November 9, 2015

I'm going to run in a 5K. it would have been absurd

this time last year, because I was on the coffin nails.

I quit smoking, and I know I sound like an idiotic commercial, but it has been such a great benefit to my life.

I can do things that I did in my teens (one of which was running in a 5K) and not be even the slightest bit phased.

Please under the sun and all that is holy, find another way and quit the cigarettes. They are depriving you of a hell of a lot of things.

I'll get off of my soapbox now.

November 9, 2015

Radeon 3 9X vs Geforce 9 series.

I'll be the first one to admit I have a bias toward nVidia.

And now I'm going to admit that Maxwell's "color compression" does not make up for a lagging 128-bt bus, nor the paltry 2GB they sought to flagship it under the "enthusiast" category.

I have had two boxes that run SLI for gaming - best one was before it was necessary. I was one of the first owners of a Monster 3D card (anybody remember those?)

I'm not sure who nVidia thinks they are going to fool, but a 4GB, crippled 128-bit bus is not it.

Go all out, and I'll still not buying it.

I don't fork over $200 for an innately, purposefully crippled piece of hardware.

November 9, 2015

Swan Queen - Snow Patrol

November 7, 2015

If you live in a state that polls red, you are still irresponsible if you don't vote.

"None of the people I support can win here" is not an excuse.

We have statewide elections that directly affect the services in our states. We have local elections that determine quality of life.

Many politicians start out at the local level, become admired, go on to the state representation and the Presidency.

Get off of your butt (I know that is suddenly a dirty word) and get to the polls every damn time they are open, know what you are voting for, and the carload of people you are driving to the polls know what you are voting for, too.

November 7, 2015

Don't you just hate it

when your narrative of inevitability gets smashed to pieces?

That was a kind ass-handing as I have ever seen.

I love Bernie - he even wants the best for Clinton folks.

I'm rather stunned at the wellspring of compassion he has.

November 5, 2015

I went to the grocery store today. A Clinton Sanders divergence.

I blurted out "you have to be shitting me" for 3.98 each for tomatoes. A nice lady I didn't know (know her now) was there and I apologized for the ugly language. We started discussing the economy.

Later, I arrived at the checkout counter, and a lovely African American lady and her child were in the line behind me.

I'm not exactly certain how we got on the topic of voting for Clinton, but the white cashier and the AA standing right by me both said they can't stand her.

I brought up Sanders. "I've heard about him, isn't he the one that is not launching negative campaigns"? I had three different people discussing how much better it would be to elect Sanders. The lady that had a book in front of me stopped and listed places where you could register to vote.

I do more every damn day without getting paid for it to get Bernie Sanders elected than a SuperPAC ever could. So can everybody else. Our daily lives - that is what he wants to improve.

To be honest, I'd be depressed as hell if Hillary Clinton was my candidate, strictly because of the maudlin air that they can't win unless they go into the gutter.

I am *PROUD* of Bernie Sanders.

November 5, 2015

Musical interlude: These particular primaries are tough.

We will all get through it, but some will not emerged unchanged.

"Let freedom reign. The sun never set on so glorious a human achievement." - Nelson Mandela

Death Penalty. We have got to do some reform.

November 4, 2015

Cheap, but highly effective ab workout.

I had posted in Exercise and Fitness, but to my chagrin it is a rarely visited group.

It's a really neat way of exercising your abs beyond your standard crunches (my favorite, but not as effective).

It's entirely up to you if you wish to try it. I've had great results and have made no changes in my diet. caveat: Other than having to eat more due to the other workouts I'm doing.

November 3, 2015

Nosebleeds due to weather changes

I swear, ever since I have been a kid, every time the weather changes I get a nosebleed from hell.

It's like clockwork - the herald of winter is me having one.

Has anyone else experienced this weird phenomenon?

November 2, 2015

Strategic candidates vs. Big Picture candidates

and a big thank you to Ed Suspicious that sparked the discussion because he asked me, sincerely, why candidates are strategic and big picture thinkers that cannot confront homelessness in the US.
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They are strategic thinkers merely because they have a strategy that benefits them the most and at all costs. Like it or not it's a touch of Ayn Randism to get elected at all costs.

Big picture people are far different. They view our lives and our country as a garden where we all flourish, we all benefit, and have a PLAN for heaven's sake to get us there besides killing people in a foreign country.

We have a multitude of gardens that need to be grown in this country, including Black Lives Matter, demilitarizing our police, repairing failing infrastructure and ending trade policies that are killing jobs.

Hell, they have managed to demonize *TEACHERS*. Take a step back and imagine that you demonize teachers. Yet you aggrandize the police and invest most resources there.

If that isn't a canyon of despair that is difficult to cross, I don't know what is. But I guarantee it that one way or another the American people have the spirit to do it. It won't be an equivocation candidate that does so.