February 11th

Well….it was an okay day yesterday and I got a bunch of stuff done so that was cool…slept okay and had some really weird dreams that included cell phones, and me playing for the Wings but street hockey…pretty cool having a great dream for a change….and I feel okay this morning so that starts it out good…already have the grocery run done but spent too much money to get nothing…had to re supply all my cleaning supplies and that is not cheap….I did hear from T this morning for the first time in a while and that made me smile…her week has been extra crazy and I didn’t expect to hear from her so that was a pleasant surprise….my back hurt like crazy doing the groceries but that was expected…at least nothing else hurts and I’m not coughing…not much to do today…going to make chili and clean some but that is about it…it was nice to have the car start with no problem with it being only 12 degrees outside…takes a load off….more later….

Funny taxes…

Well…just finished up doing my taxes and I am still laughing at the absurdity of it….my taxable income this year was $271 dollars…yep, you saw that right…after my exemption and standard deduction my taxable was the lowest it been since I was in my teens…and I only paid $21 dollars in tax on that amount….just damn funny that I only owed that for the year….but, I don’t feel bad…there were years that I paid more than 20K in taxes…and I didn’t mind even paying that since I used to make a lot of cash….

New Hampshire…

Well….it was an interesting if not expected set of results that came out of the primary in NH yesterday with the clown Trump winning on the repub side and Bernie taking the dem side. And, the fallout from the others on the right has already started with Christie dropping out later today and ole Marco trying to figure out why his stumbling, bumbling performance over the past week led to his finishing 5th or 6th in the single digits…couldn’t happen to a less qualified candidate, that’s for sure.  Don’t really even have to mention the others, although Bush did get above 10% for the first time…the 33% the Trump got just shines a light on the racist, homophobic base that supports him…and even it he gets the nomination, there’s not enough of them to elect him. So, we move on to Bernie…as you know, I support Bernie and it was good to see him get over 60% of the vote but that just starts the battle that moves on to Nevada next week…it is still fun to see the repub establishment flailing around trying to figure out how to stop Trump but they are getting what they deserve with their scorched earth policies that have led to the rise of the crazies…geez…

February 10th

Well…it was an okay day yesterday and I got a few things done…slept okay and feel pretty good this morning with being good for the third day in a row so maybe I’ll have to keep that up…I think my back has plateaued with some pain that I may have to live with and I’m not happy about that….but, I’m not coughing too much anymore so I’ll take what I can get…I did get my printer working again yesterday and got my fed forms printed out so I can get that in today…and that will pay my car insurance but not much more since I took out less from my IRA than last year…a good and bad thing….I did want to get a new laptop but there is not enough money coming back to to that…oh,well….not much to do today…need to get the taxes done and then I need to work on the leaning tower of papers to get them recycled today but that is about it….more later….

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Writing a study review: hints and tips to beginners

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Finally, a primary…

Well….running late since I have been trying to get the tax stuff together so I can get it in tomorrow….I am a little excited that there is finally a primary to judge who is ahead and how the rest of the field is doing…I am really hoping Bernie takes it huge but the battle of ideas between he and Hillary is nothing but a good thing for our side….and if Hillary wins all the way through, I will support her just to make sure no repub can even get close to the White House…I am laughing a little the Rubiobot is falling on his face and the latest revelations from his staff that he gets anxious and uncomfortable when dealing with new things should just about eliminate him from the race. I am a little curious to see who drops out after today…we will have both Bernie and Hillary since they are pretty even but Christie and JEB! should be gone after today…at least I hope they will be….I am really looking forward to the debates between our side and their nominee….going to be a bloodbath and fun to watch….

February 9th

Well…it was an okay day yesterday but I felt like crap so I didn’t get much done….slept okay and feel better today so I hope that continues since I have some stuff to get done today….the bike ride was torture with no energy in the legs and I know it was from not eating enough…not sure if I rectified that yesterday or not but we’ll see when I get out on the bike today….and I was good last night so maybe that will help….and I will be good the rest of the week since I need some time off….my back seems to be better today but it was still crazy yesterday…no pain at all when I got up but the twinges are coming back as I sit here and do this….but it seems a little better so I’ll take it….not much to do today…I do need to start pulling the tax stuff together so I can get them in this week but that is about it…I do have some normal stuff to do around here but that may wait a couple of days….more later…

Ted Cruz is just nuts…

Well…haven’t been feeling too well today so I am getting to this one a little late…but, it is something that I just needed to comment on…that is that Ted Cruz is just nuts…how else do you explain what happened In NH the other day?  When asked what he would do about climate change if he is elected, his answer was “nothing”…and then he launched into an 8 minute screed about how climate change is a conspiracy by liberals to expand the government and take away our “freedoms”….now, when I was young and the politics on the right were not so insane, this kind of nonsense would have gotten ole Ted laughed out of the room and the guys in the white coats would have come running with the straightjacket. But, these days, this delusional behavior is a requirement to get their delusional base to vote for them…..if you could see me, you would see me shaking my head with a dejected, resigned look…something like weariness that our country has come to this…geez…

February 8th

Well…it was an okay day yesterday and I got a few things done so that is cool…even got out for a while to have a couple with K and that was fun….but I feel like crap today and I am running late because of it….one good thing is my back doesn’t hurt and I’m not sure why…but I’ll take it….slept okay but not well if you can understand that….just can’t get started this morning and I think I’ll just have to write this day off and lick the wounds….back to coughing again and I am just so tired of it….I was hoping that it would be over but no such luck….I do have some stuff to do today but I’m not sure if I’ll do it or not….just want more coffee and more couch for a while…I will get out on the bike today once it warms up some but that will be a while…need to work out first and feel better…more later…

Marco Rubio is a robot…

Well….didn’t watch the repub debate last night since they are all the same as I’ve said before….but, there was one theme that came through in all of the commentary…and it made me laugh…Marco Rubio is a robot that had a glitch in his programming…in one three minute span, he gave the same canned answer three times…and the answers had nothing to do with the questions….to me, this shows just how unqualified this idiot is to be president…if he can’t think on his feet and formulate new answers to questions, how would he handle the uncertainty that comes with the job? Is he going to ask Putin to submit his challenges in advance so his people will have time to drill the answers into him? This is one of the problems that I see with politics these days…no one on the right has the intellect to take in new information and synthesize new answers without first running it by their pollsters to see if it will hurt them if they say it…even if it is the truth. After last night, I can’t see how anyone would think the empty suit Rubio is qualified to do anything other than managing a Mc Donald’s….and he would have to have his “people” help him with that…..geez….

What you never want to be….