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The unsolicited, unreasoned, uninformed, unapologetic opinions of Rev. Joe Dirt
That is the the only explanation I can think of if Liz Cheney and Kamala Harris are on the campaign trail TOGETHER. Hell has indeed frozen over.
It is amazing how many Republicans are coming out for Kamala Harris as they see tRump as an existential threat to our country.
May Jupiter bless them all.
Señora hates this picture. I have it as part of suite of pictures rotating on my desktop as backgrounds. I will have to say though that it was shortly after they snapped this picture that the guide lost control of the raft and Señora and I ended up in the river. I thought it great fun. Señora had a completely different opinion.
She was a trooper, or maybe just in love, when she did this, jumped out of a perfectly good airplane and went rappelling with me. Adrenaline is good sometimes… as long as the situation is reasonably controlled.
JD Vance is objectively a horrible man. I would call him the poster child for everything that is wrong with American politics, but there is so much competition in the Republican party, he would just be one of a rotating cast on that poster. To say I find the Republican party disheartening, would be an understatement.
Then there is his running mate, tRump. How a misogynist, racist con man managed to gain control of one of two major politic parties of the most powerful nation on the planet will keep historians employed for quite some time. How he managed to maintain that control as dementia became too obvious to ignore will also keep sociologists and political scientists occupied. I am sure there will be several doctoral theses written in all those professions.
There has been something niggling at the back of my brain for Continue reading “JD Vance – Escape from L.A.”
I golf most often across the mighty Mississippi River at a golf club in Illinois that has two 18 holes courses. It is cheaper than the courses close to the house here in Missouri, and generally easier to get a tee-time. The owner, however, tends to manage the courses in a very redneck manner.
Just from the nature of the work, most of the employees working in the club houses and cart barns are part-time. The employees tend to be in two camps. Some are Continue reading “I Had Not Heard That One Before “
Gloom, despair, and agony on me
Deep, dark depression, excessive misery
If it weren’t for bad luck, I’d have no luck at all
Gloom, despair, and agony on me ~~ Fans of Hee-Haw will recognize these lyrics
The first part of August my daughter and her husband came by for a visit. They live in Oregon and had gone to Hot Springs, AR for a few days as it has romantic memories for them. Afterwards they came north to spend a few days with the old folks, aka Señora and I, adhering to the Ben Franklin adage, “guest, like fish, begin to smell after three days.” I get it. It is also the advice I follow myself when visiting as a house guest. Well actually, I figure a day or two of me is sufficient until the day for the vast majority of folks.
It was the first time they had been here in eight years. We have been out to Oregon twice in that time period, maybe thrice.
A few years ago it seemed to me that I was the one doing most of work to maintain relationships, especially online, seemingly, Continue reading “I Am Officially Old “
yeah I know you did not ask!
You should so be blessed – well cursed at times actually – with a mind such as mine, making all these weird connections between my rumored neurons. Just be thankful that I do not share all of my random thoughts.
I stopped by the cannabis store the other day. Looking around, seeing so many old folks — sorry, senior citizens — in there, I thought I had made a wrong turn and ended up in the New Balance store. Perhaps the only place I might have seen more… senior citizens that is, would have been at Cracker Barrel.
yeah I know you did not ask!
You should so be blessed – well cursed at times actually – with a mind such as mine, making all these weird connections between my rumored neurons. Just be thankful that I do not share all of my random thoughts.
I have decided that I am a Zen Buddhist. Proof you say. Okay, here it is. I have developed the following koan.
Which is louder? The rantings of an old man scribbling on a lost-in-cyberspace blog or the sound of one hand clapping?
I am not sure how smart this was of us. I do wonder how long it will stay up in this super Republican neighborhood, being the district that elected Todd “Legitimate Rape” Atkins and Ann “What Climate Change” Wagner, but it is an important issue for us.
This is part of the reason I am so angry with the current Republican party. They are essentially trying to push their minority religious beliefs on the majority. Abortion is obviously a very charged subject, and I cannot imagine it ever being a very easy decision for any woman. But I strongly believe that Continue reading “I wonder how long…”
I can not shop at Costco anymore!
Yesterday I was at Costco buying a large bag of Purina dog chow for my loyal pet, Necco, the Wonder Dog, which weighs 191 lbs. I was in the check-out line when a woman behind me asked if I had a dog. What did she think I had an elephant?
So because I’m retired and have little to do, on impulse I told her that no, I didn’t have a dog, I was starting the Purina Diet again. I added Continue reading “Purina Diet”