Well….it’s been a morning of complete vegiosity and tv and I’m not proud of it…but things like that happen sometimes…I did have one observation that I did want to share…and it is kind of weird but fits my skewed view of the world and maybe yours, too….when I was watching the new flatscreen last night, one thing struck me as being somewhat incongruous….while watching the old tv, the box itself has some depth and made it easy to suspend disbelief when the picture had depth in it, too…but, with the new one…and it’s 2 inches of depth…I find it weirder to allow my brain to think that the 3-d effect is allowable…there just isn’t enough depth there…yep, I know, you’ve probably never thought of that…and you’ve never had a problem with it…but that is what makes me so strange…I just look at things differently…and I don’t really want to change…
It is the first Wings game on the new tv tonight…I hope I’m not disappointed…
Well…it was a day yesterday but I didn’t do much with the cold and wind….I did get the tire liners for the bike and put the one in the back tire…will probably put the front one in this weekend and then I can stop thinking about getting a flat every time I’m out on the bike….I do feel a little excited with the Mega getting up to 560 million dollars and the cash value getting over 350 million…10 bucks to dream for the day is a pretty good deal….it was a cocktail night last night so I am feeling a little fuzzy this morning and I think I’ll stop here….T leaves for Costa Rica today and I am going to miss the many daily texts and the laughing….but I’ll live through it…more later…
Well…don’t know how long this one is going to be but I did want to comment on the supreme court and the ACA…aka Obamacare and the arguments that have been going on this week….one of the things that strikes me is how the conservatives have strayed from the traditional role of the court; deciding on whether a law is constitutional or not…with the questions that have come back from Alito et al…I can see the worst kind of judicial activism at work…where they are trying to set policy and write law when that is not their job, and I can see the ignorance of the roles of the three branches government that these conservative justices are showing. It is not their job to look at policy and implementation of laws and the effect of those policies, but that is what those on the right on the court have been doing during the arguments, usurping the traditional role of the legislative branch to write laws and placing themselves as equals to that lawmaking. We can see from the decisions that this court has made in Bush v. Gore, Citizens United, and now the ACA that the conservative justices feel they are only there to further the right-wing conservative agenda…ignoring precedent that reaches back to the founding of this nation for crass political advantage….now that we have seen this worst kind of judicial activism, it should make you realize that the court needs to be reformed…and the only way to do that is to re-elect Obama and hope that just one of the conservatives leaves the court so a justice who has respect for the law can replace him…geez…
Well…it was an interesting day yesterday with finally getting the new tv….a 42 inch plasma that just overwhelms my living room but is still pretty cool to have….at least it doesn’t turn green like the old one…and I turned the tv off for the first time last night in months…the old one would really turn green in the morning if I shut it off…so I didn’t. Now I need to figure out how to get the old one that weighs about 80 pounds out to the trash…can you even put them in the trash? Don’t want to put mercury into the environment if I can help it….slept okay last night but no dreams to speak of and again, it was a no cocktail night so I feel pretty good today…but, T leaves for vacation and I’ll miss her like crazy…oh, said that yesterday, didn’t I? I do need to make the grocery run today and get back on the bike after three days off and my tire inserts should be here today so I can ride all summer without any flats…..I will be back for a long one later….
Well…if you didn’t think that there was something wrong with America and how the rewards of the economy are shared across all of it’s citizens…all you have to do is look at the recent study done by the University of California that revealed that in 2010 93% of all income growth went to the top 1% of earners…yep, you read it…the top 1% took away virtually all of the income growth while the other 99% of us were left to feed on the scraps that these folks have not figured out how to steal yet….I’ll come back for more later..but right now I need to read something else so I don’t fall into the pit of despair that these kind of numbers normally induce…geez…
Well…it was an okay day but the second in a row I didn’t ride the bike with the wind gusting and it being so cold…I did lose at pool and didn’t win the Mega so I am a little disappointed…but the next drawing on Friday is going to be almost 470 million so I am getting into that one with 10 bucks….no dreams to speak of last night so I won’t…..today is new tv day and my anxiety level is rising quickly as I debate with myself whether I should spend the money or save it in case the car dies or some other emergency happens…but the hockey playoffs are going to start and it would be so cool to see it on a 42 inch plasma…..so I guess I’ll agonize all morning, work out, and then make my decision….not much else to do today…i am going to get out on the bike today and hope I don’t have another flat before I get my tire liners tomorrow….I will be back later for more since it is getting to the end of the month and I do need to make the goals…more later…oh, one last concern about the tv…it may not fit in my car….
Well….someone needs to do something pretty soon or I am going to run completely out of things to write about….just haven’t been able to work up the outrage necessary to do these things justice lately….I could comment on the concerted effort on the part of police and prosecutors to cover their asses by smearing Trayvon Martin but the effort is so transparently self-serving that I can’t take it seriously….or I could comment on the open mike gaffe that Obama made a few days back talking to Medvedev where he said he’d have more flexibility to get things done after the election…and ole Mitt jumped on it as the president promising to give away our security if he’s reelected….I see it a little differently…Obama was just telling the truth of the political situation here in the US in front of the election…and truth is something that ole Mitt doesn’t even have a passing acquaintance with and can’t stand when he sees it….hmmmm…what else? That’s enough for now…I’m taking off out of here in a few to go shoot pool with Tom so it will be a while before I come back to add to this one….or I may do that sports one I talked about…
Well…it was a relatively nice day yesterday with having a great lunch with T and then out to have a couple with G later in the day…and it was a no cocktail night so I feel quite good this morning with the Wings just crushing Columbus and playing like they are almost ready for the playoffs….T is leaving for vacation in Costa Rica Friday and I am going to miss her like crazy…and I hope her back is better before then so she can take advantage of the ocean…I am already moving around and getting things done since I have a lot to do today…I skipped the bike ride yesterday since I didn’t want to have to get the thermasuit out again…I hope today will be warmer so I can get the ride in before I head out to shoot pool with Tom….I have decided on a new tv…a 42 inch plasma that is on sale for under 400 bucks…and I am going to go out and buy it tomorrow..so there will be lots of watching over the next week…maybe that will keep me from the crushing boredom….I hope the tv is not too big for this place….more later…
One thing I did forget….with the Wings win last night, they are in the playoffs for the 21st straight year…a truly remarkable accomplishment…maybe I’ll do one on the Wings later…
Well…I have been struggling lately to come up with topics that really mean something and I think the problem may be that I have stopped reading the newspapers in the morning….but I have made a little cash lately so maybe I should resume going out…who knows? The one thing that I wanted to deal with today is the new budget proposal put forth by Paul Ryan in the last week or so and the fact that it is just more of the same nonsense that he proposed last year…more tax cuts for the rich, more safety net cuts for the middle class and the poor, and exploding the deficit that the repubs say they are concerned about but their actions say otherwise. This document just reeks of dishonesty with the most egregious lie or omission being how to pay for the tax cuts for the rich and corporations that he wants…saying “trust me” with some vague statement that waste and fraud can be eliminated to pay for them but does not say where that waste and fraud lies….and the cheers on the right for this piece of crap have been long and strong with the self congratulatory pats on the back and the attack line that the repubs produced a budget when the dems haven’t…but I think a bad budget proposal like this one is worse than not doing anything…but I do thank ole Paul for pulling the cover back on what American would look like if the repubs were in control….now, all we have to do is vote these idiots out of office…geez….
Well…it was a day yesterday and I really didn’t do much….I did decide on which new tv to buy and I am going to get one this week…although mine stopped turning green last night so the sense of urgency isn’t there anymore…I would like to see the Wings game in HD but I know I won’t get to it today…had to turn the heat on a couple of secs ago since it is 31 degrees outside…so that means I may not be able to ride the bike until the aft….but, I have lunch with T and there will be beer involved so I may have to skip today….I do have a lot more to say but I’m going to come back later to say it…the couch is beckoning and I am going to heed it’s call…