More Things I Believe

• I believe that the St. Louis area is a great place to raise a family.
• I believe that Donald Trump will not make it through his four year term - for one reason or another.
• I believe that someone should save Donald Trump from himself and delete his Twitter account.
• I believe that there are more hypocrites per capita in politics than in any other "profession" in the U.S.
• I believe that learning to accept, be comfortable with and, yes, like who you are as a person - with all of your nuances, quirks, your personality - is one of the most important things you can ever do.
• I believe that it is also one of the most difficult things to do - I know it is for me.
• I believe that we are all unique and, yes, a little weird in our own way. 
• I believe those little nuances and eccentricities are to be embraced and celebrated, rather than covered up or hidden.
• I believe the Cardinals will miss the playoffs again in 2017.
• I believe the Cubs will not repeat as World Series champions.  It's really hard to do it in back-to-back years, as evidenced by the fact that no team has done it since 2000.
• I believe Calvin and Hobbes is the best comic strip of all time.
• I believe that, if he'd known that Donald Trump was going to be the next president, Jon Stewart would have never stepped down from him role as host of "The Daily Show".
• I believe that the Baylor men's basketball team will make it to the Sweet 16 this year.
• I believe that the Baylor women's basketball team will make it to the Final Four this year.
• I believe that Matt Rhule was a great hire for Baylor football.
• I believe that Baylor football will win at least 7 games next year.
• I believe that, contrary to popular opinion, people don't change.  Oh, they may change some ancillary habits (stop smoking or drinking, lose weight, etc.) but the core of who they are will never change.  The guy who was the egotistical jerk in high school will still be an egotistical jerk when he's 50.  The person who was a bully in school is still a bully when he/she is an adult, it's just that they are now bullying co-workers and employees instead of classmates.  The guy who was the immature man-child at 20 is still an immature man-child at 50.  The person who is a genuinely nice, caring person as a kid will still be a genuinely nice, caring person as an adult.  A person can change their habits or their look but they can never change their nature or how they are wired.
• I believe that some of you will vehemently agree with that last one and that's okay.
• I believe others of you will wholeheartedly agree with it and that's okay, too.
• I believe our elected officials should spend less time drafting and attempting to pass so called "bathroom bills" and more time actually trying to address the problems that impact this country.
• I believe that global warming is real.
• I believe that Dr Pepper is the most delicious soft drink ever invented - I don't need to use those newfangled drink dispensers to "improve" it by adding cherry or vanilla.
• I believe that some people should not be allowed to use said newfangled drink dispensers because it is apparently too advanced for them.
• I likewise believe that some people should not be allowed to use the self checkout kiosks at the grocery store and should instead just be checked out by a person.
• I believe that Rush Limbaugh is an inconsistent, egotistical blowhard and I can't fathom how people can listen to him day in and day out.  I've tried to do so and it's really just awful.
• I believe that terrestrial radio sucks and am forever grateful for the advent of satellite radio and MP3 players.
• I believe that people in large cities should strongly consider voting Republican or Libertarian Independent instead of Democratic.  Here's why: virtually all large cities in America have been consistently led by Democratic politicians for the past 50 years and how many of them are really better off than they were in the 1960s?  Few, if any.  If you keep doing something over and over again and it keeps leading to the same lousy results, shouldn't you try a different approach?  Really, what do you have to lose?
• I believe this is the warmest, least snowy winter I can ever remember.  Seriously, we've had basically zero snow and temperatures consistently well above average.  It's early March and the Bradford pears are in bloom, something that usually doesn't happen until late March or early April.

Thanks for reading!