Phonies among us

Well, it's Tuesday.  This is my 6th day working.  I'm off tomorrow, won't that be nice?  And Thursday!
So back on Sunday I had this young couple come in, they're going to be selling their house and want to new carpet installed.  She was all about how they wanted to make sure the new home owners had decent carpet, not top tier, but definitely not bottom of the barrel, and they want to take advantage of our free installation program.  After looking around, they settled on a cheap $1.00 per square foot carpet (bottom of the barrel).  Padding was supposed to be a nice, medium grade... and, of course, they went for the cheapest we sell.  For some reason, when I did their estimate, they were charged an installation charge.  They didn't like that, so we said we'd try and figure out why.  Yesterday she called to see if we'd found out why our estimator was including the charge, and she was all rancid, honey sweet, saying things like "That carpet color is just perfect with our paint," and "That texture would really pop in our living room," and "I know this is upsetting for you," and... well you get the picture.  She's a phony sack of shit.  They're going as cheap as possible.  I know why they're getting an installation charge:  normally that carpet is a lot cheaper.  The price was raised so customers could use it for the free installation... and there's a slight glitch.  The estimator still qualifies it as being too cheap.  Today I'll call her and tell her the truth, though I won't tell her she's a cheap sack of shit.  Oh, and to make her phoniness even worse, she ended her phone conversation by saying "and you have a blessed day."
Oh, and today there's also a special election out in the western part of the state to replace a Republican scumbag.  Evidently the Republican, some phony named Saccone, is lagging in the polls.  How desperate is this phony?  Well, he's starting ripping whole chapters out of the Roy Moore play book shrieking things like my opponents hate the Idiot Jerk (so true), they hate families (??? I know Republicans hate Muslim families, and interracial families, and same sex families, but Democrats and Independents don't), oh... and the hate God.  Can you smell the desperation?  We'll have to wait and see how this plays out.
And finally, for a bit of levity, if you haven't seen the Betsy DeVos interview done for 60 minutes, you really should, just for the hooting hell of it.  This woman is dumb as a fucking brick.

Money can't buy you intelligence, nor can it keep you from being a phony.

Happy New Year

Well, here it is, Sunday, December 31, 2017, the last day of the year, a year that was terrible for Liberals and Centrists because too many of them sat home on their duffs rather than go out and vote on November 8, 2016.  They have learned that believing one candidate has a lock on the election is not an excuse to stay home.  Go Vote!  If you want proof, look at Alabama.  Roy Moore lost by almost 22,000 votes (that's around 880 yellow school buses if you're looking for them on Google Earth).  In  reality, he lost by an even greater margin because another 22,800 voters wrote in someone else's name!  This means almost 45,000 voted against Roy Moore!  This moron didn't just lose the election, he was slaughtered.  In 2018, Go Vote!

The Time as come to Take Back America!

We want to make sure that 2018 is the Happiest Year Ever for a majority of Americans.

The Time has come for us to begin planning our celebration.

Everybody have a Happy, Happy New Year!

And Go Vote!  

Rubberize this!

For those who don't know, Roy Moore has filed a lawsuit in an attempt to disqualify the Alabama election... it's not going anywhere.  Doug Jones is going to be named the winner.  He doesn't understand that Divine Judgment was against him.  Not being a devout person, I would rather believe that Roy Moore's Karma stinks.  He has spent years telling himself that his beliefs make him special, and that being special makes him an authority who's allowed to pass Judgment.  He's actually the poster child for Social Conservative failure.  The longer he lives in his denial, the more damage he does - which is fine with me.
According to Bloomberg, the $ is on the decline.  This does not portend well for our future economy since stocks are valued on the $ not gold, as they used to be.  If the $ drops than those expensive stocks such as Home Depot are not actually worth the cost per share, but in reality much less.  This is not going to keep people from investing, their problem being they just can't make the correlation between cost and value.  I wouldn't be surprised if... oh, say by February, the unemployment rate goes up.  You see investors want to a good value for their investment and the best way for companies to add worth is to cut spending... as in payroll.  And that cost runs hand in hand with productivity.  For example, if a company sells condoms, and three people run the machine that makes the condoms and they turn out 30,000 condoms a day.  If that company starts selling 32,000 condoms a day, they're not going to hire another person just to make 2000 more condoms, those 3 people are going to have to increase their productivity to meet the demand.  This creates more value for those who own shares in this condom maker by not increasing payroll expense.  Of course Republicans don't understand this at all which is why they pretty much rubber stamped their legislation.
This is true.  The large corporation I work for is beginning a similar process where certain lower managers will need to manage 2 sometimes 3 departments rather than just one.  Ooops, don't tell the Republicans their Tax Overhaul and Job Creation Act is not actually going to create new jobs.

Of course, this will make their stock more valuable since their revenue will go up as their payroll expense declines.

Red State Mentaility

Well with Big Seig's help, I've been taking apart my weight bench - or at least that part which supports the barbell up in the air when you're doing bench presses.  That rack alone takes up 15 square feet - which may not seem like a lot, but believe me, it is.
In case you haven't been paying attention, the GOP is ready to ram their crazy, waste of a Tax Cut / Overhaul down the throats of Americans because... well, because they've been telling their base for years this will create more jobs.  This is what's going to start the big buck rolling into all the Idiot Jerk supporters, at least that's what those morons think.  Obviously, if they read Boomberg they'd realize this is a trillion dollar blunder.  They honestly believe that corporations are going to take these cuts and use them to create unnecessary jobs for unnecessary employees, who's employment will drop the productivity level these corporations want.  Keep in mind, no one has ever accused these people of being intelligent.  By the same token, these corporations are not going to suddenly give their employees a $1 an hour increase out of the kindness of their hearts - employees are already getting paid enough for the work they do, they don't need any more money, that would set a bad precedent.  Of course, those who want this piece of shit passed don't really care about America, they just want to prove they can pass legislation, even this turd.
And that Roy Moore cluster fuck down in Alabama?  It's getting crazier by the minute.  He's too cheap to pay for a recount might prove he lost by an even greater margin.  And losers like Alex Jones are adding to the hilarity of this mess.  Don't these people realize that a majority of Americans are looking at this circus, wanting to tell Moore and his crony losers to "just shut up!"  There are people who believe 20,000 out of state voters were bused in on yellow school buses.  That would be at least 800 buses.  You could probably see that many buses from space.  And wouldn't somebody at a polling station have called the local news media if even 5 school buses with out of state license plates pulled up and started unloading?  This is Red State Mentality at its... sharpest.  These are the same people who think these tax cuts are going to generate more jobs.  Oh... my.

The FCC is a lot like Roy Moore

I have a bit of a cold, that means my nose is running which tends to be the only symptom I get when a rhinovirus takes hold.... oh, and I usually get a cold sore.
And what about Roy Moore?  He can not believe that Judgment has come down against him. The idea that a Higher Power has interceded against his failed interpretation is impossible for him to understand.  Even the Idiot Jerk in the White House says it's time for this loser to concede.  Everybody else in the GOP has congratulated Doug Jones on his victory - except for Mad Moore and his Supporters.  What this dolt really needs to ask himself is why would a Higher Order chose to let a Conservative Democrat win?  Of course, he will never do that since that would mean questioning his own ability to judge, and we all know Roy Moore wants to be both judge and jury.
I've been talking to people who ride bicycles about possibly buying the Kinetic trainer - so far not even a nibble... well one, but I'm not counting on that.  This means I've been rationalizing:  2 bikes so why not have 2 trainers.

Lily wants to know what's in the box

This would be fine except things might be a little tight in my computer / training room.  Changes are afoot.  I've decided to move the computer desk.  I have a regular desk and a 'computer desk' and right now the configuration is "L" shaped - well, I'm going to stream line and put everything down one wall.  I have a Wieder weight system - I use the bench, but tend to do dumbbell presses more than barbell presses, which means the stand will go.  There's also a small bookcase with a lot of my French Literature which I'm never, ever going to read again.  This is how it goes, you know?

And finally, on the FCC's decision to end Net Neutrality yesterday...  we need to vote as many Republicans out of office as possible, simply because they have to much duck shit in their brains.  They say "deregulation will increase competition and drop prices."  That's a lie.  They say "this will allow Internet Providers the ability to make improvements."  That's a lie.  When a customer's provider increases his monthly charge, that customer will piss and moan, but very rarely change providers. With only three main Internet Providers in the country, there is no competition.  If one raises rates, it's only a matter of time before the other 2 raise their rates as well.  There is no absolutely no 'fair market value' on the services they provide.  But Conservatives are really greedy.  So, the best thing we can possible do is vote them out of office because they are all a little like Roy Moore, even when they fail, they will never realize just how wrong they are.

Accountability

Okay, so here it is... Thursday.  I get to work today, tomorrow, and Saturday - then I'm off for 2 days.
Jason, from World Cup Cycle and Ski called yesterday, my new bike is in... A Month Early!  When I'd picked up the X6 two weeks ago I'd been told that shipment had been delayed and it wouldn't be here until 1/15/18.  Now I'm going to pick it up on Monday!!
Surprise, surprise, Roy Moore is still refusing to admit he got his ass wiped at the polls by black women, not that a lot of smart white people didn't vote for Doug Jones, but it was the black women that put him over the top.  That must be a knife in his crazy, white, Christian heart.  Of course accountability also comes into play.  I don't know why, but for some reason Social Conservatives think that all they need to do is say the Believe, and ask for Forgiveness, that once they've done those 2 things accountability flies out the door.  It doesn't.  Roy Moore thought he was Special.  The fact that he isn't is totally beyond his comprehension.  No doubt he thinks he's been Betrayed.  Repeating that last sentence while trying to sound like Wallace Shawn gives it true value.

"You believe my accountability betrays me?!  Ha!"

Anyway, we have just 11 more days until Christmas, out of those 11 days I have to work 7 - business in the flooring department is going to be dead.  I'm also scheduled to work New Year's Eve till 6 PM and New Year's day until 7...  like what kind of freaking moron is going to go out on New Year's Day and buy carpeting?  Anyway, I'll probably be out early on the 31st and probably out early on the 1st.  They don't like working people both days.  The scheduling is no doubt a bit screwy because one of my fellow associates is Kurdish and she's going back to Kurdistan for 2 months.  I told her to bring back souvenirs.

Taking Back America!

The sound you hear that sounds a lot like thunder?  Well, it's Anne Marie dancing in the streets of Philly, and Bob and Carlos, and Mistress Maddie in stiletto heels and castanets, and Mark, and Marc, and Sean!  Listen and you can hear John in Wales and Rozzie in cheering from Down Under!  That sound you hear is Americans taking back America!  There's been a lightening strike in Alabama!

And, of course old Roy Moore believes he's been abandoned by... well... that fool is not even close to understand the truth.  And, in case you're counting, this was the 2nd failure by the Idiot Jerk in the White House to influence an election in Alabama.  As for Steve Bannon, I suspect he's started wondering if perhaps he should crawl back under his shitty little racist rock.

Doug Jones' win is being called 'stunning!'  What is stunning is that Americans said "no," to hate.  Americans united and went out to vote.

We are the Thunder!

We are the Lightening!

We are Taking Back America!

My Succulent is Blooming

How do I know?  Well, let me tell you, if you don't know when your succulent blooms there's a problem...  because little things shoot out the end, little flowers, you know?  This is how they make little succulents.

To be honest, some people my think me special because I have more than one succulent, in fact I have a lot... and an orchid which just started to bloom, as well.  One thing most people don't know about succulents is that they are poisonous to dogs, so if you have one, keep your dog away from it.
And for those who don't know "God's Own Country" won some top awards at the British Independent Film Awards ceremony. Congrats to all the winners for working on such a great film!
Of course in the US those wins set all Social Conservative's teeth on edge, just like the marriage equality bill in Australia.  This is not the world they want.  This is why Roy Moore is their Prince, their Storybook Hero; he represents an America where Biblical Law rules.  You can bet many of them are going to be tuned into the election results this evening without even understanding the outcome means nothing.  You see millions of Americans, a vast majority, have already passed judgement on Roy Moore in much the same way he passed judgement in his years as a judge, by what they deem to be fair and decent and right.  If Roy Moore wins, then the Social Conservatives lose in much the same way they lost when Joel Osteen demonstrated his total lack of compassion, of concern for Humanity when Hurricane Harvey devastated Houston, and in much the same way they lose when ever they lay their hands upon the Idiot Jerk in the White House.  And, of course, they also lose if he fails to win Jeff Session's seat in the Senate.
Do they care?  Hell No!  They are not concerned with Caring Compassion, with Humanity; all they want is total control, the ability to pass judgement freely, and to take away your human rights.  Do they understand?  Hell No!  Will they lose?  Hell Yes!

Time to plug in the Toaster

Well, here it is Tuesday morning, 3 weeks since my surgery, and I was up bright and early - think 0500, because of the dogs, which is the approximate time they started jumping up and down on the bed, and licking me in the face because it was 'potty time.'
Yesterday, when I saw that the Idiot Jerk in the White House had drastically reduced the size of two national monuments, my stomach turned over and I felt a bit sick.  Later, when I got home and looked on line, I saw that his supporters were all for this - they believe what he is doing is 'good for America.'  Hopefully his decision will be tied up in the court system until he is removed from office.
Later I saw that both the Idiot Jerk and the RNC had both chosen to endorse Roy Moore...   This means they've decided to totally ignore Jeff Flake's comment that "if we become the party of Donald Trump and Roy Moore we are toast."  Even though he is a Conservative, and a Republican, Jeff Flake is not stupid, he sees the future of a minority party that keeps pushing the country so far to the right it is way beyond the boundaries of what Centrist's deem as acceptable.  And they don't understand that the country is overwhelmingly Centrist.

Even though Reaganomics started failing after 2 years, and even after the Trickle Down Economic Tax Cuts in Kansas turned into an economic and political nightmare, they just cannot comprehend that one of their core beliefs is 'bad for America.'  This is why they're endorsing Roy Moore.  They need to get their damn tax overhaul passed.  The idea that they will damage human lives doesn't even occur to them since that would mean that they are Wrong.
This is a party that totally denies evolution; they do need that Social Conservative voted to keep their minority from shrinking any farther.  They find the fact that America is getting browner day by day abhorrent. 
Their Faith has taken a selfish, ugly turn on which everything hinges on the power of the pronoun 'my.'  They are in total denial of the fact that by the time I turn 100, a mere 35 years from now, there will be more Muslims in the world than Christians; a statistic that is a knife in their heart.  The fact that the Hindus are right behind the Muslims when it comes to growing their religion is more than they can fathom.  One can only say they should have, perhaps, been not so stringent with their anti-evolution beliefs.  Had they permitted their beliefs to grow and evolve they might not be in the minority party.
The fact that this president, and this party, are chugging full steam ahead pretty much defines their "Screw America" attitude, even with horrendous approval ratings.  The time has come to plug in the toaster.  Now is when we start to burn their asses so badly it will be decades before they become anything other than the stink of scorched and blackened bread.

Cop this?

So, here it is Tuesday.  One week ago I was prepped for hernia surgery.  Two days after the scalpel sliced through my skin I took off the dressings and almost passed out.  Today, much of the discoloration is gone, there's an occasional twinge from the incision, and my fur is growing back.  I can, however, feel the mesh which was stitched into the underside of my abs to hold them together and keep my guts from pushing through.  Think of it as an itchy, scratchy nuisance that I'll have to deal with until everything grows together.  This?  I can live with.
And I see a 2nd woman has come forward complaining about Al Franken...  She's saying he squeezed her ass while having her picture taken with him at a State Fair.  She's married, so evidently he's not the only man to give her cheek a squeeze, which makes me wonder if she's going to call out every other man who touched her ass.  If she isn't, is she only doing this because he's a politician?  Was she so much less sensitive 7 years ago then she is today?  There is a world of difference between a 32 year old man taking off his clothing and laying down next to a 14 year old girl, and Al Franken's hand.  If his is the only name she spits out, than I'd say she probably has bigger issues to deal with than Mr. Franken copping a cheap feel.  Some people might not like this, but there is a world of difference between someone hitting on you, and Kevin Spacey getting you drunk.  The two are not the same.
And I see that the Idiot Jerk in the White House is going to send 50,000 Haitians packing; that's 50,000 low paying jobs that his supporters can fill.  That's how he makes America Great.  That and having a Tax bill passed which gives nothing to those low income workers that they aren't getting already.
Oh, and I also see that Congress is rapidly approaching their long Thanksgiving break.  Get out your slickers, cause when they get back they'll have to deal with immigration, funding the government, and passing a really bad tax bill.  Believe me, this upcoming cluster fuck is going to be sloppy as hell!  If you don't have a strong stomach, don't watch.
So tell me, would you?

Diving in

Well, it's Monday and some of you are going back to work.  Not me, I'm sitting right in the middle of my Leave of Absence, not that I couldn't have gone back to work today... but why?  The discoloration south of the incision is rapidly disappearing and the stubble is surging, thank God I'm into cotton and not some poly blend (can you imagine all of the pulls?) no ouchy, ouchy for me.
I may go see "Justice League" tomorrow evening, haven't decided yet.  I would like to see Jason Momoa, fins and all, however

I suspect that in real life he's pretty much of an asswipe.  And then there's Ben Affleck as Batman... after 3 films with Christian Bale in that role, Ben just doesn't quite cut the mustard.  The fact that he's so unsuited for the role leads me to believe that this was not a casting couch decision, which means someone needed to be pretty drunk to think this was good was a good idea.  Rumor has it that this will be his last dance in the bat cape... we can only hope.
Yesterday I watched some Cyclocross racing on NBC Sports Gold, live from Belgium, and where I normally really like this type of bike racing, yesterday it was just okay.  For those who don't know, Cyclocross racing is taking your bicycle off road, and then having to ride over an obstacle course. 
There are hills

and barriers, and you need to be in really, really good shape.

Yesterday's race, however, was a women's race, and as the camera panned over the riders I saw that some of them had chosen to wear makeup....  Now, why would you put on makeup if you know there's a really, really good chance that you're going to do a header in the mud?

Notice, I almost wrote this entire entry without diving into the Idiocy in the White House, or the fact that thousands of Christian Ministers, and pastors did a header yesterday by failing to call out Roy Moore?  If you don't condemn, you condone.

Crossing the line

Well, I survived yesterday, of course, there were never any doubts.  Instead of repairing the hernia orthoscopically, my Dr did the old slice and dice which means I now have a 3" incision.  The bandage won't come off until tomorrow morning so I haven't had the chance to look at it yet.  They did paint me with betadine from side to side so my important parts are now Home Depot proud.  They also gave me a Tap Block which wore off around 0630, that's when I took my first Vicodin - they gave me 40 of the little white suckers, so I now have a bit of buzz.  Translation:  if I go to Amazon, I'm going to buy a couple of thousand dollars of shit I don't need.  I also got to where a cute, little bracelet with my picture on it.

I saw they ripped Jeff Sessions a new ass yesterday... and he didn't like it one bit mostly because he lied... no... wait... he didn't like... he forgot until yesterday.  You have to remember that this fool is a Social Conservative, not only does he lie and then ask forgiveness from his deity, he will excuse his lies saying they were done for his deity, to show his love and devotion to his deity.  The truth is that Sessions hates everything that falls outside of the narrow vision he allows himself.
And what about Roy Moore's women issues?  Evidently there have been rumors for years.  He's another one of those Social Conservatives who thinks that he's special.  While he's judged people for years, he, himself, hates to be judged.  Can't you hear him saying "I will be judged by a Higher Authority than you?"  This is because, like a professional scam artist, he sees nothing wrong with his behavior.  I mean, with faith as strong as his how could he do anything wrong?  Shit head.
Another funny bit this AM was John Schnatter's sudden about face.  You know who I'm talking about - he owns Papa Johns and blamed kneeling football players for lackluster sales.  That was until the Alt-Right said "yippee skippy, he's our guy," at which point he realized that Neo-Nazis buy a lot less pizza than... oh, say, political Centrists, or Liberals, or... black people, and changed his tune.  Will it help?  I doubt it.  This is what happens when you buy a house on Dick Head Way.
Then I saw this on Bloomberg this morning:  how those great Middle-Class tax cuts are only going to be temporary.   Corporate tax cuts are going to be permanent, however, as will the tax cut that John Schnatter's going to be getting.  Oh and their hatred for the Affordable Care Act has surfaced again.  Now, isn't that amazing.  Once again the 'Do Nothing Party' is going to do... nothing, mostly because they're doing it for themselves, not for America, and most assuredly not for Americans.
Finally, I can't wait to get back to the gym.  I need to get back to the gym... soon.  You see, I just realized that this scar is going to be above my Speedo line.

I don't know if that's a line I want to cross.

Personal and Political Surgery

Okay, so tomorrow (sometime) I'm going to have my Right Inguinal Hernia repaired.  Right now it looks something like this, though mine is on the right hand side:

Evidently they inflate air into the area between my abs and my fat layer and do something like this:

The only bad thing about the above photo is that the Inguinal Hernia looks a lot like female genitalia.  However, after some relatively minor, out patient surgery I will end up with a chest like this:

Well... maybe not quite like that.  Hopefully I will be able to start hitting the elliptical in about 2 weeks, and the gym a week or so after that.  I dropped off my old Cannondale X6 to have the bike shop fit it to me and cycling's a great way to burn off calories and put on leg muscle.

Anyway, I took a personal day today since I want to clean a little, there are going to be people coming in and out over the next 2 days.  They didn't like it but... this is how life is, you know?

I got a chuckle when I saw our failed Senator Pat Toomey jumped on board the Roy Moore hate bashing train.  For a self-serving Conservative like him, my money says the only reason he bought his ticket was because of his own career political ambition.  Toomey has always done what the GOP wants, and right now the Party wants Bannon and Bannon's boy Moore out of the arena.  They want him out soooooo baaaaad, they are willing to let a Democrat win that Senate seat.  Shall we talk about hatred here?  Shall we talk about open warfare?  About sacrificing a solid majority vote?  Ain't it great!!  They are about to operate on themselves, without anesthesia.  If thine eye offends thee, pluck it out, and make yourselves blinder than you are already.  Can I get a smile from everybody?

Is Roy Moore a Pederast?

Well, it's Veteran's Day and I, as a Vietnam Veteran, have to work to get paid.  Shall we talk about a paradox when it comes to celebrating who I am and what I did?
Anyway, as Roy Moore enters the Center Ring, we all know the show is just getting started.  He represents that narrow minded band of Crazy Christian Conservatives who hate everything that doesn't worship the ground they walk on.  As I said in a comment to Rozzie, he has no clue that this is the Karma (or Divine Retribution) he, himself has earned.  For years he has played God, using his far right, Crazy Christian beliefs to dole out justice.  I think everybody know by now that Roy is an Old Testament kind of guy; he loves the Ten Commandments, especially since there is none that says "Thou Shalt Not Lie Down With Children."  Back then people had no problem with Child Brides, but back then people were lucky if they lived into their 30's, especially women who were expected to make lots of babies.  An Op-Ed in the LA Times this morning hints that this may be the tip of the iceberg for Evangelicals.  Lying down with a 14 year old (whether male or female) and put that child's hand on your penis is no doubt part of the clinical definition of pederast.  The fact that he claims it never happened means... well, nothing.  With 4 other women claiming he 'hit' on them, one can only surmise this was standard operating procedure for him - if it was part of his SOP he wouldn't remember it since nothing memorable happened.  And, of course, the GOP has no idea how to handle this cluster fuck.  This is their End of Days.
Oh, and I saw that both Paul Ryan and Mitch McTurtle have both retracted statements regarding the GOP tax overhaul.  Evidently not everybody is going to get a tax cut.  Holy Crap! (like that's a surprise).  There are those in the Middle Class who might actually see their taxes go up.  Hhhmmm, this is not a good thing.
And did anybody see the pics of the 'informal' meeting between the Idiot Jerk in the White House and his BroMo buddy Vlad?  Since it wasn't 'official' they could pleasure each other without restraints... well, I don't know if that's true.  Vlad just be a 'handcuff' kind of guy.
To end on a bit of lighthearted note - my Mom's Hospice social worker called to tell me my Mom's getting married in 2 weeks... John, who lives in the other building.  Not that we would have a problem if she met someone... real, however there is no other building.

Mirror... Mirror

Well, wasn't yesterday's news flash about Roy Moore so delectable, so deliciously and deviously wonderful?  I thought so.  That this fake paragon of Christian Virtues had lain naked with a 14 year old girl when he, himself, was 32 years of age, will ripen most people's indignation.  He says it never happened, my money says his mind thought it too trivial to remember.  I'm quite sure that because "Thou shalt not lie down with 14 year old girls" is not one of the 10 Commandments he would have had no problem with taking her hand and laying it upon his member.  Besides, in his mind 'all shall be forgiven,' without understanding just how far out on the crazy edge of Christianity he liked to sit.  In his mind, his devotion to his divinity has made him special.  Now he's going to find out just how special he is as his bad Karma whips his reality back and forth at lightening speed.
My Mom had called to wish me Happy Birthday which was surprising since she doesn't remember a lot these days.  We've all learned to let her calls go into our voicemail simply because a lot of times she just rambles on and on and on.  When I called her back to thank her, she'd already forgotten that she'd called.  And then she told me that my Dad was there (he died of lung cancer 12 years ago) and that I could come over and see him if I wanted to (I didn't go over).  She's already told my sister that most of the time she doesn't know if it's real or if she's dreaming.  This is how it goes.  She still knows who we are, but that will change in time.  This is how it goes.  Her reality is about as fractured as Roy Moore's, so much so, I wonder if he could be diagnosed as having Christian Dementia.
A while back I'd said I was looking for mirrors to hang in alcove in my dining room which used to hold a window seat, and that I thought the ones I'd seen were overpriced.  Well, the designer specialist in me has been working on that problem.  I'm making my own.  Here's the first one.

Part of a matching pair, the other hangs on the opposite wall of the alcove.  I have 2 more nearly ready to hang, different colored tile.  The total cost for all 4 will be about $80, which was the cost of just that looked halfway decent on Amazon.  Not bad, eh? 

Isolationism

So, there's an election in Alabama today.  The Idiot Jerk in the White House wants some loser named Strange to win... he's probably going to lose.  That' super duper, ultra crazy conservative Christian Roy Moore is probably going to win.  And that is funny.  Why?  Because for years the GOP has kissed the asses of these crazies because if it was bad for the Democrats than it had to be good for the Republicans.  Haha.  Now, they're going to end up with a Senator who will only vote for legislation that's as crazy as he is.  Those Southern Baptists in Alabama are going to vote for a dead end, which is fine with me.  Let the loser win so they can isolate themselves even more from the greater American public, at least that's what I say.  Shit, the GOP can't even get enough votes to repeal the Affordable Care Act, how in hell would they give him what he wants and put the 10 Commandments in every classroom, and every courtroom, and in front of every Government building.  That's right.  Let that sucker win.  I know where they can get a broken shovel to help them dig their graves!

Cancer in Kentucky

Evidently more people are diagnosed with and die of Cancer in Kim Davis' home state of Kentucky.
Not only that, the newly elected Governor feels there should be no minimum wage; he thinks Mississippi's got it right.  Oh, and the state which has the 2nd highest death rate from Cancer is (drum roll please) Mississippi.  In fact, if you look at this graphic you'll see that death rates from Cancer are higher in Republican controlled states... hhmm, makes you wonder if there isn't some connection, and while there are a lot of Krazy Kristians in this country, their kraziness tends to be higher in these states.  Take Judge Roy Moore, for example:  here's a 68 year old Krazy Kristian who happens to also be a Krazy Republican as well as a Krazy Judge, and he's from Alabama, and their death rate from Cancer is also high.
Or, the reason could be that these states just have shitty health care.  Many of these states damned the Affordable Health Care Act from here to hell and back.  Thank you Republicans for making it your priority to gut it as much as possible.  Evidently you don't care enough about your Cancer mortality rate to be concerned.

Anyway, I think there much irony in the fact that more people die of Cancer in Kim Davis' state then any other state in the union.  Maybe that's why she found Jesus at her mother-in-law's funeral.  She did say that she "wants to live forever with Jesus," however there is no certainty in that statement.  The sad truth is that she's still going to die.  Nothing's going to stop that.  She's still going to be boxed up in a coffin and dropped into a hole in the ground.  And because she lives in Kentucky, the odds are higher that her death is going to be caused by Cancer.