Today's Christmas was pretty much laid back. We have been blessed by some really fine weather here in southern Arizona with temperatures reaching up to 75. I am in the last day of a four day weekend, which kept me busy. I've spent a lot of time on yardwork and a lot of time on the air via my ham radio setup. I have also reached out to people I haven't talked to in quite a while and it's been good catching up.
Tomorrow it's back to work, but I expect it to be a slow work week. I have some things to do but I'm not right now overwhelmed. My customer has shut down until the second of January, and I expect that things will pick up shortly after that.
After the challenging year that I have had I thought I would be depressed, but I'm not feeling that way. I could say that I have kept so busy that I haven't had time to. Maybe some pointyhead self-appointed psychiatric expert would say that I'm running from something, but I'm going to disagree. I'm doing the yardwork since I have time to do it. I'm busy in ham radio since I have time to do it. I'm reading a Ted Williams biography that belonged to my father since I have time to do it. What I haven't had time to do is work on my coin collection, but I'm getting things done and having fun. That's all there is to it. And yes, I am spending quality time with the cats, and with the family.
Next weekend will be another four day weekend. My employer is open for business on the 31st but I'm taking the day off since I need to burn a vacation day, and that's a good day to do it. My calendar is already filling up, as that I'm getting together with a local ham who wants to help me with mastering one of the newer digital modes. Come to think of it, I probably ought to plan on barbecuing something given the weather. I think they're forecasting colder temperatures for next weekend, but so what? It's been a while since I've done a beer can chicken. If I don't do that then it will be a tritip. Maybe a pork loin roast.
That said, I think this is it for this evening. I've said enough.
I'm now going to write something for my ham radio blog.
Tuesday, December 25, 2018
Sunday, December 2, 2018
Sunday, 12/2/18
Yesterday news broke of the passing of former President George H.W. Bush. I well remember his presidency and I remember voting for him twice. His first year of office wasn't even completed when one major world event happened: the Berlin Wall fell. A year after that we found ourselves on the verge of beginning the operation to liberate Kuwait, after which he had an approval rating that topped 90%. So what happened?
One, he went back on his promise of not raising taxes. He caved, which was one beef I had with him. Two, H. Ross Perot entered the race, which split the base and gave the election to Bill Clinton. Ross Perot said a lot of things that people wanted to hear, but when it became apparent that he might win, he went off about Cubans. I can never be convinced that Perot wanted to win, but I very easily believe that he had a vendetta against the Republicans.
That said, I think Bush 41 was one of the better Presidents. He wasn't the best in my lifetime, but he was up there.
I hope that both he and Barbara are with the Lord.
Well it's December already. Like it does every year, it snuck up on us, and all of a sudden we're wondering where the time went. It's been one of those years. I can't call it good or bad. It was a year to get through and that's all that I can call it. I still am in mourning over the passing of my father, and I'm still processing that trial where I served on the jury.
I'm debating on whether or not to open up a little and vent about that experience. The venting would be more of what happened, why that kind of crime had to occur, that I spent three weeks hearing testimony and looking at evidence and glancing over on occasion to the accused and realized that I was looking at someone who could do such a thing.
No, I don't get nightmares about it, though I still on occasion dream that I'm back on that jury, deliberating, or there was something else that had to be brought up, and the jury gets recalled to go over things once more.
Why did that have to happen? What was going on in the mind of the guy we found guilty? Is there ever going to be any kind of remorse on his part?
One more month and we're done for the year.
I'd like to think that the one that's coming is going to ease off somewhat, and be more bearable.
One, he went back on his promise of not raising taxes. He caved, which was one beef I had with him. Two, H. Ross Perot entered the race, which split the base and gave the election to Bill Clinton. Ross Perot said a lot of things that people wanted to hear, but when it became apparent that he might win, he went off about Cubans. I can never be convinced that Perot wanted to win, but I very easily believe that he had a vendetta against the Republicans.
That said, I think Bush 41 was one of the better Presidents. He wasn't the best in my lifetime, but he was up there.
I hope that both he and Barbara are with the Lord.
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Well it's December already. Like it does every year, it snuck up on us, and all of a sudden we're wondering where the time went. It's been one of those years. I can't call it good or bad. It was a year to get through and that's all that I can call it. I still am in mourning over the passing of my father, and I'm still processing that trial where I served on the jury.
I'm debating on whether or not to open up a little and vent about that experience. The venting would be more of what happened, why that kind of crime had to occur, that I spent three weeks hearing testimony and looking at evidence and glancing over on occasion to the accused and realized that I was looking at someone who could do such a thing.
No, I don't get nightmares about it, though I still on occasion dream that I'm back on that jury, deliberating, or there was something else that had to be brought up, and the jury gets recalled to go over things once more.
Why did that have to happen? What was going on in the mind of the guy we found guilty? Is there ever going to be any kind of remorse on his part?
* * * * * * *
I'd like to think that the one that's coming is going to ease off somewhat, and be more bearable.
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