So yesterday morning I woke up and I winced when I rolled over onto my left side. Went to the bathroom. took a leak and checked out my ribs- yep, big bruise on them and actually had one right below it on my abs as well. I also notice on on the outside edge of my foot. Of course right off to the gym. My run was a bit painful so I only ran for 20 minutes and not at a blistering pace- just over 2 miles.
So J.D. Salinger passed away. I have never read The Catcher in the Rye. I have an inherent aversion to it because every pompous, prep school prick I met in college raved about it and how it was his favorite book. I may read before I die but I am in no rush- I have had enough angst, alienation and phoniness in my life already- like I really need to read about in some teenager who got kicked out of prep school?
JW made a reference to an Abelian group during our emails about politics. I had no clue what it was and accused him of making phrases up to see if I'd challenge him on any of them. I wiki-ed it and it is real. The best part though is there are axioms and I am thinking of starting a cult- I mean group where people live their lives by the Abelian group axioms. What are the axioms? Glad someone asked. They are closure, associativity, identity element, inverse element and commutativity. Hell, I bet I could get a bunch of baby boomers to fall for it and give me money too.
Thursday some talking head from the White House was commenting on how the high speed rail seed money the government is putting up is going to create an exciting new sector of the economy. Really now? I don't know what planet that guy has been living on but last I checked passenger rail travel is not a new sector of the economy. I believe it's been around since the 1830s. We still have passenger rail travel here in the United States- it's called Amtrak and guess what- the government already owns and runs it.
After the close AMZN reported. The thing that stuck out to me is they are still reporting using non-GAAP numbers. AMZN has been around for sixteen years and public for close to thirteen. Why is the company still using non-GAAP numbers? How long before they make the big move to GAAP numbers? I also want to know if they did report GAAP numbers would they actually have made any money? Kinda makes you think what the point of GAAP is if everyone can just ignore them and make up their own accounting standards.
I had drinks after work with the boss and a guy we do business with. It was a good time as this guy is just a great guy. During the conversation it came out that the boss and his wife use to do Tae-Bo together in their basement- naked! I told him that is too much information to be telling people.
After I ad drinks with JS right around the corner. As always it was good to see him and catch up. I was a bit freaked at the length of his hair. He has always kept his hair close to short and tight. Now he looks like some long-haired hippy freak, lol.
Friday morning I din not work out but did go to the gym. I went to the gym because there was a water main break and out part of town had not water so I showered up there.
The whole brouhaha over Justice Alito saying not true is interesting. The President was a Constitutional Law instructor if I recall correctly- I believe at the University of Chicago. Most of the commentaries all say the President is wrong plain and simple in his statement of how the Supreme Court ruled on Citizens United vs. FEC.
The idea of jobs tax credits is probably going to fail. The only reason I say that is they have been tried before and they did not achieve the intended goal. Yep, President Carter tried them.
Lunch Friday was awesome! Meatball parm on garlic bread. I highly recommend as a lunch meal.
IF the President really wanted to be straight with us Americans he would tell us sorry but we have to accept that we will have a lower standard of living going forward. Sad thing is we Americans don't ever want to hear bad news or be told that we and our children will not have the same standard of living as our parents unless we make the hard decisions now and that those decisions will be painful and hard.
I got home last night only to find out a water pipe in our building had burst. Of course it was over the lobby. So the entire lobby was out of commission last night.
I picked up the boys and we had a nice quiet evening. This morning I hit the dojo- Kobra Kai never die!- and then took the boys with me to get my taxes done. Tonight we are going to see Legion. This is the second R-rated movie the boys will be seeing with us. I already pinky swore them to not tell their mom.
A pornocracy is where the government is ruled by harlots. If you really think Congress is not a bunch of whores, harlots or prostitutes I'd like to know what kind of cookies you had when you drank the Kool-Aid.
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