When did the world become a meme?

     I got a few things I would like to say tonight.

     First I would like to talk about my progress to be healthier and live a better life. We(my wife and mom) are doing very well on our journey to be better.  Currently we are three weeks in and I am down 10lbs and I added another milestone to my walks by reducing the amount of time it takes to walk a mile. When I first started I averaged 19 minutes and 40 seconds and today I hit 17 minutes and 07 seconds on 3.6 miles. I think I could have done better if I had not gotten a cramp in my thigh. I wanted to give up and I called my wife to come get me but as I kept walking it worked itself out and I kept going. It was said to me that I don't need to push myself so hard and the only response I can say to that is, Yes I do, If I do not then who will do it for me, and the answer is nobody. Now I will not overdo it and I will not put myself in a position where trying to get healthy will actually do me more harm than good. I know my body (well except for when I found out I had diabetes, that threw me for a complete loop) and I will not go to far but I will stop just before I get there.

     Secondly I got my RAM back from Corsair. Well technically it is new RAM but still I am super excited to maybe get some stability in my rig that has bothered it for so long. I also started looking at water cooling components and also a new processor to put in my rig eventually but that will be down the line a while before I can do that.

     Now for the third item it may seem a bit off topic from what I normally ramble about but it is something that has really kept my mind wondering over the past few days since I first heard about it. Nelson Mandela is in the hospital again and it is not looking very good for him. The former president of South Africa has been battling lung infections and even got better for a brief period of time before this last admittance into the hospital. Writing about Nelson Mandela is not something I thought I would ever go out of my way to do; however, I find this man to be a very positive person on this planet and I think that his presence when he is gone will be sorely missed. I did not pay attention to politics when I was younger and to be quite honest I think politicians are all lying scum that are only in it to advance their own vane attempt at self worth. Nelson Mandela is the polar opposite of what I just described and I think that is because he was a person who had an idea before he became a politician and I personally think that even after he became the president of South Africa it was more of just a way for him to bring hope to a group of people that had suffered at the hands of others for so long. I am to young to have been around for great leaders and people of our past, those that impacted the world in more ways than just leaving a sound bite or famous quote, I was not alive to have been able to witness the impact and the struggle that Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. went through nor was I alive to witness the pain and struggles that Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (Mahatma Gandhi) had to endure in the liberation of his people. I was alive though for the fight Nelson Mandela fought and I consider myself lucky that I will be able to say to someone down the line that I to got to witness a part of history that will never be just a footnote in the dwellings of history books. Although, as I write this Nelson Mandela is still alive in a South Africa hospital the prognosis is very grim and I know that when he does pass I hope that humanities problems may just stop for a moment and realize what we have just lost, not only was he a: father, husband, son, and brother. This man became a symbol of freedom in land that had truly needed to break the bonds of mental slavery.

     Lastly I would like to say to those of you reading this blog, thank you. This blog has become a way for me to release mentally and I never thought to do this before. Even though I may get extra grim or down in some of my writings I feel that it has helped me to have a better mindset  throughout the day and that is something I am real happy about. I never thought that writing (no matter how bad my spelling and punctuation is) would be an outlet I would explore but yet here I am sharing my new experience with you.

BTS