Update August 15, 2021

 Well that was an interesting six weeks!

Tiffany - My Forever Car?

Her name is Tiffany!

And then there were two

On Saturday I had a long list of auto manufacturers I wanted to consider in replacing Nina.  Ford, Chevrolet, Kia, Hyundai, Lincoln, Cadillac, Audi, Buick, BMW, Mercedes, Toyota, Honda, and Volkswagen.  One by one I knocked down each brand.  Sometimes it was because of old technology, sometimes it was because of price.  But regardless of the reason I finally whittled it down to two brands.  Lincoln or Ford.  

One Trick Pony

 I'll probably post an 'update' later, but right now there's something on my mind.  Yes, once again, I'm car shopping.  

Update July 05, 2021

 I didn't post last weekend because I was at work.  Yup... worked a weekend for the first time in years.  That's something I'll talk about plus not one but TWO vacation plans!  

Filibustering

 I don't think it should come as a surprise to anybody that I'm politically liberal.  That's how most of my friends describe me, but then again they're liberals too.  The general population?  I'm super liberal.  Liberal Freak.  Libtard.  This isn't something, however, that I choose or have chosen in the past and just go with.  Instead, I look at every new issue and gauge its merits and practically always end up on the far left of the spectrum.  

So, I kind of want to cover several political issues.  Filibusters, student loan forgiveness, green new deal... but let's start with the most obvious thing.  Conservatism.  

Update June 20, 2021

A quick update.  I think.  

This could be it!

 It shouldn't be a surprise that this has been a bad year and a half for me.  My brother goes through, and is still going through, a bad time in his life.  COVID-19 stomps its way through our society, eating everything in its path.  My aunt dies.  I have my mom move out to keep her safe, then trade places with her and move out myself.  My hours at work change to a time that conflicts with my body mechanics.  I go through some minor, but scary, health scares.  The politics get scary, get better, get scarier, then get back to normal gridlock.  

Update June 06, 2021

 A late post for me (I wrote half of this last night).  I think that's a sign of happiness!  Who'd have thunk it?

New vs Old Computer Benchmarks

 The new computer was delivered and it was EARLY!  NZXT's BLD service attempted to have an ordered computer built and shipped within two business days (if ordered before 3 PM pacific).  Obviously, COVID-19 took its toll there and I was perfectly happy when I ordered the computer on May 4th to be told it should shipped by June 2nd.  They didn't have an option for expedited shipping, and to be honest that would have cost a small fortune for a few days wait,  so I was happy expected to be playing on my new 'puter on the weekend of June 12th.  So imagine my glee when I got the notice that it had been dropped off on May 28th!