The short return of the Masked Blogger

I doubt the Masked Blogger's next job will be as a journalist. ENJOY!

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With the exception of some sort of a tragedy, nothing is worse than looking for a job. To help the unemployed, there are a variety of different employment search engines such as Careerbuilder.com. I don't know who their marketing personnel are, but if their ace card is a guy in a Speedo, picking toe jam, it may be time to clean house. Question: With a picture such as this, should the tag line be "Start Building" or "Start Bulging"?

ANOTHER...use for Duct Tape.

Employee of the Month

President Obama's ideals...

"One of the great strengths of the United States is ... we have a very large Christian population -- we do not consider ourselves a Christian nation or a Jewish nation or a Muslim nation. We consider ourselves a nation of citizens who are bound by ideals and a set of values." - President Obama

I'll have to admit, I have been thinking about President Obama's statement for the last couple days. I understand his point, however, I do not believe it is worded correctly. At least I will give him the benefit of the doubt. I tend to believe that President Obama took into consideration his audience before he made his statement, but once again - I will give him the benefit of the doubt.

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Our country is a great and strong country with an undying freedom. That undying freedom gives us the freedom to worship whatever/whomever/whenever we choose. However, our country's ideals and values are based upon Christian principles.

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I find it odd that our National cemeteries contain crosses. I find it strange that our Pledge of Allegiance states we are "One nation under God." I find it ironic that our country's leader takes the oath of office on the Holy Bible. I also find it ironic that the highest court in the land has the Ten Commandments chiseled into the building's composition. I am also reminded daily of our nation's history when I look at our currency - In God We Trust.

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I guess, according to President Obama's statement, we might need to re-think all of those inaccuracies. Right?...or...Left?

The Masked Blogger - Those Old Tar Heels

Monday night, the North Carolina Tar Heels won their fifth NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship. Chapel Hill is synonymous with basketball excellence. Dean Smith, Michael Jordan, James Worthy, Rasheed Wallace, Vince Carter, and Jerry Stackhouse are just a few names connected to this dominant program. Some are suggesting that the current Tar Heels team may not only be the best team in the school’s history, but also the greatest team of all-time. Some are even heralding Forward Tyler Hansbrough as the greatest college player of all-time. The greatest player is certainly up for debate, however, the only team that could receive that kind of accolade in my mind is the 1990 UNLV Runnin’ Rebels.

What must be considered however in regards to the current National Champs is their age. In the current era, high profile student-athletes usually spend one year in college by requirement, but two at the most. The 2009 North Carolina Tar Heels have two senior and three juniors in their starting five.

How this team ranks in the history of the NCAA is unknown. However, unless there is some kind of alteration to the NCAA rules, this will be the oldest team college basketball will remember.

I have a dream...of an all Black rodeo???

I am on Ticketmaster's email list. From time to time, I am notified about special events coming to my area. Just the other day I received such an email. I opened the email hoping to find out that my favorite band was coming to town. Well, it was not my favorite band and quite frankly I didn't know what to think. The Arkansas Black Rodeo (brought to you by the Real Cowboy Association) encouraged me to hurry up and get my tickets for their event. My first reaction was - this is can't be right. I thought it was some type of comedic performance or some performance in poor taste. After further research, I concluded this was indeed a rodeo that featured and was ran solely (from what I could tell) by African-Americans. I just shook my head in disbelief.

In my opinion, we as a society are taking two steps back when we keep segregating programs based upon race. I don't think it sends a message of unity and progress. I would venture to guess that IF this was the Arkansas White Rodeo, you might have heard about this on the six o'clock news and every media outlet in the country. I could be wrong, but I doubt it. Either way - white/black/green/mauve, it's not appropriate. Is it not our goal as a country to eliminate racial barriers? If so, why should we on our own free will raise barriers based upon race?

Our civil rights leaders fought very hard to tear down walls of segration. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. once dreamed when people would not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character. Obviously, the Arkansas Black Rodeo wants you to know that race is an issue.

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Why can't we just have a rodeo?

When jokes are sometimes funny...

I find abnormal things entertaining. I guess that says a lot.

I find it amusing that a joke can be really funny in a certain situation, however, the same funny joke will not be funny under other circumstances. Example: Rodney Dangerfield - I think he's pretty funny and has some great one liners. How can you not laugh at some of these?

I have good looking kids. Thank goodness my wife cheats on me.

If it wasn't for pick-pockets I'd have no sex life at all.

What a kid I got, I told him about the birds and the bees and he told me about the butcher and my wife.

All of those are great and should warrant a chuckle, however, in certain situations you may not laugh and not even smile. I'll provide you a real, true un-hollywood story. I can plainly recall returning from a college golf tournament in the mid-90s. It was late and all the guys in the van were telling jokes and acting crazy...except for one guy, me. I had stomach cramps. I was perched on the edge of my seat somewhere in the dark state of Missouri (or should I say -Misery). I was looking for any brightly neon beam that would house my porcelain salvation.

So friends, I give you my Glenn Beck-ism - Life principle #1:

When you have to #2, you have to look out for #1.

And believe me the funniest jokes are not funny.