I Think

He is difficult to civilize, but I have made some progress.

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Time and patience. And you have dog experience. I was never a big fan of civilized. Just don't make in the house. And no biting.

Wonderful! Give him an underchin scratchy from me.

Sorry, osso, but here he is on youtube'

Today will be a simple one. Paint yellow stripes in the parking lot. Next week, it will be red stripes. Then stencils. Such is the lot of the old and part time. The regular crew is behind on getting empty apartments ready for move in. They told me they need mirror trim in some bathrooms. Instead of taking the hint, I said, "You have a saw out there." And went on my way. It's not petty. If the purpose of cutting my hours is to see if those two can go it alone, I would be a fool to do their work for them.

I am assuming early SS retirement age is still 62. Mrs edgarblythe says she needs it, because her knees are too shot to go on working like that. She will be that old in early October.

Been reading about we are losing net neutrality. If they make everything too expensive, I will be in the same boat as with TV. I can't afford cable TV and so rely on a cheap antenna from Walmart.

NAFTA didn't do enough to our workers in the USA, so now they come along with Trans Pacific Partnership, to take it to a whole new level.

I am on the final verse of my 'workers' lyric. I will post it soon, to ask for a reaction or two. These things have a way of seeming trite after the hard work. I am in no position to judge my own effort.

Looking for criticism here:

The working woman and the working man
Greatest heroes since time began
They lend themselves to the grandest plans
With their minds and their calloused hands

They’re the engine makes the nations roll
Without them all would quickly fold
Always fighting for their pay and jobs
Against the kind of ink that robs

The working woman and the working man
Greatest heroes since time began
When the war winds blow they make their stand
Until time comes that they heal the land

Now some think that it’s all in vain
That the future’s really on the wane
Friend be vigilant friend be brave
For the future’s yours to save

The working woman and the working man
Greatest heroes since time began

Hah, I could see it. This happens something like 1/25 attempts. Active doggy!!

The working woman and the working man,
Greatest heroes since time began:
No tools exist with which to mend
The rage to move and spend and spend.

The moon was setting through the trees when I got up yesterday. Mighty purty. The neighborhood lights in that direction were the same color. The pattern they all made seemed orderly and planned.

I watched an episode of Two and a Half Men, last night, because it featured Miley Cyrus. She looks scrawny alongside the voluptuous dishes that usually parade through there. Not that I notice such things. I mostly avoid this show.

"Voluptuous dishes" is a bit misogynistic ed. You make those ladies sound like they are arranged on a table in a running buffet.

If you saw the program in question, you would agree that they portray the ladies this way. Blame them - and the ladies, for allowing themselves to be so used.

I don't blame ladies for anything ed.

We are all fallible, spendi. Even ladies.

I went out a short time ago. I was a jerk, driving. I won't give the details. Suffice to say, I was a turd. Got to be more controlled in these situations.

What's wrong?

Doing fine, thank you.

Except for some writing, I pretty much threw away yesterday. Don't want to be like that, long term. I've seen others settle for inactivity and wither. Reminding me, we had a woman in the apartments for about six years, one who could only mumble and could barely walk. But she used her walker to go up and down the street and to the church across the street, daily, until a year ago. She refused to be stopped by a failing body. She continued the same activity with a Hoveround. She wrote out everything when communicating her needs to me. Last Monday I went in to work and found she turned in her apartment key. I hope she is with somebody who can keep her moving and happy, but will never likely know.

You get attached to these people and they leave - It's like beginning novels and reading a few chapters before the books get taken away.

Rocky came to a new milestone in life over the past week. I could not find a new chew chicken to replace the old one. So I settled for a chew pig. Rocky instantly took to it over the good chicken he still has. There must be something about that grunt sound that's more satisfying than the high pitch of a chicken. He and it are inseparable, now.

Strep throat is popular, among the children, at my wife's work place. I hope she manages to avoid that stuff.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worse.