New Shoes in the Rain

Hello, friends.  It's Monday, so hope it's going well for you.  We have sun and 70 degrees here in Lexington today, which is a nice way to start the work week. Once in a while I take stock of some things I've done around the house and take a small amount of pride in what I've done.  Please note that my father was NOT a handy person, attempting to mount a basketball hoop with nails when I was a kid.  I thought I could do better, so as a confident twelve-year-old does, I asked my mom to take me to the hardware store so that I could get the right items to secure the rim to the existing backboard we had. My father didn't speak to me for well over a week, he was so angry that I had shown him up. I don't try things I can't do, which usually is a plumbing or electrical issue that is more than my limited skill would permit.  But I generally will try things if I can find a YouTube video that explains what I need to know. For instance, the rear climate system quit wor

Anyone out there a little fuzzy from staying up to watch the end of the big game last night? I'll confess here that I wanted the 49ers to win.  Not a big fan of these inevitable dynasties, we suffered through it with Belichick and Brady and now this.  Despite how much I like and appreciate Andy Reid being something of a throwback in many ways, there are members of his team that are the very definition of the popular and thus overexposed athlete. There, I feel better. What I came here for was to discuss what's being said at campaign events by the former President, who's had a break from court appearances to campaign for the job he really wants.  I understand fully that he comes from outside of "mainstream" politics and that's a big part of his appeal to a certain percentage of voters.  But making disparaging remarks about anyone who's serving in the military (active duty or reserves or National Guard) is not appropriate.  Nor is implying that foreign dictat