Chasin' Mason

Now that the election is over and I've had a chance to internalize everything, I want to share my thoughts. While I strongly disagree with the outcome, our democracy functioned exactly as it was designed.  Ballots were cast, votes were counted, and the Electoral College votes were awarded accordingly.  It worked perfectly.  It doesn't mean the outcome is the one we wanted.  The important thing is, it rendered an outcome in the end. It also proves anyone can run for the highest elected office and win a chance to lead this country.  That's something the framers also designed.  We as Americans are given the right to elect our leaders regardless of background, faith, sexuality, etc.  You may not like the outcome, but be proud you had a say in who represents us in this grand American republic. Lastly, and I direct this to Donald Trump and his supporters.  You've won.  Congratulations on a hard fought race.  Seriously, congratulations. ...

<<blows the cyber dust off the old blog>> Hey... it's still here.  You're still here.  Well, I think you are anyway.  You're reading this new entry on a rather neglected, dusty old blog.  To you I say, "Thanks.  Thanks for sticking around." So, time to get real and catch you up on where I stand and how my weight loss adventure is going.  Simply, I fell off the wagon outside PandaBelly and decided to lay low and not move for a while.  While there, I found out why it's called PandaBelly. I'm happy to report... I've left the village.  A similar wagon to the one I was on passed by and after telling the driver a few cheesy jokes, she let me hitch a ride. Truth time.  I've gained some weight.  I'm nowhere near where I used to be, but weight gain is weight gain. I'm currently at 314.4 pounds.  Like I said, nowhere near the 394 points I used to weigh.  Now you should know, I've been back on the wagon fo...