I’m running everything I have from a really shitty VPS service right now. It’s actually fairly hilarious how pathetic this service is, but it’s free, so I can’t bitch that much. You always get what you pay for. Always.

If you haven’t noticed, I haven’t had any real network connectivity in what feels like many eternities. I’m still at work too much. I still have a ton of things going on outside of work. I haven’t even called an ISP to find out how much it would cost to begin setup for an account. I’m still with my beautiful sexy pants. I hope that never changes. Our son is huge. He’s only six months old, but the only thing he’s currently wearing that doesn’t squish him is 18 month clothes. He’s huge. He’s a beastly little boy. It’s not even solely the fact that he has filled out, but he’s tall as well. His feet stick a good amount out of his car seat. He’s enormous. He’ll surpass his sister in height before she’s a grown adult, and it’s ridiculous because he’s trailing her seven years in age. I love my midget and my giant. I love my family.

On March 28th my little man decided “enough is enough”, and broke his mom’s water. He kicked the plug from the drain and started the wondrous process of “labor”.

Holy crap.

If he ever gives his mom crap about “I don’t want to” or “I don’t feel like it”, I’ll be the first to stick up for her and say “You know, son, she went through a lot of crap just to bring you into the world. The least you can do is appease your mother. You owe her more than you will ever imagine.”

I’ve been away for a while, it seems. A long while. A few things have changed, but most haven’t. Idiots will be idiots. People who feed off of idiots will always take great amounts of pleasure from feeding off their weaker prey. This is likely how things will be until the day we die.

Here’s a look back at a few things that have happened.

Aaron Swartz took his own life after being handed a ridiculous judgement. No lawyer in the world can protect you when you’re coming up against serious money. He never actually committed any crimes, he only did extraordinary things. The extraordinary things he did earned him a place in the crosshairs of rather rich individuals.

I’m being worked like a dog. Things are getting so rough at work that I had to sleep 18 hours to catch up. I feel better now than I have in a very long time.

That said, I’ve also taken some important steps in my life to make me feel empowered. I’ve cut bad rubbish out. I’ve needed to remove negative influences from my life so that I might start in a positive direction with my new life, doing what I need to do to ensure the success of myself and my own.

I do think anger is a good thing to rid yourself of. It’s not worth carrying around. It drags you down. It weighs on your ability to see that which is truly important. I let it run it’s course, vile and pure as it is, then I drop it as quickly as it comes. I leave it alone, because those who wish to cause me to be angry really aren’t worth being angry with. I can overcome any obstacle thrown in my way. Creating obstacles for others is far more time consuming than overcoming them. For that reason I don’t concern myself with such petty people and their petty games. I actually have a life to live. I have a family. I have people who love me. I have a wonderful baby boy on the way. My life isn’t callous and hollow, my life has meaning.

I’d like to take a quick minute to apologize for the crap VPS I’m hosting this blog off of. Apparently, nginx is too much for it to handle. Once I’m better established, I’ll seek new alternatives to this garbage. Until then, just bear with me.

Surprisingly, I’ve had people defend Walmart’s business ethics and tactics in regular conversation before. I’ve heard people brush off egregious wrongs against society as being “the norm” or “acceptable, or even necessary business practice”. I’m here to tell you; those people are assholes.

Walmart destroys the working class. This is undeniable. Those who are forced into an employer/employee relationship with Walmart (usually due to a serious lack of options, as Walmart destroys small businesses), are always on the suffering end. Walmart profits greatly from employing people they have no intention of giving raises, insurance, or potential for advancement. What is also interesting, but not surprising, is that many female Walmart employees are beginning to discover that their male counterparts are making more money doing the same jobs that they are.