I caught an earlier than normal bus this morning and am thinking I may make it my regular bus now since there was an inordinate number of cuties on the bus.
Today was back to work. A two day work week is nothing to complain about but I have to say it was really dead today business-wise.
I am concerned about the whole Russia-Georgia conflict mainly because it seems like Russia is reverting to it's old ways: Putin is saying that the United States provoked Georgia into starting this war so it would be a favorable condition to a candidate for the Presidency. Seriously- are you fucking kidding me?
Speaking of the election I can no longer keep my mouth shut. Voting for the most popular candidate in high school for class president may have been a sound decision but we are all adults now and I have to say the lesser of two evils in my mind is McCain. Obama has done nothing and has not even served a full term as a U.S. Senator. He preaches post partisan politics but has not crossed the aisle once in my knowledge. He comes from the Chicago political machine which is diametrically opposed to his preaching about politics as usual. He preaches he is post racial and yet is having his operatives conduct drives to register only African American voters in the south. He preaches about innovation and change only coming from the bottom up and yet is trying to dictate from the top down and regulate innovation and then tax it. Speaking of preaching how could he have been a member of Rev. Wrights church for twenty years and not once heard his racially inspired vitriol? He tells African American men thy need to start accepting responsibility for their actions and still continues to perpetuate the Democrat ideology of victim hood and that it is always the fault of someone else for misfortune brought about by ones own bad choices.
I got into a political "discussion" with my father about this. he is an old school Kennedy Democrat. In his mind the Democrats are ALWAYS a better choice than the Republicans. I admire loyalty but blind loyalty is dangerous. He asked me what party I was registered with. I told him neither. He then had the audacity to tell me my vote is wasted. I told him how can any vote be wasted? At that point he started swearing, lol. I said I don't fully agree with either party. I am fiscally conservative and socially liberal- a libertarian. His response is who can you affect any change without being part of party? I said that is the problem with government- parties were not the intention of the Founding Fathers. We came to an agreement- we agreed to disagree.
I am concerned that Iran seems to be on the back burner. I think within the next three years we could see a nuclear war between Iran and Israel.
I have to thank kennethinthe212 for pointing out Tim Tebow. I may have to start watching Gaytors football this season...
Thursday, August 28, 2008
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
That was soo cool
The boys and I took in Kung Fu Panda yesterday afternoon. I have to say it was pretty damn funny. I actually enjoyed it more than WALL-E. I didn't even realize some of the big names that lent their voices to it until the credits rolled. Afterwards we all relaxed at mom and dad's and then we went out to dinner riverside in town. Since mom and dad offered to pay I ordered the filet mignon special- ha!
Today we all went to the local nature preserve and did one of the trails around the lake. Mom and dad picked the 3 mile loop. It started off auspiciously when we saw a dead mole which my oldest snapped a picture of with his camera phone. Winding our way through we saw herons. some Canadian geese and probably missed a lot since the boys were somewhat loud and I am sure scared off any of the other natural fauna. That is until we were about three quarters of the way around and we all heard this noise that sounded like a bird. I looked at my youngest standing next to me and asked if he made that noise. He said no so we all stopped. We heard it again and looked for a bird. Then my oldest saw some movement in the brush and said oh cool it's a frog. Then he looked closer and said COOL it's a frog getting eaten by a snake! Sure enough there in the brush was this frog with half it's body in a snake's mouth getting dragged away and making a noise that sound avian. My oldest whipped out his trusty camera phone and snapped away. He then called his mom to tell her about it. his brother asked to speak to her and then told her grandma wants to say hi. My mom looked at me with a what the hell look on her mouth. She and the ex really don't keep in touch and were not the closest when I was married to my sons' mother.
We then went home and had lunch then rested a bit. Then I took the boys back to the state fair and the three of us did the freak show tour and the fun houses on the midway. Funny how the spider girl today had a completely different head- last time she was this blond white woman, today she was an African American woman with corn rows- go figure. We took in the world's smallest horse again, saw a 300 pound python, and looked at all the mummified bodies in a freak show tent. We also saw the world's smallest woman- she has body odor and was drinking a beer when we walked in.
We had pizza for dinner and then dad built a fire in the backyard and we made s'mores. The boys asked if they could stay up 'til 11 and I said sure. My parents looked at me like I was crazy. Sure enough around 10:15 they both asked if they could go to bed. Put them to bed, finished laundry so all their clothes are clean when they get home to their mom.
We will be on the road early tomorrow because of the construction we hit on the way up. The husband has made dinner plans- we are entertaining int he new place even though there are a lot of boxes to take care of still. I have to go grocery shopping when I get home. Then it is back to work for two days and then the Labor Day weekend. I can't believe the summer is done.
Today we all went to the local nature preserve and did one of the trails around the lake. Mom and dad picked the 3 mile loop. It started off auspiciously when we saw a dead mole which my oldest snapped a picture of with his camera phone. Winding our way through we saw herons. some Canadian geese and probably missed a lot since the boys were somewhat loud and I am sure scared off any of the other natural fauna. That is until we were about three quarters of the way around and we all heard this noise that sounded like a bird. I looked at my youngest standing next to me and asked if he made that noise. He said no so we all stopped. We heard it again and looked for a bird. Then my oldest saw some movement in the brush and said oh cool it's a frog. Then he looked closer and said COOL it's a frog getting eaten by a snake! Sure enough there in the brush was this frog with half it's body in a snake's mouth getting dragged away and making a noise that sound avian. My oldest whipped out his trusty camera phone and snapped away. He then called his mom to tell her about it. his brother asked to speak to her and then told her grandma wants to say hi. My mom looked at me with a what the hell look on her mouth. She and the ex really don't keep in touch and were not the closest when I was married to my sons' mother.
We then went home and had lunch then rested a bit. Then I took the boys back to the state fair and the three of us did the freak show tour and the fun houses on the midway. Funny how the spider girl today had a completely different head- last time she was this blond white woman, today she was an African American woman with corn rows- go figure. We took in the world's smallest horse again, saw a 300 pound python, and looked at all the mummified bodies in a freak show tent. We also saw the world's smallest woman- she has body odor and was drinking a beer when we walked in.
We had pizza for dinner and then dad built a fire in the backyard and we made s'mores. The boys asked if they could stay up 'til 11 and I said sure. My parents looked at me like I was crazy. Sure enough around 10:15 they both asked if they could go to bed. Put them to bed, finished laundry so all their clothes are clean when they get home to their mom.
We will be on the road early tomorrow because of the construction we hit on the way up. The husband has made dinner plans- we are entertaining int he new place even though there are a lot of boxes to take care of still. I have to go grocery shopping when I get home. Then it is back to work for two days and then the Labor Day weekend. I can't believe the summer is done.
Monday, August 25, 2008
Don't Stop Believing
Saturday at the fair was a lot of fun. We saw the world's smallest horse and the spider girl- her favorite food by the way is cheeseburgers. The boys did not last all that long because of the heat and my parents aren't spring chickens so they were more than happy to take them home early. We got home about 4 hours later.
Saturday night we went to the Triple Crown of '80s Bands That Got Killed Once MTV Stopped Playing Videos: Cheap Trick, Heart and Journey. Heart was by far the best band that night. Ann Wilson still has the weight issue but glad to see she doesn't care what people think about her figure because she can still belt it out. They did all the classics and did two REALLY good covers- The Who's Love, Reign O'er Me and Zeppelin's Going to California. Journey- first they have a new lead singer. All I have to say is Steve Perry who? Holy shit, the new guy sounds just like him and kind of looks like him too. He is Thai and Steve Perry always kind of looked Asian to me. They were good except they were playing too much crap from their new album. I did not know they had a new album and seriously, no one comes to a concert to hear the new shit- we all want your well known older stuff.
Yesterday we were real lazy. The husband went back home last night. He is at work today. I and the boys and the kids are here until Wednesday. Today the boys and I are going to go see Kung Fu Panda. The weather has cooled off a bit so we may skip the pool even though my parents keep it at a nice mid-80s temperature.
Saturday night we went to the Triple Crown of '80s Bands That Got Killed Once MTV Stopped Playing Videos: Cheap Trick, Heart and Journey. Heart was by far the best band that night. Ann Wilson still has the weight issue but glad to see she doesn't care what people think about her figure because she can still belt it out. They did all the classics and did two REALLY good covers- The Who's Love, Reign O'er Me and Zeppelin's Going to California. Journey- first they have a new lead singer. All I have to say is Steve Perry who? Holy shit, the new guy sounds just like him and kind of looks like him too. He is Thai and Steve Perry always kind of looked Asian to me. They were good except they were playing too much crap from their new album. I did not know they had a new album and seriously, no one comes to a concert to hear the new shit- we all want your well known older stuff.
Yesterday we were real lazy. The husband went back home last night. He is at work today. I and the boys and the kids are here until Wednesday. Today the boys and I are going to go see Kung Fu Panda. The weather has cooled off a bit so we may skip the pool even though my parents keep it at a nice mid-80s temperature.
Saturday, August 23, 2008
Mom and dad are now a hotspot
The drive up yesterday was not fun. I ran into a lot of construction in one particular area. It added about a hour and 10 minutes to what should have been a four and a half hour drive. The boys and the kids were great on the ride though.
When I got to my parents the kids went running around in the backyard and the boys went right into the pool. I was asked to set up my parents wireless router for the house. My younger brother tried to do it earlier this year and burned out mom and dad's hard drive causing them to have to get a new CPU. I did not have any issues with it. So now when their kids and grandkids come they can all get on the web.
We are off to the state fair today. The boys are psyched. The weather looks like it is going to be really nice.
When I got to my parents the kids went running around in the backyard and the boys went right into the pool. I was asked to set up my parents wireless router for the house. My younger brother tried to do it earlier this year and burned out mom and dad's hard drive causing them to have to get a new CPU. I did not have any issues with it. So now when their kids and grandkids come they can all get on the web.
We are off to the state fair today. The boys are psyched. The weather looks like it is going to be really nice.
Thursday, August 21, 2008
Booty Sweat
Last night I took in Tropic Thunder. Robert Downey, Jr. STOLE the movie! He was fucking brilliant! Ben Stiller was almost as good as Derrick Zoolander. Jack Black was really in a supporting role and had one scene that had me laughing out loud towards the end of the movie. It is not really a war satire. It is totally ripping on Hollywood the entire time. I loved Les Grossman. My youngest asked if he could see it and I said no, it's rated R.
After the movie my bond friend and I grabbed a bite to eat. I always like talking the markets with him because everyone knows bond guys are smarter than equity guys. There is a hierarchy on the Street. At the top is the traditional derivative guys. Then the bond guys then equity guys. Currently at the bottom are the structured product guys since they are the ones who sold all the shit that has bankrupted our financial system even though the government doesn't want you to know that. Anyways,he thinks that FNM and FRE shareholders are screwed. He brought up the point of good bank/bad bank. He said there are two possible outcomes in his mind: 1) The government lets FRE die because it is the weak sister and recapitalizes FNM or b) The government lets both die and creates a new government agency to take over the role the two had performed. I brought up the issue of the preferreds and he said that is a good point.
Is it just me or are the field hockey players hot? It's funny to me actually. A fraternity brother of mine is from England. Every where else in the world field hockey is predominantly a men's sport and lacrosse is a women's. Here in the U.S. though that is reversed. I gotta tell ya I think the rest of the world has the right idea on this and I played lacrosse for 6 years.
Tomorrow I am taking the boys up to my parents for 5 days. We are hitting the state fair and they are psyched to take in the rides on the midway and see the freak show.
After the movie my bond friend and I grabbed a bite to eat. I always like talking the markets with him because everyone knows bond guys are smarter than equity guys. There is a hierarchy on the Street. At the top is the traditional derivative guys. Then the bond guys then equity guys. Currently at the bottom are the structured product guys since they are the ones who sold all the shit that has bankrupted our financial system even though the government doesn't want you to know that. Anyways,he thinks that FNM and FRE shareholders are screwed. He brought up the point of good bank/bad bank. He said there are two possible outcomes in his mind: 1) The government lets FRE die because it is the weak sister and recapitalizes FNM or b) The government lets both die and creates a new government agency to take over the role the two had performed. I brought up the issue of the preferreds and he said that is a good point.
Is it just me or are the field hockey players hot? It's funny to me actually. A fraternity brother of mine is from England. Every where else in the world field hockey is predominantly a men's sport and lacrosse is a women's. Here in the U.S. though that is reversed. I gotta tell ya I think the rest of the world has the right idea on this and I played lacrosse for 6 years.
Tomorrow I am taking the boys up to my parents for 5 days. We are hitting the state fair and they are psyched to take in the rides on the midway and see the freak show.
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
Almost done
Last night we went to the old apartment and made sure we didn't leave forget anything. We then went to the local tapas place for some dinner. It was a fairly quiet night.
Was reading about Kyle Orton yesterday and saw his picture and realized JP looks a lot like him. JP is out visiting his family in the Midwest and have not pointed it out to him yet.
Tonight I am going to see Tropic Thunder with my bond manager friend. I also owe him $100 for losing a bet about the Presidential primaries. The husband already saw Tropic Thunder with his friend Ragnar the Terrible. He loved it and said it was one of the funniest movies he has seen in some time.
No comment on the markets as I think I have made my position on them clear enough lately.
That's all for now.
Was reading about Kyle Orton yesterday and saw his picture and realized JP looks a lot like him. JP is out visiting his family in the Midwest and have not pointed it out to him yet.
Tonight I am going to see Tropic Thunder with my bond manager friend. I also owe him $100 for losing a bet about the Presidential primaries. The husband already saw Tropic Thunder with his friend Ragnar the Terrible. He loved it and said it was one of the funniest movies he has seen in some time.
No comment on the markets as I think I have made my position on them clear enough lately.
That's all for now.
Monday, August 18, 2008
What a difference a day makes
I was totally fried last night when I wrote but after a good night of sleep I am much more with it.
The one thing I learned last night is we need curtains pronto! Don't get me wrong- last night when I crawled into bed it was really cool seeing the full moon shine as you fall asleep but the privacy sucks and the sun is bright in the morning.
So Ascension- the nations #1 gay beach party- was fun. There was a great breeze and the music was pretty damn good. CS- Mr. Clifford's boyfriend- knows all the djs because he does lighting for clubs on the weekends. He was psyched!
Mr. Barrett brought the new D&D players handbook. I read thru it and am a bit dismayed that gnomes are no longer a character race option. Also illusionist and assassin are not classes available- neither is the monk. They had some new races available which was pretty cool and the warlock class was interesting- very Elric-like.
They all called me dad for the weekend as I was a bit parental and I did have to yell the rules at them while they were in the pool.
They caught the train back today. I believe they were stuck in the bar car.
We had dinner with TK tonight; he looked at our new apartment and approved. We also broke down a lot of boxes and got the kitchen pretty much set up to my liking.
The markets today were dead. Not unusual for an August day. I have to say that the more the Treasury says they will not backstop FNM and/or FRE the more it makes me think they will be nationalizing them by Labor Day. Also the fact that dollar LIBOR is still at a high differential from Fed Funds and what it normally trades at in relation to Fed Funds makes me concerned.
Mr. Barrett asked me if I thought we were close to an economic doomsday. I told him my opinion is we could be but I don't think we are. I believe we are in for a rough ride and this recession is not like anyone in our generation has experienced.
The one thing I learned last night is we need curtains pronto! Don't get me wrong- last night when I crawled into bed it was really cool seeing the full moon shine as you fall asleep but the privacy sucks and the sun is bright in the morning.
So Ascension- the nations #1 gay beach party- was fun. There was a great breeze and the music was pretty damn good. CS- Mr. Clifford's boyfriend- knows all the djs because he does lighting for clubs on the weekends. He was psyched!
Mr. Barrett brought the new D&D players handbook. I read thru it and am a bit dismayed that gnomes are no longer a character race option. Also illusionist and assassin are not classes available- neither is the monk. They had some new races available which was pretty cool and the warlock class was interesting- very Elric-like.
They all called me dad for the weekend as I was a bit parental and I did have to yell the rules at them while they were in the pool.
They caught the train back today. I believe they were stuck in the bar car.
We had dinner with TK tonight; he looked at our new apartment and approved. We also broke down a lot of boxes and got the kitchen pretty much set up to my liking.
The markets today were dead. Not unusual for an August day. I have to say that the more the Treasury says they will not backstop FNM and/or FRE the more it makes me think they will be nationalizing them by Labor Day. Also the fact that dollar LIBOR is still at a high differential from Fed Funds and what it normally trades at in relation to Fed Funds makes me concerned.
Mr. Barrett asked me if I thought we were close to an economic doomsday. I told him my opinion is we could be but I don't think we are. I believe we are in for a rough ride and this recession is not like anyone in our generation has experienced.
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