tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5977625681756554695.post6353852852776304482..comments2024-03-26T13:46:42.738-05:00Comments on 4 Quarters, 10 Dimes: Notes from LockdownDavidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03463621516644789183noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5977625681756554695.post-3528917484487637452020-05-31T20:06:14.164-05:002020-05-31T20:06:14.164-05:001. I suppose it makes you more on the ball than me...1. I suppose it makes you more on the ball than me, at least. I knew I was going to write a large check to the IRS so I was in no hurry to get it done until late March or early April, and then the world caught fire and they extended the deadline. Eventually it just wears on me, having it hanging out there, so I'm glad its done.<br /><br />2. I generally date the transition from "party I mostly disagreed with but could still live with and occasionally, on very specific issues, actually support" to "threat to the survival of the republic" to either 1992 (when Pat Roberts kicked off the Culture War) or 1994 (when Newt Gingrich launched his Contract on America). So a quarter century is about right for me. Your mileage may vary.<br /><br />3. Double-dog dare them!<br /><br />4. I think it will, if only because by 2040 the country will be majority non-white and it will be dealt with regardless of the feelings of white people. I strongly suspect that this is behind a lot of the right-wing white supremacist frenzy these days, in fact. Those assholes know this is their last stand.<br /><br />10. Pretty much.<br /><br />Summers got a lot less interesting when I had to work during them. I am not a hot weather person, and having to go to work removed the only redeeming feature of the season as far as I could see.<br /><br />Bummer indeed. Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03463621516644789183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5977625681756554695.post-91605766643127092802020-05-31T17:45:53.613-05:002020-05-31T17:45:53.613-05:001. I filed our tax return on February 2nd. Does th...1. I filed our tax return on February 2nd. Does that make me an over-achiever?<br /><br />2. 50 years > ¼ Century. Just sayin’.<br /><br />3. I have neighbors who are threatening to not vote at all if Nevada allows vote by mail. All of them are rethuglicans. Win!<br /><br />4. Thought we had this pretty much taken care of back in the 70s. 80s. 90s … One begins to wonder ‘bout now if this country will EVER try to learn how to deal with its systemic racism problem.<br /><br />10. Let me see if I can summarize: ‘Last week is done, but next week awaits. I’m grateful to be employed…’ but all is otherwise comparatively normal. Is that about right?<br /><br />I still remember the rude awakening I got when I found out that in the real world you don’t get summers off to go play like teachers do, somebody somewhere actually expects you to keep working if you want that check on payday… Oh, and the teachers didn’t get summer off, either. That was all part of the con job called ‘elementary education’.<br /><br />Bummer.<br /><br />Lucy. LucyInDisguisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08169432604954981941noreply@blogger.com