Just another day

It's amazing what you find out there, when you really "aren't looking" for things. I tend to hold a less then optimistic view of where our world is going, and have found that, for the time being, frequenting those types of sites just helps to keep my own mind at ease. I've tried to introduce online friends to a couple of web sites with less then successful results, thus, I just keep that side of my brain on lock down.

In my Internet roaming, I came across this blog article titled "The Day The Dollar Died" and that got my mind racing again:

http://johngaltfla.com/blog3/2009/11/18/the-day-the-dollar-died/

No, not a happy read, but I've often wondered, what would Joe Six-Pack think when he read this article? "Not in the U.S of A!" "Damn people with their doom and gloom!" "Woman, get me a beer so I can watch NASCAR!" I guess I don't give people enough credit where credit is due, but I just don't see people viewing our current state of affairs as "relevant" in their techo-gadget world. This does NOT take into account what's going to happen when oil prices spike, and they will sooner then we all care to imagine. When that happens, we get to go through this mess again, but without the benifit of breathing room.

I'm scared for my family, my friends, and my country. Because of that, I frequent those "gloom and doom" sites, because there, I can relax, see what I need to do to help my family prepare. Am I ahead of the curve, far from it. But I feel good in what I've done so far to make sure my family can take care of themselves. There's much do to yet, and hopefully, I can get more done before that blog story becomes reality.

Not the happy blog for the week, and that's ok. Somedays, life just isn't happy.