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There's something wrong with this pic. Can you ID it?

I was up early and got the final sanding done on the ceiling in the master bedroom. It's ready for priming and painting.
Using a sanding block on a ceiling involves muscles I don't possess.

By 8 a.m. I was in Josh's truck, trailer in tow, headed north. I got to Khalil's house a little after 9:30 and by noon we had the car up on the trailer and the transaction done. I took my time driving home and confess to being tense as I drove back down from 4,000' feet. I thought about that overturned cattle truck last Friday and decided I didn't want to do the same. Borrowed truck, borrowed trailer, car strapped on...I'm exhausted.

But Ilsa is in place at her new home. Doesn't this pic look almost poetic in its beauty?Don't you think a Zenith Blue '67 and a Gulf Blue '62 make a lovely pair? I think they make an ideal his/hers set. Alas, "hers" doesn't seem to think that's such a great idea.

The next step is to list Gerta on eBay. But I'm going to wait until tomorrow morning for that. As tired as I am tonight I could really botch it up.

Let's pretend you're a kid in, say, 6th grade who is unusually big for your age. You're on the playground for recess when you see one 4th grader beating up on a 3rd grader. What should you do?
I *think* most of us would say you have an obligation to intervene. Not put a beat down on the 4th grader but at least stop him from whoopin' on the younger kid. If you just stood by and watched as the 3rd grader got bruised and bloodied most people would question your compassion. It's not like you take any risk by intervening; your size makes the outcome certain.

Does this apply to international incidents? If the U.S. sees a bully beating up on a defenseless group, whether a neighboring country or an ethnic group within his own country, do we have a moral obligation to intervene? If we don't does it say something about our compassion?

I realize international relations aren't as simple as playground conflicts.
Many argue that unless the incident involves a threat to our national interests we should butt out. But if/when that's the standard we get accused (sometimes by those at home as well as abroad) of being essentially selfish. "If oil weren't involved we would never have...."
Conversely, if it doesn't involve us in any way, "We can't be the world's policeman, solving every conflict on every front. That's unrealistic as well as wrong-headed."

It's conundrums like this that have lead me to decide against running for President in this cycle. Actually, I've decided I won't be a candidate in any cycle. Besides, does the White House even have a garage? Because I need space to work on Ilsa.