I need to get a life

Here it is, the most beautiful day of the year (the sun is shining, and it's 74°F outside), and I'm relegated to sitting in front of my computer, patiently waiting for some one to email me or even call. I couldn't even get in a good bike ride this morning.

I tried mind ya, but my back was hurting, so when I got a flat about 10 miles out, I decided it was the perfect opportunity to turn around and go home. I ended up getting in about 20 miles, but they were hardly quality miles.

So after taking a shower, and checking my email, I promptly sat down in front of the TV, watching the talking heads discuss everything from Bernie Madoff, to how to make a 30 minute meal.

That's when it dawned on me, Edie and I are consumed by the TV.

Every night all we seem to do is sit in front of the TV watching the plethora of mindless shows, and I don't understand why. With the exception of Lost, there is absolutely nothing original on TV anymore. Every year Jack Bauer sets out to save the American public from a terrorist attack, while at the same time the US government is out to put him in jail, for doing just that. It's just so predictable.

Does no one have an imagination any more, that all there seems to be on TV are mindless variations on past shows or "reality TV", which I refuse to watch, except for Survivor, and Top Chef. But it wouldn't upset me too much if I missed either of them.

We even have about 300 Gb of shows stored on our DVR, just for those times when there aren't even those mindless shows to watch or everything is a repeat. [Thank goodness I bought that Terabyte hard drive to hook up to the DVR.]

So anyways, I shut off the TV, and went for a [very] short walk, but I couldn't even get motivated for that with everything else that has been going on today.

Edie had to go back to the vet to check out Chloe, who has some sort of Rhino Virus, and just won't eat on her own. And on top of that, we just learned that my aunt in New York (Sylvia's sister) died this morning. She was 90, and hadn't been doing well lately, so it wasn't totally unexpected, but still............ And then of course there are always the frustrations at work.

I would like to have gone golfing, but I didn't want to hurt my back any more, besides, I think that is what caused the back pain in the first place, from bending over, while practicing my putting on Sunday.

Ok, at least it's time for dinner now, and a nice glass of wine. That usually helps me get over whatever ails me. Let's hope it does so tonight as well. Maybe I can come up with something else to do this evening, besides watching TV.

Oh, but Lost and Criminal Minds are on tonight, and I like both those shows. Of course I will have to record one, since they're both on at 9 PM.

Oh well, such is life! :)

Vaccine Mandates, what are they good for?

Not much, that's for sure! Simply showing evidence of receiving a Covid-19 vaccine (whether fake or not), does not mean you are protected from getting Covid-19, nor spreading it, if infected. We are all different, and too many of us, i.e. people who are immunocompromised/ immunosupressed, the elderly, or others for various reasons, do not [cannot] mount an immune response as good as younger and healthier individuals. What is evidence of immunity is a quantitative antibody test showing you have developed antibodies, and to what degree, either from natural immunity or the vaccine. That is what we should be testing for. That is what is important. But for too long, many, i.e. the FDA, doctors, and other health experts discouraged people (and still are) from getting antibody tests, because there was little knowledge about what level of antibodies are needed to impart immunity to the virus. That of course is true, to some extent, but how can we ever find out [learn] the answer to that q

History IS repeating itself

I didn't grow up during the rise and fall of Hitler and Nazi Germany, so for me to claim it feels like those are the times we are living in now, must be taken with a grain of salt. But I have seen enough movies, and read enough history to know, if the times we're living in now are not akin to the rise of a Nazism and Facism in Europe in the 1930's and 1940's, then we're not far off. If you can't see the parallels with Nazi Germany, then you must be living in a different country than me. Republicans and other right wing extremists will stop at nothing to subvert the will of the majority, forcing their beliefs, that they are the superior race and have been appointed by God, to impose their will on America, while they blame all our problems on immigrants, blacks and Jews. As I speak, Mitch McConnell, and his minions are raising roadblocks to all legislation designed to help average Americans under the guise of fiscal responsibility. They condone violent and verba

Open letter to all Democrats

Stop the nonsense! Continuing to go after Trump, without any hope of getting a conviction, does nothing more than provide Republicans with an obstructionist dialogue (now that they have come up with the unconstitutional talking point) in addition to giving Trump much needed publicity, when we should be ignoring him. It's the pure definition of insanity, doing the same thing over and over again, and expecting a different result! Instead Democrats need to be laser focused on what is important to all Americans, i.e. healthcare, Social Security and Medicare, infrastructure reform, the Covid-19 vaccine rollout, to name just a few. And when you do talk about Trump, simply steer the conversation as to how the Trump administration botched everything, how Trump is responsible for the deaths of 400,000+ Americans, due to his inaction and the down playing of the pandemic, plus the deaths of 2 Capitol policeman during the insurrection Trump provoked and incited on January 6, 2021.

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