Why do I play games on facebook?  I started playing “Mafia Wars” because my son-in-law needed my assistance in joining in his mafia.  Well I was hooked, so I played my little heart out every minute that I had.  In the morning before work I would go in a “do a job” and I joined Mafia Wars groups and added more and more people to my friends list and grew my “mob,” and then somebody would come along and beat me up and rob me.  So I switched to Farmtown and my kids laughed at me; they said it was lame.

But I farmed my little heart out, every chance I got.  Look at my cute little farm I would say, I’ve got a little house, with a flower garden and an orchard, and look at my animals.  I had so many dogs (and dog houses) that my friend called me the ASPCA of Farmtown.  Then my kids started farming, but they were on Farmville, so I had to join to be their neighbor and help them out.  But Farmville really started ticking me off.  Every time I would get my farm just right, something new would come along and I would have to “have a wedding” or “build a bakery” so I got bored and started playing Social City. 

Social City wasn’t all that bad, most of the stuff I needed was stuff I could purchase and I didn’t need to rely on my neighbors and friends to send me stuff.  I grew Stoneville to a population of just under a million.  Then I got bored. I tried Frontierville but couldn’t figure it out.  So I stopped.  But then my daughter started playing and she told me how to play, so I started it again.

I’ve been playing it now for a while but no-one does what I ask!!  I send them the stuff they ask for and I say, “I really need building materials” and they send me fruitcake.  I ask for paint and they send me donkeys.  I sent my Farmville friends gifts and said, “don’t send me anything, I don’t have time to play.”  I just cleaned out my box and had 25 gifts; since yesterday. I just don’t get it.  When I’m actively playing a game I can’t get people to send me what I need.  Maybe I should stop playing Frontierville and my saw mill will get built. 🙂

What constitutes good taste in a joke?  Would you find it funny if the coach of your favorite sports team invited you to be on the field during a big game and offered you the opportunity to call a play; and then never gave you the opportunity and said it was a joke?  I didn’t think so, but that is exactly what happened to one young sailor who is currently serving our country aboard the USS Ronald Regan.  Bo Pelini coach of the Nebraska Cornhuskers dangled that little carrot in front of Petty Officer 3rd Class Morgan Ryan and then yanked it away just as quickly and indicated it was all a joke and he never intended on letting him call a play.  What a piece of shit.

Those of you who know me, know how I feel about our military and how they sacrifice for all of us and how truly grateful I am.  Then I find out that someone has played a cruel and malicious prank on them, well I don’t know about you but that doesn’t sit well with me.   First Pelini owes Morgan Ryan an apology and a big one at that.  Then he needs to find a way to make it up to him and in a big way.  Let’s face it, when you screw up big you need to apologize big.  What the hell was he thinking?  Apparently he has become so calloused that he has forgotten what it’s like to have “stars in your eyes” and to idolize a sports figure or a sports team.  I sure hope he gets a lot of grief over this one and I can’t wait to hear what people say.  Maybe you should resign Bo Pelini….oh sorry, that was a joke.