Next time you are chanting ‘send someone back’, remember, it is only a matter of time until you get added to the’sending back’ list…

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Right now, the list is mostly people you don’t like anyway. If they were all gone, the list would remain. So, who gets added next? Send women back to the kitchen? Maybe it will be Irish and Italian Americans? Catholics? Americans serving in our government, people who were born here, are already on the list. Does the list include all African and Hispanic citizens, born here or not… even the ones who voted for Trump? Intellectuals, anyone who went to college? Who makes the list? I guarantee, it isn’t going to be you.

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This is what happens when you raise kids with all the money they want and none of the love they need…

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Let’s give white supremacists their ‘white homeland’… wait, follow along with me on this…

They just want a homeland where everybody looks like them. I think this is fair. The problem, as I see it, is that they actually believe that they can somehow get the entire United States to be white only. This is just absurd.

So, here is my plan. We give them what they want… sort of. We take the ‘whitest’ state in the country, build a wall around the worst part of it, and all the white people who want to be surrounded by only white people can move in. Trust me, nobody of any other race will come knocking on your gate.

You can call this your homeland. Or, we could call in a concentration camp for idiots. It amounts to the same thing. Think of it as a reservation for people with reservations about other races.

You can open up businesses, you can open banks and print your own money. And you can make and grow your own food. Here is the thing… (there is always a thing)… I bet you will find that a small percentage of you, the one percent, let’s call it, will do really well. The ones who own the farms and the stores and the banks. The rest of you will end up doing jobs that you hate, or not doing any job. And the truly ironic part is that you won’t be able to blame another race for keeping you down and taking your jobs. You will have to face the reality that it is you who is at fault for most of your problems, and nobody is going to come along and fix them for you. No moron in a magic red hat is going to come sweeping in and get you a better job or health care or education for your kids. No agency will make sure you have clean water or decent food to eat. You will have to spend time after your crappy work day to fix potholes in the roads and put up stop signs.

And I wonder how that meal tastes when you had to work in a field all day, in the hot sun, to pick the ingredients for low wages.

Let me know how that all works out for you. I could be wrong.

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Tripping the light fantastic… wait, what the heck is that?… part 8…

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Well obviously, that is a fancier version of this…

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And that is the same thing I made fancier versions of in the last few iterations of this series, but not in the earlier posts, nor will it be the same as what is coming up in future posts in this series. Got it?

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Oh come on, Arthur, more pictures of wet spider webs, seriously???… part 3…

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I decided to take some of the less exciting pictures I took and crop them way down to the good parts.

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I guess this post doesn’t need much explaining.

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I annoyed some spiders…

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By spraying some water…

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I took some photos…

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And I did it all for you.

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You are very welcome.

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Two awesome days of excellent adventures, with lots of pictures of cute kids… part 5…

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I will say that the miniature San Francisco in Legoland is pretty freakin’ awesome!

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I want that in my garden.

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The detail is incredible.

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How many Lego sets did that take?

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I can only imagine.

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But they did make all the major sites… sights?

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And my little buddy Olivia had a good time.

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And went on her first roller coaster ride.

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So it was all worth it.

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Two awesome days of excellent adventures, with lots of pictures of cute kids… part 4… special ‘adorable cousins’ edition…

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My newest little cousin. Also, if babies don’t look at you like that when you hold them, you are doing it wrong!!!

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Everybody had to take turns holding her. She looks a little miffed that I am interrupting bonding time with my daughter, Mollie.

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There is Mollie with another cousin.

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And yet another cousin.

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Awwww… is there anything better than holding a baby? I think not!

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Jessica, my older daughter, got in on the act as well.

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Hey, what did we tell you about punching Chewie in the hootchies???

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Mollie is as good with kids as me… and I don’t say that lightly.

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Because I am the freekin’ baby whisperer.

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Did I mention that Legoland has life-sized pirates made of Lego?

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Probably not.

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They also have the Golden Gate Bridge, but it isn’t life-sized. But how cool would that be?

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Two awesome days of excellent adventures, with lots of pictures of cute kids… part 3… special ‘Olivia’s very first roller coaster ride’ edition…

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That right there is my little buddy, Olivia, getting ready for her first roller coaster ride ever.

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My older daughter, Jessica, took her on it. I am too big to fit in the Legoland roller coasters.

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Action shots!

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It is not easy to take pictures of a roller coaster with a cell phone.

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I did the best I could.

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There she is, telling me and her dad how brave she was.

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Olivia is the daughter of some old friends of ours, for those of you not following along. I used to babysit her regularly. I love that kid, and so do both my kids.

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And did I mention that I got to hold my new little cousin, Maeve?

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Because we all met up at Legoland.

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There is Olivia, happy that she is tall enough to ride the roller coaster.

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There is Olivia with Joey, her dad. Did I mention that Legoland has a water park… that you have to pay extra to get in to? Also, did I mention that Olivia is really Wonder Woman?

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But don’t worry, I have plenty more pictures. HA!

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Two awesome days of excellent adventures, with lots of pictures of cute kids… part 2…

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I am not a huge fan of Legoland. I went to see all the cute kids.

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But if you are a Star Wars fan, there are some cool things.

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And yes, they are all made of Lego.

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The thing about Legoland… (hey, thing, fancy meeting you at Legoland)… is that it is specifically aimed at a very specific group, which is young kids. There isn’t much for older kids or adults to do, except run around doing the bidding of the small children.

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Since that was our goal, it wasn’t bad.

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But it isn’t exactly Disneyland.

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That being said, we had a lot of fun.

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And they do a lot with little plastic blocks.

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You gotta give them that.

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And I do have a lot of photos.

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So get comfortable.

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Two awesome days of excellent adventures, with lots of pictures of cute kids… part 1…

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My weekend was so awesome. Well, technically, my weekend is on Monday and Tuesday, but it was still awesome! I spent some time with my little buddy Olivia and her dad.

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And both my daughters are in town, the married one who lives in New York, Jessica, on the left of the Olivia sandwich, and my medical school Mollie, on the right.

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On top of that, my cousins are in town. There is little Clark, he of the long eyelashes.

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And out newest little cousin, Maeve! Mollie was a baby hog, but she gets that from me, so I can’t complain, and I got to hold the baby too.

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Seriously, what a baby hog.

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I love that my kids will never be too sophisticated for face paint.

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We went to San Francisco.

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And New York.

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And we saw a big space ship.

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And also a hotel made of Legos. Because we went to Legoland!

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Oh, and Olivia rode on her first roller coaster ever. Details to follow.

 

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