Aristo! Aristo! A la lanterne!: 3--22-23

Wednesday, March 22, 2023

3--22-23

W: 324.2

To-Do:

~~Wood & Fire~~
~~Hot tub time~~
~~Dishes~~
~~Laundry~~
~~Finish yogurt~~
Vacuum
~~Ham & Bean soup~~
~~Buy drugs~~
Put clothes away?
?

Three years ago today, Trump fucked up real, real bad. We are still paying the price and will be for a long time.

Worth a read. Financial reality, on a schtick.

"You are so lucky! You can afford a hot tub!

Yeah, about that. I bought this over ten years ago, on Amazon. It's a 110 volt unit with room for two people. Put three people in, and you better be friendly. Try four, and you will be *real* friendly and have little water left.

The original purpose was to soak away aches and pains from working for a living. Age and abuse, my friends. Age and abuse. For that use, it's been worth every cent of the original cost.

"But... muh upkeeps! They cost so much to keep running!"

Yup, right again. Unless one is a vehicle tech, and then it becomes just another busted thing needing repair. Over the last ten years, this tub has lost most of its original running gear. Instead, it now operates using parts from a hydroponic farm, a washing machine, some plumbing bits, epoxy, and ... I shit you not... duct tape.

Mongo Feex!

Do you like our government today? It's the result of choosing the least evil candidate for generations. Are you proud of what we have done? Carry on.

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Robert Heinlein

"Do not confuse "duty" with what other people expect of you; they are utterly different. Duty is a debt you owe to yourself to fulfill obligations you have assumed voluntarily. Paying that debt can entail anything from years of patient work to instant willingness to die. Difficult it may be, but the reward is self-respect.

But there is no reward at all for doing what other people expect of you, and to do so is not merely difficult, but impossible. It is easier to deal with a footpad than it is with the leech who wants "just a few minutes of your time, please — this won't take long." Time is your total capital, and the minutes of your life are painfully few. If you allow yourself to fall into the vice of agreeing to such requests, they quickly snowball to the point where these parasites will use up 100 percent of your time — and squawk for more!
So learn to say No — and to be rude about it when necessary.
Otherwise you will not have time to carry out your duty, or to do your own work, and certainly no time for love and happiness. The termites will nibble away your life and leave none of it for you.

(This rule does not mean that you must not do a favor for a friend, or even a stranger. But let the choice be yours. Don't do it because it is "expected" of you.)"