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Señora hates this picture

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.

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JD Vance – Escape from L.A.

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.”

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I Had Not Heard That One Before           

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           “

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I Am Officially Old           

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           “

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Rev. Joe’s Random Thought #7,839

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.

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Rev. Joe’s Random Thought #3,967

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?

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Vanity Plate for the Day – 6I JOE

Vanity Plate of the Day… not actually daily, but whenever I encounter one in the wild that I think worth sharing and there are not too many in sequence.  When I was commuting from my home to downtown St. Louis and back, I was spending anywhere from an hour and half to two hours daily in rush hour traffic. I used the exercise of deciphering vanity plates to help pass the time… plus sometimes they are very clever and worth sharing.

6I JOE

This was on the back of an army green Jeep Wrangler.  Since they used “6” instead of “G”, there must be another vehicle with a similar Missouri plate.  “GI JANE” was also taken, but not “6I JANE”.  Nothing wrong with being proud of your service.

But then again, they could have just been big fans of the action figure…

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Quote of the Day – Karl Popper

Quote of the Day… not actually daily, but whenever I encounter one I think worth sharing and there are not too many in sequence.  I like quotes as they frequently distill a piece of wisdom into a brief passage, or make other points very succinctly – such as the witticisms of Oscar Wilde.

“All life is problem solving” ~~   Karl Popper

Scores of years ago I decided that I have never had an original thought in my life.  When I think I have one now days, a quick Google search dissuades me from the delusion.

All to say that years ago I also decided that life was nothing more than a series of problems to be solved.  Even if you want to do something fun, say a trip to Tahiti, there are a series of steps — problems — that need to be resolved.  Once I had this epiphany, for lack of a better word, I stopped being so upset by the many speed bumps or even craters that life throws our way.

Take my profound advice and $2 and change, and you will be able to buy yourself a soda pop.

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