Howard is No. 1 even if it isn't quite Tuesday out here.
Yes, Bill, the time display has changed--in PDT for me, and I am sure it was in Eastern time before.
Susan--I have long had a tendency to take on too much and get overwhelmed--but now have considerable practice recognizing and dealing with it. Somehow it seems sinful not to push myself to the limit, but that's foolishness plain and simple.
I feel I have finished my basic research into absinthe. Pacifique, from a craft distillery near Seattle, is equal to the best european absinthes and typical of their tastes. Vieaux Pontarlier, from the homeland of absinthe in the Alps, is good, readily available here, and reasonably priced. The products of Delaware Phoenix Distillery in Walton, NY, are good if somewhat distinctive in flavor. Catskill Cellars is a small vendor with slightly lower prices than the big outfits like DrinkUpNY; they have a small but good selection of absinthes. A real absinthe glass is helpful; it makes it easy to get the amounts and proportions of absinthe and water right. The good stuff doesn't need any sugar added IMO (which also means one doesn't need an absinthe spoon). A brouilleur (dripper) is convenient for chilling and adding water (and sugar if you so desire). A very refreshing alcoholic beverage, probably better as an apertif, but nice also as a digestif. Definitely agrees with me more than my old standby, beer. (I favor darker, more flavorful beers.) At first the price of absinthe seems high--but figured per drink, it is roughly the price of any medium-priced whiskey or other distilled liquors (albeit about twice the price of better beers). So far it has failed to provoke me to poesy or any other artistic activity...
Taking a very small break while my bread rises. I've got both grandkids for an overnight this weekend, so I have to make hay while the sun shines. I actually am making progress in my weeding out and that's encouraging enough to give me renewed energy.
I'm focusing less on what it looks like *now* and more on imagining what it will look like *later*.
Thursday I'm taking my best friend (who doesn't drive) shopping. It will be a major test of will for me 'cause I can hardly walk in a store without walking out with stuff I had no plan to buy, but did. I have tons of *will* power, but hardly any *won't* power. Working on it though.
Which just reminded me; when my youngest was small I'd say, "You have to do your homework though." And he'd say in a plaintive voice, "MOM, don't call me 'though'!"
Funny, I knew as soon as I opened my eyes this morning that I wasn't going to be going to town. Mind you, I fully intended to do so as I was dropping off to sleep. And most times, I doodle around for three or four hours before noticing that I'm *not* going today, lol! Never been able to figure out they whys and wherefores of it. . . . .
Voted today. Including plowing through literally scores of judicial retention questions. I agree with our County Clerk that too much democracy is functionally equivalent to no democracy at all.
And when you use the zoom feature on our voting machines, scrolling around to the different parts of the screen is very slow indeed. The polling place worker suggested that the print might be large enough to read without using the zoom. Maybe I'll try that next time. (Let's see -- I think there's municipal elections next spring.)
Funny, I knew as soon as I opened my eyes this morning that I wasn't going to be going to town. Mind you, I fully intended to do so as I was dropping off to sleep. And most times, I doodle around for three or four hours before noticing that I'm *not* going today, lol! Never been able to figure out they whys and wherefores of it. . . . .
Funny, I knew as soon as I opened my eyes this morning that I wasn't going to be going to town. Mind you, I fully intended to do so as I was dropping off to sleep. And most times, I doodle around for three or four hours before noticing that I'm *not* going today, lol! Never been able to figure out they whys and wherefores of it. . . . .
Other shoe dropped this afternoon. Jeanie died Wednesday, viewing Sunday, buried yesterday. Today her family told Dan he'd have to be moving. He moved cross country from Oregon two years ago. Virtually everything he owns is in her garage. They had decided that they didn't *need* to be married: they were both grownups. Families can be absolutely vile. This one seems to qualify.
I hear you. I call it being tired. And the one thing that stops me is just the feeling that comes when I know I can't do it right now: "I don't have it in me." It's easy to imagine doing something when you don't have to do it right now. But when the moment is upon you, you just know whether it's a good idea or not.
Similarly, I can feel bone tired and like I simply want to go home and go to sleep. But once I'm home and sitting down, my energy revives.
So I think what's underneath it all is the reality that it takes less energy to move about and cope within your own environment than it does to move about and cope in a public environment.
Where's he going to go? What's he going to do? Doesn't he have any recourse at all?
Marriage isn't just an old fashioned formality, it has definite advantages. If this poor fellow had married your friend, her despicable family couldn't turn him out.
You see why same sex couples want the legal protections of marriage...
I'm not sure what the situation is where you live. Maybe there are no close races there. But in Illinois, to paraphrase what Howard said in 2004, "One of two people is going to be the next governor. And we know which one we want."
Howard is No. 1 even if it isn't quite Tuesday out here.
ReplyDeleteYes, Bill, the time display has changed--in PDT for me, and I am sure it was in Eastern time before.
Susan--I have long had a tendency to take on too much and get overwhelmed--but now have considerable practice recognizing and dealing with it. Somehow it seems sinful not to push myself to the limit, but that's foolishness plain and simple.
I feel I have finished my basic research into absinthe. Pacifique, from a craft distillery near Seattle, is equal to the best european absinthes and typical of their tastes. Vieaux Pontarlier, from the homeland of absinthe in the Alps, is good, readily available here, and reasonably priced. The products of Delaware Phoenix Distillery in Walton, NY, are good if somewhat distinctive in flavor. Catskill Cellars is a small vendor with slightly lower prices than the big outfits like DrinkUpNY; they have a small but good selection of absinthes. A real absinthe glass is helpful; it makes it easy to get the amounts and proportions of absinthe and water right. The good stuff doesn't need any sugar added IMO (which also means one doesn't need an absinthe spoon). A brouilleur (dripper) is convenient for chilling and adding water (and sugar if you so desire). A very refreshing alcoholic beverage, probably better as an apertif, but nice also as a digestif. Definitely agrees with me more than my old standby, beer. (I favor darker, more flavorful beers.) At first the price of absinthe seems high--but figured per drink, it is roughly the price of any medium-priced whiskey or other distilled liquors (albeit about twice the price of better beers). So far it has failed to provoke me to poesy or any other artistic activity...
Paleolithic bread!
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Taking a very small break while my bread rises. I've got both grandkids for an overnight this weekend, so I have to make hay while the sun shines. I actually am making progress in my weeding out and that's encouraging enough to give me renewed energy.
ReplyDeleteI'm focusing less on what it looks like *now* and more on imagining what it will look like *later*.
Thursday I'm taking my best friend (who doesn't drive) shopping. It will be a major test of will for me 'cause I can hardly walk in a store without walking out with stuff I had no plan to buy, but did. I have tons of *will* power, but hardly any *won't* power. Working on it though.
Which just reminded me; when my youngest was small I'd say, "You have to do your homework though." And he'd say in a plaintive voice, "MOM, don't call me 'though'!"
Funny that willpower is almost 100% *won't* power. . . .
ReplyDeleteI never thought of it that way, but you're right.
ReplyDeleteFunny, I knew as soon as I opened my eyes this morning that I wasn't going to be going to town. Mind you, I fully intended to do so as I was dropping off to sleep. And most times, I doodle around for three or four hours before noticing that I'm *not* going today, lol! Never been able to figure out they whys and wherefores of it. . . . .
ReplyDeleteVoted today. Including plowing through literally scores of judicial retention questions. I agree with our County Clerk that too much democracy is functionally equivalent to no democracy at all.
ReplyDeleteAnd when you use the zoom feature on our voting machines, scrolling around to the different parts of the screen is very slow indeed. The polling place worker suggested that the print might be large enough to read without using the zoom. Maybe I'll try that next time. (Let's see -- I think there's municipal elections next spring.)
Funny, I knew as soon as I opened my eyes this morning that I wasn't going to be going to town. Mind you, I fully intended to do so as I was dropping off to sleep. And most times, I doodle around for three or four hours before noticing that I'm *not* going today, lol! Never been able to figure out they whys and wherefores of it. . . . .
ReplyDeleteFunny, I knew as soon as I opened my eyes this morning that I wasn't going to be going to town. Mind you, I fully intended to do so as I was dropping off to sleep. And most times, I doodle around for three or four hours before noticing that I'm *not* going today, lol! Never been able to figure out they whys and wherefores of it. . . . .
ReplyDeleteOther shoe dropped this afternoon. Jeanie died Wednesday, viewing Sunday, buried yesterday. Today her family told Dan he'd have to be moving. He moved cross country from Oregon two years ago. Virtually everything he owns is in her garage. They had decided that they didn't *need* to be married: they were both grownups. Families can be absolutely vile. This one seems to qualify.
ReplyDeleteOne easy way to ensure won't power in that instance, Susan, is to leave ALL your buying power at home (or at least in the car).
ReplyDeleteI hear you. I call it being tired. And the one thing that stops me is just the feeling that comes when I know I can't do it right now: "I don't have it in me." It's easy to imagine doing something when you don't have to do it right now. But when the moment is upon you, you just know whether it's a good idea or not.
ReplyDeleteSimilarly, I can feel bone tired and like I simply want to go home and go to sleep. But once I'm home and sitting down, my energy revives.
So I think what's underneath it all is the reality that it takes less energy to move about and cope within your own environment than it does to move about and cope in a public environment.
Good for you for persevering and voting, Bill!
ReplyDeleteGood for you, Bill.
ReplyDeleteNot altogether sure if I'm going to vote, though I am very interested in the ballot questions.
What horrible people!
ReplyDeleteWhere's he going to go? What's he going to do? Doesn't he have any recourse at all?
Marriage isn't just an old fashioned formality, it has definite advantages. If this poor fellow had married your friend, her despicable family couldn't turn him out.
You see why same sex couples want the legal protections of marriage...
Cat ~
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure what the situation is where you live. Maybe there are no close races there. But in Illinois, to paraphrase what Howard said in 2004, "One of two people is going to be the next governor. And we know which one we want."