There's a song I often find myself singing on my commute home;
"well I left my job about five o'clock
it took fifteen minutes to go three blocks
just in time
to stand in line
with the freeway looking like a parking lot
DAMN this traffic jam!"
I love James Taylor.
YESTERDAY it took me about 15 minute to go two blocks. WHY you ask. Stupid people, They don't know how NOT to drive into the intersection of it is apparent they won't clear it before the light turns red for them AND they don't know how to merge. MOST of theses people were driving luxury cars and Living room sized SUV s. One woman pulled all the way to the right and tried to scoot down the turn lane until she swung BACK to the left and forced her way into the line of cars. When I waited at the intersection to let some poor hapless soul who was trying to make a left onto the street, the jerk in the black Ranger Rover behind me leaned on his horn and went ballistic. It wasn't like we were MOVING or anything. Traffic was stopped.
Trying to MERGE is an interesting experience. I was actually TAUGHT to do this in High School Driver's ed. One car, one car. That rule has apparently changed and people make up lanes and play "chicken" with one another. I tried to merge and this moron in a white van tried to edge me out. I realized I was in FRONT of him and if he hit me in the process HE would be at fault. So I kept going. Honestly. The woman who had been BEHIND me played "what's my lane" made her own lane and zoomed in front of three cars. If everyone just behaved themselves it would not be a mess, but no it's a free-for-all out there and it's every car for themselves. The guy in the white van ZOOMED past me as I tried to merge. I moved over in a more orderly fashion and passed him, waving my fingers as I did. He looked pissed.
The bonus of this was it took SO LONG for me to get back to the valley, I missed the rush hour traffic in the construction zone. I had forgotten what a mess the 2/210 connector is right now. I hope they are done with it soon.
Thursday, May 18, 2017
Tuesday, May 16, 2017
Stuff
I am sitting here with my breathing treatment, Wondering if THIS is now part of my daily regimen for the rest of my life. I hope not. I hope this is just until my raging asthma is controlled, It is worrisome.
I got my surgery date. June 12. I am ready. This allows me to plan to do a few things before the surgery, no more waiting and wondering if I am going to be available for this or that. I am done with this. I am pleased to be able to go and see the play my friend and former co-worker Henry Ong is showing called "a dream of the Red Chamber" a six hour play! FUN!!!! I love Henry and his work is intricate and humorous, just like Henry himself. I made my reservations to see it, so I am now in the process of planning the PICNIC I will be taking. You know me, it's all about food.
I need to get my tail in gear and go to vote BEFORE I go to work This is a local election for a council seat that was vacated by someone who got a better offer and bailed on his commitment to the community. Shameful. The race itself devolved to nastiness. I will NOT be voting for Monica Rodriguez for the following reasons:
Robocalls from Raul Bocanegra. He's cut from the same cloth as the guy who bailed and I wouldn't believe him if he told me today is Tuesday
NASTY and I mean evil posts by her supporters about local activists were gone unanswered or apologized for. When one of your "supporters" calls local women "Hos" and you say NOTHING, that shows me that you are willing to do anything to get elected.
NASTY mailers. I am sick of the innuendo.
A LOT and I do mean a LOT of money is being thrown at this election. I cannot think but the people who want to push the high-speed train through this community are somehow behind Monica. She's for it and that alone loses me.
I vote every election. I am involved in a small way in my community, not so much since I started having health issues last year and things got a bit dicey. It is even MORE important to vote on local issues than on National ones. THESE are the things that will MOST impact your life. Turnout is going to be slim, I fear. I was going to work the polls, but am glad I stepped away as I am NOT 100% yet and I don't think I would have done anyone any good today. Still Chris and I are proudly casting our ballots and I HOPE for a victory for Karo. He was not my choice in the primary, I voted for someone whose pitch I liked but had a proverbial "Snowball's Chance" to win. There were over 20 candidates so a runoff was pretty much in the cards anyway. Whoever wins, it's gonna get "interesting" up here, as it often does. I think of Tujunga as a small town, nestled in a larger one. We sometimes forget we are part of the City of LA, I think.
We'll see what happens
I got my surgery date. June 12. I am ready. This allows me to plan to do a few things before the surgery, no more waiting and wondering if I am going to be available for this or that. I am done with this. I am pleased to be able to go and see the play my friend and former co-worker Henry Ong is showing called "a dream of the Red Chamber" a six hour play! FUN!!!! I love Henry and his work is intricate and humorous, just like Henry himself. I made my reservations to see it, so I am now in the process of planning the PICNIC I will be taking. You know me, it's all about food.
I need to get my tail in gear and go to vote BEFORE I go to work This is a local election for a council seat that was vacated by someone who got a better offer and bailed on his commitment to the community. Shameful. The race itself devolved to nastiness. I will NOT be voting for Monica Rodriguez for the following reasons:
Robocalls from Raul Bocanegra. He's cut from the same cloth as the guy who bailed and I wouldn't believe him if he told me today is Tuesday
NASTY and I mean evil posts by her supporters about local activists were gone unanswered or apologized for. When one of your "supporters" calls local women "Hos" and you say NOTHING, that shows me that you are willing to do anything to get elected.
NASTY mailers. I am sick of the innuendo.
A LOT and I do mean a LOT of money is being thrown at this election. I cannot think but the people who want to push the high-speed train through this community are somehow behind Monica. She's for it and that alone loses me.
I vote every election. I am involved in a small way in my community, not so much since I started having health issues last year and things got a bit dicey. It is even MORE important to vote on local issues than on National ones. THESE are the things that will MOST impact your life. Turnout is going to be slim, I fear. I was going to work the polls, but am glad I stepped away as I am NOT 100% yet and I don't think I would have done anyone any good today. Still Chris and I are proudly casting our ballots and I HOPE for a victory for Karo. He was not my choice in the primary, I voted for someone whose pitch I liked but had a proverbial "Snowball's Chance" to win. There were over 20 candidates so a runoff was pretty much in the cards anyway. Whoever wins, it's gonna get "interesting" up here, as it often does. I think of Tujunga as a small town, nestled in a larger one. We sometimes forget we are part of the City of LA, I think.
We'll see what happens
Friday, May 12, 2017
I can't avoid talking about #45
I am going to stop asking aloud just how STUPID Donald Trump can be. Perhaps we should ALL stop asking that. He seems to think it's some sort of "Challenge"
Presented for your contemplation:
He hires a law firm to categorically deny he has ANY ties to Russia and to state that his returns will bear this out. Problem One. The law firm has DEEP financial ties to Russia. Problem Two No returns were included for viewing when the statement was released. Call me skeptical, but unless the returns are presented BY the IRS and VERIFIED BY the IRS anything he might pull out of the vault is well, suspicious in my book.
He invites a cadre of Russians to meet with him in the Oval Office, including one whom the State Department suspects is a spy. NO American media is allowed, and Trump and his people seem SHOCKED SHOCKED I tell you, when the Russian media splashed pictures everywhere. He tired to deny meeting with the guy who is FEATURED in the photos. Still shouting "FAKE NEWS" Donald?
He fires the head of the FBI, by proxy; sending his goon uh bodyguard to deliver the message. A little too Godfatherish? Where is the protocol? Oh yeah on "The Apprentice" that's how they did this. Isn't this still my game show?
He fires Comey a day after he asks for additional resources to investigate the Russian interference; THEN claims he was told to do it by Jeff Sessions , who had recused himself and had no real say in the matter if recused means what I think it means. Apparently Jeff Sessions has a different dictionary than I do.
He goes on the Nightly News with Lester Holt and ADMITS he fired Comey before he got the "recommendations". People know he did it NOT because of the handling of the Hillary emails, which he has praised as a brave thing to do and credits it with assisting his "great Victory"
Trump had gone on record as saying the Constitution makes us look "weak" THIS Living document, which he SWORE to uphold when he took the oath of office. I wonder if that fancy prep school Daddy sent him to actually covered history and the Constitution. If it did, I'm sure teen aged Donny was busy trying to figure out how to get in a girl's knickers and not paying much attention.
I've got one more thing he might not know about; vocabulary. While the man famously can't string two words together without tripping over them, I am concerned he never learned this word:
Presented for your contemplation:
He hires a law firm to categorically deny he has ANY ties to Russia and to state that his returns will bear this out. Problem One. The law firm has DEEP financial ties to Russia. Problem Two No returns were included for viewing when the statement was released. Call me skeptical, but unless the returns are presented BY the IRS and VERIFIED BY the IRS anything he might pull out of the vault is well, suspicious in my book.
He invites a cadre of Russians to meet with him in the Oval Office, including one whom the State Department suspects is a spy. NO American media is allowed, and Trump and his people seem SHOCKED SHOCKED I tell you, when the Russian media splashed pictures everywhere. He tired to deny meeting with the guy who is FEATURED in the photos. Still shouting "FAKE NEWS" Donald?
He fires the head of the FBI, by proxy; sending his goon uh bodyguard to deliver the message. A little too Godfatherish? Where is the protocol? Oh yeah on "The Apprentice" that's how they did this. Isn't this still my game show?
He fires Comey a day after he asks for additional resources to investigate the Russian interference; THEN claims he was told to do it by Jeff Sessions , who had recused himself and had no real say in the matter if recused means what I think it means. Apparently Jeff Sessions has a different dictionary than I do.
He goes on the Nightly News with Lester Holt and ADMITS he fired Comey before he got the "recommendations". People know he did it NOT because of the handling of the Hillary emails, which he has praised as a brave thing to do and credits it with assisting his "great Victory"
Trump had gone on record as saying the Constitution makes us look "weak" THIS Living document, which he SWORE to uphold when he took the oath of office. I wonder if that fancy prep school Daddy sent him to actually covered history and the Constitution. If it did, I'm sure teen aged Donny was busy trying to figure out how to get in a girl's knickers and not paying much attention.
I've got one more thing he might not know about; vocabulary. While the man famously can't string two words together without tripping over them, I am concerned he never learned this word:
trea·son
ˈtrēzən/
noun
- the crime of betraying one's country, especially by attempting to kill the sovereign or overthrow the government.
For as sure as I am sitting here, that man has been in bed with the Russians in more ways than one. His party minions, on whom he must have some dirt, are circling the wagons and going so far as to publicly proclaim they will obstruct any effort to investigate. Really? These are the same folks who spent HOW MUCH investigating Hillary Clinton and Benghazi, Benghazi Benghazi for nothing. You would think that they would WANT to CLEAR him with an independent investigation.
This just looks like they are hiding something.
Me so far
I sit here with the mask from the home nebulizer AKA "My little Friend" strapped to my nose and mouth. I am getting used to breathing "normally",while the steam or whatever the heck the solution turns into goes into my lungs.
Getting old is a bitch.
The pneumonia is gone and I see my pulmonologist today for clearance for takeoff.
This means I can go back to work on Monday.
Oh yeah and have the surgery to remove the lumps from my right breast on Friday.
A month or so ago, my only concern was my knees. I have severe osteoarthritis in BOTH knees and am working to get stronger so I can have them replaced. THAT has become SO back-burner, I don't even think about it.
Well. I am ready to go back to work, even if I DO get tired. I can go back to work slowly and not kill myself but I really need to get back into a routine and OUT of the house. I have left the house for small runs, but mostly I go to the doctor. I am tired of Kaiser.
I need to stop whining. The lumpectomy will go fine, they will find nothing and I can get back to being me. I need to find my energy. I seem to have misplaced it. You know, when you reach down to get the energy to do something and it's just not there? Baby steps
Getting old is a bitch.
The pneumonia is gone and I see my pulmonologist today for clearance for takeoff.
This means I can go back to work on Monday.
Oh yeah and have the surgery to remove the lumps from my right breast on Friday.
A month or so ago, my only concern was my knees. I have severe osteoarthritis in BOTH knees and am working to get stronger so I can have them replaced. THAT has become SO back-burner, I don't even think about it.
Well. I am ready to go back to work, even if I DO get tired. I can go back to work slowly and not kill myself but I really need to get back into a routine and OUT of the house. I have left the house for small runs, but mostly I go to the doctor. I am tired of Kaiser.
I need to stop whining. The lumpectomy will go fine, they will find nothing and I can get back to being me. I need to find my energy. I seem to have misplaced it. You know, when you reach down to get the energy to do something and it's just not there? Baby steps
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