Another Flight Fiasco

Now we are getting ridiculous...this am, the AA, wait, that can't be right...ah, the FAA, has shut down all domestic flights throughout the USA!...ALL!...due to computer error, they are saying...geez, this is getting too near our flights next week to Cabo...what's going on?...first it was Southwest, now all carriers?...more info later, as this is breaking....

The kids made it through all the bad stuff in Montecito, thus far...the house and office, both OK...and them themselves, all OK, too...thanks for caring...odd sidelight, as at the Golden Globes last eve...the presenter made joke that Kevin Costner couldn't attend, due to the massive rains, and slides...he lives in Montecito, too...no joking matter...LaLa Land has no clue...(he won)...

What is this, day 5 or 6 for me cold?...keeps hangin on...Boss has it, too...cough cough...Dayquil Nyquil rest tissues Excedrin throat losenges...repeat...

This stuff makes me temper very short...tried to do a puzzle...must have been given to us...as it was not sealed...one of the edge pieces was missing (A CORNER ONE!)...I looked thrice thru them all...my only missing part to the edges...got so ticked I bagged it all, and down the chute it went...

The Golden Globes...well, it is the usual for us...who are these people?...just like the music nowadays...we know a few...I guess they are making a statement...but, c'mon...we get it...bet you a quid Fonny was not watching...

More Vietnam War book...I suggest we ALL read this...by Ken Burns...co-authored...it is riveting...almost to the point of 'could this be real?'...it was and it is deplorable what we did...what the pawns did, for the king...they had no choice...18-21 year old kids...massive waste of mankind...I will stop, and I want YOU to draw your own conclusions...

I have to get to this though...when the USA agreed to Gen Westmoreland's need for more troops....and LBJ granted him that...yes, in the mid 60's in Vietnam...the draft, reserves, and all...were saddled with the M-16 rifle...thing is, in the early days of the rifle, it would malfunction...the Viet Cong had Russian made AK-47's that did not...the soldiers were victims of improperly armed from the onset...many lost their lives and got severely injured...due to this alone...ask a Vet...

'Mom, I am bringing home two of my guys...and I need help in picking the right one for me...would you help?'...of course, dear...what are their names ?...'Stetson and Machine Gun'...

There is a song that one of the ad companies has drug up to use in their background....can't recall the ad, but the song is a dilly...'Mashed Potato Time' by Dee Dee Sharp...released in '62...background vocals were none other than the Orlons...Sloppy Joe started it...in the lyrics was 'the lion sleeps tonight', 'Please Mr. Postman'...a spin off of Chubby Checker's Twist...good time music...in not so good times...

The airplanes must be a 'go' now...as I just saw one take off from Lindbergh Field...

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He is alive and kicking...

Top of the morning, friends...as we embark on a shortish Cosmo trip (6+ hours) up north to see the kids. ..we try to see them every month or two....whatever works for us, and them...school has just started for them...and Cy has both football and soccer, he is playing...Cas, at 3, is still a wannabe... The distancing of trump with the public, was a bit weird, right?. ..he emerged and was talking the same...his appearance was a bit shaggy...he must have had the flu, or, well, Covid, or something...but, he is NOT DEAD....and still up to his shenanigans...same old...anything to bring up, to divert the people from hearing about the Epstein Files ...he unabashedly, called the whole thing a 'Democratic Hoax'... Hmmm...as 6 of the Survivors of it...(the Epstein Case) ...were talking, not only to the House....but, to the public, yesterday...as MTG was front and center with it...which, too, was odd...a fallout from trump?...or, a plant within the group?...no, trump, it is not a hoax.....

The Ignominy

So much for diplomacy ... the absolute embarrassment by the current President of the US...his actions in 'hosting' the Ukranian President Zelensky ... as it turned out, a highly visual representation of bullying by trump...the manners and methodology that he uses on people...aligned with his arse kissers, waiting their turn to take potshots at Zelenksy...all well orchestrated ...it was the ULTIMATE IGNOMINY of our country's 'leader'...unfortunately, for us, too...as somehow we are connected to that ogre...in reality, we are not... hoping the rest of the World can see that...here are samples of the headlines throughout that depict the sentiment of the slaughter... We are NOT aligned with Putin...WE ARE NOT!...trump is ...which begs a different query...how much longer can this idiocy go on?... I keep asking this...what does Putin have on trump, anyway...it must be a formidable foible... Talk to me, kids... This ploy of the orange...to actually simulate a firing squa...

Hometown Baseball

You might think back to all the rivalries you have witnessed over the years...in high school, college, ah, well, team sports...shoot, could be choirs, math contests, and the like...BUT...the thrill of it all, is what I am talking about...I could name a hundred such things...that I recall...however, right now...there is one brewing in the Gaslamp...the Friars are hosting the Bums...believe it or not, this is new...you see, the Padres have been borderline pathetic for many seasons...not that they haven't had good ones...but, consistency has not been a virtue...things have changed...and the squad has deepened... The Bums have long had their nemesis, and or rivalry cat, as the San Francisco Giants...no mas...it is the Friars...the team that knocked them outta the playoffs last year...and here they come, to make avenge...3 games this weekend over at Petco...they have been playing super lately...really really super...the Pads?...hit and miss...my guess, is that the juices will flow for b...

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