Only indirectly felt, but it's becoming more and more obvious that the mortgage lending fiasco is only part of what's been going on. It's amazing to me that so many people are still walking around with their fingers in their ears saying "La la la, can't hear you ( Read more... )

I admit I'm pleased but surprised at the results of yesterday's election. I've been confident of an Obama win for a while now, but I expected it to be close, perhaps even close enough for the kind of judicial shenanigans we saw eight years ago. I'm glad we won't have to go through that obscenity again, certainly ( Read more... )

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Busy day, soggy weekend predicted ( Read more... )

I did not vote in the Illinois primary. There was no point. Not one of the candidates from any of several parties earned or deserved my support. None of them ( Read more... )

All right, I took the quiz. It failed to ask some questions that I think are very important just now, such as those related to religious beliefs and social or economic policy. The truth is, not one of these candidates inspires my support. Most of them incite only nausea and disgust, and I feel they are all publicity hogs rather than actual people ( Read more... )

Following the example set by schnee, I have created my own little utopian nation state:

The Principality of TransmontaniaThis site is a sort of loose simulation of macroeconomics and international politics. I suspect the model is slanted toward capitalist objectivism as the inevitable conqueror of all, but I've always been one to buck the tide. The idea ( Read more... )

I've established an account at GreatestJournal.com under the same username. Henceforth, I'll be cross-posting to both places. If I decide to completely leave LJ, then I'll probably go over there. If you're already on there and want to friend me, please feel free. I'll return the favor ( Read more... )

You may remember that after a trip to Michigan last year (April it was I think) I discovered that my aging Jeep had achieved absurdly unbelievable fuel economy of 38 mpg running on Michigan gasoline. This last weekend I made the same trip in the Ford Escape that replaced the Jeep last fall. The Escape has a smaller fuel tank and is more fuel ( Read more... )

It seemed about two days long. Too much going on, too much needing to be done. A load of hay arrived at home while I was at work, now that needs to be unloaded so our hay supplier can have his wagon back. Summer Reading program started at the library, which means we had a zoo of kids (rather like a barrel of monkeys only louder and more demanding) ( Read more... )