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Sep. 16th, 2011 03:47 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
gwydion* All that's really needed to save the post office is to repeal the Bush era law requiring them to pay pensions 75 years in advance and going back to the sensible system under which they were solvent, letting them take back the extra money for postal workers not yet born, let alone hired. Of course there is no chance of that since the law was intended by Republicans to bankrupt them, thus creating the crisis that will allow them to abolish the efficient, well run postal system in favour of folks like Fed ex, which is in the habit of dropping off packages at random houses in random streets and expecting the people that live there to mapquest where i live and go to the hassle of delivering, all for significantly more than USPS costs. Or there UPS, with the delivery people to dumb to read our "please ring bell" sign, who are also in the habit, of knocking once, then leaving without waiting for me to gimp to the door. I'll take the post Office any day, thanks.
The Postal service unions are holding events to try to save this institution: http://www.saveamericaspostalservice.org/
* Congressman "I won't add one more dollar of debt to the backs of my children" Joe Walsh skipped out on the hearing about the years of back child support he refuses to pay to his actual children for a vote in which he neither voted yes nor no and bunch of media appearances, all of which he considered vastly more important than the welfare of his same children. The judge rightly garnished the deadbeat dad's wages. If he cares so much about his kids, why won't he voluntarily pay for their upkeep?
* Remember that road in New England destroyed by Irene, so people were hiking through the woods to work? They only just passed the appropriation, but they've got a lane open. There is hope the road will be all the way open soon. That is some kick ass fast work.
* Yet more diversity being weeded out at DC: http://uryel.tumblr.com/post/10230868208/oh-no-they-didnt
* Marine Rob phoned. He and his wife split up, but he's found a good teaching job in Alaska he likes. We talked for a couple of hours, which put me behind on the Internet, so if it's important, PM me.
* I got up very early for an appointment that turned out cancelled, only I didn't know that until i was too awake too long to go right back to sleep. The apartment I was going to look at went before my appointment with them. I did catch Squirrel's package delivery, so that's something. I opted to go back to sleep rather than do more apartment hunting today, as I don't function well at all on only a couple hours sleep.
* I can't wait for Comedy central roast season to be over. On top of my usual issues (I don't much like insult humor. I do find a couple of them interesting for reasons of psychology, pop cultural history, etc., but most of the people they pick are so unpleasant I want nothing to do with them and my tolerance for racist, sexist, etc., jokes is low), I have a bad reaction to Ozzy Osbourne/black Sabbath. I know, I know, I've a large metal collection. You'd think he'd be up my alley, but back when I was building my collection, I found Ozzy and to a lesser extent Black Sabbath triggery. The Iron Man movie did me a great service by diffusing "Iron Man." which was the most triggery of all. "Crazy Train" was a really close second. Apparently 23 years and the movie have worked together to downgrade "Crazy Train" from so intense I can't be in the room with it, to a merely unpleasant trip to a bad emotional place with a collection of ugly memories and associations attached.
With that in mind, imagine me having to hear it as a tag in every commercial break on comedy central for the stupid Sheen Roast, which I refuse to watch even a second of because I don't approve. (It's not okay to exploit someone's mental illness like that). Imagine me waking up in the morning with it playing in my head. Imagine me spending an hour trying to wipe it from my brain with the usually reliable Presidents of the United states songs so i can focus enough to sleep again.
Yeah.
* jnelums1988, found: http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/comics/critical-miss/9116-Critical-Miss-Sexism-and-or-Racism?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=articles
Like I need this stress on top of the whole not knowing where I'll be living in October.
* The Clutch:
The Postal service unions are holding events to try to save this institution: http://www.saveamericaspostalservice.org/
* Congressman "I won't add one more dollar of debt to the backs of my children" Joe Walsh skipped out on the hearing about the years of back child support he refuses to pay to his actual children for a vote in which he neither voted yes nor no and bunch of media appearances, all of which he considered vastly more important than the welfare of his same children. The judge rightly garnished the deadbeat dad's wages. If he cares so much about his kids, why won't he voluntarily pay for their upkeep?
* Remember that road in New England destroyed by Irene, so people were hiking through the woods to work? They only just passed the appropriation, but they've got a lane open. There is hope the road will be all the way open soon. That is some kick ass fast work.
* Yet more diversity being weeded out at DC: http://uryel.tumblr.com/post/10230868208/oh-no-they-didnt
* Marine Rob phoned. He and his wife split up, but he's found a good teaching job in Alaska he likes. We talked for a couple of hours, which put me behind on the Internet, so if it's important, PM me.
* I got up very early for an appointment that turned out cancelled, only I didn't know that until i was too awake too long to go right back to sleep. The apartment I was going to look at went before my appointment with them. I did catch Squirrel's package delivery, so that's something. I opted to go back to sleep rather than do more apartment hunting today, as I don't function well at all on only a couple hours sleep.
* I can't wait for Comedy central roast season to be over. On top of my usual issues (I don't much like insult humor. I do find a couple of them interesting for reasons of psychology, pop cultural history, etc., but most of the people they pick are so unpleasant I want nothing to do with them and my tolerance for racist, sexist, etc., jokes is low), I have a bad reaction to Ozzy Osbourne/black Sabbath. I know, I know, I've a large metal collection. You'd think he'd be up my alley, but back when I was building my collection, I found Ozzy and to a lesser extent Black Sabbath triggery. The Iron Man movie did me a great service by diffusing "Iron Man." which was the most triggery of all. "Crazy Train" was a really close second. Apparently 23 years and the movie have worked together to downgrade "Crazy Train" from so intense I can't be in the room with it, to a merely unpleasant trip to a bad emotional place with a collection of ugly memories and associations attached.
With that in mind, imagine me having to hear it as a tag in every commercial break on comedy central for the stupid Sheen Roast, which I refuse to watch even a second of because I don't approve. (It's not okay to exploit someone's mental illness like that). Imagine me waking up in the morning with it playing in my head. Imagine me spending an hour trying to wipe it from my brain with the usually reliable Presidents of the United states songs so i can focus enough to sleep again.
Yeah.
* jnelums1988, found: http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/comics/critical-miss/9116-Critical-Miss-Sexism-and-or-Racism?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=articles
Like I need this stress on top of the whole not knowing where I'll be living in October.
* The Clutch: