Monthly Archives: March 2017

I am loving this one. The President just assembled a herd of sacred cows and marked them for slaughter. He knows his GOP congress will wilt under the pressure from the media on cutting anything, much less Big Bird , the funders of Piss Christ and the United Nations.

He also knows many of the same members are going to be posturing with extreme prejudice on the costs of replacing OCare, infrastructure and the tax cuts.

“So Senator, if you are so concerned about the spending here, where was that when you supported Big Bird and the NEA?”

Okay, with a title like that no one is even going to read this post. Well, what should I call it gruel? BTW, what really is in porridge. Is it just a nice way to say eat the thing because it is good for you.

When I was young, oatmeal was terrible. It became like this thing that was impervious to milk if it wasn’t eaten right away. It was just oatmeal, milk, and the kid who didn’t want to eat it at that time. Now I even like the stuff. Of course I make it differently.

I bet Brent is a gruel guy.

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Jordan Peterson makes up for Justin Bieber in my book. I ran across this on YouTube. Has anyone heard of him? I going to check if he has any books.

Is it me or has the pace of anxiety changed and we are settling into the new normal of Trump at the Wheel?

I know I am much less enthused at the latest Washington DC breathless catastrophe by saying it wrong and the eternal gotcha nonsense.

Congress is bungling and arguing , which is their other setting after leaving town and doing nothing.

The economy is moving quite nicely.  I talked to an excavator who has jobs coming out of the woodwork for commercial foundations and new housing. New restaurants, new offices, new factories.

Apparently a lot of money is coming off the sidelines and out of Bill Devane’s safe.

Me, I still check in, but I am finding that without Obama and the Dems running the executive, … Continue reading →

I occasionally succumb to a desire to embrace what my daughter calls “retro”. It comes easy being a codger, but it is also a state of mind.

Mine is shaving. I was the beginning of the multiblade marketing tsunami, where entire generations were lectured that two blades was far superior to one, complete with animated pictures on television of the second blade neatly slicing the follicle off after it eluded the ever incompetent first blade.

As two blades went to three and Teflon doo-dads were added, (I think they tried lemon scented for a short while)  the process of forced and dictated obsolescence was in full swing.

At five blades and costs approaching  fifty dollars at Costco for a package of replacement blades, I decided to get off … Continue reading →

Last Thursday I did a quintessential guy thing ,I bought a new truck.

My last new one has  been a loyal servant since 98 when I brought it home from the Ford dealer.

240000 miles later, it is getting on in years and I can hear the transmission struggling to change gears once it warms up.

The Expedition has lasted through three collies who loved it and jumped in eagerly , always assuming it would take them to places of new and interesting smells.

It travelled well, never breaking down during a trip, always getting us where we planned.

It rolled over snowy mountain passes, cruised up ocean beaches, crossed deserts and Forest Service roads, handled rain , mud and ice with surefooted ease.

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I thought this covered the way Conservative views are trashed by the elites. I will post the link to the fuller clip in the first comment.

The End of Stress: A revolutionary new approach to a happier, healthier life   Andrew J Bernstein

I have a friend that recommend these types of books. I grudgingly read them and I am surprised that they have value in them.

The main thesis of the book is that the problem of stress is not object things you are facing in life but how you are interpreting those things. An example in the book is of a traffic jam. Some people are waiting in the standstill and listening to music or audio books and others are steaming and angry. From the same situation there are two … Continue reading →

Just had to share this ad. It just drips with defiance for Correct Speech. May we see much much more of it.