Corporate Greed

So, it's Wednesday.  Once again the temps are supposed to climb into the lower 90s (F)  The Central Air is on, but the temp is set to 75 (F), there's no need for the house to be chilly willy.  The forecast for tomorrow is the same, later in the week the temps are predicted to drop into the upper 80s (F), which is fine with me.  

Lily's downstairs chewing on a pig ear.  Yes, she's getting spoiled, but then she is an old lady and seniors dogs need to be spoiled.  She's developed a bit of a slowness when she sits down, so the arthritis has finally arrived.  Hers is not nearly as bad as Biggie's was, but then he had so many other problems as well.  I don't know if I'll put her on puppy Nsaids or not, I guess it all depends on how bad things get for her.

We go for a walk every day.  On our way we pass an old Craftsman house that used to have a beautiful stone wall next to the sidewalk.  However, the people who live there are seniors and the upkeep of the wall has not been the best.  The textures of the different types and colors of moss make it a rather interesting, however, this is how things move into history.

And there was an interesting article in The Hill on the number of single households in America.  This is a bit of an eyeopener, to say the least.  I was somewhat surprised when I saw that it was as high as 30%.  Then, of course, I took a few moments and thought about it, about how many people I know are not married and living alone.  I don't doubt that certain socially conservative groups are going to use this figure to try and guilt some people in dealing with some sort of frowned upon stigmata.  And I was not surprised to see that a number of corporations aren't happy with this.  Couples make babies, single people usually don't.  Because of that the population of the United Staters is dropping and as far as corporations are concerned, fewer people mean lower profits.  They want people to make babies, lots of babies.  That's one of the main reasons they're also pumping money into the hands of the anti-abortion crowd.  It's not about the sanctity of life.  Nope.  It really all about corporate greed.