Tom is a 25+ year resident of Germantown and the surrounding community. He currently lives in Hubertus with his wife and two small kids on a hobby farm near Bark Lake. Tom's blog will likely not save the world, but hopefully, you'll get some enjoyment from his ramblings.
I’m not normally a whiney person. In fact, I’m normally an extremely positive person, but lately, I’ve been in a funk. So while this is a little out of my element, I’m going to whine about some things that have been bugging me lately.
~ Golf – I’ve golfed all my life, and by now, you’d think I’d be pretty good at it. To the contrary, the more I golf the worse I get. Is there anything else in life that this happens with!? That bugs me.
~ Local TV News – I cannot believe what a negative image of Southeastern Wisconsin our stations project. I mean really, is nothing GOOD happening anywhere in our area? Stations seem so focused on shock value, they’ve forgotten to tell us about all the good things going on in our communities. That bugs me.
~ Bugs – What’s the deal with bugs lately? I hate bugs, and there has been an abundance of overly annoying ones all over the place as of late. Mosquitoes, yellow jackets, box elder bugs, ticks, and horseflies. And there’s even been a bunch of different kinds of bugs I’ve never even seen before bugging me this year! That bugs me.
~ Fergie – Unless you live under a rock, you must know the pop singer by the name of Fergie. Now I personally like her and all, but what’s with her spelling out so many words in her songs? Is this some sort of service to our youth? In her tune “Fergilicious” she is describing cotton candy or something (sic) and spells it out as “T to the A to the S T E Y”. Now I’m no English major or anything, but I believe TASTY is not spelled TASTEY! C’mon Fergie, I can get over your suggestive lyrics, but could you at least teach our kids how to spell correctly!? That bugs me.
~ The Packers – The Packers organization completely alienated me during the draft and free-agency period this year. I could whine about this one forever, but I am trying to suppress my anger on this one. My therapist suggested that I do that when I mentioned to her that I’d like to drive up to Green Bay, take Ted Thompson by the neck, and…..err, well, you get my point. That bugs me.
~ The Brewers – Yeah, yeah….I’m a fair weather fan, just like the rest of you. I get all excited year after year in the first half of the season when the Brewers get hot like they’ve done again this year. In fact, they’ve been very hot this year, and are even hanging onto 1st place in their division. But, mark my words, we’ll slip into oblivion soon after the All-Star break like we do every year. That bugs me.
~ Gas prices – Whatever.
~ Loud Harleys – A Harley Davidson motorcycle is supposed to be loud, and that is one of the many things that makes them so cool. But c’mon, some guys have pipes on them that literally make my windows shake and send my dog underneath the bed. That’s just not cool. That bugs me.
~ The Sopranos (pronounced sah – prah – noh) – Was it just me, or was that so-called “final episode” disappointing? I had a lot of time invested in Tony and the boys, and that’s the best HBO could do for a finale? What sort of ending was that? That bugs me.
~ And the one things that bugs me the most! - People that whine. That really bugs me!
What’s been bugging you?
I promise, I’ll try and write something a bit more positive next week.
If you have time to whine and complain about something then you have the time to do something about it. ~Anthony J. D'Angelo
