Not much to discuss lately. I getting over my first bout of apathy since starting the blog. I’ve got my annual dread of Christmas coupled with a significant dip in job satisfaction. Ugh. On the plus side, the long Thanksgiving weekend went well. The kids watched way too much TV, but the adults needed some quiet time.
Month: November 2006
Fall photos
The past couple of days I’ve had a chance to play around with some macro shots in the backyard. Nothing special, but I’m finally getting a chance to get used to the D50. Check the Fall page of the main site for some sample results.
Post election
I didn’t get my hopes up and I was rewarded. In the local races, most of my preferred candidates won and the school bonds were approved. At the national level, Democrats won control of the House while control of the Senate awaits a recount in Virginia. There is renewed hope, but it is just hope.
After the 2004 election I was seriously concerned that our nation might not recover from the Bush era. We won’t known for years, but at least now there is hope. As long as we have a two party system, we are far better off with power split between them. One in control of Congress and the other in the White House. I doubt that it matters which is where. When one party is in total control, then they drive the bus into the ditch. With power split, then only the necessary items get accomplished. Sanity is more likely to prevail.
On a related note, I listened to most of the President’s press conference today. I admit that I have avoided the President’s comments as much as possible for the past two years. Today I was reminded why. He is an idiot and this infuriates me. His idiocy isn’t the problem. What infuriates me is being reminded that over half of my fellow voting citizens chose an idiot to be President of our country. Twice. It’s not like he is a closet idiot. Every time that he opens his mouth and tries to put three sentences together his idiocy is apparent. This is an obvious example from today:
Somehow it’s seeped in their conscience that, you know, my attitude was just simply stay the course.
How could we have possibly thought that he wanted to stay the course?
And another gem:
And so the fresh perspective on what the American people here today is we’re constantly looking for fresh perspective.
This man is the leader of the free world.