Mid-December Garbage Day

It's just quiet here in Fall City. There was a police shooting (killing) of a somewhat deranged character the other morning. Time keeps on keepin' on...and sometimes I don't know who I am. I continue to monitor world events through various news outlets but there seems to be no relevance to my own essence. Here (in Fall City), we're into the rainy season. It gets colder and colder and then storms seem to roll in. While it appears there is nothing but a harsh, cold winter on the way, the temperature hovers in the mid-thirties and there's only a cold rain...for months! Such is life in the Northwest. I miss the seasons of the Northeast while I attempt to keep the wood-stove burning. (Summers are dry...and short here!)

Michelle Obama for Senator!

Unfortunately, Washington DC does not have any representatives in the US Senate. If that were the case, I'd be in favor of Michelle Obama running for the position in the next election (which could be 2014). Alas, that is not the case.

So...I suggest she should do two things:
One...make it known to Illinois Governor Pat Quinn that she wants the open Senatorial seat in the event that Senator Mark Kirk is forced to resign as a result of the stroke he suffered in January of 2012. Also, I suppose it's possible to remove him from office since it's already nearly a year that he's been out of work.
Two...make it known that she will be running for that same position in 2016.
Even if Senator Kirk steps down (or is removed) sooner rather than later, I believe the Obamas will find a way to make it work for their family during several stressful years of transition.

Barack Obama will be out of office in 2016 and they will likely move back to the Chicago area. It's Michelle's turn!

In fact, it's also Hillary Clinton's turn. Hopefully, she'll choose to run for President in 2016 (rather than settle in as Mayor of New York).

One can dream, eh? President Hillary Clinton...Senator Michelle Obama. It just sounds right!

Yee gods! If Michelle Obama plays her card right, she could be President in 2024! She'd only be sixty, right?

Indeed, one can dream. It just feels right. (I certainly don't want any of those conservative 'wack-jobs' stepping in to start new wars, deplete my Social Security and further destroy our economy.)

Another Garbage Day!

Things are relatively quiet here in Fall City. Tomorrow marks the first day of public-sanctioned gay marriage and marijuana use in this state. Concerning the marijuana, it's unfortunate that the state is going to spend an entire year coming up with regulations for growing. I'm ready to plant right now! In fact, I don't use the stuff but it would certainly put my little field to good (profitable) use.

Today was another garbage day. I've been thinking about garbage days...the Earth is about 234 billion garbage days old! If I were to have tossed 50 lbs of junk in the can on every garbage day that ever came around...I would have discarded about 5.85 billion tons by now. Since it happens I'm not the only person dumping garbage...just imagine how much trash may have built up in all these years! Where is it all? They just take it away and I never see it again. (By the way, it seems the garbage man must have the best job in the world because it seems he only works one day a week...garbage day.)

Of course, if one accepts the Christian belief that the Earth is 6,000 years old, then I would have to revise my "garbage day" age of Earth. That would mean the Earth is only 312,000 garbage days old and I would only have discarded 7,800 tons of trash in that time. That's still a lot of trash, especially when factoring in the same amount of junk disposed of by all the other people!

It seems to make a lot of sense to pursue space exploration. By far, the best way to get rid of all this garbage would be to simply jettison it into space. After a few billion garbage days, there could be enough junk tossed "out there" to form an entire new planet. We could have a contest to name the place, eh?

Actually, when considering what all we would be sending "out there", we should also include nuclear waste. That stuff takes so long to degrade that's it's best to just get it all off the planet right from the start. Since it might be part of the new planet formed from garbage...that would render the place, uninhabitable. Alas!

Oh! One more thing...if we were to spew out all our waste at a volume sufficient to create an entirely new planet, wouldn't that mean there would be nothing left of Earth? We would HAVE to go live somewhere else because there would be nothing left here. I think this is giving me a headache. Maybe we shouldn't have so much waste. Maybe there should be no more nuclear waste. Maybe we should just...evolve. (...just a thought on this relatively quiet day in Fall City.)

Any other suggestions?

Late November Garbage Day

Yet another of the seemingly, endless garbage days...Strong, relentless winds, occasional rain and chilly (low 40's) temperatures grip the Fall City area. There's nothing newsworthy here today so it's best to curl up by the fire and relax. eh?
I haven't been able to return to the Fall City Bistro for a while. Since losing my income (job), I just can't afford to spend anything at all. Possibly, someone may hire me soon and I can spend some of that cash. Until then, I'm forced to live in poverty. Mind you, my idea of poverty is incredible wealth to so many people in the world! It's all good.

Garbage Day, Thanksgiving

Alas! It's the garbage day before Thanksgiving. There's a cold rain with occasional brightening of skies. The flood warnings issued the last few days did not come to fruition. So...including a continual rainfall...things seem to be normal here in Fall City.

I realize there's nothing to report...no major flooding...no drug deals...no home break-ins...no anything at all. Life is good.

My recent house-guest managed to last nearly thirty hours before I had to request his  departure.

Indeed, I've proffered similar offers of to others in other countries but none have yet accepted. (Whew!) All that is required of such house-guests is to maintain a low profile and get along (respect) others.

In any case, garbage day this week seems to be coming and going with nothing but cold rain.

However, since it is Thanksgiving tomorrow, I give thanks to the Ether that the war-mongering, elitist, Republican thieves were not elected over Obama. (Praise the Lord and pass the beer!)

Garbage Day and Opera Night

Yet another garbage day has arrived! They come faster and faster all the time.

It's also my opera night...I think. The problem is...I can't find my tickets. I fear they may have fallen from the desk drawer into the garbage bag below so one of these many garbage days may have been the demise of my opera tickets. For me, that's a huge financial loss since the tickets are front row, two seats from center. (For several years, my seats were in the center but it's a bit distracting seeing the top of the conductor's head throughout the performance.)

I'll continue looking for my tickets but I don't have much hope...with anything anymore.

At least the recent election seems to have shown that most Americans don't want the religious, conservative zealots running the country...or their personal lives. When I read of those wonderful election results, it was last garbage day. Maybe losing my opera tickets on the following garbage day is just Karma. Indeed, I'd rather lose the tickets (and the money) than face life under Romney and the Wacko.

First Snow (flurries) in Fall City

November tenth, the first snow flurries fell. Winter is coming and there's a continuation of the existing US government.

Obama has been re-elected! I have no idea how nearly half of the American voters could have voted for Romney and the "Wacko". There's something very wrong with the mass-intellect of Americans. Romney and "the wacko" took a stand against almost every individual voter. They lied. Romney wouldn't even "fess up" to what his real, first name is. He refused to allow us to see what he's been doing with his tax-evasive millions. They (the Republicans) seem to be racist, anti-women, gays, middle class and the real United States. He (Romney) is a freeking Deacon in a weird, religious sect. While the two guys seemed to be stunned they didn't win, they still seem to have no clue why! They are un-American elitists. They took stands in opposing directions. They kept hammering at Obama for all the wars we're involved in and the struggling economy.

Heck's Bells! Let's keep things in perspective! It's the Republicans who removed the controls on Wall Street. It's the Republicans who started the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan! It's the Republicans who initiated the corporate and Wall Street bailouts! How can people not remember all that? It was only a few years ago! It's the Republicans (still in control of the House...and the purse strings) who refused to compromise on a Federal budget, nearly throwing the country into insolvency. In spite of all that...how could anyone not related to or specifically benefiting from conservative graft ever have voted for Romney!? Obama was handed a country in war and depression and the Republicans had only one goal in mind...get rid of Obama. All else suffered as a result. They are racists! They are out of touch with reality.

Let's see if there's change coming.

In the meantime, it snowed this morning in Fall City and it was good.