It's All Goodnow

The Trump vs. Clinton Dilemma is an American Dilemma I have always been into politics.  The board game "Hail to the Chief" was my favorite growing up.  (At the age of 11 I could name all 50 state capitals.  Today.....Hold on, let me try.  Tell you in a second......43.  Respectable, but an exercise that led me to kick myself over forgetting the capital of New Hampshire.)  I love political dramas like House of Cards and The West Wing (another reason I should have known the capital of NH).  When I was in college I majored in Political Science and nearly went to 50% of my classes.  On Sunday mornings I tend to watch Meet the Press. You get the picture I am painting here.  I enjoy politics. And I'll even tell you my political views.  I am a fiscal conservative and liberal on most social policies.  Our tax code is completely broken.  Immigration is a problem that can be fixed with cooperation and better border enforcement/let's make sure we are monitoring student visas

My apartment gets hot.  If I were smart I would start renting it out as a Bikram Yoga studio.  I am at the point where I hibernate in my bedroom with the AC unit.  To demonstrate just how hot it is, I purchased bananas 3 days ago.  They melted.  Actual mush for produce that had been sitting on the counter for 3 days.  I've never seen anything like it. My mailbox says I have one unread email.  I have been through every mailbox.  Twice. There are no unread emails.  I feel like it is one of those April Fool's pranks that Google pulls only it last all year for me. I got myself a new phone plan recently.  Same provider.  Different plan.  The service is so much worse.  I'm not even sure how that happens, but I get voicemails 12 hours after they are left and service cuts out.  It even has me "roaming" like I am using a car phone from 1992.   I'm not sure what to say about the first night of the Republican National Convention.  I mean, Duck Dynasty and Charles i

I had taken some time off from writing. Maybe I was burnt out from my job.  Maybe it was laziness.  Maybe there is just so much good stuff on Netflix.  All I know is, it happens.  Sometimes there needs to be a recharging to get back to what you want to do.  It has taken me a bit of time, but I do know that I want to write.  In no capacity do I think I'm going to end up in the New Yorker or on a bestseller list.  But what I do know is that I have a voice to my writing that some people enjoy.  I'm short and I'm dry and from time to time dare I say, funny. But there was a stretch of time when I simply couldn't find the words.  My mind was the teacher in Charlie Brown.  My hands hit the wrong keys.  (How on earth did people type on typewriters?  Were they just superior human beings who had a firm grasp on grammar, spelling, and the placement of the.....typewriter keys - is that what you call it?  I have a laptop or MacBook, whatever you want to call it, that was designed b