Our street has still not been plowed, although MoCo claims 99% of our region's streets have been. So, they're supposedly picking up trash/recycling today. I got out of bed to help T take it to the curb ( Read more... )

A few weeks ago I briefly and obliquely referred to the ancient debate between Democrats and Greens, the debate between those who would work inside the "more viable" Democratic Party to push it toward the Left, and those who would work inside the "more principled" Green Party to pull the entire country toward its Green principles. I obliquely said ( Read more... )

2024 felt like the longest year of waiting for things to finally happen. Waiting to finally reach Minimum Retirement Age (FERS). Waiting for my non-supervisory transfer to finally happen. Waiting for the national general election to finally happen. Waiting for my knee problems to heal, which they still haven't completely, but I've also become ( Read more... )

As of yesterday's market closing, long-term interest rates are now higher than short-term interest rates for the first time since the fall of 2022. It could just be a blip, but perhaps the interest-rate inversion is now over after two years ( Read more... )

T cooked dinner for us, yum! And there was enough for leftovers! I commuted and spent a full day at the office ( Read more... )

Trump held a wide-ranging press conference today, and he used the occasion to state he would "dismiss" federal workers who don't return to the office. He also stated he would sue to revoke union contracts that provide for telework (although he's clearly not an authority on labor law, even the President is bound by a union contract that has been ( Read more... )

Did the 1.9 mile trek at 3:1 run:walk and felt fine, felt like I could've run a bit farther, so if my knee is still OK on Friday I'll try adding another 1/4 mile and maybe go up to 4:1 ( Read more... )

Although polls show the economy was the #1 issue on voters' minds this year, Trump's top priorities would wreck the economy if they were fully implemented during 2025 ( Read more... )

It looks like I can make it three more years playing this Global Green Communism game, to the point where I'm giving away 25% of my take-home pay --> without really sacrificing my day-to-day living standard ( Read more... )

Media darling and Democrats' favorite incumbent Republican -- Liz Cheney -- lost her Wyoming Republican primary contest by more than 2-1 yesterday, despite raising millions of dollars from out-of-state Democrats ( Read more... )