Michael Kindt's Blog, page 11

Take a deep breath.

Look at the sky. In life, I’ve noticed that beauty and ugliness happen at the same rate.

Guess what you should focus on?

I’m a radical moderate.

I’m a radical moderate.

Poll asks: Is Obama a great president or the worst ever?

Poll asks: Is Obama a great president or the worst ever?:

Why does it have to be either/or? It reminds me of that Mitch Hedberg joke: “Have you ever used sugar or PCP?” Obama is certainly a very historical person, as our first African American President. He and these times will be studied and pondered over in the future, for sure. Personally, I love the guy. I voted for him twice, and am proud of those votes, even here in my Trump era. I would so hang with Barry, have some beers. As a President, I put him at fair to middlin’, though. He could’ve pulled us together, but somehow came off as divisive. He could’ve given me actual real live affordable health care, but failed. “Meh”, is my diagnosis of the Obama legacy. But he’s a young man and I fully expect him to stay in public service. Who knows what he’ll do, now that he doesn’t have to ass-kiss?

In a way I'm kind of glad my hard drive bit it and took all my spreadsheets with it.

Rebuilding in the cloud is fun. I’m adding all kinds of new shit: annualized rates of return, internal rates of return, discounted cash flows. All kinds of fun stuff.

Hell, maybe I’ll pay my student loans back after all. LOL. Just kidding. I know how money works and one of the most important things I’ve learned is that if you don’t pay bills, you have more of it.

George W. Bush and his father chase Barbara Bush on segways...

George W. Bush and his father chase Barbara Bush on segways while a small, nearby child ignores them all.

They were all in love with dying, they were doing it in Texas.

There are ugly people in both parties.

Yes, there are racists in the Republican Party, but there are racists in the Democratic Party, too. (Yes, Virginia, people can be racist against whites). There are people who are essentially fascists in the Republican Party, and there are people who are essentially Marxists in the Democratic Party. Shit stinks no matter which toilet bowl it’s in.

Top 10 ‘real’ news stories that turned out to be fake

Top 10 ‘real’ news stories that turned out to be fake:

What about the Rolling Stone rape hoax? And the latest, “the Russians did it!”? LOL. 

I think Americans can put on their big girl panties and decide what is and isn’t fake news. Very, very, very dangerous to start censoring.

Fun with idioms

I love idioms. English is one of the most idiomatic languages in the world, which is one of the many reasons it’s so awesome.

I started thinking about this because this morning someone asked me if I drank coffee or tea to get my juices flowing. “Tea,” I said. “I’m a big tea guy.” But even though I drank a pot of tea this morning, as I do most mornings, the juices did not get flowing. And what juices? Flowing where?

Once I was reading an article in the paper about an American businessman. He was in Russia, where the company he worked for was expanding, and had to give a speech to a group of investors. Since he only spoke English and the investors only spoke Russian, his speech would be translated as he gave it. The businessman started off with a greeting and some pleasantries, one of which was “I’m tickled to death to be here.” The translator, who was Russian, was not familiar with this particular idiom and rendered it “Being here is like getting scratched to death.”

Whoops.

I consider myself a nice person. I do not hate anyone’s guts, unless I’m caught with my pants down kicking up a stink about spreading myself too thin. A lot of people say I have half-baked ideas and they scream at me like their hair’s on fire, saying I’m dumber than a door knob. But I never lose heart because I am so happy-go-lucky. Some say that my humor is off color, but really it’s off the hook or off the rails–or just off the mark.

Ignore me. I don’t have the foggiest idea what I’m talking about.

The much vaunted “American innovation” also occurs in politics.

We rolled the dice. Let’s hope for boxcars.

America really is one crazy-ass, totally chaotic country.

It really is. We are off the fucking hook. I look at Europe and it’s like looking at the color beige. Don’t even get me started on staid Asia. Canada is like a spare bedroom, tastefully appointed.

No wonder people are clawing their way to get in here. Seriously, where else is there to go?

As Beck sang, “Where it’s at. I got two turntables and a microphone.”