A Gelato for All Seasons

I felt compelled to write about a little restaurant we discovered in Sandy. If you're ever in the mood for an amazing italian sandwich or, more importantly, need some amazingly authentic gelato, you need to head over to Cittá Gelato & Café on 2101 E 9400 S in Sandy. I highly recommend the meatball sandwich (italian sausage meatballs on panini) and the peach yogurt and blood orange gelato (or the sour cherry). The tomato bisque soup is also very tasty.

Five stars!

Who's FICA? And why's HE getting all my money!?

I don't plan on making it a habit to post blogs that purely complain about things, however, I just finished doing my taxes...and I don't think Rachel could have said it any better. I know I'm fortunate to be a somewhat successful professional in spite of not having completed my education, but it's frustrating to make just enough to get by, but not enough to get any tax breaks.

I think this will bother me less as my nephews get older. At least then I can rationalize that I'm paying for their education. Of course, because I don't have any kids of my own (and can't legally adopt) I'm S.O.L. as far as having a say in how I think they should be taught.

Or perhaps a better word, I heard recently, "indoctrinated", if you listen to Oklahoma politicians. If you have no idea what I'm talking about, take a moment to listen to some hate:

Oklahoma lawmaker says gays are worse than terrorists

At first I laughed, that an elected official who (I imagine) has received a college education would spout such garbage. But now I feel sad, that simply being educated is not enough to dispel these myths and lies. The only agenda I'm aware of is equality, and it's not a new ideal. It's just our turn to fight.

And while I could go on about this and several other issues that are close to my heart, I'll instead close this blog and leave you with a scripture that has become my mantra over the years since I came to accept who I was...

Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you. - Matthew 5:44

Posting for Posterity

Well, everyone else is doing it so, why not me? I've decided to start a blog for posterity's sake. Who knows? Maybe in the future this will be the historical documents we leave our children (or in my case, my nephews), in a futuristic world where we all wear synthetic blends and paper is an illegal substance...and still, no flying cars.

I make no promises as to the quality of the content that will be displayed here, only that it's the truth as far as I believe.

Stay tuned.

P.S. Happy Birthday Ryan, and Happy St. Patrick's Day everyone!