“Your car is Japanese. Your pizza is Italian. Your potato is German. Your democracy is Greek. Your coffee is Brazilian.Your tea is Tamil. Your watch is Swiss. Your fashion is French. Your shirt is Indian. Your shoes are Thai. Your electronics are Chinese. And you complain that your neighbor is an immigrant? Pull yourself together.”

Product of Society

There's something about waking up to single digit temperatures at 4:30 in the morning to serve stingy old people breakfast for 8 hours a day that reminds me of the word grind. Why is winter such a nasty matron for us poor, honest, hard-working Midwestern folk? So far my biggest regret this winter has been shaving my fuzzy man beard when December rolled around, and not having that extra protection from the elements on my smooth as a baby's ass face. Meaning my face is smooth as a baby's ass, not that I have a baby ass face.
The only thing that seems to warm me up, besides starting my car 3 hours ahead of whenever I need to leave, is my favorite Rhymesayer brother from up north, and best rapper alive, P. to the O.S. (Fuck Jay Z) His music is ripe with grind and down to earth problems simpletons like myself relate to on an every day basis.
I know I've posted his videos many times before, but there's something about these songs that somehow seem to light a fire under my ass when all I really want to do is bury myself in a mountain of blankets, drink butterscotch schnapps and hot chocolate and watch Home Alone all day.
Hopefully these songs masterpieces can motivate us to escape the safety of our foxholes we call our beds and face the battles we call our lives. Strength and honor my comrades.

Not so small arms vol. 2

In that same minute that someone is dying, there are 15 new arms manufactured around the world for sale. There are nearly 640 million small arms in the world today, basically one for every ten people. The total value of the combined sales of arms by the top 100 producing companies in the world is about $236 billion per year, or roughly equal to the combined national output of the 61 lowest income countries in the world. Of the top 100 arms-producing companies, 38 of them are based in the United States. Do the math. THe only people winning armed struggles are the arms manufacturers themselves. Stop the violence.

Not so small arms

Each year an estimated 500,000 people will die world-wide from small arms. About 300,000 of them from wars, coup d'etats, and other armed conflicts. Another 200,000 will die in homicides, suicides, unintentional shootings and shootings by police. If you do the math it means that every single minute that passes, someone will die as a result of a firearm.

Human Let Down Epidemic Reaching Global Proportions

Local area man, Tyler Boeyink, is quickly becoming disillusioned with the rampant epidemic of blow offs in his social network. "In the last month or two I would say I have either been stood up, or completely blown off at least a dozen times or so." He would comment. Let the record show, however, that being stood up or completely blown off are exactly the same thing.
His concerns for the reliability of humanity grow as friends and potential dates seem to "have it out for him." With friends and family members moving on to other parts of the country to pursue careers and secondary education, times are looking tough for Boeyink. "Its getting to the point where I can't even make an arrangement to hang out casually with a friend without doubting that person will even show up. I understand that sometimes things happen, and you have to cancel, but at least have the decency to give a heads up in some form. I'm really debating if I should start collecting a deposit or some type of collateral so if my feelings get hurt at least I have something in the way of money or cool toys to show for it."
With doubts on the rise, it is hard to say what impact this will have on Boeyink's willingness to make arrangements in the future. "His confidence is shattered and his self respect is at an all time low," added one of his friends. "it's hard to see this happen to the same person over and over again."
We here at Change Order wish you luck Mr. Boeyink, in your frugal attempt to maintain old relationships, and establish new ones. Don't let these economic and social hard times get to you. In the wise words of an honest hard working man, "ya gotta just keep on keepin' on."

Hocus Focus

Sometimes things get lost between the shuffle of downloading hundreds of songs, killing zombies, fighting online terrorists, rolling rocks all night at the local Excite-A-Bowl or endlessly sinking lower into a bottomless leather couch during a 4 hour marathon of I can't remember what. Sometimes those are important things. Even more important then downloading hundreds of songs even. Sometimes I really need to get my priorities straight and put my life on tra..... (Team Deathmatch)