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The days count down... in Current Events JoeUser Forums

The countdown to the fiscal cliff continues with rumblings from both sides, but with little real progress apparent. The President claims a mandate (thanks to his re-election) and continues to insist that we must ask the wealthy to pay a little more. Uh, yeah, not so fast. The Speaker of the House and his party claim their own mandate thanks to their own re-election and they insist that we MUST not raise taxes on anyone given the precarious position the economy is in. &nb

Elections have consequences, but sometimes they're unintended in Politics JoeUser Forums

Elections have consequences, as evidenced here: http://lasvegas.cbslocal.com/2012/11/07/vegas-employer-obama-won-so-i-fired-22-employees/ ... but then again, as always there are unintended consequences in everything we do. I'm not gonna take the approach that this alleged business owner doesn't have a right

Driving over the Fiscal Cliff with reckless abandon‏ in Current Events JoeUser Forums

So, it seems I'm in a bit of a writing mood again. Sorry if that puts some folks out, but hey, the price of admission here isn't much and you can easily skip over this article and any others I post easily enough. Note that is unlike the idea of being able to "opt out" of the 4 more years which is pretty much impossible under our system where we have to wait out the 4 year terms as patiently as possible and hope that whatever happens in the next election the results don't wind up put

Popping up to say a few words... in Current Events JoeUser Forums

Rather than "pollute" my Facebook account with a lot of political discord (not that others haven't been trying to do just that, with all sorts of insults snarkily hurled at either side, but seemingly especially coming from the left towards the right), I'm popping back up here to say a few words. If time allows, and my thoughts collect enough, I may find myself back here many times over the coming weeks to say more than just the few words. No promises, but it seems my mood to rant on

Not much to say... in Politics JoeUser Forums

I'm back into that mode where I just don't have much to say here, though I suppose I could also be a victim of not being able to say much lately. The post Hurricane/Tropical Storm power outages in my area, followed up with being relatively busy at work, followed up with more help in moving my wife and her daughter out of her old place and into our home has just not given me that much time to sit down and compose any thoughts on any topics I might wish to rant and rave about.</

Just over a week... in Personal Relationships JoeUser Forums

I wrote a little about this in the article I just finished, but here's an article on just this topic... I would have (perhaps) posted it sooner, but have been mostly offline due to power outages after the passing through of Hurricane Irene, and well, was otherwise occupied with a honeymoon. A co-worker (who was one of the groomsmen in the wedding) teased me a bit via TXT message when the Earthquake struck in Virginia (and shocks were felt in Maryland and other parts of the r

Right-sized? Not quite... in Current Events JoeUser Forums

It's been about 40 hours since power went out at home in the midst of Hurrice Irene passing through the area. Thankfully we had power for most of the day it hit, but lost it before bed time. My new wife and step-daughter and my daughter were playing some Yahtzee together for family time when the power went out and just continued playing by oil lamp and candlelight as we hoped the outage wouldn't be that long but each (at least myself and my wife) pretty much expected it wo

Who's counting? in Personal Relationships JoeUser Forums

Dr. Guy asked in response to another article what's the date -- I'm not sure I had given away the details there previously, but I will here and now. In just over 2 days, I'll be saying my vows to my soon to be bride. My second time down the aisle, and hers as well. We both are looking forward to it, and have been counting the days for a while. We've had a few bumps along the way as we get closer and keep talking through anything and everything we could

That reminds me... or, maybe it doesn't in Personal Relationships JoeUser Forums

My daughter was going to be at the movies last night, having taken advantage of a special offer to go see the new Glee 3D film before it's regular release to the general public this weekend. Not having gone to a film in a theater in a few months, I opted to take advantage of the time that I would otherwise need to be waiting to pick her back up and opted to go see the last of the Harry Potter movies. I had seen all of the previous films, but was delayed in seeing Harry Potter

Enough already... in Politics JoeUser Forums

Alright you so-called big boys and girls in the congress, you've had your fun playing your game of chicken and waiting until the last minute before you actually get something accomplished, but the time for the fun and games is over now, it's time to actually do the jobs you were sent to DC to do. In other words, crap or get off the pot. It doesn't take that much effort to put together a deal that all sides can live with but instead both sides want to be able to paint

The beginning of the end for ... in Misc JoeUser Forums

Warning to facebook fans... it's the beginning of the end for them... I finally signed up for an account, that can only mean the apocalpyse is here for them. Seriously, I put it off for seemingly forever, and there's a lof of rumbling that Google+ will give them serious competition, that they've peaked and are on the decline, etc., so my finally signing up is just another sign of the end. Run away from there while you can :p (Sorry, in the name of s

LOL at the banner ads... in Personal Relationships JoeUser Forums

As I pop over to post a few thoughts, having done similarly (with slighty different content and intended audiences) at other places (places like the new "+" signed place), I'm having to LOL a bit at the banner ad that is on the page for me. It's one from here: Apparently som

Reply to Am I crazy? in Music Stardock Forums

The show was very nice, though it was definitely very hot. I felt very sorry for the artists as it was obvious they had all lost about 5 pounds of sweat as the show progressed. As to the artist: Dierks Bentley. Like I said above, he put on a very nice show as did his opening act. I just wish the whole thing had been indoors in air conditioned comfort.

Am I crazy? in Music JoeUser Forums

I'm headed off to an outdoor concert tonite with near record temps forecasted (and apparently being delivered upon). I'm looking forward to some hot music, but the hot weather, blech. At least I'm supposed to be under the "roof" (tent type) so I'll have some shade to sit in, but just having gone outside to put the trashcan at the curb and take out a piece of furniture that is a giveaway/throwaway item was nearly enough to wipe me out from the heat. I'

Reply to Back into the heatwave... in Current Events Stardock Forums

[quote]Yea, we are expected to be right there with you on the temps. My wife is not one who looks forward to the heat. So she is definitely complaining now! Stay Cool![/quote] LOL. My soon to be wife complains of her own "personal summers" so she is most definitely not one that likes the heat. As to cooler weather and HVAC issues, unless it gets down to the freezing mark and stays there for several days I'm pretty patient about waiting for s

Back into the heatwave... in Current Events JoeUser Forums

Ugh. The heatwave has returned with a vengance. By the end of this week my area is supposed to be experiencing 100+ degree (F) temps. Blech! These temps and high humidity make me wanna smack people that say they love warmer weather. Shudddup! Bring on the cooler weather. I can always put on more clothes and get warm but when it's this stinkin' hot you just can't cool down, or at least by the time you do it's too late and you need to

Speaking of differences a day makes... in Home & Family JoeUser Forums

Two years ago today my first wife was killed in a car crash that wasn't her fault. Those that know my history here know the story, others could look back at prior articles if they wanted. The short story is that she was on a country road, not far from our home, having taken my daughter to a birthday party for one of her friends. The daughter had been dropped off and my first wife was apparently going to visit some of her old school friends and perhaps buy some fruits/veg

Reply to Challenges in Personal Relationships Stardock Forums

[quote]You do not say how old they are.[/quote] I don't like to release too many personal details of others, so I tend to speak a bit more generically. Our children stack up a bit like this: Her son + his wife and his child. He's a few years older than she is, and the son is still a bit of a toddler. My son Her older daughter My daughter Her youngest daughter I may have written previously that my daughter just graduat

What a difference a day makes in Personal Relationships JoeUser Forums

After getting to spend some nice quiet time with my fiance last night, the world just seems so much brighter today. Yes, it's hot outside, too hot for my tastes. Yes, I have lots of work to get done still in the clean-up and readying for her and her youngest daughter to move in soon, but again, just getting to share some quiet time with her makes my day and week so much better. Yeah, yeah, I know, it's that early part of the relationship when everything is so

Challenges in Personal Relationships JoeUser Forums

Ah, the joys of some separate worlds... If I opened up on this topic in some of my other favorite hang-outs, I'd probably be handing someone an "I told you so" type moment and I'm not one that ever likes to do that, so ... well, I'm going to take advantage of this old hangout and open up a bit more here than I might do so in other places. Somewhere along the way, as I typed thoughts about what I'd expect and try to achieve in any (at that time) future relations

Ramblin' thoughts... in Misc JoeUser Forums

Some rambling thoughts about things... It looks like Netflix is trying to put themselves out of business with the recently announced rate hikes. I long ago quit Netflix over increases in the Blu-ray tax that they were imposing. I've also long since quit Blockbuster.com because I just wasn't keeping up with the rentals like I used to. Other events and things in my life occupying my time made it a valueless proposition for me. Anyway, as noted in plenty o

Thinking of Robin Williams in .... in Current Events JoeUser Forums

Weather in my area is reminding me of some lines from Robin Williams in the film Good Morning Vietnam! HOT! Dayummmm hot. Hotter than... Yup, that about tells the story... too darned hot outside. Please, please bring on the cooler weather again soon.

Trying to make others feel like they'll eventually feel? in Current Events JoeUser Forums

There's some old jokes that fly around about some particularly bad behaving or downright evil people and how they've made efforts to jump to the head of the line come judgement day. For example, well, there's that one time Dictator/ruler of Germany, there's the guy that was recently killed and quickly buried at sea after having eluded the U.S. for nearly 10 years, and of course there's been the guy that had tried to kill the pope back in the day. Anyway, here&#

Sad news from world of baseball in Sports & Leisure JoeUser Forums

Headline is linked: Man dies after falling out of stands at Rangers game Really tragic story. I'm sure there will be some kneejerk reactions to it all, but it just seemed to be a tragic accident and as pointed out in the article, thousands of games have been played and attended over the years without these things happening.

Reply to Stuff... in Misc Stardock Forums

[quote]Instead of "getting rid of" think about renting storage for some of the stuff. They are memories and perhaps in time your children will want them for their own.[/quote] We have rented a storage unit and I have put some things into same, and will put more there as well but in the end I refuse to store "stuff" that really isn't important and isn't necessary in the long run. I don't want to throw out things that have value to my children (or could have), but much of the mater