Given that we spend our money for a broken political system, and the politicians in charge tend to be largely invisible, there’s good reason for the derision aimed at the big names on the Hill. Only on a rare occasion do we think of them as individuals, with obvious personality. That’s why today’s headline came as a shock.
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Tonight, George (he who has a red chair) left me with an intellectual challenge. Try to see, and then remember, all the movies that have had Judy Greer in the cast. What with ninety-one credits on IMDB (and counting), this could be a toughie.
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Almost twenty-four hours have passed; can we stop talking about the elections already? I jest, barely. Never has such a massive change in direction received so little conversation time. Other than my newspaper, which went to bed just after me, nothing. Not on the bus. Not on the street. Not at all.
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Some days bring change. Of all sorts. For example, today I put away my winter parka and returned to trusty Goretex. The impending rains might have had something to do with that choice, but the thermometer did make it into double digit territory for the first time in a long time.
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It seems we made less money last year. Or had less money left over at the end of last year. That makes sense. Factor in the inflation rate, and the increase in taxes at most levels (nickel and dime me to death), Add payments for a cellphone that wasn’t even on the radar at the beginning of the cycle, and we did not get into the 1% group, again. Some might count having a smart phone as a plus; I’m less sure.
posted in media | Comments Off on Mediocre movie producer | 258 words
Under cover of darkness, in driving snow. Randy on the radio, counting through songs based on the letters of the alphabet. So much good music, along the way. Turn here, and park. Burger stop. A&W, just because. That’s Saturday without a care.
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Maybe it had been a particularly long afternoon. Or the weather was “edgy”. Not sure. When the recipe emerged from the printer in the Ivory Tower, things degraded. Quickly. My phone rang and “inquiring minds wanted to know”. Who sent the anonymous print job? For the record, we may never know.
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This is just an idea, but… there is now a Bitcoin ATM in the city. If I was to stand nearby with a needy expression, might someone gift me. Just a bit of a bitcoin. And then I could wait for the currency to skyrocket (which it does from time to time), and sell off before the downward run. No worse than buying a lottery ticket, and definitely new high-tech. I’ll wait a few days, and check the address on Google.
posted in economy | Comments Off on Gifted with (bit)coin? | 253 words
Watching Jennifer Jones, in the big red chair. She might hang in there for another go at gold, four years hence. I concur.
posted in travel | Comments Off on A tram a bus a tram a bus | 254 words
Don’t you hate when the phone rings during suppertime? You have to hand over the steak spatula and take the phone receiver into position. And then, try to be polite. Usually, the caller deserves something special – like a whistle blast.
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