With Flowers All Around [2021 original with AI enhancements]
Happy May Day! I might eventually get accustomed to the idea that no one celebrates anymore. No one ever invites me to a Maypole. And there are never any worker riots, though we could probably use some. I mean, we’re halfway to Summer! Why shouldn’t we celebrate? Okay, so it’s supposed to be a little cooler here the next couple of days. It’s still warm enough that we could go outside and play with colorful ribbons and such. I’m sure the dogs would love to participate as well!
I found out yesterday afternoon that our neighbor across the street had a visit from IMPD at about 12:30 AM. Why? We’re not sure. Our next-door neighbor’s security cameras caught all the actions. Several squad cars pulled up, and surrounded the house, and officers exited with their rifles at the ready. They were shining flashlights in the windows, but they never breached the front door. When they were finally satisfied that there was no imminent threat, they put away their rifles, then gathered in the middle of the intersection and chatted for the next 15 minutes. How the hell that much activity failed to awaken anyone in our house amazes me. I’m hoping to be able to catch the neighbor out today and ask them what was up. My guess: their alarm system, which is monitored 24/7, made an error and thought they had an intruder when they didn’t.
Looking for an apartment is going on hold. Everyone wants an application fee and several places won’t even show you the property until you pay the damn application fee. I don’t have money for an application fee, so we’ll wait until I do.
Everything else is pretty much nonsense. There’s not a damn thing I can do about campus protests. I’ve already shared my opinion and that’s all I’m going to say about them. Actually, if we go back a few years, I’ve also shared my opinion on protesting here and here. I even have one post about Protesting Naked. Anything else I would say at this point would be redundant.
If you fly, and I haven’t since returning from New York in 2005, you may want to watch the Senate as it attempts to renew the FAA authorization. No, it makes zero sense that the Federal Aviation Administration, which controls all the airspace in the US, requires re-authorization. EVER. The fact that it’s left to a group of political numbskulls is yet another reason not to be flying. The biggest danger is all the unrelated amendments that senators want to add to a must-pass bill. The committee has already knocked down Sen. Cruz’s amendment for extra security for politicians. They also killed an amendment that would have raised the mandatory retirement age for pilots from 65 to 67. That one’s a big deal considering the growing pilot shortage. IF you fly, you’ll want to pay close attention to that one. This makes taking the train sound like a much better deal.
Oh, I almost forgot to mention G’s influence on everyone’s dreams last night. He fell asleep while watching something on YouTube. When the video ended, YouTube punted to something else, then something even more different. At one point, after midnight, whatever it was showing had a soundtrack like a cheesy, low-budget 1980s knockoff of a Richard Chamberlain adventure movie. That influenced everyone’s dreams and we all woke up complaining about the strangeness. G promised to be more careful about turning off YouTube in the future. 🤣
As for the rest of this morning’s news, there’s not a damn thing you or I can do about it. A lot of it, honestly, is artificial. Politicians barking at other politicians is a complete waste of time; something for them to do in place of actually governing. I’d love to see an episode of “Survivor where the entire Congress is locked in the chamber without their cell phones or laptops and forced to balance the damn budget without raising taxes on those making less than $150,000 (yeah, that really is the median point now). I’d put money on Rep. Greene behind the first one kicked out. It would be the most interesting and valuable thing they’ve done all term.
I wonder if I could make a Maypole with the laundry…
Morning Update: 05/01/24
Happy May Day! I might eventually get accustomed to the idea that no one celebrates anymore. No one ever invites me to a Maypole. And there are never any worker riots, though we could probably use some. I mean, we’re halfway to Summer! Why shouldn’t we celebrate? Okay, so it’s supposed to be a little cooler here the next couple of days. It’s still warm enough that we could go outside and play with colorful ribbons and such. I’m sure the dogs would love to participate as well!
I found out yesterday afternoon that our neighbor across the street had a visit from IMPD at about 12:30 AM. Why? We’re not sure. Our next-door neighbor’s security cameras caught all the actions. Several squad cars pulled up, and surrounded the house, and officers exited with their rifles at the ready. They were shining flashlights in the windows, but they never breached the front door. When they were finally satisfied that there was no imminent threat, they put away their rifles, then gathered in the middle of the intersection and chatted for the next 15 minutes. How the hell that much activity failed to awaken anyone in our house amazes me. I’m hoping to be able to catch the neighbor out today and ask them what was up. My guess: their alarm system, which is monitored 24/7, made an error and thought they had an intruder when they didn’t.
Looking for an apartment is going on hold. Everyone wants an application fee and several places won’t even show you the property until you pay the damn application fee. I don’t have money for an application fee, so we’ll wait until I do.
Everything else is pretty much nonsense. There’s not a damn thing I can do about campus protests. I’ve already shared my opinion and that’s all I’m going to say about them. Actually, if we go back a few years, I’ve also shared my opinion on protesting here and here. I even have one post about Protesting Naked. Anything else I would say at this point would be redundant.
If you fly, and I haven’t since returning from New York in 2005, you may want to watch the Senate as it attempts to renew the FAA authorization. No, it makes zero sense that the Federal Aviation Administration, which controls all the airspace in the US, requires re-authorization. EVER. The fact that it’s left to a group of political numbskulls is yet another reason not to be flying. The biggest danger is all the unrelated amendments that senators want to add to a must-pass bill. The committee has already knocked down Sen. Cruz’s amendment for extra security for politicians. They also killed an amendment that would have raised the mandatory retirement age for pilots from 65 to 67. That one’s a big deal considering the growing pilot shortage. IF you fly, you’ll want to pay close attention to that one. This makes taking the train sound like a much better deal.
Oh, I almost forgot to mention G’s influence on everyone’s dreams last night. He fell asleep while watching something on YouTube. When the video ended, YouTube punted to something else, then something even more different. At one point, after midnight, whatever it was showing had a soundtrack like a cheesy, low-budget 1980s knockoff of a Richard Chamberlain adventure movie. That influenced everyone’s dreams and we all woke up complaining about the strangeness. G promised to be more careful about turning off YouTube in the future. 🤣
As for the rest of this morning’s news, there’s not a damn thing you or I can do about it. A lot of it, honestly, is artificial. Politicians barking at other politicians is a complete waste of time; something for them to do in place of actually governing. I’d love to see an episode of “Survivor where the entire Congress is locked in the chamber without their cell phones or laptops and forced to balance the damn budget without raising taxes on those making less than $150,000 (yeah, that really is the median point now). I’d put money on Rep. Greene behind the first one kicked out. It would be the most interesting and valuable thing they’ve done all term.
I wonder if I could make a Maypole with the laundry…
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