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Three trips to Midland in three days!

Saturday...pick up wife and daughter at airport. Sunday...pick up wife's sister at airport. Monday...go to Midland Community Theatre for costume rental. Is there such a thing as frequent driver miles? Or hazard pay for having to be so near to George W. Bush?

Another year over...

2012 right around the corner.  Literally...9 hours away as I type this.  World supposedly ending next December (again...this time it's not Harold Camping, it's the Mayan calendar).

I use Facebook way more than this blog now.  I honestly don't know why I still have it...I let the custom domain name expire.  Who knows...I have another blog I very, VERY rarely update, too.

I used to blog politics extensively here.  I have actually scaled that back even on Facebook, as I find arguing with those who refuse to believe solidly verifiable facts to just be tiring.  I recently had a Facebook discussion with someone who is STILL on the "birther" kick, despite tons of real evidence proving him wrong.  These opinions get so tightly held, the become more solid than fact in the minds of the blind.  I really just don't care to try and argue the point anymore.  If you want to hold on to beliefs that have been proven...PROVEN...false, go right ahead.  No amount of blogging on my part is going to change your mind.

So...2012 will be the last full year I write this blog.  In August 2013, I'll likely shut it down.  That will make 10 years, and even though I post about 1-2 times a month now, I still do get some use here, so I'll keep it around that long.

For me, 2012 hopefully will be a good year.  I'm getting expenses down, saving, and I'm in a better place with my job.  So...we'll see.

Have a Happy New Year!

Happy Holidays!

Have a Happy Holiday Season, see you in 2012!

If only this would actually work...

A true 50 state independent chosen by the people?  We could only hope...

Veteran home leased out for decades while vets left homeless

LA vets demand housing at giant VA campus

 The West Los Angeles property -- some of the most valuable in the nation -- was donated in 1888 to "establish, construct and permanently maintain" a branch of a national home for veterans, according to the original deed.---The VA saw fit to lease parts of the property to several businesses. In September, the VA canceled three leases after rising criticism. But other entities remain on the property including a public golf course, a college baseball stadium, a theater and practice fields for the exclusive private Brentwood School.

Seems the lease money was far more valuable to the VA than actually taking care of veterans. Hmm...why don't we have a department of the government that exists to take care of vets, anyway?

Oh, wait, that IS what the VA is supposed to do...not be in the land leasing business. Silly me...

Poor GOP congressman ONLY has $400,000 left after paying the bills...

"By the time I feed my family, I have maybe $400,000 left over."

-- Rep. John Fleming (R-LA), in an interview on MSNBC, on why as a small business owner he can't afford a tax increase.

This is the same guy who, as a Republican, figures it's more fair for ME to get a tax increase (i.e., he wants to cancel the payroll tax cut). Gee, by the time I feed my family I don't have even $40,000 left over...or $4,000. But I suppose it's my job to carry the burden, not his. How can he possibly afford ANYTHING?