The Uncle Frog Blog

Be leary of the government who charges or taxes people for their so-called bad habbits.  Take Alabama for instance.  This state government already charges their employees extra if they are smokers.  And all of you who sat on the sideline cheering on the onslaught of attacks on poor, innocent smokers are now seeing the next class of people to be targetted.  That’s right … fat people!  The state of Alabama is going to start charging state employees money if they are obese.

Fat People Eat Through The Mouth But Pay Through The Nose!

Starting in 2011, any employee considered obese with a Body Mass Index (BMI) of 35 or more will be charged $25 per month to keep their health insurance.  They already charge smokers $24 per month.  What’s next?  A $26 charge per month if they have any other hair color but blonde??  And then a $27 charge per month if they have another eye color besides blue??  Hitler would be proud.  Personally I’m disgusted with the acceptance that government can dictate how anyone lives their lives.

Show your Fat Pride and protest such movement through the proper use of humor by wearing one (or more) of these hilarious fat pride t-shirts !

Meddle not with dragons, for thou art crunchy and taste good with catsup!As an old Dungeons and Dragons RPG player back in the adolescent days of yore, this particular design struck a special cord for your Uncle Frog.  This is another fantastic and fun design printed on a yellow t-shirt (other colors are available) and given generously to us by a fellow CafePress shopkeeper as a Baby Shower present for our darling daughter.  I jest with Mrs Frog saying our beautiful baby girl will grow up to be the prettiest Dungeon Master ever!!

When having a new baby, naturally all the friends and family want to come by to meet the newborn and “help” the parents.  But be on guard, parents.  There certainly is a condition where helpers create more work and stress than they relieve.  This has not been the case for us, *cough* *cough*, mind you.  But we can really appreciate how this might happen.

Mrs Frog and I decided early on that, as new parents, we needed to develop our own routine with our newborn daughter.  We were fairly firm when we explained that we needed to focus our full attention on our baby, and that after we got more comfortable, confident and established a routine, we would be better equipped to accommodate out of town visitors (no, our family likes to stay with us when visiting, God forbid shelling out the shekels for a hotel room).  Surprisingly, although they were all eager to meet our baby daughter, they accepted our explanation and have honored our request.

Our in-town friends and family have been absolutely wonderful and helpful.  Many of them would swing by for a visit of an hour or two, and then go home to their own abodes, often leaving behind a home-cooked meal for us to enjoy.  Now that is what I call “helping!”

But the out-of-towners, who require accommodations, can create more work and stress than their “helping” will off-set.  As stated previously, this hasn’t been the case for us *cough* *cough* but one must be alert and prepared to defend against the ascension of eager and well-minded, yet painfully ineffective, helpers.  In their blissful mind-set in meeting the new baby, these helpers do not recognize that the additional work required in laundering fresh sheets and towels, grocery shopping and stocking of provisions, the preparation of meals, and relinquishing control of one’s own television may not be off-set by the help of them holding and watching over the newborn.  It is from this awkward position that the new parents must smile their bleary eyed, sleep deprived smile and suck it up.

You’ve been warned.  Play your cards wisely, new parents.  Play your cards wisely.  And ENJOY!!

Nope. Frogs might cry, yell or even whine a little bit every now and again. But frogs definitely do not scream. UncleFrog, in no way, shape or form condones cruelty to animals. Frogs are people, too. However, I have to admit, this cartoon did give me a warped little chuckle.

Growing up is tough. I’m glad I don’t have to do that again (unless the rumors of incarnation are true, then there would be no choice). One has to learn lessons like … life isn’t fair, and sharing is caring, and don’t hit other kids. How is a mere child supposed to remember all of those things? It’s hard. I remember.

I’ve yet to meet a person who doesn’t have a bully story. Mostly the stories are about being picked on, but occasionally I run into a reformed bully whose bully stories have them on the “non-getting-hit” side of the story.

Let’s face it. Bullying is prevalent and always has been. But what this generation has to fear, that we really didn’t, are guns. I’m not going to get into a discussion about guns and gun control today (other than the quick comment that I think we need more trained, concealed weapons carriers around). We had to keep an eye out for the occasional knife or bat, but school shootings were extremely few and far between (of course we only had three TV stations back then, so maybe we just didn’t hear about the school shootings). But I digress…

Bullies can be found in the schoolyard waiting for nerds like your Uncle Frog here to come outside on the playground instead of staying indoors at my desk drawing dinosaurs during recess. Bullies can be found in the office environment belittling co-workers and jamming assignments down the throats of their subordinates. Bullies can be found in political positions who beat us all up and take our milk money in the form of compulsory taxes. And sometimes bullies can be found in one’s own home, the one place that should be a sanctuary from bullying.

Bullying is wrong. Bullies are mean. A bully needs to be stopped. I think it comes down to drugs, hugs, and bugs. But I’m no psychologist bully expert. Drugs … put the little hellions on some medication to curb their rage. Hugs … poor little monsters just need some love and attention. And bugs … get a group of nerds coordinated and their always-working minds can devise a devious plot to vanquish the target bully as if a swarm of bugs.

But heck … what does a simple frog know about social structure and human personal interaction? Ribbit. Ribbit. Anyway, our line of Bully Wear isn’t to promote bullying, but rather to promote ANTI-bullying. Much like wearing the “A” in the Scarlet Letter, brand your worst bully with some Uncle Frog Bully Wear.

And to help spread the word of Anti-Bullying Awareness, we present this 1-minute video to share with your friends, family and colleagues. Don’t you have a minute to help and stop a bully?

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