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My Brain Hurts! Free Thought is Hard.

This is another picture that I have had for quite some time.  It makes me laugh every time I see it.

Thinking for yourself is hard.  It is hard when you have been conditioned to do what the boss (parents) says since you could pay attention.  Parents, teachers and employers want you do do what you are told and get the assignment/chore/job done correctly; someone elses way.  For jobs it needs to be done this way lest you get fired.

Sometimes questions come up.  It should be your obligation to look at both sides of the question and decide which course you should take.  You can agree with the question or you could not agree, just be prepared to back it up one way or another.  You don’t have to do everything your parents have always told you to do if you are old enough to live on your own.

That is where it was hard for me.  Going from my parents house where they did everything, to my own place when I got married, where I was in charge.  I had several migraines that first year because it was hard to handle the free thought.  I very much felt like the picture above, my head needs to stay where my parents want it but my life, and my psyche need to break away and be myself.  I finally think I have it down.  Only took near 10 years.

It is always a challenge to think for yourself and not let people control your thoughts.  You can do what you want to do.

Anyone else have thoughts? Comments are waiting below.

Justin

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A review, for no ulterior motive!

Hey friends, I am writing this today because I want to help out a guy who I just discovered the other day.  The guy?  His name is Tony Deyo and he is a comedian.

Now just to be clear at the top of the post, I am not getting anything for this review.  I don’t make money from Tony and he has only given me a free copy of his CD.  You can get your own copy of his CD just by joining his mailling list at tonydeyo.com.  It is free to you as well.

Now that the details are out of the way, this CD, called “I’m telling you for the first time”, is a funny piece of work.  I first heard about the free CD and about Tony himself on the Bob and Tom show the other day.  Tony has been working his way up the comedy ladder and has the unique ability to remain clean but still tackle some adult subjects.

I for one like a comedian who can be funny with out using any of George Carlin’s 7 words you cant say on television.  Besides, he is funny.  His bit on Facebook is worth getting the CD for, especially to us who are in the blogging world and use Facebook.  He talks about parents and the lies we tell ourselves and others, and the worst part of being a parent, Potty Training.

I have gone through the potty training 3 times and am getting ready to train the 4th and I’ll tell you that was the only thing I was worried about raising kids.  I have written that before, this is not new.  Potty training should be made fun of and Tony does  so brilliantly.

On one of his wallpapers he says he is a full time Stay at Home Dad.  Caught my interest right away because, you know, that is me as well.  The only difference, I have 4 kids, he has none.  I attribute his situation to “Family Planning” .  Check out track 13 to see what I mean.

If all that is not enough, he talks about miracles.  I am not going to say more, Track 15 will make you laugh out loud.  As if you haven’t done that enough by the time you get to 15.

So, the long and the short of it, Head over to Tony Deyo’s website at tonydeyo.com and sign up for his mailing list.  He will send you a link to his latest CD for download.  Listen to it.  Laugh.  Then keep scanning the schedule page hoping he comes to your city.  I can’t wait until he hits Wiseguys here in Salt Lake.

Thanks for the laughs Tony, I can’t wait for more.

have a good day guys.

-Justin

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