There was a time when I never wanted to travel, but then I met my wife who loved to travel to far away countries for her vacations. She convinced me to go on these excursions after some time.
The reason it never interested me was because I had heard horror stories from the news and media.
In Mexico, I had heard of couples getting killed or robbed of all their belongings, in Jamaica there was a gang war happening. These events happening in other countries made it seem like it was very unsafe to go.
I'm sure you can all see why I was hesitant to travel to those locations, it doesn't sound like a very good time when you are worried about being killed, kidnapped, or robbed.
But let me spin this tale around and pretend that I lived in another country and wanted to travel to Canada for my vacation. What sort of news would I hear about Canada? People getting shot and killed daily, road rage incidents, drive by shootings, people dying in car accidents, and the Canadian prime minister going to war with the United States.
Doesn't exactly sound like the nicest place in the world does it?
My point is that every country in the world had their share of problems, and it doesn't matter where you live, there is always some sort of danger. You have to be smart and make sure you don't put yourself in those types of situations. No matter where you live.
I went on those vacations to other countries and I had a good time. We were smart and didn't go to a shady night club, or hitched a ride with a stranger who offered a cheaper ride, we didn't stay at a cheap hotel, and we didn't visit slum locations. Just like you would do if you lived here.
It's going to be as safe as you decide to make it.
Scott Goerz
Saturday, July 7, 2018
Friday, July 6, 2018
The Person Behind You ( a wee bit of road rage)
What do you do when you are driving and you come up to another vehicle that is going slower than you?
This is a serious pet peeve of mine. I'm not usually a slow driver, I usually do at least 5 or 10 over the speed limit at any given time.
It really gets on my nerves when another driver gets behind me and feels the need to get so close to my tailgate that they are just about touching it with their front bumper. This person behind me feels that they can somehow bully me or push me to drive faster.
This happens quite often especially on the highway. I get so agitated that I will actually slam on the brakes for a second and the person behind me tailgating usually backs off, but then they are in a rage.
Let the road rage games begin. When this happens and the person who was behind me finally gets to pass, they usually do so with their window rolled down middle fingers exposed, and a series of derogatory expletives aimed in my general direction. I don't feel bad, I am a firm believer of cause and effect.
The person behind me was way too close to my vehicle and was driving very aggressively, which caused me to slam on my brakes for a second to deter their actions, in effect this aggravated this person even more and sent them into a fit.
You could try to argue that I was driving slower than the person behind me, but in this scenario I am doing 10 over the speed limit already.
This sort of action doesn't happen in a mall, nobody gets right up behind another person so close as to try to make that person walk faster.
If I am introduced to this scenario, and I am the person behind the slower driving car I slow down and wait for my opportunity to pass, without tailgating.
You and everyone else on the road are inside of a re-enforced steel missile, it is capable of incredible speeds and damage, it has killed hundreds of thousands of people and it continues to kill people daily. Maybe we should eliminate the road side drama and rage that comes with driving and try to be as calm cool and collected as possible.
Scott Goerz
This is a serious pet peeve of mine. I'm not usually a slow driver, I usually do at least 5 or 10 over the speed limit at any given time.
It really gets on my nerves when another driver gets behind me and feels the need to get so close to my tailgate that they are just about touching it with their front bumper. This person behind me feels that they can somehow bully me or push me to drive faster.
This happens quite often especially on the highway. I get so agitated that I will actually slam on the brakes for a second and the person behind me tailgating usually backs off, but then they are in a rage.
Let the road rage games begin. When this happens and the person who was behind me finally gets to pass, they usually do so with their window rolled down middle fingers exposed, and a series of derogatory expletives aimed in my general direction. I don't feel bad, I am a firm believer of cause and effect.
The person behind me was way too close to my vehicle and was driving very aggressively, which caused me to slam on my brakes for a second to deter their actions, in effect this aggravated this person even more and sent them into a fit.
You could try to argue that I was driving slower than the person behind me, but in this scenario I am doing 10 over the speed limit already.
This sort of action doesn't happen in a mall, nobody gets right up behind another person so close as to try to make that person walk faster.
If I am introduced to this scenario, and I am the person behind the slower driving car I slow down and wait for my opportunity to pass, without tailgating.
You and everyone else on the road are inside of a re-enforced steel missile, it is capable of incredible speeds and damage, it has killed hundreds of thousands of people and it continues to kill people daily. Maybe we should eliminate the road side drama and rage that comes with driving and try to be as calm cool and collected as possible.
Scott Goerz
Thursday, July 5, 2018
Neighbors Never Met
Where do you live and how many neighbors do have around you? How long have you lived there and do you have relationships with those neighbors?
I have lived at my acreage for around 10 years now. I have gone over and introduced myself to my neighbors, they are nice people, and we have helped each other out throughout the years with stuff like snow removal, tree pruning and helping out in general if the other neighbor needs it.
Some people I have met have never met their neighbors, they have lived in their house for twenty years and have never introduced themselves or the neighbor has never come over to say hi either.
One woman I talked to said that she heard that her neighbor had hurt his arm and couldn't work, so whenever it snowed she took it upon herself to shovel her neighbors drive and walkway when she did hers. Her neighbor never came out and said thank you or showed her any recognition for her kindness.
I am baffled by the ignorance and selfishness of people in general, to not show any gratitude for another persons' kindness is completely selfish, I wonder if they are thinking to themselves, "Well, I didn't ask for help. I'm not going to thank someone for something I didn't ask for."
There is something wrong in this world, a simple common courtesy is missing from a lot of people.
How can you live next door to someone for twenty years and never have talked to that neighbor? Why live in the city? Everyone in the city is packed together like sardines in a can. If you are the type of person who is secluded in nature and don't like other people maybe you should go live in the mountains and be by yourself.
Go over and say hi to your neighbor, introduce yourself, and for most of us, your life will be better for it.
Scott Goerz
I have lived at my acreage for around 10 years now. I have gone over and introduced myself to my neighbors, they are nice people, and we have helped each other out throughout the years with stuff like snow removal, tree pruning and helping out in general if the other neighbor needs it.
Some people I have met have never met their neighbors, they have lived in their house for twenty years and have never introduced themselves or the neighbor has never come over to say hi either.
One woman I talked to said that she heard that her neighbor had hurt his arm and couldn't work, so whenever it snowed she took it upon herself to shovel her neighbors drive and walkway when she did hers. Her neighbor never came out and said thank you or showed her any recognition for her kindness.
I am baffled by the ignorance and selfishness of people in general, to not show any gratitude for another persons' kindness is completely selfish, I wonder if they are thinking to themselves, "Well, I didn't ask for help. I'm not going to thank someone for something I didn't ask for."
There is something wrong in this world, a simple common courtesy is missing from a lot of people.
How can you live next door to someone for twenty years and never have talked to that neighbor? Why live in the city? Everyone in the city is packed together like sardines in a can. If you are the type of person who is secluded in nature and don't like other people maybe you should go live in the mountains and be by yourself.
Go over and say hi to your neighbor, introduce yourself, and for most of us, your life will be better for it.
Scott Goerz
Wednesday, July 4, 2018
Transgender? Gay? Maybe They're Confused
The sheer number of trans children out there is staggering, it has been like an explosion of young hormones all at once, all flying in different directions and non one knows where the pieces will land.
Do you really have to decide what your sexual orientation is when you are thirteen? Do you even know the difference at that age?
Think back to when you were in school, did you ever wonder if you might be gay? I remember looking at other guys and thinking they looked better than me, or wishing I had their muscles and build. I used to wish I was taller like another boy I knew. After all that wishing I would sometimes wonder if I were gay. When you are young you don't even know what gay is, or lesbian, all you know is that gay and lesbian think the same sex is attractive.
Isn't that what I'm doing when I look at other boys and I think they are more attractive than me and I wish I had their physique? When you are young, you don't know the difference.
The answer is no, by the way.
I admired the other kids, I didn't want to touch them or kiss them, I wanted to have their build and looks so that I could attract GIRLS easier. They inspired me to work out more, dress in way that the opposite sex found more appealing, and what to do with my mess of a hairdo.
I know this is a fact now, and I still admire and envy other guys with great builds, and strong chin lines. But I didn't know this fact when I was younger, from my teens to my mid twenties.
So it leaves me wondering if these children are transgendered or maybe they're confused.
Scott Goerz
Do you really have to decide what your sexual orientation is when you are thirteen? Do you even know the difference at that age?
Think back to when you were in school, did you ever wonder if you might be gay? I remember looking at other guys and thinking they looked better than me, or wishing I had their muscles and build. I used to wish I was taller like another boy I knew. After all that wishing I would sometimes wonder if I were gay. When you are young you don't even know what gay is, or lesbian, all you know is that gay and lesbian think the same sex is attractive.
Isn't that what I'm doing when I look at other boys and I think they are more attractive than me and I wish I had their physique? When you are young, you don't know the difference.
The answer is no, by the way.
I admired the other kids, I didn't want to touch them or kiss them, I wanted to have their build and looks so that I could attract GIRLS easier. They inspired me to work out more, dress in way that the opposite sex found more appealing, and what to do with my mess of a hairdo.
I know this is a fact now, and I still admire and envy other guys with great builds, and strong chin lines. But I didn't know this fact when I was younger, from my teens to my mid twenties.
So it leaves me wondering if these children are transgendered or maybe they're confused.
Scott Goerz
Tuesday, July 3, 2018
A Theatre Review
Lately I have been dreading going to the theater, the small little chairs, some kid kicking the back of your chair, people talking and munching on snacks directly behind you, and people talking on their cells throughout the movie.
People can be so ignorant it's amazing.
My opinion has since changed since I went to landmark cinemas in the city. Every single chair in that place is like an easy chair, with full electric foot rests and recliner. The chair backs go way back and it almost feels like you are laying down. Since it's all electrically adjustable you can set it how you like.
Everything else is how you would expect as well. Great sound, great picture. The price isn't too high either, coming in at right around 25 dollars for 2 people.
The seating is set up in such a way that it is actually impossible for some kid to kick your chair from behind or to hear others talking and eating food. There is a spot for your drink and you don't have to worry about sharing your drink holder if someone sits next to you.
The middle of the chair also lifts up and turns into a love seat, great if you want to cuddle up with your honey. This is the way movies should be when you decide to go out for the evening. You should be comfortable, relaxed, and not have to worry too much about other people.
Landmark Cinemas, has renewed my interest in going to the movies again, It's affordable, comfortable, and enjoyable. So far I have seen Deadpool 2 and Avengers Infinity war. Both of these movies were good, but they were made even better because I was comfortable.
I'm not giving out free advertising here, but I feel I have to give credit where credit is due, and I am the biggest complainer and flaw finder that I know of and for once I didn't have anything to complain about.
Scott Goerz
People can be so ignorant it's amazing.
My opinion has since changed since I went to landmark cinemas in the city. Every single chair in that place is like an easy chair, with full electric foot rests and recliner. The chair backs go way back and it almost feels like you are laying down. Since it's all electrically adjustable you can set it how you like.
Everything else is how you would expect as well. Great sound, great picture. The price isn't too high either, coming in at right around 25 dollars for 2 people.
The seating is set up in such a way that it is actually impossible for some kid to kick your chair from behind or to hear others talking and eating food. There is a spot for your drink and you don't have to worry about sharing your drink holder if someone sits next to you.
The middle of the chair also lifts up and turns into a love seat, great if you want to cuddle up with your honey. This is the way movies should be when you decide to go out for the evening. You should be comfortable, relaxed, and not have to worry too much about other people.
Landmark Cinemas, has renewed my interest in going to the movies again, It's affordable, comfortable, and enjoyable. So far I have seen Deadpool 2 and Avengers Infinity war. Both of these movies were good, but they were made even better because I was comfortable.
I'm not giving out free advertising here, but I feel I have to give credit where credit is due, and I am the biggest complainer and flaw finder that I know of and for once I didn't have anything to complain about.
Scott Goerz
Monday, July 2, 2018
Maybe We Live Too Long
In the 1800s we lived to about 40 years old on average. It took a full 100 years after that to live up to the age of 50. After the 1900s we started to gradually get older thanks to new medicine and surgical procedures. From 1940 to the year 2000 there was a huge leap in how old we could get with the steady evolution of computers that lead to even more new medical and surgical procedures and the mapping of DNA and the human Genome.
I have always been an advocate to living forever, and anti-aging technologies. Recently, with the steady decline of my own body, I've been wondering if it would have been better to die at 40.
If you only lived until you were forty your life would have been pretty good, your body would be still be strong, as well as your mind. You could drift away silently in your sleep and you wouldn't be mess of an old person that forgets everything and everyone.
Things start to happen as soon as you turn 40. Your body starts to deteriorate for some unknown reason. Your eyesight goes, and new pains and aches come from nowhere. Your mind starts to slip away and you forget things more often. Your metabolism slows down and it becomes harder to lose weight.
I have been thinking about the long road from here. If I live from forty to one hundred that's sixty years. That means I'm not even at the half way point yet and with a steady decline of my bodily functions and mental stability I can't even imagine what sort of mess I'm going to be in.
That doesn't sound very promising for my future. There may be a light at the end of the tunnel in the form of my opening sentence. From 1940 to the 2000s there was a huge leap in the age people were getting from technology. Quantum computers are just around the corner, as well as reverse aging techniques that have shown wonders in mice.
A mouse that receives the procedure is around 80 years old and after a few days it grows new hair, new muscle, and has more energy. The scientists claim that it went from 80 years to 20 years within a week. Obviously this test needs some long term results but there is hope for this technology to be used on humans someday.
I'm hoping it's before I die, all crippled up, while I drool on myself, while wearing a diaper.
Scott Goerz
I have always been an advocate to living forever, and anti-aging technologies. Recently, with the steady decline of my own body, I've been wondering if it would have been better to die at 40.
If you only lived until you were forty your life would have been pretty good, your body would be still be strong, as well as your mind. You could drift away silently in your sleep and you wouldn't be mess of an old person that forgets everything and everyone.
Things start to happen as soon as you turn 40. Your body starts to deteriorate for some unknown reason. Your eyesight goes, and new pains and aches come from nowhere. Your mind starts to slip away and you forget things more often. Your metabolism slows down and it becomes harder to lose weight.
I have been thinking about the long road from here. If I live from forty to one hundred that's sixty years. That means I'm not even at the half way point yet and with a steady decline of my bodily functions and mental stability I can't even imagine what sort of mess I'm going to be in.
That doesn't sound very promising for my future. There may be a light at the end of the tunnel in the form of my opening sentence. From 1940 to the 2000s there was a huge leap in the age people were getting from technology. Quantum computers are just around the corner, as well as reverse aging techniques that have shown wonders in mice.
A mouse that receives the procedure is around 80 years old and after a few days it grows new hair, new muscle, and has more energy. The scientists claim that it went from 80 years to 20 years within a week. Obviously this test needs some long term results but there is hope for this technology to be used on humans someday.
I'm hoping it's before I die, all crippled up, while I drool on myself, while wearing a diaper.
Scott Goerz
Sunday, July 1, 2018
Attraction: Our Nature
Many of us get into a relationship, and either you or your significant other think that after you have entered into the relationship that the other person shouldn't be attracted to anyone else but them.
I don't think it's possible to stop yourself from being attracted to someone else. It could be someone famous, someone you work with, someone you notice while out in public. It is inside your DNA and makes up who you are that dictates who you are attracted to. It's the reason you enter into a relationship with someone else in the first place.
It is one of your base instincts to be attracted to someone else and trying to go against that instinct would be the same as trying to stop feeling pain.
For someone to tell you that you are not allowed to think anyone else is attractive is incredibly naive, and an impossible request.
What you have to understand is that even though they find other people attractive, it is you that they have chosen to be with, and it is a choice that they continue to follow. They will follow this choice until there are enough reasons for them to start looking for another person to be with, or decide to spend the rest of their life with you.
If you are a jealous, insecure person you will try to control who your mate finds attractive and control who they see and what they do. This will ultimately lead to a breakup and will be your fault because you will have pushed your significant other away with your overbearing nature and need for control.
You chose who you want to be with, they chose to be with you, now both of you have to trust each other.
Everyone will be attracted to someone else and that is totally fine and normal, it's who you chose to be with that matters.
Scott Goerz
I don't think it's possible to stop yourself from being attracted to someone else. It could be someone famous, someone you work with, someone you notice while out in public. It is inside your DNA and makes up who you are that dictates who you are attracted to. It's the reason you enter into a relationship with someone else in the first place.
It is one of your base instincts to be attracted to someone else and trying to go against that instinct would be the same as trying to stop feeling pain.
For someone to tell you that you are not allowed to think anyone else is attractive is incredibly naive, and an impossible request.
What you have to understand is that even though they find other people attractive, it is you that they have chosen to be with, and it is a choice that they continue to follow. They will follow this choice until there are enough reasons for them to start looking for another person to be with, or decide to spend the rest of their life with you.
If you are a jealous, insecure person you will try to control who your mate finds attractive and control who they see and what they do. This will ultimately lead to a breakup and will be your fault because you will have pushed your significant other away with your overbearing nature and need for control.
You chose who you want to be with, they chose to be with you, now both of you have to trust each other.
Everyone will be attracted to someone else and that is totally fine and normal, it's who you chose to be with that matters.
Scott Goerz
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