Just a quicky

So last Thursday, Ron and I were Ambassadors for Dining Out for Life at the Pop Shop in Collingswood. Dining Out for Life is an Organization that Restaurants can sign up with where for that day, 33% of each check is donated to Aids Service organizations. The beneficiary for this particular year was the Dooley House. They are in Camden and largely focus on HIV and Aids affected babies and seniors. It’s a great cause. We had a great turnout and raised a lot of money. By the end of the night we were pooped!

Overall the night was a huge success. We did have one middle aged man and his friend sitting at the counter upset that we approached him about the cause. I knew it wasn’t going to go well when the first thing out of his mouth was “Ya know what I don’t like about you gay groups?” I quickly interrupted him and told him that this was not a gay organization persay but one who’s focus was on babies and seniors. He continued to tell me how he “loves to eat at chic-fila and how just because chic-fila is for the traditional American family that you gays are against them”. I was so annoyed. Ron whispered to me to remember why we were there so I politely as possible explained how he had been misinformed and how many gay groups / people boycott Chic-fila because they support organizations that make it their mission to attack and oppress us. He gave an “Oh, ok” and that was the end of it. I HATE when people have a strong conviction or opinion when they have no idea what they’re talking about.

Over the weekend, we mostly laid low and did house / yard work. It was a much needed exhale from a non-stop week.

Yesterday on the way to work I heard about Osama’s killing on the radio. I was surprised that it has gotten as big of a response as it has. Yes he was the mastermind behind 9/11, but as another blogger wrote, Osama is dead but Al Queda is not. I know that the world is a MUCH better place without Osama Bin Laden in it, and I believe that he was an evil person, but it’s interesting to me how the average person who knows very little about politics, world affairs or even the details of 9/11 is so into this one mans killing. It’s that “get er done” kindof mentality that I don’t quite get. And then to have all the right wing radio and tv personalities, before the body was even cold start with the “Obama is trying to take all the credit for this and so on”… Those posts are already on facebook. I don’t recall Obama taking credit for this or saying “look what I did”… He thanked the soldiers, as he should have.