Deer season is just around the corner.Why is it that someone drives slowly (adverb, with an “ly” on the end) but not fastly?
Note: drivers in Sun City really like adverbial endings.
On this morning’s local news they talked about our “plummeting temperatures.” It got down to 52 before the sun came up. Imagine!
At least the sun came up at virtually the same time as a week ago.
I’m telling ya, folks - there are some incredible real estate deals here.
Our over-breakfast discussion this morning was about Dancing with the Stars and how much of what they show on TV is scripted. Pam is less cynical than I (surprise!). I wonder if any part of the program is not scripted.
My first book read on the Kindle is “Don’t Vote” by P.J. O’Rourke. I’m leaving off the subtitle because it’s not something I would say (at least out loud) so I don’t want to put it in my blog. Which is to say his writing includes vocabulary I’m unaccustomed to reading. But he sure says some interesting things.
He writes there’s no such thing as a trade deficit. By definition any trade involves a voluntary exchange of goods and/or services between two parties. Those parties - assuming they’re of sound mind and not under coercion - wouldn’t make the trade if they didn’t think it was equitable. Therefore, we don’t have a trade deficit with China, and all the handwringing from our government is artificial and politically motivated. China is giving us T-shirts that are too small and plastic toys and...almost everything else in your house. We’re giving them little pieces of green paper with Benjamin Franklin’s portrait. They want just a little bit of what we have, too, like one copy of every DVD coming out of Hollywood which they then duplicate 1.3 billion times. For those they give us an agreed upon number of Renminbi (yeah, who knew?). Yes, they get more Franklins than we get Renminbi, but that doesn’t make it a deficit because we got more T-shirts than they got DVD’s.
If you can deal with the salty language and want to see some hot topics in a fresh and thoughtful way (incl. gun control, political contributions and free press) I recommend, “Don’t Vote, ....”
The closet “remodel” took just a little longer than I anticipated but it went smoothly. I had cut most of the pieces here at the house so my work was primarily demolition and installation. About the only time I used the saw was to cut the closet rods themselves. Cutting them to length before getting there seemed overly optimistic.
The homeowner was right there the entire three and a half hours, doing his best imitation of my shadow, and asking questions about each step. He’d give any 5-year old a run for his money.
Jack is settling in. He’s now eating twice a day, though less than Al consumed. He likes attention but is never a pest about it. He wags his tail in a circle and loves to go on our twice-daily walks. I’m teaching him to stop on command and wait for my instruction to begin walking again, something he’s taking to quickly. I can see why his original owner recommended him.
Pam’s working today so I reheated a big helping of last night’s tuna noodle casserole. That was at 4:30. What’s for supper??
Note: drivers in Sun City really like adverbial endings.
On this morning’s local news they talked about our “plummeting temperatures.” It got down to 52 before the sun came up. Imagine!
At least the sun came up at virtually the same time as a week ago.
I’m telling ya, folks - there are some incredible real estate deals here.
Our over-breakfast discussion this morning was about Dancing with the Stars and how much of what they show on TV is scripted. Pam is less cynical than I (surprise!). I wonder if any part of the program is not scripted.
My first book read on the Kindle is “Don’t Vote” by P.J. O’Rourke. I’m leaving off the subtitle because it’s not something I would say (at least out loud) so I don’t want to put it in my blog. Which is to say his writing includes vocabulary I’m unaccustomed to reading. But he sure says some interesting things.
He writes there’s no such thing as a trade deficit. By definition any trade involves a voluntary exchange of goods and/or services between two parties. Those parties - assuming they’re of sound mind and not under coercion - wouldn’t make the trade if they didn’t think it was equitable. Therefore, we don’t have a trade deficit with China, and all the handwringing from our government is artificial and politically motivated. China is giving us T-shirts that are too small and plastic toys and...almost everything else in your house. We’re giving them little pieces of green paper with Benjamin Franklin’s portrait. They want just a little bit of what we have, too, like one copy of every DVD coming out of Hollywood which they then duplicate 1.3 billion times. For those they give us an agreed upon number of Renminbi (yeah, who knew?). Yes, they get more Franklins than we get Renminbi, but that doesn’t make it a deficit because we got more T-shirts than they got DVD’s.
If you can deal with the salty language and want to see some hot topics in a fresh and thoughtful way (incl. gun control, political contributions and free press) I recommend, “Don’t Vote, ....”
The closet “remodel” took just a little longer than I anticipated but it went smoothly. I had cut most of the pieces here at the house so my work was primarily demolition and installation. About the only time I used the saw was to cut the closet rods themselves. Cutting them to length before getting there seemed overly optimistic.
The homeowner was right there the entire three and a half hours, doing his best imitation of my shadow, and asking questions about each step. He’d give any 5-year old a run for his money.
Jack is settling in. He’s now eating twice a day, though less than Al consumed. He likes attention but is never a pest about it. He wags his tail in a circle and loves to go on our twice-daily walks. I’m teaching him to stop on command and wait for my instruction to begin walking again, something he’s taking to quickly. I can see why his original owner recommended him.
Pam’s working today so I reheated a big helping of last night’s tuna noodle casserole. That was at 4:30. What’s for supper??
1 comment:
I love P.J. O'Rourke's stuff. First read his "Paliament of Whores" during college, forever getting me hooked on politics.
Mike H.
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