Better, Better, Still Sick

Lots of "endings" happening right now -- half term is over; course assignments and mid's are over, time before vacation is down to a simple day of two.

The weather is finally warming up some. And that means that life is going to get busier and busier no matter what.

Sick, Sick, Sick

So, I caught a cold last Thursday and could not shake it even after 5 days.  My stomach muscles hurt from coughing so much -- and I just feel "tentative, tentative!"

Guess I was rundown last week and then tried to do too much on Friday (doing an "observation") of a fellow faculty member, etc. I slept pretty much all the time after that but still didn't make any headway.

I now need the more "serious" drugs to help my body recover from this killed cold.

Home Repair Begun (in Earnest)

This weekend my realtor wanted to show my house again -- it just was not possible.  One room cleared out; furniture displaced to all other rooms; 2nd and 3rd floor closed up due to plaster dust -- and still lots, lots, lots to do.

And, I have a cold to boot.

Intrumpsanity

Those poor deranged Americans who think voting for Trump is "some kind of protest against the government" or is actually a "good thing" for American foreign policy, immigration policy, domestic policy, etc. -- please turn in your "human" cards!!!!!

Trump is a huckster, a con man, a bad salesman (thing "bad Santa") but even more than that, he is a threat to civilized society -- inspiring violence, hatred, separation of people (races, ethnic groups, etc)., anger, "snap" judgments (mostly wrong), and inane justifications. He is not a liberal -- he is so much worse: he is not anything! Show him the door -- support anyone else; we cannot survive such a man as our leader.

Donald Trump, the New Messiah

All you KKK members, you Final Days folks, you "redneck" morons, you racist slime, you misogynistic Neanderthals, you anti-intellectual morons, you drunken NASCAR freaks, you
crazy Johnnie Reb holdovers, you anti-government anti-everything "true Americans," -- here is your New Messiah: Donald Trump.

Donald Trump, Racist Business Mogul (Dictator)

If the public at large is dumb enough, or selfish enough, or "sick" enough to elect Donald Trump the entire country will be diminished. He is a self-declared "winner"; and self-satisfied "successful businessman"; and a disgusting blemish on statesmanship, politics, logic, and the American ethos.

If he wins -- we should all "go to Canada" and leave him alone in his "wealth." He is not representative of the way Americans think or feel.  He is the product of Republican right-wing racism and obstructionism; he has set himself up as the "cure" for Obama's presidency. Thank God that Hillary Clinton is in the race as well -- she must win; for all of our sakes.

Donald Trump, Loser

He will lose the Presidency, even after he gains the nomination. His Party will "lose" him by coming close to self-destructing in a "change or die" scenario at the Republican National Convention later this year.

He will lose his business career after this abortive run for the Presidency, riding on the twin steeds of arrogance and ignorance. He is as doomed as a human being can be, rich or not. He is the laughing neon sign in the window of his own superficiality. He is Donald Trump.