Lots of stuff this morning.

New Sandals for me!

Yesterday I finally had to admit that my much loved Tevas were past it. I really like those sandals. Well I checked online and found their replacement at REI in St. Louis. I got in the car and headed over. (It’s like 20 minutes away) Anywhoo, I head to the “footwear” department and they don’t have them. I was fairly bummed. Yes I know they are just sandals and it is a shopping story. Get over it. Well I find a newer faster Teva and try them on. They fit great but geez. So I buy them and use my dividends to lessen the blow. ($80 for sandals?) I just came in from playing outside with the dogs and can now say I love these even more. They are soooo comfy and they grip better. Oh happy feet.

Republican nutjobs on NPR

There is apparently yet another attack on a woman’s right to choose coming from the ultra-right wing. This one is aimed directly at overturning Roe. South Dakota has passed a law declaring that life begins at conception and all abortion is illegal unless it is to save the life of the mother. Apparently the assault on our civil rights doesn’t end with our bodies. What is a next thought crime? Boys and girls we have got to get more serious about kicking these screaming nutjobs out of the government. They do represent a constituency but it is really just a few very powerful people who need control and power and the addle minded few that fall prey to their PR machine. This shit really pisses me off. The turn toward a totalitarian regime is not what this country is about. We have got to get the DNC to stop being such whimps and start behaving like the strong majority that we are. And if one more ultra-right jackass calls me a liberal I am gonna have a fit. I am a leftist for sure but no way in hell am I a liberal. AAARGH!!

Hello mom

My mother has finally found my blog. I promise to not let it effect my writing too much. She read it yesterday and promptly sent me a list of errors and issues. Yep that’s my mom. Love ya mom.

The quest for a new bathtub

Today, dear readers, I am going to search for a new tub. This one will, I hope, be large enough for me to actually fit in. I have been squeezing myself into the tiny tub in this house since I was a kid. It all ends soon. Yes I am remodeling the bathroom. The plan is to take it from Hobbit sized to human sized. The people who built this house were very not tall. The toilet is so short it’s laughable…that will be replaced as well. I am also seriously thinking of getting a shower head installed. I don’t really have the water pressure right now to support that but it’s on the list and why not go ahead and have the shower ready?

Where was the moment when things changed so very much? I used to sit and read about new motorcycles or maybe a new rifle. Nowadays it’s things like re-facing the kitchen cabinets and whether an island would fit. Henry Rollins used to talk about domesticide. That may be it. It may just be that I took a bit longer to grow up than I’d like to admit.

Dust bunnies of doom

I slept, as most nights, with all of the windows in the house open. Sometime in the night a pretty serious storm came through. I heard the town sirens in the distance. Cut to this morning. I am walking to the front door to do the dog things and notice that there are piles of dog fur everywhere. What has happened? A doggy rumble in the middle of the night? The lint trap from the dryer explode? No. The wind whipping through the house all night has dislodged every piece of fur that was trapped under/behind the furniture. It kinda’ grossed me out. Not much mind you as I am a slob but some. It was remarkably easy to clean up, being conveniently in the middle of the room.

I am off to quest for a tub.

Later,

Sam