Stick a fork in me...
...I am so done!
Friends, I am exhausted.
I've put in so much overtime at work these past two weeks that I am going cross-eyed. I've worked until after midnight Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday, which was a 14-hour day; I worked 11 hours today after spending the morning continuing to put out my parent's ransomware fire. This was the first time since Saturday that I got more than just lunch--yep, today I actually had lunch AND dinner! Luxury! Sadly, for me, the luxury was time...for too many Americans, the luxury is having the money to afford food. I am also extremely grateful to have my parent living with me--we help each other. So I am counting my blessings.
As for work, I am starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel and am hoping it-snot the usual oncoming train...I think I'll be out of the woods if I put in one more herculean-ly long day tomorrow. That gives me Friday as a buffer--to mop up all the whiskey-tango comments about my work on the project so far.
Today's ransomware update is that we are still not sure whether our mail has been diverted. Since I called the local post office, we have been seeing mail trickle in. That tells me that it has not been diverted. If a few key pieces of mail show up here on time, as expected, then I'll conclude that we in fact dodged that bullet.
In our uncertainty, we have told our banks to freeze our accounts and set up new ones for us. My bank was able to do most of this by phone--they know me--until I can stop by and sign the paperwork. So I am limping along and am able to pay my bills as I usually do--although I had to pay them "twice" because the bank very cleverly stopped payment on the first set (better safe than sorry). My parent, on the other hand...! My parent moved into my house in December, so we are still establishing all those business relationships. That meant a personal trip to the bank, which took over an hour, and then to Social Security to set up the new direct deposit, which took...maybe half an hour between a 15-minute wait and very prompt completion of the task by a very pleasant and capable Latina--that trip could not have been more painless. So I was back in my home office (if you want to call it that...i.e., sitting on the bed surrounded by laptops and binders from work) by about noon.
So, maybe I've succeeded in squashing most of the rampant ants...?
I dare not hope just yet!
For one thing, I have only had time and mental bandwidth to do my job and to handle the fall-out to my parent's financial affairs. Mine aren't in nearly such good shape. I also still have to call in my favorite computer technician to ensure that my parent's computer is completely untainted by the scammers.
But the good news for you (if you want to call it that) is that I'M HERE...even if it's just long enough to say "hey" to y'all and give you the headlines.
So here I am.
For Friday's post (assuming I don't keel over from exhaustion), I am planning to blog about the wealthy (Republican) elite's deliberate dumbing down of the American public, designed to keep us too ignorant and stupid to stage uprisings like we did in the 1960s (I wonder how Occupy is working out for those dorks). That there is some seriously scary shit.
For now, let me slog on with the blog...I'm not even going to proofread it. As Dot Calm used to sign her e-mails:
Disclaimer:
Not responsible for keys getting in the
way when headed to the right ones.
Not responsible for misspellings. Too lazy
to look up the right spelling.
Not responsible for initial caps. You know
where they belong...put them in.
Not responsible for punctuation or grammar;
consider poetic license being in effect.
Not responsible for keys getting in the
way when headed to the right ones.
Not responsible for misspellings. Too lazy
to look up the right spelling.
Not responsible for initial caps. You know
where they belong...put them in.
Not responsible for punctuation or grammar;
consider poetic license being in effect.
Drive a HYBRID.
Leave a lighter footprint on the planet.
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Please send him a buck o' five--Bernie won West Virginia, and California is coming!
Thanks for reading, thanks for being you, and go pour yourself a Fireball whiskey! I know I will as soon as I click "Publish."
- Dot Calm's shadow
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ATTENTION, REPUBLICANS!
The Kenyan Muslim
liberal fascist
weak dictator
Obama is coming
for your guns 'n' Bibles
November 8, 2016.
DO NOT
LEAVE YOUR HOUSE
THAT DAY
FOR ANY REASON!
The rights you save
may be your own!
Obama is coming
for your guns 'n' Bibles
November 8, 2016.
DO NOT
LEAVE YOUR HOUSE
THAT DAY
FOR ANY REASON!
The rights you save
may be your own!
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From the Mailbag
Yesterday, the U.S. Department of Justice stated that North Carolina’s anti-LGBT law violates the Civil Rights Act.
The Governor of North Carolina has until Monday to repeal this backwards law that legalizes discrimination against the LGBT community.
Now, it’s up to us to put the pressure on him to act.
We need 10,000 people to sign our petition by Monday and demand North Carolina take this divisive law off the books. Will you sign your name immediately?
From the moment this law passed, Ralph sounded off against North Carolina’s attempts to discriminate against the LGBT community. He knows that divisiveness never leads to progress.
That’s why as a strong Democratic leader, he’s calling on North Carolina’s governor to do the right thing and protect civil rights for everyone.
So A.J., will you stand with Ralph and call for an immediate repeal of North Carolina’s anti-LGBT law?
http://act.ralphnortham.com/
Thanks,
Official Northam for Governor Team
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Warning:
this may make your blood boil. Carlos Beruff, my Republican Senate
opponent, just thanked Patrick Murphy, my “Democratic” Senate opponent,
for standing with the GOP, in this tweet:
“Thank you @PatrickMurphyFL for standing with the GOP on Benghazi.”
So
it has come to this: The Republicans are explicitly thanking a
so-called “Democrat” for aiding their taxpayer-funded witch-hunt called
the Benghazi Committee.
Two
years ago last Sunday, the Benghazi Committee came into being. There
are only three Democrats in the House today who voted for it. One of
them is my primary opponent, Patrick Murphy.
Of
course, Patrick isn’t really a Democrat. He’s a lifelong Republican,
masquerading as a Democrat. So he didn’t hesitate to join the GOP in
their Benghazi Committee charade. And he has never apologized for it,
either.
In
fact, Trey Gowdy, the odious Chairman of the Benghazi Committee, talked
to Patrick Murphy about the Benghazi Committee a few months ago. But
neither one of them will tell anyone what Gowdy sent to Murphy.
Give
GOP Senate candidate Carlos Beruff extra credit for honesty: he’s
willing to thank Patrick Murphy for “standing with the GOP” – just where
Patrick wants to be.
Howard
Dean said it best: “Give the voters a choice between a real Republican
and a fake Republican, and they’ll choose the real one every time.”
Courage,
Rep. Alan Grayson
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The 2016 elections could not be more important.
Everything is at stake, from state houses all the way to the White House – and with Donald Trump
as the presumptive Republican nominee, those stakes couldn’t be higher.
But at a time when a handful of votes could change the course of our
country, millions of Americans are barred from the ballot box – and not
by accident.
Right now, Republicans are pushing
extreme, deliberate voter suppression laws through legislatures and
courthouses across the country. Their goal? Silence votes they don’t
like by slashing early voting and requiring unnecessary identification.
DFLers know that protecting
every American’s right to vote is not optional – it’s essential. We need
to act now to defend voting rights ahead of the critical 2016 election:
Republicans count on low turnout so
much that they’re manufacturing it. They know that when Democrats show
up, we win big – and 2016 will be no different.
Free and fair elections are not a
suggestion, no matter how much Republicans act like they are. DFLers
need to live our values and speak up before it’s too late. Victory in
November depends on it.
Thank you for standing up for every voter,
Ken Martin
Chair, Minnesota DFL
Chair, Minnesota DFL
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Nearly 1 in every 3 dollars raised by Republican Cresent Hardy has come from special interest PACs — mostly from the oil and gas industry.
Super PAC donations from special interest groups increased by nearly 500% between 2014 and 2015.
This is what we’re up against in this election: the deep pockets of the oil and gas industry who are desperate to keep their man in Congress.
Hardy
is leading the fight with his ‘good friend’ Cliven Bundy to sell our
public lands to the highest bidder for development. In return, oil and
gas lobbyists are cutting big checks so he can keep his seat in Congress
and vote to sell our national parks and public lands.
Thank you,
- Ruben
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This thot occurred to me
after being completely sleep-deprAved
the past few daze...
Did you know
that there was no such thing
as atmospheric water vapor
before Noah's flood?
If atmospheric water vapor
If atmospheric water vapor
had existed before Noah's flood,
then there would have been rainbows
after EVERY rainstorm--
even the very first one!
-- Dot Calm's shadow
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Sorry, Loves--no movies today.
Well...maybe just this one...!
posted by Dot Calm @ 9:27 PM
