It's All Goodnow

I was having a conversation last night where the words, "Each day is worse than the last" were spoken.  I'm not sure that I'm there quite yet, but whoa.... we are at an 11 and need to get down to maybe a 4.  I am friends with people from a whole lot of walks of life.  Some incredibly liberal and others incredibly conservative.  There is one underlying theme that I can see in both sides.  They absolutely, 100%, without question, think the other side is wrong and they are right.  It is tough to watch what is happening to this country.  Nevermind the fact that we are living in this turmoil daily. I would ask my conservative friends - was life so bad under Obama?  Do you genuinely feel that he was trying to hurt you and your family?  I really don't.  You may disagree with his policies, but the entire idea of wanting to end two wars, keeping the economy upright, not wanting our planet to melt, and getting people healthcare isn't exactly a reason to hate the guy.

A few things happened today: I had my first interview where I had to leave a message for an employer.  Not a video.  Just straight up voicemail.  I get it, they want to ensure that I can communicate in a form other than cover letter.  It just felt like I left the single longest voicemail in the history of non-butt dialed voice mails.  My little sister today explained to me how Weight Watchers works.  She went into detail on the points system.  So that was really something.   For the last two days I have been bread and pasta free.  Not carb free.  Just bread and pasta.  I figure if I am not going to drink beer I may as well cut out the other fun stuff.  Though with all of the "low carb flu" articles I am reading there will be a steady dose of rice, fruits, and vegetables.  Low carb flu sounds like the nastiest flu of all.  A pretentious flu.   I was thinking about it.  Typically I take January as my "healthy" month.  It has nothing to do with a resolut

Life has been relatively amazing the last few months.  I decided to take some time off to travel, visit with friends & family, and to write/work on some creative projects/focus on the next career move.  A few thoughts: 1. When I am driving down the highway and I haven't seen an Arby's for a hundred miles.  I will say to myself, "Where the fuck is the Arby's?"  That said, I visited an Arby's that was OUT OF ROAST BEEF.  It was the low point of the last 4 months.  2. The movie "The Big Short" is listed under the "Comedy" section on Netflix.   Can we all agree that is a sick joke of some sort?  Yes, the movie has a few zingers in it, but a movie about millions of people going broke and losing their homes is not what I would consider "funny".   3. I'm not saying I want Oprah to run for president, but I certainly wouldn't bet against her.  Her ability to connect is what Hillary lacked.   Oprah is great an