It's All Goodnow

Election Day. I have a few thoughts.  None of which really matter.  1. I had to vote absentee and it sucked.  I actually enjoy waiting in line to vote (let's not get fucking crazy here.  10-15 minutes is cool, 3 hours is insane and a problem).  It may be the same part of me that likes jury duty.  It is part of the American process.  I embrace it.  2. I wish I were in NYC tonight.  There is just more going on.  3. Election Day should be a national holiday.  It is shameful that it is not.   4. Donald Trump could win this thing.  5. I got Sling TV to watch the election results.  It keeps cutting out and the NBC option is only "On Demand"   Not cool.   6. How can you call a state on 2% of the vote? 7. I think Brian Williams is great.  I just don't know if I believe that he was in the room when Donald Trump won the presidency.  8. Chris Matthews does not like Brian Williams.   9.  It will all be over soon.   10.  Did I mention th

I would venture to say that 90% of Americans are not happy with who they are going to vote for.  Be it voting against one candidate or simply having no reasonable choice.   Blah, blah, blah.  We have heard this for an entire election cycle.  Frankly, I think a whole lot of people are arguing for and against two candidates who provide them with no value.  I don't particularly care to go on about this election.  The slog that it has been.   Let's think about 2020.  Let's think about getting that third or fourth party candidate.  Think about how we move on from two choices that make us cringe.  How do we break away from Democrat and Republican only options?  How do we start a third party that is not looked upon as fringe?   I have cast my vote and want to be done with this idiocy.  Let's focus on finding someone who, perhaps, does not know that he or she should be found.   That is what I want to spend my time thinking about.  There are millions of talented p

Now that I have caught my breath from my "moderate to advanced" (according to the trail finder website) hike of Douglas Mountain,  I have some thoughts. 1. I probably should have worn orange. 2. I heard a whole lot of gun shots.  My favorite was the six gun shots in a row.  Didn't get Bambi the first time there did ya? 3. Didn't know I had so many places in my ankle that could become sore. 4. I accidentally wandered on to some person's property.  It was creepy.  This home in the middle of the woods.  There was an outhouse.  And probably someone in the basement who didn't want to be there.  Just a guess. 5. Everyone has a dog who hikes in Maine.  Only one of them tried to bite me, so that's cool.  Though I would take the dog bite over a stray bullet that didn't get Bambi the first time. 6. Even the dogs wore orange. 7. I brought a Pumpkin beer to drink at the top of the mountain, does that count? 8 There were kids at the top of the mountain, I

Just some thoughts........ There isn't anything that can be said about this coming election that have no already been written.  I think I will join the chorus of "wake me when it is over" and "I'm voting for Hilary, but I don't like it." It does strike me as odd that all of these conservative leaning folks are defending Trump.  The guy is the least conservative human being around.  How many girls do you think he has paid to "get it taken care of"?  Putting the over/under at 6.5 When has he even fought for the little guy?  When has he ever been a good human being?  When has his life ever been about anyone other than himself?   It is really sad that we are here.  That we can't find someone better than the Clinton machine and a guy who, with a fair amount of certainty, will start WWIII.   Never thought I would say this, but where is Mitt Romney when you need him? Other musings of mine......... Good for you Cubs.  Can