Friday Fives and then a Trump rant

What was your favorite magazine to read as a teenager?

Rolling Stone

What’s a great song with misunderstood/unintelligible lyrics?

Lots of Bob Marley stuff.

What’s a now “obsolete” technology you miss?

DVDs.  When you bought a DVD, you didn’t just get the movie.  To entice you, they would add hours of extra stuff.  I miss all of those featurettes and behind the scenes stuff that came with DVDs.   Now, when you watch a movie… that is all you get… the movie.

What makes people age the most?

Time

Who is your favorite Lee?

Tommy. Definitely not Sara Lee.  Sara Lee is an uppity… well just read this.  🙂

ok, I feel that post above was anemic.  You deserve more content.  That isn’t really what’s below, but I just have to rant.

Can I tell you a difference between the right and left?  And why I think.. Er.. know… that we are morally superior.  People on the right say things like ‘liberals hate America!’.  I have had my own family member (yes, a Trumper) tell me that.  Fuck it pisses me off to no end.  Once someone says something like that… I can’t take them seriously ever again.  Anything and everything they say subsequent to that is just white noise.  No, we don’t hate America you assholes.

I would not say that about your side.  I would not say ‘Republicans hate America’.  I know you love America just as I do, we just disagree on how it should be administered.  I just remembered this quote, which is SO perfect.  Somewhere in one of his many books, he explained “Conservatives love America like its a newborn baby, that it is beautiful and perfect and can do no wrong.  Liberals love America like its a teenager.  Still unconditionally, but know it needs to be smacked around now and again, and watched closely.”

That is my paraphrasing, but its a perfect thought.  I want to get this in writing now, so I can go back in 2 years and yell “I told you so”.  The person Trump picks is going to be extremely influential.  Rumors are it will be a female, well she will be president.  Why?  Trump might beat Biden, because Biden is so old and frail it’s really creepy and sad to watch him.  He will get my vote, but no one is excited about him, and he should have stepped down.  Anyhow, if Trump wins, there is NO way he will finish his term.  He is a criminal psychotic narcissist, and will be removed from office before he finishes.

What drives me maybe the most nuts, he takes NO accountability for ANYTHING.  He denies everything.  130 felony indictments, and he fully believes he is innocent of 100% of al

the ballad of Gus

I had a cat I loved.  We all did, and do.  Here is one of those stories.  Miles was my cat I took from Flagstaff after college (when we moved to Denver).  I called him Miles because he was dark black, and very cool.  Get it?  A Miles Davis reference.

Many years later, we got Rufus the hound dog.  Hopefully, I can still find pics of these two on my phone.  If you know me in person, then you may recall Rufus is the one who bit my face off in a freak accident.  No, I did not put Roofie down when that happened.  Rufus used to LOVE chasing Miles.  He never hurt Miles, though.  We left them home together loose in the house when we would go to work.  Turns out that Miles didn’t find this nearly as adorable as we did.  He disappeared.  Cats do that, so I don’t recall being too worried.  One time, about 10 years earlier, he took off for a terrifying 3 weeks when we lived in Cap hill. This photo is the real Rufus (not a stock photo, like the one for the cat above).

So, Miles is gone and one day I swear I see him next door.  The very nice, and very old, lady who lived directly next door had a second story patio, so we could easily see it.  After being gone a couple of weeks… I saw Miles up there.  I called him, and he reacted.  BUT… crucially… he did not come home.  Is that my cat?  Did Ruth steal my fucking cat?  I LOVE Ruth.  If Ruth needs the cat, she can have him.  It’s a good low maintenance pet for her.  

But she did steal him?  We lived next to Ruth for many years, and we were very friendly.  I’d change light bulbs and lift stuff and such for her.  So, I go to her door.  Hi Ruth.  Do you… um… have my cat?  Miles?  

Nooo.

He’s long hair black, kinda shiny?  I thought I saw him on your balcony.

Oh… yes.  You mean Gus?  He’s in his room, I’ll go get him.

I mean… who can blame Miles? Or… Gus? Not only is a dog not trying to kill him daily.. he is prolly getting wet food daily.. and has his own room! Well played, Gus!

Friday Fives – can you never go back?

1. What memory from your childhood always brings a smile to your face when you think about it?

This is a memory I hold so special and warm I’ll only give you a hint.  It’s a moment with my uncle and cousins watching tv back in Buffalo as a wee lad.  Much of my family is still in Buffalo.  Don’t worry, I’m not hiding this magic memory from my cousins.  This is Buffalo… not a high literacy rate for things not AFC East related.

2. What was a sad moment from your child that pulled you into real life?

Yup.  My best friend at about 6 or 7 years old died in a tragic car accident.

3. What will you never buy cheap?

I’m open to a deal on anything, though I absolutely believe ‘you get what you pay for’.  WAIT… meat.  Meat is something you NEVER want a good deal on.  Do NOT buy meat from someone on the side of the road, and yes this is still a thing.

4. What do you usually buy the cheapest version of?

Onion powder, as I go through a LOT.  Since I cook about every day, I use onion powder on everything.  When I am hungry, and I know I am going to cook something… but have NO idea what it will be.. I get a few things out.  Cutting board, onion powder, bench scraper, and a chef’s knife that I hone before and after each use.  These are the things I will need.  Now… let’s look in the fridge and see what I have.

5. What’s your favorite childhood TV show or cartoon?

I can tell you very very few hold up well over time.  In fact, there is only one that does hold up… Chips.  Chips was not my favorite show.  My favorite shows were the A Team, and Greatest American Hero.  But. those two shows are just horrible to watch now.  The dialogue, storytelling, special effects, general production.  It’s horrible!  Whereas Chips is from around the same era, but holds up.  Probably because there was no special effects, just storytelling.