Imagine the frustration of the cops.
Great pics, looks like your going to have an exceptional photographer for the wedding. I love his eye for a shot, and the way he frames some of his images. good stuff.
What’s your take of N. Korea these days with the open policy, has thier economic situation finally broke thier resolve? Or do you think they are getting us to let our guard down? Strange mix of things in the world these days.
Jpm3000000pmSun, 30 Mar 2008 15:00:10 +000008 5, 2007 at Sunday, March 30, 2008
Hmm… I don’t know how the fuzz roll in KC, but typically cops don’t hunt for keggers, especially in busier areas. Most busted parties get ratted out by a neighbor or a jilted, uninvited, peer. I’m willing to bet there’s more to this story.
Jpm3000000pmSun, 30 Mar 2008 15:34:31 +000008 5, 2007 at Sunday, March 30, 2008
Now I see! This happened in Wisconsin, not KC. Cheeseheads…
Though, it appears the officers responded to a neighbor complaint of too many cars in the road. So, the officers weren’t “hunting” or being “overly suspicious”, but responding to a nuisance complaint that turned into an apparent under-age drinking party.
Jpm3000000pmSun, 30 Mar 2008 15:48:34 +000008 5, 2007 at Sunday, March 30, 2008
And I think also it is a sign of the growing disrespect people in this country have about law enforcement in general. It sounds as if they were deliberately trying to make fools out of these cops, and wasting their valuable time when they have been doing much more important things. I for one think it’s far more a sign of the irresponsibility and arrogance of the boy who thought up what you call a “brilliant caper”, and certainly I think a very poor example for someone in Godly leadership over young men and young women to be promoting.
Jpm3000000pmSun, 30 Mar 2008 16:13:40 +000008 5, 2007 at Sunday, March 30, 2008
And how did the parents respond to this issue? Was there parental punishment to the child or did they laugh at it as well?
I’ll tell you what, if I had done something like that in my day may dad would have gotten the belt out and would have said, “If you are going to act like a child then you’ll get punished as one.” BAM! Spare not the rod, boys and girls!
Did the cops need to ransack the house? Probably not, all they needed to do was test the keg and told the party kids to quiet it down unless it was past the city ordinance of how much noise can be made up to a certain time of night.
There was unbalance on both sides but if the high schooler was doing it on purpose to see what the police would do or act, very wrong.
Jpm3000000pmSun, 30 Mar 2008 16:31:15 +000008 5, 2007 at Sunday, March 30, 2008
ok ok… I didn’t tell the whole story. Yes to do this was to disrespect authority. I presented the story wrong. I don’t condone disrespecting authority in this way.
However, this was in response to a number of unjustices done by school officials and the authorities in that area. members of the local football team had been suspended from school because of pictures of them with red plastic cups in their hands. No one asked what was in the cups, just suspended them.
The kid was just wanting to show that not ALL kids drink alcohol at parties.
I relate to him because when I was in highschool I never drank, did drugs, or smoked, yet school officials and cops always assumed when me and my friends were out that we did. I remember one time in Highschool the school Christian club I lead went out to have a legal bonefire out by the Salt River in Phoenix. We brought guitars and rums, and had a worship service, and we had soda in red cups. The cops showed up made us all get on our bellies with our hands on our heads and searched every bag, car, guitar case and patted us all down. Because they assumed teenagers having fun equals drinking.
This kid was merely wanted to prove that that isn’t always true. For that I stand by that fact that this was indeed a brilliant plan to do just that. Might been over the top and wrong, but brilliant by brilliant’s definition.
I understand now that teenagers being loud in a house usually does equal drinking. I understand that cops have every reason to assume that, but there are exceptions. I just liked how this young man had the forth right to do something about what he felt was wrong.
If I was his leader I would tell him he was wrong. I would tell him he deserves whatever punishment he receives. I would have told him, “your zeal was good, your follow through lacked wisdom.”
which is what I think about this story.
Sorry for communicating anything else, I’ll take note and remedy that in the future.
.::zackhensley
Jpm3000000pmSun, 30 Mar 2008 17:12:53 +000008 5, 2007 at Sunday, March 30, 2008
It’s interesting how times have changed, but teenagers haven’t. When I was a kid (last week), we were raised in a very conservative area in the south. However, secretly we couldn’t wait to try out booze and cigarettes, because it was a sign of being a grown-up to our generation. But in those days cops assumed the best.
They never checked our red cups, if we were dressed in conservative style, nor did they question our exuberance at being teenagers, because they just assumed we were doing what teenagers naturally do. However, we were taught respect, and that these risks involved serious consequences, if we did get caught.
I did get busted with a beer in my hand on one occasion, by a friend of my father’s, who was a cop. My friends and I weren’t arrested, but turned over to our parents, which as TJ said above, was an even worse fate. I was grounded for a month, couldn’t receive any phone calls from my partners in crime, or have any contact with them at school.
Our teachers were also made aware of all that as well. I couldn’t play in varsity basketball games for that month either, though at the time I was a starting guard. I also had to do all the household chores, that my sisters and I usually did together, by myself for a month. Man, did I get tired of doing dishes after every meal, and and doing all their washing and ironing. Every day that beer seemed less and less worth it.
I think the lack of personal responsibility on the part of so many parents nowadays in controlling what they were meant by God to control, i.e. the main discipline and punishment of their underage children, is in large part responsible for law enforcement being forced to act as surrogate moms and dads in some of these matters you mentioned above. Unfortunately, the growing number of indifferent and/or irresponsible parents more often raise children who are taught they are either society’s martyrs or its victims.
Jpm3000000pmSun, 30 Mar 2008 18:53:15 +000008 5, 2007 at Sunday, March 30, 2008
Zack said:
“We brought guitars and rums…”
I knew it! Lousy drunkard…
P.S. I didn’t mean to start a debate. Just sharing an insider’s perspective.
Jpm3000000pmSun, 30 Mar 2008 20:35:59 +000008 5, 2007 at Sunday, March 30, 2008
DANG IT!! that’s what I get for typing fast!
yeah I appreciate your prospective. I’ve was the Night watch security along with other things at IHOP for 6 years. dealt with many things where the receivers of my actions got offended because they didn’t know the whole story so I understand that there is probably more going on that what meets the eye.
Jam4000000amThu, 10 Apr 2008 07:25:44 +000008 5, 2007 at Thursday, April 10, 2008
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Jam4000000amTue, 15 Apr 2008 06:23:12 +000008 5, 2007 at Tuesday, April 15, 2008
tks for the linkage…im totally looking forward to shooting your guys’ wedding!