Well…it was an okay day yesterday but I lost at pool..I did make one really cool shot that was planned but I had little hope it would work…slept okay last night but it was another boring night leading up to it so I hope tonight will be different…didn’t get anything done yesterday but I really didn’t have anything to do so I guess it all worked out….I am going to try to get a few things done today but there is soccer first with Man U playing at 10….the papers need to be recycled today but I’m not sure if I can get to the bin with all the snow….and, it got down to 6 below last night but the car started this morning with no running last night…it was only supposed to get down to 4 so that was a little surprising…more later….
RIP Leonard Nimoy…
Well…just read the sad news the Leonard Nimoy died today at the young age of 83….most people probably knew him from his role in “Star Trek” where he created the unforgettable character of Mister Spock that he played for three seasons in the original series along with all of the movies that came along after the show was cancelled. He also directed a few of the movies and created other characters…one of the first after ‘Star Trek” was his role in “Mission Impossible” that showed he was not just Spock but could play other roles just as well….but, I’ll always remember “fascinating” and the other one word responses from “Star Trek” that defined his character and smile….rest in peace Mr. Spock….
February 27th
Well…it was an okay day yesterday but, as almost always, I didn’t get much done…I did get the car started this morning at 9 below…not sure if it is 9 below since the car started so easily and it just didn’t feel that bad going out in shorts to start it…slept okay last night but no dreams to speak of and I feel a little slow today….the computer has been giving me fits and I thought I had it fixed yesterday but it’s up to the same old crap this morning…I may need to update firefox at some point in the near future….not much to do today…pool, of course, but that’s about it…boring, boring life…more later…
A victory for the people…
Well…just read that the FCC has ruled for the people of the US in classifying the internet as a utility that will limit what the ISP’s can do with it. What this means is that the giants like Verizon and others can’t charge more for faster speeds and must treat all traffic on the internet the same…what these companies wanted and what they bought so many republican legislators for was to be able to favor who they gave the fastest speeds to…effectively giving the ISP’s the power to control traffic they didn’t get paid extra to ensure the highest speeds for…essentially, they were lobbying to be able to slow down everyone’s internet that didn’t pay extortion to keep it working as it has since it’s inception…there was a second part of the decision today that I feel was just as important as the first, and that was that states can’t pass laws limiting who can be an ISP…something that the big providers again bought lots of repub legislators to do…to prevent municipalities across the country from competing with the crappy service that many of the big ISP’s provide in cities and means that lower cost internet and universal wifi will now be able to go forward without interference. This all came about with mobilization of the progressive community in the comment phase for the new regulations…with almost 2 million of those comments coming from Kos alone…so we finally won one…and this one really is a victory for the people…
February 26th
Well…running really late today and it’s just because I can’t get started….I am sore from something and I think it may be that I started using the weight machine again a few days back…and my neck is cramping again, too, and that is just annoying…didn’t sleep for crap again last night and that may be why I feel so tired today…didn’t do much yesterday but go out and have a couple with G and that may be part of the malaise…not used to going out…and I don’t think 6 pizza rolls are enough for dinner….oh, well…not much to do today….just going to get some stuff done around here and try to fix the tooth again…need to get that fixed soon…more later…
People are idiots…
Well…just a short one on the drivers this morning going out to get the papers…coming back, this idiot just pulls out and almost runs into the side of my car just like I wasn’t there…had to hit part of the snowbank…the soft part thankfully to get past him…just another moron that was too busy drinking his coffee and texting on his phone to actually drive the car….these people should have their licenses revoked…when did driving become entertainment instead of getting somewhere? I am still irritated about this crap….
February 25th
Well…it was an okay day yesterday…still didn’t get much done but I felt pretty good for the first time in quite a while so that is something…slept crappy last night since the tooth flared up and I forgot to take something for it…so I was up at 2 and then had to wait for the ibuprofen to work…but it’s okay right now so I think it was just from grinding my teeth like I do….we’ll see today….I did get a few resumes out and that is the plan for today…going to make a little cash today so there will be groceries tomorrow…at least it was warm enough last night so I didn’t have to run the car…and tonight looks the same….thurs night is going to be cold again but I know how to make the car start so that’s a good thing….not much to do today…have to get rid of the papers and clean the kitchen some but that is about it….more later….
The stupid, it burns…
Well…just a little short one on some more jaw dropping stupidity from another repub today…and from someone who should know better…some background…a repub legislator from Nevada, in sponsoring some new legislation that would allow non-traditional treatment for many illnesses said today that she believes that cancer is a fungus and can be cured by a baking soda flush…now, this is stupid from most people but this woman, Michele Fiore, is the CEO of a healthcare company that makes millions from cancer treatments that are not baking soda….I’m not sure I can work up any more outrage today but in this case “the stupid, it burns”…..two questions come to mind here…how the hell do you get to be CEO of a healthcare company with these beliefs and second, how the hell do such stupid, ignorant people keep getting elected by the repubs? geez…
Doing nothing against ISIS?
Well…just finished reading about another ignorant right winger, Lamar Smith, a congressman from Texas who said today that Obama is doing “nothing” to combat ISIS in the middle east and it is a shame that Jordan and Egypt are doing more….how many more times do we have to use facts to try to puncture the bubble of ignorance for these folks? The facts are that the US has launched 8 times more airstrikes against ISIS that all of the other countries in the middle east combined…that our command and control systems like AWACS are used to plan and control every attack no matter what country the planes come from…and our satellites and intelligence gathering assets are the only ones that have the capability to find out what is happening on the ground. I think it would be a big surprise to our pilots and planners over there that they are doing nothing and it is just a part of the truth of the right these days…that they don’t give a damn about the service of the military unless they can use it to attack Obama…even lying about the truth and denigrating the contribution that our military has given in the fight against ISIS…what an idiot…call ole Lamar and tell him to shut the hell up…
Stopping NHL concussions…
Well….after two of our stars on the Wings have been put out of commission by hits to the head this season, I think there needs to be a re-think of the penalties that are levied when these things happen…and a flash came to me this morning how to stop these dangerous hits right in their tracks…it’s pretty simple really…the person causing the injury should be suspended until the injured player comes back…in the case of Frantzen’s injury where the dirty hit to the head has put him out possibly for the rest of the season…the idiot who hit him would be suspended without pay for the rest of the season and if he can’t come back, that’s it for the guy who hit him….and the same thing would be effective for the idiot who punched Hank a few games back and put him out for two games now and possibly many more. I think people would stop these intentional dirty plays if the cost was high enough….there is no place for this kind of crap with the bigger, faster players that are in the NHL now who can end a career with just one hit….