15 March 2025….beware the ides of March

News if you can call it that is nothing more than cheap entertainment. 

Political news even more so.

 We all have an unhealthy fascination with political stuff. It is important, but not nearly as important as most of us think it is. 

Local in state politics in more important.

I’m going to delete some apps like YouTube from my phone and iPad. I can use my desktop or TV if I need YouTube. 

The government is not going to blow up. But we would probably be better off if it did. 

This week has been spring break for three of my children and my stepson. My other son has spring break next week. Ugh. 

I haven’t let people know like I should but we bought a house.

 We have been moving in slowly. The lease for the apartment we have been in end at the end of April. So we have been moving slowly. Not all bad. I think I’m finding some stuff I really don’t need anymore. I don’t know how we were able to fit and stuff we have in the apartment.

Now we’re in the house and life is better.

Things I wanted; walking distance to church and shopping. Got that. The church building is half mile away. I’ve been going to that building for years. That said I’m in a different ward and stake. Or church building houses four wards from three different stakes. 

There is a Walmart and HEB and tons of stuff in walking distance. We stopped by the Asian supermarket. That might be fun to use sometimes. 

8 February 2025……

So we have President Trump again and the world has not blown up yet. Please let me know if it does. 

I watched the news on YouTube for a couple days but after the first day it was just clips and commentary on everything that had already happened.

So my opinion and thoughts are confirmed. Politics is the entertainment branch of the government. Whether you think it’s comedy, tragedy, farce, terror, etc., etc. 

Personally I like some of what is going on. Some things make perfect sense. Some things make no sense. But it’s all entertainment. The last 4 years was a comedy of errors and a tragedy in my opinion. Some people loved it. Some hate it.  I have know idea why people hate everything now so much. I would love to understand why. 

Now you may have different opinions than me, but that is not a problem. If you have a problem with my opinion that is how life goes. At least I would hope that’s how it goes. I have had so many people on Facebook unfriend me for I have known idea why.

One thing about politics of the United States particularly, we are a form of entertainment. Many countries politics are a form of entertainment.  The United States is more so for the rest of the world. Australia, Great Britain, Brazil, India, and probably more. The entertainment may be a tragedy for some people, for other people it is a comedy. It’s all entertainment. It does effect people’s lives but it is still entertainment. 

I would say that anything political should be delayed for at least a day or maybe more. Sure the public needs to know what is happening but we don’t have to watch the crap leaving the butt of the donkey or elephant as it’s happening in real time. That said it is kind of nice to know what is happening when it happens. Opposition in all things, again.

21 January 2025……<3

In lots of ways, I live in a perfect storm.

This morning, for example it snowed last night. Granted not a lot, but considering it hasn’t snowed for three years it is quite a thing here. So it is freezing outside and my plants are mostly outside. I hope they survive.

Why are the plants outside? Well, we are in the process of moving. We have so many boxes inside the apartment that I can hardly move my wheelchair. I can go from my bedroom to the front door and bathroom and maybe the kitchen. It is ridiculous. This world really was made for walking people. People in wheelchairs are second class citizens in many ways. That’s why I call most walking people “you people”.

Then I’d like to exercise, my body really needs it. I really don’t want to live forever, but my quality of life is much better if I exercise. I may have to take up high risk hobbie(skydiving, bungee jumping, etc.,) and maybe I can die sooner.I bought myself a rowing machine, but that ended up being too hard, and a feet of acrobatics to get on and off, the rowing machine is not easy to get on and off. .

So I bought a recumbent bicycle. Much easier to get on and off. And I use an app that lets me see different areas around the world that people have video recorded while they were riding their bicycle, but today, maybe because it’s so cold, the video was buffering like I was using dial up Internet, until the last 10 seconds of the video, then it was  clear and smooth, but the previous 30 minutes was pathetic.

In lots of ways, my life sucks but in many other ways, my life is OK.

18 January 2025…..and there was much rejoicing.

January 20th 2025, the end of an error. 

I will say I’m kind of excited for the possibilities of having a new president. I have not been overly excited about some things in the previous term. Let’s see what happens.

Overall, I would say politics is the entertainment arm of the government. It is very important, unfortunately. But the fact that so many people watch it and hope for some kind of an outcome that they like, is part of the reason why I call it the entertainment branch of the government.

I would say we have a real Democrat going into the office of president and the left mad.

The Democratic party does not exist anymore except for local elections, federally The Democratic Party is dead.  Some mayors and school boards are still Democrat. Federally the Democratic Party is dead and the Republican Party(MAGA) has become the Democratic party of the past.

So the only way you can be a real Democrat is, if you are voting for someone in some cities or local elections. San Antonio, for example, would be impossible to be a real Democrat because the city is too big.  The only way you can be a real Republican is to vote in some cities and local elections.

I hate watching political stuff. I watch YouTube a lot and do not like watching the political stuff but somehow it always brings the political stuff back up like I want to watch it. I don’t want to watch all the political stuff. Let me watch videos about growing peppers and other gardening or blacksmithing or other things. That said the political garbage always comes back up. It’s like the vomit is returning to the dog, the political stuff being the vomit and me being the dog. 

I am interested to see what will happen during the next four years. I have had my concerns. that said not nearly as many as the last four years.

One person I know, and many other people, were upset about Donald Trump being elected and it was because of abortion. Abortion isn’t even a federal thing. It is a state thing.

I do love watching some of the meltdowns of people that are upset with the federal presidential election. One more reason I called YouTube and politics entertainment.

But right now if anyone of you get sent to a “concentration camp”, let me know and I will send you a box of cookies or two. If I get sent to a concentration camp, send me a box of cookies, please. 

If you don’t like the Presidental outcome, that’s OK we can still be friends. One thing that I am annoyed with is people thinking that they can’t be friends with someone who thinks different than them politically. My cousin decided to block me years ago on Facebook because he disagreed with me politically. Funny but sad. Oh well.

10 December 2024…. Allergies or the VA. Tough choice.

I’ve been feeling so rotten in the past few days. I feel like my brains are going to come out through my nose.

In other news,I have been dealing with the VA and all that idiocy this week. 

There are lots of wonderful people that work at the VA here in San Antonio, (South Texas veterans healthcare system). That being the case, the good, helpful, and competent employees seem to be few and far between, or I’m the most unlucky person in the world. 

I thought I may be able to call the directors office, but apparently that is not a thing that can happen anymore. 

I am beyond sick of dealing with a “Veterans Healthcare System” that treats its veterans/patients like inconveniences. 

Just so you know I have pseudobulbar affect. That means I can have outbursts of uncontrollable and inappropriate emotions. 

I also have aphasia that is worse sometimes than others. 

All that and more from a stroke/brain injury. 

All I can say at this point is if someone doesn’t want to get “yelled” at by the “mean” veterinarians, don’t work for the VA. 

I requested a new kind of mobility device. Then I decided I better stick with a more traditional wheelchair. So I sent a message saying I that was what I wanted to do. I was told not to worry the committee did not make specific recommendations. 

So I waited and finally got a letter. The specific device I requested the first time was all that was mentioned. 

So I sent photos and screenshots and a message. The responses the VA gives are always sickly sweet. I guess that is better than some.

I still need a wheelchair. 

I needed new eyeglasses. I was hoping the would ship them directly to me. Apparently it’s easier to assume the veteran can drive and make it into the eyeglass clinic anytime he or she wants. So I got a call, letting me know my glasses were in, the gentleman, and I use that term loosely, was very rude. I explained that I don’t drive and I was hoping he could ship them to me. He said they would have to ship them back to where they were made in Kentucky and then I could maybe receive them at my home in two weeks so I asked if I could speak with his supervisor. I sent a message to the patient advocates. The lady checked me three times that day to make sure the eyeglass supervisor had called me he haven’t.

Finally, after the VA was closed, at 4:00, I received a call a little after five. It was the supervisor of the eyeglass shop he said he couldn’t ship anything unless it was back to Kentucky. I was so frustrated I just let out a enormous groan. Apparently this man on the other line was so offended that I would makes any kind of a frustrated reaction that he hung up on me despite the fact I have extreme difficulty with my emotions. You could think that the people who work at the VA might be a little more understanding and tolerant. I guess not. 

Another thing I have hated is the Transportation that the VA provides.

One time I had to have an appointment at the end of the day. I finished at 4:00. The VA closes at 4 o’clock. I waited until 6 o’clock and I know there were several other veterans waiting also.

I finally talked to one of the drivers and he gladly helped me and several other veterans. I got home about 7 o’clock or 730. Apperantly everyone that answers phone in the VA transportation department leaves at 4:00. Good luck if you want to get hold of anyone. 

I called the next day and the man I spoke with said that since I was the only veteran that complained about the situation, it never happened. From what I understand that gentleman has been promoted.

I had a similar problem when I went to the dentist. Fortunately for me, the dentist was on military base. I had plenty of witnesses that saw me sitting there and waiting for hours.

I don’t understand why they don’t think that you should make things as easy as possible for the veterans. If you are a veteran, you better hope and pray that you are able to have the basics done, most of the time.

I have had all kinds of problems With my primary care doctor, the emergency department, the ambulance system, the VA police. The left hand does not know what the right hand does. Coordination requires a signed note from God. 

20 November 2024….dumb thoughts

So I was was thinking. This time about the creation. My own thoughts, just thoughts. Please correct me if you think I need correcting.

In Genesis 1 it says,

27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.

So we are in the image of God. 

It’s almost the difference between a Yugo and a Cadillac. No a very good comparison. 

It would be similar to someone building a 57 Chevy in their garage out of fiberglass. It’s still a replica, not the real thing. 

God is the Father of our spirits. No fault or problem there. 

One Person was God the Father’s physical offspring. Jesus Christ. So physically perfect sired physically perfect. No disconnect between the hardware and the operating system, so to speak. 

The rest of us where created from the dust of the earth. We all look similar to God but humans “operating systems” and hardware are not perfectly in sync yet. We humans are physically incapable of being perfect right now. 

Why am I even thinking about this. 

Well most people know I use a wheelchair. My body seems to be molding itself into the wheelchair. I very much hate it, sometimes it hurts a lot. But this is but a moment. Granted, it’s seems like a moment that goes on forever sometimes. My hardware, my body, including my brain, are broken, not running at peek human efficiency. But I would dare say that I can still run circles around some people about certain subjects. 

There are so many faults between our physical hardware, our bodies and minds, and our spirits.

14 November 2024….something needs to be done

I just sent this to President Trump. 

Honestly don’t think I will hear anything back. Not the point. 

Dear President Trump

I agree that the department of education should not exist. That said it should be rolled into the department of Labor. Education is essential to becoming a laborer, be it a brain surgeon or a plumber. 

While I agree that something needs to be done, and it is a very complex issue I hope something can be done to combine the departments. 

I would write more but I had a stroke that effected my ability to write a lot.