Well…it’s been a pretty good August except no responses to any resumes…and that is kind of disheartening since I’m slowly going broke and I could use a job…but it is what it is and I’ll just have to figure out how to deal with it. It was really a busy day today, for me anyway…with the beach trip, to the coffee shop, drinks with K, and the a call from two of the kids….good to hear that things are going well for those two. I just finished watching “the Book of Eli” from Netflix and it was a pretty good small movie; the type that I enjoy. At least all the activity kept the boredom at bay and all I have to do is get through the next 3 hours and it will be bed time….
Hmmm….just wanted to put a cap on the summer….no more later.
Well…it was a nice morning out at GH..huge waves and warm water made me grin like an idiot and got a bunch of good rides in body surfing. But, that’s not the topic as you can see from the title. I’m sure you know Kathleen Parker…the well-known conservative columnist, her column today is a mirror of what I have said on many occasions; that we need to start trying to reclaim what it means to be an American and start talking to each other again. I also agree when she she puts some tenets down on paper…be considerate, mind your own business, and don’t talk about religion…one of the things that I was told when I was younger was to never talk either politics or religion; something that I had lost for a while and wasted so much sound, light, and fury on it….I have become more calm since following that simple dictate.
What really heartens me about Kathleen’s column, along with some from others on the right like David Brooks, is that there are thinking people on both sides of the aisle that can see that the current course this country is on is unsustainable and we long for the time that lies and inflaming of passions will make way for reasonableness. I just hope the demagogues don’t win….geez…
Well…last day of August and I am debating with myself what to do…I think I’ll take this day to celebrate the end of summer and go to GH… it’s supposed to be almost 90 today and then the weather starts to get crappy…down in the 60′s for highs Friday and Saturday…good for college football, though, and I’m looking forward to the start of the season…so, there won’t be another of these until later…but I’m supposed to have drinks with K later so it may not be until really later in the aft…talk amongst yourselves for a while….more later…
Well…that last one did not go as I had hoped and even looking at it now, I don’t know how to fix it..so, let’s just write it off and I may try to make it clearer at a later date…but not today…will probably go out and have a few beers with G in about an hour. So, tomorrow should be better and at least a little more lucid…
Well…I really have no clue where this idea came from but it goes something like this: Why do people, corporations, and other organizations use people like they do? Why do they think it’s okay to manipulate people for their own gain, either political of monetary? This isn’t going that well…so I’m going to make lunch, take a break and come back…well…still haven’t had lunch yet…had a few other things that just got in the way…but it is cooking and so I thought I’d get back to this.
This one is going to be little jumbled but I’ll start with the general idea of people using other people for their own ends..like the Catholic priests preying on their parishioners for their own cruel reasons. But that is just a small one compared to the systematic, organized use of people that range from outright slavery that has happened throughout the years to the less obvious manipulation of people in the US by Freedomworks and the other billionaires that are backing the tea party movement. Is it human nature to take advantage of other humans, and if it is, why doesn’t everyone do it? Lunch is ready so I’ll be back later…okay…I’m back…the Freedomworks thing…well…it is using all of the disaffected people in the US for it’s particular business reasons, something that I think has been underreported, by getting deregulation repubs elected which will make the billionaires backing it lots of money and give them the chance to move more jobs offshore…well…basically getting them back to the Bush years. What do the people who are part of this movement think it’s all about? Do they like being used so cynically?
Well…I’m going to get to the placekeeper later this morning but right now I’m going to read the news to look for topics that I can talk about this afternoon. Not much going on today…running a little late this morning for some reason, just can’t get started moving or thinking….so I’ll end here right now…were shooting for the record on monthly posts today so there will be at least three…more later…
this is a placeholder but you’ll get a good one tomorrow….come on back…please…no, really, come back, this could be a good one…but I won’t promise anything…you know how the creative process goes…at least with me…
Well…there was a Sunday Funday after all…but I don’t think there will more topics today since I just don’t have anything itching in my head…I do have an idea about the need for everyone (including me) to stop calling people names…but there are times when you need to do that to get your point across but, only when it is the truth…sometimes, idiots are idiots and liars are liars and need to be labeled as such…and there are so many more of them on the right…another thing that just popped into my head as I’m writing this…do we progressives lose elections while adhering to our principles or do we get down in the swamp with the righties? I lean toward principles, as you know, but it is hard to sit and watch while lies and race-baiting dupe the American people into voting for the righties. If they win this time using these tactics, I’ll probably just fold up the tent and just try to survive..but I reserve the right to say I told you so when the repubs screw everything up and give even more of the country to the rich…geez…
Only three more of these and this will be my most prolific month ever….can I say yay?
Well…it was a pretty good day yesterday but didn’t do a lot…did take the bike out to the car show on 28th street and that was fun…the computer on my bike failed, though, and I had to reset it losing the 1364 miles I’ve ridden so far this summer but that happened last year, too, so I’m not surprised. What about today…hmmm…just watched the F1 race from Spa and now I’m debating with myself whether to ride today or not…my legs have been really dead the past couple of days and could use the day off…but it’s so nice outside with no wind that I want to go. Okay…arguing with myself…is that a sign I’m going more crazy than normal? Probably, but there is no one else to argue with. Topics? Yep, have a couple but I don’t know when I’ll get to them…so, you’ll have to come back later…
Oh, not sure about Sunday Funday yet since K doesn’t get back from Cali until later in the day…but I’m supposed to meet up with C if he gets back into town…we’ll see…
Well…it’s damn loud here this morning with the church behind me having some event that has had music blaring since 6:45 am….how do they get away with this stuff? It will be another day where I won’t be able to open my windows because of that crap. Yeah, I’m a little crabby this morning since I love to let the morning air in and cool this place off and now I can’t even hear my tv it’s so loud. Why don’t noise ordinances apply to churches? Another instance where religious people don’t give a damn about anyone except their particular group of followers. So, they get to have their event and I have to leave my place for the day since it is so loud. I don’t know if there will be more later…oh, might have to comment on the conversion of DC to Glen Beckistan today…