So, I'm a Cary Judd fan (no surprises) and I also like his various projects, including The Vacationist (TVAC) and Danny Blaqk.
The most recent video from their latest (FREE!) album:
Tuesday, March 28, 2017
Thursday, March 23, 2017
Thursday TMI
So, apparently I'm a delicate libtard snowflake. Except I don't have real good libtard credentials as I have never ever seen an episode of The West Wing before this year.
Attempting to fix that particular issue, I began binge-watching it this last week. And I found myself sniffling a time or two over some really intense issues. And today, I scared my adult sons by breaking down and crying my eyes out over In Excelsis Deo (Season 1, Episode 10).
A homeless veteran freezes to death on a park bench just before Christmas in Washington, DC. The shelters were all full and a cold front had moved in. In a moment of classic bleeding heart guilt, Toby arranges for the Korean War Purple Heart recipient to have an honor guard and full military funeral.
Ah, nuts. Watching this show is so enthralling, so life-affirming. It reminds me why even though the Democrats make me crazy because they're ineffective, disorganized losers...I can never ever again bring myself to vote for a Republican. The Republican Party is the very definition of evil on Earth. They actively attempt to enact rollbacks of every good thing the Democrats have managed to put into place over the last century.
THEY MUST BE STOPPED.
Attempting to fix that particular issue, I began binge-watching it this last week. And I found myself sniffling a time or two over some really intense issues. And today, I scared my adult sons by breaking down and crying my eyes out over In Excelsis Deo (Season 1, Episode 10).
A homeless veteran freezes to death on a park bench just before Christmas in Washington, DC. The shelters were all full and a cold front had moved in. In a moment of classic bleeding heart guilt, Toby arranges for the Korean War Purple Heart recipient to have an honor guard and full military funeral.
Ah, nuts. Watching this show is so enthralling, so life-affirming. It reminds me why even though the Democrats make me crazy because they're ineffective, disorganized losers...I can never ever again bring myself to vote for a Republican. The Republican Party is the very definition of evil on Earth. They actively attempt to enact rollbacks of every good thing the Democrats have managed to put into place over the last century.
THEY MUST BE STOPPED.
Tuesday, March 21, 2017
Trump Presidency is Democratic Party Long Con?
OMFFSM. It was suggested during the primaries by annoyed mainstream Republicans that Trump was a decoy, a plant, an erstwhile Democrat in wolves' clothing, running against solidly real Republicans with the intent of creating havoc and disruption...and a clear victory for Hillary and the Democrats in 2016.
And of course, they gloated all the while after the "RIGGED!" election was over schadenfreude to the max, because despite all the machinations, the Republicans won and won big and won the Presidency and even if #45 was a fake, he would either have to follow through and play the straight role or they'd impeach and get their buddy Pence to do the right thing. So much backfire on that Clinton plan!
Except.
What if he was intended to win the "RIGGED!" election all along? And what if the juggernaut that is #45 is so awful and so bizarre and so farcical and so ridiculous and so Republican-associated...that the resultant taint and stench and decay throws the Republican Party into a death spiral?
It would certainly explain SO MUCH. Because none of it makes sense as it currently exists. The whole administration and everything they've done so far is the biggest example ever created to prove the Dunning-Kruger Effect, and every appointee or hire is stunning in their ultracrepidarianism.
A horror genre reality tv show? Or the ultimate long-con?
And of course, they gloated all the while after the "RIGGED!" election was over schadenfreude to the max, because despite all the machinations, the Republicans won and won big and won the Presidency and even if #45 was a fake, he would either have to follow through and play the straight role or they'd impeach and get their buddy Pence to do the right thing. So much backfire on that Clinton plan!
Except.
What if he was intended to win the "RIGGED!" election all along? And what if the juggernaut that is #45 is so awful and so bizarre and so farcical and so ridiculous and so Republican-associated...that the resultant taint and stench and decay throws the Republican Party into a death spiral?
It would certainly explain SO MUCH. Because none of it makes sense as it currently exists. The whole administration and everything they've done so far is the biggest example ever created to prove the Dunning-Kruger Effect, and every appointee or hire is stunning in their ultracrepidarianism.
A horror genre reality tv show? Or the ultimate long-con?
Monday, March 20, 2017
Our Monkeys, Our Circus
And the joke's on US.
So now per Melissa McCarthy wanna-be Sean Spicer, Paul Manafort, who was #45's CAMPAIGN MANAGER, played "a very limited role" in the campaign?
Do you ever get the feeling that this is all a gigantic farce? That #45 is pushing every limit as far and as hard as he can, just because? I thought so all during the campaign, and I wondered many times if he was doing that just to ensure he was going to lose. His rhetoric about the elections being rigged was because he was (just like all the rest of us) certain Hillary was going to win and that would be his story as the loser. Except he won.
And now, he's going for the gusto. He's making a total mockery of the office and the position and he's doing everything so badly that if the Democrats don't forever rule after this point it's because they're a bunch of pussies so old and ugly that even #45 wouldn't bother to grab them.
Gah! I can't even.
So now per Melissa McCarthy wanna-be Sean Spicer, Paul Manafort, who was #45's CAMPAIGN MANAGER, played "a very limited role" in the campaign?
Do you ever get the feeling that this is all a gigantic farce? That #45 is pushing every limit as far and as hard as he can, just because? I thought so all during the campaign, and I wondered many times if he was doing that just to ensure he was going to lose. His rhetoric about the elections being rigged was because he was (just like all the rest of us) certain Hillary was going to win and that would be his story as the loser. Except he won.
And now, he's going for the gusto. He's making a total mockery of the office and the position and he's doing everything so badly that if the Democrats don't forever rule after this point it's because they're a bunch of pussies so old and ugly that even #45 wouldn't bother to grab them.
Gah! I can't even.
Saturday, March 18, 2017
#45 Makes Everyone Else Look Classy
By comparison. It's an automatic win for everyone who must endure being in his company...they all seem very mature and intelligent while in the presence of our national embarrassment clown.
I loved this meme:
I loved this meme:
Thursday, March 16, 2017
Poverty Sucks, and so do Republican Politicians
A friend posted on FaceBook about how upset she was that #45 was cutting the funding for Meals on Wheels. She noted how the much-vaunted poor elderly voting bloc had gone his way and yet he was doing his damnedest to kill off his base with all the cuts he was proposing. I had this comment:
"The poor ye will always have with ye". If having them is inevitable, there is no point in spending taxpayer money on them. It's a waste of precious resources.
Being poor is the result of bad choices they made, obviously (think iPhones over health insurance as one example). Why should the rest of us be forced to subsidize their lazy or thriftless asses?
Plus, if they were actually good Christians, God would favor them with prosperity, so there again proves that their penury stems from personal issues. They truly must not be worthy.
And lastly, government is for defense and security. It should not be in the business of charity. Anyone genuinely deserving of assistance need only reach out to their community support system and their friends, family, and church will step in and provide. The fact that those entities aren't helping and the person has to turn to the government for assistance, once more just reinforces the fact that they must not be a valued person of good character.
Last but not least, any conservative politician whose family ever got help clearly deserved it as opposed to all those others who only sucked off the government teat due to a personal failing. Besides, the politician remembers feeling demeaned and diminished by the experience and why would they ever want anyone else to suffer that same way? Eliminating those programs is therefore a kindness!
*****
These are but a few of the conservative thoughts I have heard over the years about the issue of poverty and the role of government in providing programs for social safety nets.
Considering the track record of the last few millennia, I prefer a more enlightened method of dealing with poverty, personally.
/And it's a sad fact of life that the poor are notorious for voting against their best interests. I don't remember the source, but someone once suggested that the reason they do is that they consider themselves to be only "temporarily embarrassed millionaires" or something similar.
I want a government safety net. I want fewer poor people in our country, but I also want those who end up needing help to be able to access it easily. I also want an attitude and expectation that those who can work, will, up to a point.
I don't think our system is perfect and I've personally seen the flaws from inside and out...but I still believe it is a proper role of government to provide for the common welfare of its citizens. We can and must do better.
"The poor ye will always have with ye". If having them is inevitable, there is no point in spending taxpayer money on them. It's a waste of precious resources.
Being poor is the result of bad choices they made, obviously (think iPhones over health insurance as one example). Why should the rest of us be forced to subsidize their lazy or thriftless asses?
Plus, if they were actually good Christians, God would favor them with prosperity, so there again proves that their penury stems from personal issues. They truly must not be worthy.
And lastly, government is for defense and security. It should not be in the business of charity. Anyone genuinely deserving of assistance need only reach out to their community support system and their friends, family, and church will step in and provide. The fact that those entities aren't helping and the person has to turn to the government for assistance, once more just reinforces the fact that they must not be a valued person of good character.
Last but not least, any conservative politician whose family ever got help clearly deserved it as opposed to all those others who only sucked off the government teat due to a personal failing. Besides, the politician remembers feeling demeaned and diminished by the experience and why would they ever want anyone else to suffer that same way? Eliminating those programs is therefore a kindness!
*****
These are but a few of the conservative thoughts I have heard over the years about the issue of poverty and the role of government in providing programs for social safety nets.
Considering the track record of the last few millennia, I prefer a more enlightened method of dealing with poverty, personally.
/And it's a sad fact of life that the poor are notorious for voting against their best interests. I don't remember the source, but someone once suggested that the reason they do is that they consider themselves to be only "temporarily embarrassed millionaires" or something similar.
I want a government safety net. I want fewer poor people in our country, but I also want those who end up needing help to be able to access it easily. I also want an attitude and expectation that those who can work, will, up to a point.
I don't think our system is perfect and I've personally seen the flaws from inside and out...but I still believe it is a proper role of government to provide for the common welfare of its citizens. We can and must do better.
Wednesday, March 15, 2017
The Ides of Trump
So did you send your million postcards to #45 today? I will be keenly interested in how many pieces the Post Office reports carrying. I'm sure the White House will merely trash them all unread, but I do hope they recycle them. Nah. They'll probably publicly burn them, to make the point that They. Don't. Care. If they want to emphasize the point, they'll burn them on Earth Day. Because liberals.
So do you think the taxes are just a distraction? I think at this juncture it doesn't matter.
This particular tweet sums up the flurry of activity which will occur if the Democrats ever get back in power...to prevent all this unholy hell from reoccurring.
So do you think the taxes are just a distraction? I think at this juncture it doesn't matter.
This particular tweet sums up the flurry of activity which will occur if the Democrats ever get back in power...to prevent all this unholy hell from reoccurring.
My Sleep Number is 40
But not right now. Right now it's 45. And when it's dead of winter here (at least as winter-y as it ever gets here) my number is 35. And when the temps get even hotter, I may go to a 50, if I can tolerate the pressure.
I need a softer bed, but not if it brings warmth. I want to have the windows open and a cold breeze blowing in, and nice warm blankets...with snow on the ground. I've always liked a cold bedroom. As the mattress gets softer, the sleeper sinks into a pillowy cocoon which rapidly absorbs body heat and keeps it there...thus the less sinking/cocooning wanted as temperatures get warmer.
We just got the i8 sleep number bed in January, reasoning that it should be the perfect bed no matter what, for the last decades of our lives. Top-rated per Consumer Reports. And we can instantly adjust it to be as soft or hard as we feel the need for at any particular point in time. We got the split king (really, two extra long twins pushed together) and we adjust each side accordingly. Plus as I need to have head or feet raised, I could do either separately and not disturb my husband. In return, he can kick and jiggle his left leg all fucking night long and I never have to know or feel it, which is its own kind of heaven as far as I'm concerned.
Initially I hated it (but we got it for the hubster who is still employed, so his need for a good night's sleep outweighs my own) because it was so difficult to actually get out of, at the tremendously soft number of 35. The saleslady called to check up (several times, as there is a 100 day trial period, and she wanted to ensure her commission) and when I mentioned that, she suggested returning the bed to 100 (the max firmness) before I get up. Voila! That took care of the issue. Now it eats batteries on the remote. Hopefully the air pump can stand the abuse.
Other than funky sheeting arrangements (we use two extra-long twin flat sheets and one king-sized top sheet, plus one king-sized blanket now) it's pretty nifty. So all in all, about $6000 for this set up including the base, and while that seemed outrageous at first, I have decided I can deal with it.
Creepy part...who needs spying microwaves? This bed comes with Sleep IQ, which measures my breathing rate, my heart rate, logs the moment I fall asleep (actually, the moment I stop fidgeting) and logs each moment of restlessness during the time I'm in bed. It gives me a score every day of how well I slept. The Sandman is Watching...
I need a softer bed, but not if it brings warmth. I want to have the windows open and a cold breeze blowing in, and nice warm blankets...with snow on the ground. I've always liked a cold bedroom. As the mattress gets softer, the sleeper sinks into a pillowy cocoon which rapidly absorbs body heat and keeps it there...thus the less sinking/cocooning wanted as temperatures get warmer.
We just got the i8 sleep number bed in January, reasoning that it should be the perfect bed no matter what, for the last decades of our lives. Top-rated per Consumer Reports. And we can instantly adjust it to be as soft or hard as we feel the need for at any particular point in time. We got the split king (really, two extra long twins pushed together) and we adjust each side accordingly. Plus as I need to have head or feet raised, I could do either separately and not disturb my husband. In return, he can kick and jiggle his left leg all fucking night long and I never have to know or feel it, which is its own kind of heaven as far as I'm concerned.
Initially I hated it (but we got it for the hubster who is still employed, so his need for a good night's sleep outweighs my own) because it was so difficult to actually get out of, at the tremendously soft number of 35. The saleslady called to check up (several times, as there is a 100 day trial period, and she wanted to ensure her commission) and when I mentioned that, she suggested returning the bed to 100 (the max firmness) before I get up. Voila! That took care of the issue. Now it eats batteries on the remote. Hopefully the air pump can stand the abuse.
Other than funky sheeting arrangements (we use two extra-long twin flat sheets and one king-sized top sheet, plus one king-sized blanket now) it's pretty nifty. So all in all, about $6000 for this set up including the base, and while that seemed outrageous at first, I have decided I can deal with it.
Creepy part...who needs spying microwaves? This bed comes with Sleep IQ, which measures my breathing rate, my heart rate, logs the moment I fall asleep (actually, the moment I stop fidgeting) and logs each moment of restlessness during the time I'm in bed. It gives me a score every day of how well I slept. The Sandman is Watching...
Tuesday, March 14, 2017
Dismantle THIS
New Executive Order signed yesterday by #45. All department heads are to present ideas about the dismantlement of their agency or area of the executive branch. What a surprising idea from the Republicans! NOT.
Government is a big damn mess, and the regulations and countermeasures could (and does) choke anyone trying to figure it all out. So hey...is this a good thing?
Well, honestly, it may have undertones of populist "drain the swamp" and "simplify" but it ain't gonna happen. At least not in a long-term, sustainable way. But in their efforts to push their austerity agenda and deregulate all their buddies in corporate America, we risk some real rollbacks of those good things government has achieved.
Remember horrifying brown air as a given in large cities? I do. And the various regulations put in place since then have changed that in a big way. Remember the Cuyahoga River burning from all the pollution? Again, regulations made a difference there. But Republicans continue to push the fairytale that businesses and markets will gladly regulate themselves and don't need no steenkin' gubmint getting in their business.
Sigh. I gotta say, I'm a wanna-be emigrant. The only thing standing in my way is lack of money. And I'm not even sure if it's worth staying and fighting the good fight if I HAD money. I just know it's scary as hell out there now and I worry about the quality of life for my grandchildren. Calgon, take me away!
Government is a big damn mess, and the regulations and countermeasures could (and does) choke anyone trying to figure it all out. So hey...is this a good thing?
Well, honestly, it may have undertones of populist "drain the swamp" and "simplify" but it ain't gonna happen. At least not in a long-term, sustainable way. But in their efforts to push their austerity agenda and deregulate all their buddies in corporate America, we risk some real rollbacks of those good things government has achieved.
Remember horrifying brown air as a given in large cities? I do. And the various regulations put in place since then have changed that in a big way. Remember the Cuyahoga River burning from all the pollution? Again, regulations made a difference there. But Republicans continue to push the fairytale that businesses and markets will gladly regulate themselves and don't need no steenkin' gubmint getting in their business.
Sigh. I gotta say, I'm a wanna-be emigrant. The only thing standing in my way is lack of money. And I'm not even sure if it's worth staying and fighting the good fight if I HAD money. I just know it's scary as hell out there now and I worry about the quality of life for my grandchildren. Calgon, take me away!
Monday, March 13, 2017
We Need Truthiness More Than Ever
So now that we have a chronic liar in the White House, and general uproar all around (except for the Republican majority who are beside themselves with happiness about having all their dreams come true) is this the end of times?
I have friends who insist that next year, the usual turnaround will occur and the Democrats will retake the majority as the country becomes disgusted with the current crop of shenanigans.
I must say, I'm highly doubtful. I am also incredibly hopeful, but I'm sure to be crushed when the Dems once again blow a great opportunity.
Ah, nuts.
I do know I have things to say. I'm incapable of remaining silent. As a bed-bound shut-in who doesn't like to talk on the phone, what else am I gonna do? Facebook is an echo-chamber or a battlefield. Blogging it is, even though it's like being the person who shouts in the wilderness (as no one knows I'm here). If I yell in the wilderness and no one is around to listen, did I make a difference?
I do it for my own satisfaction and sanity. That's my story and I'm sticking to it.
I have friends who insist that next year, the usual turnaround will occur and the Democrats will retake the majority as the country becomes disgusted with the current crop of shenanigans.
I must say, I'm highly doubtful. I am also incredibly hopeful, but I'm sure to be crushed when the Dems once again blow a great opportunity.
Ah, nuts.
I do know I have things to say. I'm incapable of remaining silent. As a bed-bound shut-in who doesn't like to talk on the phone, what else am I gonna do? Facebook is an echo-chamber or a battlefield. Blogging it is, even though it's like being the person who shouts in the wilderness (as no one knows I'm here). If I yell in the wilderness and no one is around to listen, did I make a difference?
I do it for my own satisfaction and sanity. That's my story and I'm sticking to it.
Is This Thing On??
Okay, I'm just a poor girl, I need no sympathy...yada yada yada.
Oh, my goodness. Since 2012 I have been such a mess. Those of you who know me know that my health declined rapidly and I had to retire because I was no longer able to function. It's been almost 5 years now and I don't know that I can keep this up (or for how long) but one thing's for certain...I can't NOT have a blog.
Since my first darike dot com as Nemesis, which I dumped totally in 2010 after 4 years,, then this one, then drygulches dot com which I also carried for 4 years (wow, am I a 4-year loser or what?) I had this one briefly. When I left Idaho I thought I'd just dump this one but I gots the itch again and I'm going to see what happens when I scratch a little...
Oh, my goodness. Since 2012 I have been such a mess. Those of you who know me know that my health declined rapidly and I had to retire because I was no longer able to function. It's been almost 5 years now and I don't know that I can keep this up (or for how long) but one thing's for certain...I can't NOT have a blog.
Since my first darike dot com as Nemesis, which I dumped totally in 2010 after 4 years,, then this one, then drygulches dot com which I also carried for 4 years (wow, am I a 4-year loser or what?) I had this one briefly. When I left Idaho I thought I'd just dump this one but I gots the itch again and I'm going to see what happens when I scratch a little...
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