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Personal Shout Out…

John — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 02:26:57 +0000

I just wanted to take a moment to give a personal shout out to my brother, Michael Lutter, who has recently started up a blog called :

QuitBeingLazy.com

He’s gone through a few challenges in his life, both personal and financial, and has decided to get off his lazy butt, and get his life in gear. His blog gives some great advice, and I wholeheartedly endorse his site (of course, he’s my brother, so I *AM* a bit biased.)

Go there now and check it out.

FallingIguana.com

John — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 17:01:53 +0000

I’ve been seeing a lot on TV about this phenomenon where Iguana’s have been falling out of trees because the temperature here in Florida has dropped below 40 degrees. For some reason, I find this completely hilarious. Thats why I’m happy to announce the launch of a new blog called: FallingIguana.com

But don’t worry, these frozen iguanas will come back to life after the weather warms up a bit.

Check it out at : http://www.fallingiguana.com

Fat Blog: 250lbs

John — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 06:00:42 +0000

Ok, so its been a LONG time since I’ve posted anything on this blog… so I’m going back to Fat Blogging… I met with an old friend from high school over the weekend, and she said, “You know, you look much fatter in your pictures than you do in real-life…” Which momentarily made me feel good, until she said, “You’d look much better if you lost 20 lbs. though…”

Deflation.

In hindsight, she’s probably off by a good 30 lbs… I’m currently as fat as I’ve ever been. And coming home after Thanksgiving, I decided that I needed to do something about it. So I started walking and trying to cut back on the food.

So today I forgot to eat breakfast, but had a cup of coffee with non-dairy creamer and splenda. Lunch was a salad I purchased from Publix with two containers of Balsamic Vinegrette and I ate some spicy pistachio nuts that I bought at an organic food store. My afternoon snack was some watermelon. For dinner I had three turkey sandwiches (made from wheat bread and only one turkey slice, Canola Mayo on once slice only) I also had about 15 mini-pretzels. Washed it down with a Gatorade G2.

Also did a 3-mile walk in about an hour.

Make your voice heard. Attend a Tax Day Tea Party!

John — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 13:31:19 +0000

I’m a huge supporter of these TEA parties that have spontaneously started recently. I’m not just talking about the Tax Day Tea Party that is going on tomorrow (although, I whole-heartedly support them as well), but the ones like in Orlando and across the country where 6000 people came out to declare that they have had enough of being ignored by their political representatives and have decided to take peaceful action.

There shouldn’t be any secret that I’m pissed at how our new government is treating us. Democrats say, “We won the election, we wrote the bill..” Well, I’m sorry to tell you, but this is still my country too, and I will do what I can to keep you from destroying it in your attempt to have your “progressive” agenda implemented.

I don’t know how many times I’ve sat in my office fuming over how the government seems to take the attitude of indifference. I’ve complained to everyone who will listen about how the Congress and the President can seemingly do whatever they want despite almost 50% opposition to their agenda. They are supposed to be representing EVERYONE, not just those that supported them during the last election.

So, for this reason, I am encouraging everyone that reads this to attend a tea party in your area (check the Tax Day Tea Party site for a list of cities that are participating). Make your voice heard. The time for the “silent majority” is over… Its time to get vocal, or you deserve what you get.

Vote for Woz!

John — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 20:13:17 +0000

I’ve always liked Steve Wozniak, Apple’s co-founder. He’s a jolly fellow and with all due respect, is a Geek’s Geek. While Steve Jobs gets all the credit for starting Apple Computers, it was Woz that is credited for actually building the Apple I and Apple II which contributed to the “personal computer revolution.”

Now Steve takes to the airwaves on “Dancing with the Stars” and needs all our geek voices to keep him dancing. Everyone go to: http://www.votewoz.com and show your support for this lovable guy. Vote early and vote often!

The Credit Crisis Visualized…

John — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 18:30:47 +0000

I just stumbled upon this set of videos that visualize the Credit Crisis, and it does a very good job of explaining how we got into the current economic problems. Part 1 | Part 2

We’ve migrated..

John — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 22:50:41 +0000

We’ve finally upgraded our servers and have migrated all the files over. If you find anything out of the ordinary, please send me an email at : john@theraceislong.com

It would also help if you can send me a screen capture of the weirdness.

Finally, its over…

John — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 17:30:25 +0000

It was almost a forgone conclusion leading up to the election last night, so I wasn’t really surprised to wake up and find out that Barack Obama was elected to be the next President of the US by a pretty big margin. Considering the utter destruction of the conservative Republican party by George Bush, its a wonder that John McCain was even able to mount the numbers he pulled in.

And in all honesty, when I changed my registration this year, I unchecked my “Republican” party affiliation, and went with “None”.. So that is saying something.

My prediction for the future? President Obama will have a few months of easy sailing, but then the Congressional leadership will go hog-wild, and the President is going to be forced to reign them in. While in Congress, its easy to just go along, as President, Obama is going to have to consider the interest of the entire country.

The Republican Party is going to have to sit down and figure out how its going to come back from this. Now that the Democrats have almost complete control, does the GOP sit back and wait for the inevitable implosion, or does it stick to its guns and try to pick their battles wisely?

Either way, they will have another chance 2 years from now.