A NEW BEGINNING AND WE'RE ALL BROKE

BARACK OBAMA made it clear todaY in his inaugural speech that it was going to be a real bitch to get this country back to ANYthing resembling the great country it was in the past. I was in a weird mood today... We received the first snow of the season in my part of the country, and it was really kind of eerie all around. Things are always softened by the snow. I was all geared up to watch the inauguaration LIVE, but I had been up very late last night, and NAP-TIME overtook me at about 11:30 AM. When I woke up at about 12:30... we had a new president.

The only thing I regretted missing live was EX President Bush absconding in the Presidential Helicopter, and people were chanting the chorus to that old song by that old band, Na NA Hey Hey, Kiss Him Goodbye as BUSH circled the Whitehouse and then reluctantly disappeared into the Washington skyline.

Well, I DVR'd the Inauguration of President Obama, and I was really inspired by the unity that I witnessed on the TEE VEE today (now yesterday). But did you notice that Obama was kind of SERIOUS??? I mean he said we were going to have to "get our shit together", basically. I agree with him. I am fortunate to have a job that has pretty good job-security... an essential gig. And my wife also has a career in a field that is not going to be going bankrupt anytime soon. Let me just say that it turns out we made good career choices afterall, and, THE ONE willing, we will even be helping some of the folks doing better than most. Of course my wife and I have always been sort of
"giving people". If we encounter someone in need, we will go out of our way to help if we can. If things REALLY get out of hand financially in my personal scheme of things, we've a got a big old country house with plenty of room for other folks to sleep, and we'll grow gardens and live off the land, and co-habitate. My son is liable to be marrying soon... his family and mine could build a pretty good complex out of this old house. There is a full basement that would accomodate gun-turrets if the shit REALLY comes at us all Armageddon-Style.

Well... I guess that's enough "bummage" for one post...

these and other lists have me shopping for the best deal...

MAX