Not really,,,,,

But walk into my house right now and you would swear there is a surfer livin’ here. The smell of neoprene drying and all the wetsuit stuff hanging on drying lines,,,,,

And tomorrow, I does it again.

I really don’t wanna wait for that drysuit,,, but, ya gotta,,,, I keep checking the website hoping they update it properly for shipping and estimated arrival, but China, right? Buddy that went the same route said his was estimated at a month, showed up in two weeks (that would be spectacular in my book) but so far, still shows waiting in ‘dispatch’,,, whatever that means,,,, payment recieved and processed, just ‘dispatch’,,,,

sigh

has some patience Dio,,,,

tryin’, truly I am,,,,

but oh boy, once that thing gets here, I am OFF THE HOOK getting water time in. Donning all this neoprene gets frustrating at times; most of the places I kayak don’t have facilities available, so I have to don it here at home, and by the time I am on site, pretty much soaking in my own sweat. Then freeze my bum off on the way home. Being hot when I get in the water doesn’t help any either (though I do cool down quickly,,,) that initial shock can be jarring,,,, And I want that to be ‘induced’ over inadvertant,,, Cold shock causes a body to inhale sharply, and if you are underwater, you are drowning at that stage,,,, Get that shock outta the way before getting into the boat and potential capsize conditions.

patience,,,

Tomorrow is the start of our ‘new’ year. I just can’t get over how “ODD” this year feels,,, Everywhere I go, people pass along the usual “happynewyear” saying, but only one so far seemed to mean it. most are just being polite it seems.

The dread of this coming year is palpable.

another sigh

Maybe tomorrow, when I am on the water, Universe will glitch, realign or adjust something in my hind brain that will make me stop feeling so ‘blah’ about things. I can hope anyway. Either way, I don’t plan on getting off water until I have put 12 or more miles under my keel. I wanna start this year right, no matter what way it ends up going over the next 12 months.

I’ll try to post some pics,,, not that the scenery is all that right now. Scraggly treelines without leaves, gray skies, usual wintery drab looks about things. Maybe it will snow: that usually makes thing a bit more photogenic (and looks cool as heck on my foredeck,,,,) It will be cold enough for it, but I don’t think its calling for any precipitation.

more laters,

keep on livin’

Again, Chris hits that line drive out centerfield,,,

No predictions, not from me this year. I think its safe to say that all the cues are saying this’un’s gunna be a rough one, wyrd one, ugly one, what have you one. No need to delve into all that: far too easy to create self-fulfilling prophecies.

The Boring Old Man has his ducks in a row to “Reverse the Bad”.

Ox is joyridin’ time machines apparently.

My only complaint about the upcoming year: The bad we see forthcoming is not due to anytihng other than simple Selfish GREED of individuals/Narciccists. People that are so full of themselves and have taken nefarious paths, paths that lead ever deeper into darkness, that they can’t won’t try to own up/reverse course. These bad actors know that to do so would bring down JUSTICE and that is something they just can’t face in this lifetime. That justice is coming, and the longer it takes the more severe it will be, and not neccesarily by the hands of those done wrong, but in the hands of the Author of this particular plane.

As I was saying to a fellow Emp at the J.O. B.; “It may not make you a popular person, but it will make you one that everyone trusts: just tell the truth, or say nothing at all.” The people alluded to in the prior paragraph have built empires of lies and the lies are failing as more and more microscopes of inquiry are applied. Unfortunately for the rest of us, those lies are tied deeply into the foundations of everything else. The foundations we were told we could build our lives on.

And as my linked article from yesterday points out, there are many that have built entire world lines around lies, obfuscations, and pure fancy. Those are the ones that prop this fantasy realm up even as it collapses around their ears, all while they blame those of us that see its all illusion and just want the bullshit to stop so we can get on with the REAL build back.

The lines are drawn. The chasm widens. The fun has not yet begun.

But thats where we are. Where we are going? Down river most definitely. They always flow in one direction (mostly,,, but lets not get nit-picky) Time flows ‘thataway’ and thats what this river is doin’. Maybe this river is about to go through some Class6 canyons. Maybe its about to dump us into a tidal race surrounded by cliff faces and deep rocks.

I’m fair certain its not going to lead us into calm open waters with a following wind. Fact, I can say that betting that way is a sure fired loss.

I’m rollin’ the year out on water, the same way I rolled this’un in. Tomorrow, I will be rolling the new one in (metaphorically and actual) on water. I considered taking camp gear and ‘ringing in the New Year’ while sitting next to a campfire on some remote spot only reached by foot or boat.

The only thing other thing that remains the same in my world: I will ring this year in the way I have the last 14; Solo. I don’t go out and party or congregate. I will spend my time with friends next weekend as we don’t all run in the same circles and get our little circle together slightly off centered after fact. I rather prefer it that way. Quietly, sober, reflective,,, Seems a much better way to look forward, and lord knows, we have many reasons to not want to look back.

Looking forward though,,,, I wish you all the best in a world gone mad, may your houses be solid when the houses of the UN-Holy start to fall (they are failing, but not falling, YET) When things look bleakest, look to the streets, look for those kats that carry on when all is lost, look to them as your mentors, Perfect little murder machines that face down bears and lions,,,, Let them be our ‘spirit guides’ in our world gone mad.

Sorry, Ya gotta go read this,,,, but keep the brain peroxide handy,,,, may be cooties on this pile-o-turd,,,,

“”Lichtman added: “He gets credit for nothing. It’s just amazing: I’ve never seen a president do so much and get so little mileage on it. He has more domestic accomplishments than any American president since the 1960s. He’s presided over an amazing economic recovery, a far better economy than was under Donald Trump even before the pandemic“”

Say WHUUU!!!!    this person obviously does not pay for thier own groceries straight out of pocket,,,,  I would imagine thier Butler does the shopping and manages the household budget and the only time this ‘person’ sees a bill is when he is talking to his accountant.  

Reality, here in Fly over country,,, SHIT SUCKS, EATING IS GETTING EXPENSIVE, HIRING SIGNS ARE EVERYWHERE, AND BUSINESSES ARE SHUTTERING OR READY TO SHUTTER AT THE NEXT FUEL HIKE.  

FUCK JOE BIDEN and his BUILD BACK BETTER,,,,

apologies,,,, I am backing away from the keyboard now,,, shutting down the browser, and going to go get on with living my life (for however long that is still feasible) 

Carry on.

it’s the zero darks out there right now, sitting here at my desk, scanning around the netz, thinking

tomorrow is New Years Eve,,, I started this year in a kayak, and I am thinking that I wanna roll it out in one as well.

Won’t be using the same kayak but what the hell, a boat is a boat is a boat, right?

So, today has been designated Domestics day, gonna do the laundry and all the other stuff I usually do on me Suhnday, and I have Muhnday off as well, so I may do a back to back day, roll out one, roll in the new, from a kayak cockpit.

No, I haven’t recieved my Drysuit yet. (it isn’t scheduled to ship until Jan 6, I keep watching for it but,,,, As said to M last night, with where it’s coming from, I won’t start to get uptight about it until late Jan: all reviews mention either super fast shipping or took a month, but nothing in the middle.) But when that comes in, my winter kayaking will take off, let me tell you. Best hold me down if you wanna keep me off the water,,,,

It’s cold out there today; not quite freezing, but a cold enough 36F. Supposed to go up a bit over the next 24hrs but still winter conditions around here. Been there done that with my current winter gear, will again. Just need care and observation: start getting chilled, call it quits. (I think it was 29F last year when I took that pic above.)

Up early, by default. Grizz is busy chasin’ Mamakat, who is in heat again and off Kattin’round. She’s a freemartin,( can’t get preggers) so I have no worries of multiple fuzzies arriving in my life in 6 weeks. And I won’t lie, Grizzy being distracted like this has been a blessing of sorts. Was able to get REAL sleep last night, no interruptions by furry. Love the little bugger, but there are times where all I want is solid sleep and he just doesn’t understand that. (he is the only one, Mama and Zooms leave me well enough alone unless there is lap to be had, or they can see the bottom of the food bowl.)(someones ears must have been ringin’: mama just popped in wanting her mornin’ crunchies,,,)

Dunno ’bout y’all, but there is a serious melancholy in the air this year, forboding even. Maybe its me, seeing all the varied directions things could spin that is driving it (and I would say that is the case) Seems like people are holding their cards much closer to their chest this year, keeping things close at hand, not getting spread out. I know traffic on 25E is down quite a bit,,, Still truck traffic, and no hard evidence, but seems much lower than usual this time of year. Do know that UPS and FedEx did NOT hire additional drivers this past holiday season, and that sent up some red-flags for me. Things are much tighter and appear to be getting more so.

Bah!,,, I need my water therapy or I will start going all morose on ya,,, Just another day, right? (do the domestics first Dio,,, Right, gotcha, ON IT,,,)

Keep on livin’

When all the bloggers start prognosticating the upcoming year.

Well I ain’t,,, Not this year. The only prognostication I will push forward is what I did yesterday at the end of my post. “The downward spiral of the toilet bowl has commenced” and that things are gonna get worse and WIERDER yet.

That leaves everything up for grabs.

Here’s what I am forcasting for myself. I have spent a goodly portion of cash and this year getting certain gear in place. What ever comes, I have “OPTIONS”,,, I may only be one person in this world, but so long as my brain is functional, my beliefs and knowledge will continue to be used and spread, someway, somehow.

And while I am certain that things are going to get worse (and wierder) before they get better, I still strongly feel that it ‘won’t be that bad’ when viewed in the Macro. You start to focus on one area, one littlle microcosm of the world; yeah, shit will look like Hell on earth. You can do that at any point in time and place and show how horrible things are. Thats hardwired into us: we ignore the blessings looking for that beast hiding behind every blade of grass. Been like that since we came down from the trees and we have never seen need to breed it out of us. (its a survival trait, get rid of that, who knows what this species would end up as. That in mind though, I believe we would make good pets, but not much more, and that begs the question: “pets to whom?”)

As for the political realms,,, Let those fuckers burn to the ground so far as I care. THEY are the reasons we are in the dire straits we are in, THEY are the reason our economy is tattered and bleeding out on the shores of history. THEY, our self-designated leaders pretend, with no fingers on the pulse of reality, THEY THEM Whatever title/epitath you wish to bestow upon them,,, yeah,,,

But I can’t blame it all on them, there were millions of soft=heaed types that believed that pile of steaming dog-doo hype.

Interesting times,,, Those I promise. Specifics,,, Not even gonna probe that minefeild this year, just gonna walk around it and stroll into this new year with shoulders back, clear eyes and mind, and resolve to survive another day,,,,

thanks to Steve at Techsupport,,, That bear was beaten black and blue and when I left the site at lunch, the job was DONE!!! Gate moving freely, all Fobs programmed, keypads set up (not programmed, that’s the Security guys job now, and I did show him how,,,)

And thanks that fine gentleman at TS, I now have some more arrows in my quiver for dealing with these gates. He probably didn’t intend for me to make certain connections for ‘cheating’, but then, He dunno Dio,,, LOL I now have a way to bypass most of those sensors so I can set up things ‘normally’ and then install the sensors.

What happened? There is a sensor called a bump edge. Its a remote unit so has a Xmitter/reciever thing going on. Well, Factory fresh unit was bad right out the gate, and because it was bad, it fubared the rest of the board and she wouldn’t do diddly,,,, NOW, I not only have a way to bypass that mess, I know how to hard reset the boards, ALL OF THEM,,, Big advantage (these units have a mother board and one to three auxillary boards and they all have different protocols for reset, but I now have that key LOL_)

I also now have certain parameters that I can check with actual expected voltages and resistance numbers, so Tech support may be ‘not as needed’ next time around.

And I do have two more of these units to install yet. Maybe the next two will go smoother,,,,

Scratch that,,,, “The next two WILL go smoother”,,,,

Been a good day, and I learned more and I LOVE learning things,,,, The dopamine rush from learning is purty daggum awesome,,,,

FYI, we switched makers of the units we install after a certain, not to be named maker, pulled a fast one on us with a warranty issue. They claimed that only ‘Factory trained’ installed units were under warranty. The point that drove Bossman over the edge and say ‘never again’ was that they hadn’t even established a training program of such,,,, SO, after (gross estimate) 30 installs of that make, we swap out to a different one and I get to learn NEW systems and protocols. The one today was my third one (fourth one? Losing track already) and I am actually GRATEFUL it fubared on us. I was getting nervous that these things were Unicorn Controllers and not subject to laws of complexity or something. (and boy can they be complicated for something that “opens a gate”,,,,)

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On other matters, I read this after getting home.

The downward swirl of the toilet bowl has commenced,,,, Fully expect that things are not only going to get worse, but WEIRDER. Our status on the world stage is showing signs like what we see in our current resident pretend,,, Dementia patient controlled by unseen string pullers who care nothing about consequences,,,,

I am expecting to see $4/gal or higher gas prices by end of January, and of course all fuels going higher,, Deisel, Propane, you name it, up up up up,,, And that will trickle down to all the rest. I saw where people were complaining about food costs eating out over at Irish’s place and well, We ain’t seen nuthin’ yet,,,

The flailing of our dying government is going to hit every single one of us, even if they don’t escalate targeting conservatives. (I do expect that though. They need a scapegoat to point at and get the sheep to attack as distraction from thier failure.)

We live in interesting times,,, And even with the world falling apart,,,,,

I’m goin’ kayakin’! Youbetcha!!!!

Keep On Livin’!