Taxes

I helped YaYa  do her taxes today,  which means I answered some ?'s while she did them herself.  There are millennials in my classes - 25 year olds in law school - who have told me they've never done their own taxes.  Now that may be because Mommy's trust fund makes taxes complicated,  but it's still appalling. Good on YaYa for bucking the trend.

My baby came home early... I keep hearing the song let's get it on in my head...no walls? At 3:30 am, no problem... LOL - Lisa 

Fools and Mortals by Bernard Cornwell

A novel set in 1595 around the first performance of A Midsummer Night's Dream. A fun read.

 

Fare Thee Well Klement

 

Ursula K Le Guin

RIP fantasy writer Ursula K Le Guin. I read A Wizard of Earthsea in a sci-fi class in high school, and enjoyed it. 

Grrr

 Ooooh i got mad just reading this!

Jason Kidd has been Fired

Yowsers

Shopping for Cars with our Niece

Today was spent helping our niece find a reliable used car. If you think there is a more exhausting way to spend a day, then you are wrong. Congratulations Caitlin Anne!

Lance Sijan - A Half Century Since His Passing

Today is the 50th anniversary of the death of American hero and Bay View native Lance Sijan. Rest in Peace sir, you have not been forgotten.

Rummy

I just described via text how to play rummy...where's the mom award for that? Lisa

Me Too

Hollywood is the wrong impetus for the #metoo movement. Too many women were complicit in the abuse (Streep, and all who supported Polanski and Allen.) And the women who didn't say no, willingly used the casting couch, and now cry foul? They aren't victims, and I think they denigrate the truly oppressed with their BS playacting.

Also - In case you haven't caught on, Scientology is shamelessly using the #metoo movement to discredit a producer who left the church. They are sponsoring ads here on FB (w/out mentioning the "church") and pointing to anonymous accusations against him. Beware!

Government Shutdown? Ok.

Other than the treatment of our troops, I care not about the shutdown. It's just another reminder that the federal government is a bloated, intrusive, mess.

Spence - Peterson

Spence is a beast.  Congrats on the title defence!

A Deleted Scene from Genesis

 Grades for fall were finally posted at 5pm today. I am pleased with the results.

Nice Job

Apparently ABC News is unaware that Walker is Governor, not a Congressman.

Please ABC, try not to so easily feed my scorn for the media.

I'm Bitter

The spring semester starts today. I'm so sick of law school I could vomit. I wish I had the funds to quit work,  go full time,  and finish this already.  But I don't.  So I will once again go sit among millennials who complain about the rigor of their largely parental-supported existence,  and bide my time.

LoL

What??

Cory Booker, actor - er, Senator - extraordinaire, wants Homeland Security to devote 73% of its time to White Supremacist Groups. This isn't something I read, those are the words/numbers straight from his mouth. What a play-to-the-cameras buffoon.

Grow Up

Gov Walker missed MLK Day celebrations because  he's giving a eulogy at his Aunt's funeral, and even knowing this people online are blasting him as racist. It must be terribly boring to be a lefty, having to fall back on the same tired script day after day.

The Ceiling Collapsed!

So this happened today. No one was hurt. But with proof the 126 year old plaster is critically weak, I have to dip into my contingency funds to have the first floor ceilings redone.

NIghtmares

I suffer from nightmares every time I sleep, or at least every time I get a long enough rest to reach REM. Bad, horror movie nightmares.The doctor even prescribed pills to stop me from dreaming, tho I admit I don't take them, as they put me out for longer than I usually have to rest. No big deal, honestly; I usually wake up quietly, acknowledge it was a dream, and go back to sleep. Sometimes I even know it IN the dream. But this morning I bolted upright in bed terrified beyond reckoning and judging by Lisa's reaction I may have even screamed. That . . . was a doozy.

Ain't Family Grand?

Last night a family member called my phone - phoned me! - to call me a white supremacist because I do, indeed, think some countries in the world are s**tholes. 

Note that the person has never left the country. I have, and outside of tourist areas many places (not all) are the functional equivalent of porta-potties. That isn't a slam on the populace, it's an indictment of the incompetent and/or corrupt government.

Typical lefty tactics; disagree and you're a racist! Oh, and slamming the US and alleging it too is a s**thole? That's tactic 2, and it's just as shady (not to mention less than patriotic IMO).

 As to the call: a quick FU and a hangup.

An Update on the Remodel

We have reoccupied the house. After five days at Job Prior, sleeping on a less than ideal mattress, my hip is a mess. So is my house, with plaster dust everywhere. But the demo is done - save for the kitchen, which is down the road a month or so.

We gave away our gas stove today. No point in keeping it,  as we're replacing it in a few weeks and the wall where it goes is gone lol

My Ideal Weekly Menu

Every Friday should include salt crusted marble rye bread, coarse cut coleslaw, thick french fries, and an ample portion of baked or fried cod. Likewise, each Sunday morning should have hot shaved ham served on a fresh rolls (preferably dutchie crust), with a side of macaroni and potato salads. #MustHaves #Milwaukee