Jasonisms

I went for a walk yesterday. It was at a trail I hadn't been to since Superbowl Sunday (2020). Total walk was about 7/8 miles. I didn't GPS it as that hasn't worked well in the past, but according to the signage it was just under 8 miles (under four out and under four back). 

Didn't really do much today. I was asked to come down and get up and running for working on a campaign. It's down to the wire and it's all hands on deck. Which means I probably won't get a chance to go camping before it gets too cold.

Yeah, you read that right. I've had blisters on my feet. Some have been large and painful while others have been small and painful. I noticed I was receiving these larger ones Everytime I wore a new pair of sandals.  So, I'm not wearing the sandals anymore.  This isn't even the largest blister I've had over the past couple of weeks. 

For those of you who have been paying attention, my roommate has been wooing a woman for over a year. I use the term loosely, of course.  He was dating this woman when I met him and moved in and she broke up with him a couple months later citing he was "too nice". I have it on good authority that "too nice" means she has no respect for you when she uses it as a break up term. Naturally, I'm not a woman so I'm going by what a couple of women have told to me.  After about 6 months they began speaking again. First it was conversations on the phone and then it was him driving the hour or so to see her. He even helped her pack up and move out of state when she decided to move back to her parent's place. While she was in North Dakota they spoke almost every night and somehow she was suddenly staying here for a week. Or was it weeks? Not her dog - his First of all, I don't know how the subject was broached. Did he offer our place to her or did she suggest i...

For those of you who are paying attention, I have exactly thirty days from today to move out of my current abode. This is the 30 day notice letter I just sent to my landlord to let him know I was not going to renew my lease. My Room Has the Window ​Hi Sack,  I certainly hope this email finds you suffering through Covid-19.    This is a courtesy to inform you that I will not be renewing the lease on this slum of a condo. I had decided last year when you took your sweet time repairing the place and making sure it's liveable after the two separate bouts of water damage from the upstairs. It was compounded by the toilet never having been fixed upon my move in and I know I brought it up before I took possession. You claimed to have fixed it, but you failed at even that. Apparently being cheap is paramount to being a good landlord.​ The VA took issue with the fact that the windows in two of three bedrooms do not open creating a hazard should immediate escape be necessary. ...

This last Saturday I drove into downtown Denver and met with some other veterans in a show of solidarity and support for SPC Guillen and all the other (young female) soldiers who don't believe they have the support and confidence in their chain-of-command.  While I didn't take too many photos of the walk (1, actually) I did meander around and take some photos of the murals put up by #BlackLivesMatter in Civic Center Park .  These are some of the photos, taken with my cell and tweaked with Snapseed. But first, the Veteran's Memorial that sits at the base of the capital's stairs. Now for the murals: There was also some graffiti from protestors on the state capital building. 

In the 90s I was stationed in Germany while serving in the Army. While there I met Christopher DePrater, aka Christopher M. DePrater, aka Christopher M D. On Facebook recently he posted this manifesto about why he's an unabashed member of TrumpNation.  The thing I don't get (I mean, DePrater has always been a bit stupid) is how he thinks Donald Trump is accomplishing anything. Sure, the (current) POTUS has had some wins in regards to closing the borders and once he installed William Barr as the Attorney General of the US he was given a blank check to break as many laws as he could hope to, but he hasn't really accomplished much to advance the US's interests, our freedoms or democracy.  In fact, Trump has done nothing for those interests. Instead, he's worked hard to advance interests that help Trump, Trump's businesses and his family's interests. He' wrapped himself in a cloak of racism as bigotry to appeal to his base and he's alienated nearly every...