"The government is unresponsive to the needs of the little man. Under 5'7", it is impossible to get your congressman on the phone." - Woody Allen

They don't have OSHA where this guy works.

Thirty minutes ago I got a call from the guy who said he was going to buy the Rambler. He played golf and bowled yesterday, and then bowled today, and just didn't have the time to call me. (right) And now he has to take care of his mother.
Whatever.
It's back on Craig's List here.
The good news: I don't have to sell it. I'll see what happens and if nobody responds I'll put it up there again in a few weeks. No hurry, and no reason to come down significantly on the price.

Today was a "no car work" day. I spent the morning working on my sermon and most of the afternoon working on the lesson for my adult class. About 3:30 I went over and played nine holes of the par 3 course. The weather was perfect - about 80 and sunny - and I had the place almost completely to myself. I could see one guy about 4 holes behind me and I came up on a twosome on the 9th hole. Very relaxing. And walking my sermon helps develop my thoughts. (I gotta have something to think about besides that shot I just hit.)

The Republicans need a good PR guy. I don't understand why they can't get their act together and have a few simple effective talking points. For example, the White House consistently talks about raising taxes only for the "richest Americans," a term loaded with classism, appealing to the us vs. them mentality. Simple and effective, easy to repeat. What's the Republican line?
Nothing.
Slogans, guys. C'mon, it's not tricky.
I heard a guy on NPR - didn't catch who it was - say that the Dems want to return taxes for the wealthy to Clinton-era levels but they don't talk about reducing govt. spending to Clinton levels, which would require about a 4% drop. That seems tailor made for a Republican talking point. Turn it into a one sentence mantra and get all the GOPers to repeat it.
There are lots of other potential zingers but for reasons I don't understand the Republicans are all over the wall with no clear message.

Our fantasy league has just this weekend's games left before the top four teams move into the playoffs. I'm currently in fourth place, which means I simply MUST win my matchup or life will be simply unbearable. The good news: I don't have any AZ Cardinals on my team.

My favorite Dave Brubeck story:
He gave his sons piano lessons when they were boys. But because he knew how difficult it could be with the parental dynamic involved he came up with a routine he followed for every lesson. He'd put on a strange set of clothes he kept for the purpose and a wig, then go out the back door, around the house to the front door, and ring the doorbell. His sons would let him in the house where he'd proceed to give them their piano lessons. At the end he'd reverse the process.
Never had any problem.