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captainsblogAnimals again had me up early, although I've been gradually pushing back their feeding time- should be 5 a.m. by tomorrow, yay! I took the time this morning to check the results, and they were the quintessence of Hope and Change.
That feeling came not entirely from the Presidential race; that went almost entirely as the most respected pundit expected it to, with plenty of division, and more than a little Faux News denial, coming through the night. No, I was more impressed by the progress at the extremes. Several of the Republicans' most repugnant characters, some of whom primaried so-called RINOs to get on the ballot, were defeated- soundly and rightly as a result of their blatherings about "legitimate rape" and "gifts from God" and "lists of communists in the government." Plus, three states became the first through third ever to legalize same-sex marriage by referendum. Women wrested Senate seats from Republicans, including the first-ever openly gay member of the Senate.
Much remains to be done; and I will likely comment on it extensively in coming weeks (enough to consider setting up a filter for it- chime in on if you want to be in-)
[Poll #1877466]
I'll leave this discussion with one vivid recollection I had after reading the results- both in the Presidency race and the other so-called social-issue ones, where the rightest of the righties got their asses handed to them. Mindful of the pressures put on potentially reasonable Republicans by the likes of Grover Norquist and the Koch brothers- to support their rad-right agendas 110 percent or be primaried- I think the defeats of these primary "winners" give hope to more moderate voices on the other side of the aisle. They reminded me of this scene, where David Bowie, of all people, gets mellll-ted! MELLLL-ted! by the sudden realization that he has no power over her:
So may it be with us and the forces of evil.
----
Those were my morning revelations. The afternoon ones, much more micro, were even more satisfying for me.
I've had more than my share of brain farts over the past few weeks. One, I mentioned here soon after it occurred: I lost a library book, and the plastic stand I bought to read books at the gym, close to two weeks ago. I inquired there at least twice without success, and ripped various corners of car and home apart in search of them, without luck. I renewed the book online, giving me another three weeks to fix the problem, and put it out of mind when the next fart arrived: this one, smaller, yet in its own way much bigger.
Attorneys in this state can bypass courthouse security checkpoints if they apply for, and are considered unterrible enough for, a SecureID pass. They need to be renewed every few years, and when one loses one (as I did several years ago in a downtown Rochester windstorm), they're a PITA to replace. You have to submit a police report, and then reapply from scratch for a replacement card that expires the same time the lost one did.
Late Sunday morning, in a fit of pique at a local electronics store (don't ask), I realized it was absent from my wallet; it resided in a flippable flap that was, unfortunately, not sewn to the rest of the wallet bod, and thus it could have fallen out in any of a half-dozen places between that morning and the previous Tuesday, the last time I remember using it for a strip-search-free courthouse entry.
I checked all of them. Stores, courts, the same damn gym, not that many overall. Finally, this morning, I needed to go through security like a peon, and was accosted by a surly and over-aggressive court officer when my belt buckle set the metal detector off. I resolved to find it, or call the cops and replace it, toDAY.
Early this afternoon, I saw an odd accumulation of napkins in between my drivers-side seat and the parking brake stalk. For the first of the 20 times I'd checked around the car, I moved the seat way forward and found the unflappable flap.
WIN.
Yet I wasn't done. With God, and Obama's re-election, all things are possible. So I went back to the gym and asked them to check one last time for my book and holder. This wonderful, sweet, dedicated front desk person boldly went where the others hadn't gone before, opening a third under-the-counter cabinet that her predecessors hadn't. And there it was; complete with the sticker I'd put on it on Day One with my name and phone number. Really? I didn't put that on there to pick up girls, I told my trainer (not employed by that gym) later in the afternoon.
But I was so happy to have what was lost, has now been found? I didn't, and don't, give a shit.
Also? I treated myself to a new wallet, courtesy in part of one of those $10-off-anything Kohls coupons. Its flippy-flop ID holder is sewn in. As is my book holder, to my left clavicle;)
Forward.
That feeling came not entirely from the Presidential race; that went almost entirely as the most respected pundit expected it to, with plenty of division, and more than a little Faux News denial, coming through the night. No, I was more impressed by the progress at the extremes. Several of the Republicans' most repugnant characters, some of whom primaried so-called RINOs to get on the ballot, were defeated- soundly and rightly as a result of their blatherings about "legitimate rape" and "gifts from God" and "lists of communists in the government." Plus, three states became the first through third ever to legalize same-sex marriage by referendum. Women wrested Senate seats from Republicans, including the first-ever openly gay member of the Senate.
Much remains to be done; and I will likely comment on it extensively in coming weeks (enough to consider setting up a filter for it- chime in on if you want to be in-)
[Poll #1877466]
I'll leave this discussion with one vivid recollection I had after reading the results- both in the Presidency race and the other so-called social-issue ones, where the rightest of the righties got their asses handed to them. Mindful of the pressures put on potentially reasonable Republicans by the likes of Grover Norquist and the Koch brothers- to support their rad-right agendas 110 percent or be primaried- I think the defeats of these primary "winners" give hope to more moderate voices on the other side of the aisle. They reminded me of this scene, where David Bowie, of all people, gets mellll-ted! MELLLL-ted! by the sudden realization that he has no power over her:
So may it be with us and the forces of evil.
----
Those were my morning revelations. The afternoon ones, much more micro, were even more satisfying for me.
I've had more than my share of brain farts over the past few weeks. One, I mentioned here soon after it occurred: I lost a library book, and the plastic stand I bought to read books at the gym, close to two weeks ago. I inquired there at least twice without success, and ripped various corners of car and home apart in search of them, without luck. I renewed the book online, giving me another three weeks to fix the problem, and put it out of mind when the next fart arrived: this one, smaller, yet in its own way much bigger.
Attorneys in this state can bypass courthouse security checkpoints if they apply for, and are considered unterrible enough for, a SecureID pass. They need to be renewed every few years, and when one loses one (as I did several years ago in a downtown Rochester windstorm), they're a PITA to replace. You have to submit a police report, and then reapply from scratch for a replacement card that expires the same time the lost one did.
Late Sunday morning, in a fit of pique at a local electronics store (don't ask), I realized it was absent from my wallet; it resided in a flippable flap that was, unfortunately, not sewn to the rest of the wallet bod, and thus it could have fallen out in any of a half-dozen places between that morning and the previous Tuesday, the last time I remember using it for a strip-search-free courthouse entry.
I checked all of them. Stores, courts, the same damn gym, not that many overall. Finally, this morning, I needed to go through security like a peon, and was accosted by a surly and over-aggressive court officer when my belt buckle set the metal detector off. I resolved to find it, or call the cops and replace it, toDAY.
Early this afternoon, I saw an odd accumulation of napkins in between my drivers-side seat and the parking brake stalk. For the first of the 20 times I'd checked around the car, I moved the seat way forward and found the unflappable flap.
WIN.
Yet I wasn't done. With God, and Obama's re-election, all things are possible. So I went back to the gym and asked them to check one last time for my book and holder. This wonderful, sweet, dedicated front desk person boldly went where the others hadn't gone before, opening a third under-the-counter cabinet that her predecessors hadn't. And there it was; complete with the sticker I'd put on it on Day One with my name and phone number. Really? I didn't put that on there to pick up girls, I told my trainer (not employed by that gym) later in the afternoon.
But I was so happy to have what was lost, has now been found? I didn't, and don't, give a shit.
Also? I treated myself to a new wallet, courtesy in part of one of those $10-off-anything Kohls coupons. Its flippy-flop ID holder is sewn in. As is my book holder, to my left clavicle;)
Forward.
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Date: 2012-11-08 10:08 pm (UTC)Was in the third cabinet or under the car seat, but now I see!
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