I am full of excuses for my tardiness. I didn't write yesterday because I was caught up in history making events. I don't know where it says that history making events make one sleepy but the end result was that I was very sleepy this morning.
Actually, we stayed up late watching the election returns but I couldn't hold it 'till 3 am when Trump was declared the winner. My wife stayed up and had the decency not to waken me up from my beauty sleep to let me know the results. She did it this morning.
Anyway, the man did it, he pulled off one of the biggest surprises in American history. Now we sit and watch what will happen. There is nothing else on TV all day but analysis of what happened and why did it happen and how did it happen.
It really pissed me off to watch people of Hilary Clinton's camp falling all over each other and crying crocodile tears because of the loss. What a ridiculous sight. Why do people have to cry because of a political loss?
The other thing what is interesting is to se how all the politicians who were anti Trump until a few days ago are now changing their colors and allegiances. They are doing it so fast that they are falling all over each other. This just proves that politicians have no conscience, no backbone. They bend whichever way the winds of power blows from.
And they have fantastic talent explaining their actions as ridiculous as it sounds.
I am too honest, I could never be a politician.
Thursday, November 10, 2016
Tuesday, November 8, 2016
Monday
I feel really bad that I skipped yesterday. Actually, I don't feel bad at all. Yesterday was Sunday and we had a good time and at the end I just couldn't get to writing.
But I have to tell what we did on Saturday.
I already mentioned that Abigail has ambitions to become a chef when she grows up. In reality she doesn't have a clue what being a chef is all about but the bottom line is that she likes to cook. And by mutual agreement we decided to let her cook on Saturdays, at least for a while.
A week ago she prepared a pretty good chili for dinner. This Saturday because she knows that her mother loves it she made Zuppa Toscana.
This is an Italian soup with meat, kale, potatoes, onions, garlic and heavy cream. I have to admit that the soup was pretty good. Olive Gardens makes the same soup but I think hers was better.
I don't know what she is planning for next week but I'm sure it will be good. At her first try her mom had to stand by her throughout the cooking but lately she is becoming very independent.
I honestly hope she will succeed if this is what she wants to do.
But I have to tell what we did on Saturday.
I already mentioned that Abigail has ambitions to become a chef when she grows up. In reality she doesn't have a clue what being a chef is all about but the bottom line is that she likes to cook. And by mutual agreement we decided to let her cook on Saturdays, at least for a while.
A week ago she prepared a pretty good chili for dinner. This Saturday because she knows that her mother loves it she made Zuppa Toscana.
This is an Italian soup with meat, kale, potatoes, onions, garlic and heavy cream. I have to admit that the soup was pretty good. Olive Gardens makes the same soup but I think hers was better.
I don't know what she is planning for next week but I'm sure it will be good. At her first try her mom had to stand by her throughout the cooking but lately she is becoming very independent.
I honestly hope she will succeed if this is what she wants to do.
Sunday, November 6, 2016
Saturday
I can not get used to the fact that how much stuff we as a family use a week. There is the three of us, my wife, Abigail and me and it doesn't seem like we eat a lot, yet every week we buy enormous amounts of food.
Today we went shopping to three different stores and had to make three turns to the car to bring the stuff upstairs. Abigail doesn't eat much, my wife and I don't eat much yet, the food just disappears.
We buy snack for all of us. We do laundry every week and the detergents just fly out of the bottles. We use a lot of paper therefore paper towels, tissues, napkins and toilet papers are being used like crazy.
Soap, toothpaste and other things like bottled water and sodas just "disappear". I am in charge of filling up the paper supply in the house and every day I have to refresh some supply.
It boiled down to that whenever we come home, regardless from where we come home with shopping bags.
Last season we went to the Opera and came home with shopping bags.
Today we went shopping to three different stores and had to make three turns to the car to bring the stuff upstairs. Abigail doesn't eat much, my wife and I don't eat much yet, the food just disappears.
We buy snack for all of us. We do laundry every week and the detergents just fly out of the bottles. We use a lot of paper therefore paper towels, tissues, napkins and toilet papers are being used like crazy.
Soap, toothpaste and other things like bottled water and sodas just "disappear". I am in charge of filling up the paper supply in the house and every day I have to refresh some supply.
It boiled down to that whenever we come home, regardless from where we come home with shopping bags.
Last season we went to the Opera and came home with shopping bags.
Saturday, November 5, 2016
Friday
As I said the other day we bought a cd of the first season of a TV show we are now hooked on. This package has I think 26 one hour episodes on. We started to watch on Sunday night and last night we finished the whole thing.
We just couldn't stop watching it. It is an action series with a lots of shooting and it was very interesting. Anyway, on Thursday night around midnight we finished it.
Now there is that empty feeling of what to do next.
I think that is the problem with watching TV shows from ids. It is difficult to watch just one episode but then one gets carried away and watches several uninterrupted hours. Most of these show are continuations of the previous episodes and watching them from ids it is easier to see the continuity.
Something else.
This morning I took Abigail to school. After that I took my wife to the dentist. After that I went to Abigail's school to take her out and take her to the orthodontist appointment.
As far as I am concerned life is full of mileage.
We just couldn't stop watching it. It is an action series with a lots of shooting and it was very interesting. Anyway, on Thursday night around midnight we finished it.
Now there is that empty feeling of what to do next.
I think that is the problem with watching TV shows from ids. It is difficult to watch just one episode but then one gets carried away and watches several uninterrupted hours. Most of these show are continuations of the previous episodes and watching them from ids it is easier to see the continuity.
Something else.
This morning I took Abigail to school. After that I took my wife to the dentist. After that I went to Abigail's school to take her out and take her to the orthodontist appointment.
As far as I am concerned life is full of mileage.
Thursday, November 3, 2016
Wednesday
We are living in world of passwords. There are so many passwords necessary in everyday life that it is impossible to remember all.
Everything we have on the Internet need a password. The safety experts tell you use different passwords for different things and periodically change them.
We keep a two page list of all the passwords we need to look up accounts, to pay bills, to write e-mails and for other stuff. It is unbelievable how safe we must be if we really want to protect our lives.
The way I see it it is impossible to remember all of them and that is why a list is necessary. The problem comes when we want to use something that was not used a very long time and suddenly now it is needed.
That is how we are with our older computer. When it was set up a password was used but not recorded. We purchased an Apple and the other computer was neglected. The other day we wanted to use it because it is a Microsoft and asked for the password.
None of us was able to recall what we used. After several unsuccessful tries the computer locked us out for any further tries. Eventually my wife's' son solved the problem but it just emphasizes the problem with passwords.
Remembering my ss number, my telephone number, my address, today's date hope to God I'll never have amnesia.
Everything we have on the Internet need a password. The safety experts tell you use different passwords for different things and periodically change them.
We keep a two page list of all the passwords we need to look up accounts, to pay bills, to write e-mails and for other stuff. It is unbelievable how safe we must be if we really want to protect our lives.
The way I see it it is impossible to remember all of them and that is why a list is necessary. The problem comes when we want to use something that was not used a very long time and suddenly now it is needed.
That is how we are with our older computer. When it was set up a password was used but not recorded. We purchased an Apple and the other computer was neglected. The other day we wanted to use it because it is a Microsoft and asked for the password.
None of us was able to recall what we used. After several unsuccessful tries the computer locked us out for any further tries. Eventually my wife's' son solved the problem but it just emphasizes the problem with passwords.
Remembering my ss number, my telephone number, my address, today's date hope to God I'll never have amnesia.
Wednesday, November 2, 2016
Tuesday
Post script to Halloween. Abigail came home with a fairly large bag of candies. They were not sorted out yet but she seemed to be pretty satisfied. I guess today she will have time to do that.
Something else.
Today is the first time that the political polls indicated a Trump lead. Granted that is only about 1% but still it is a lead. In my opinion if he doesn't mess it up he might have a good chance to win the election. Who knows. Interesting things have been known to happen in politics. Like the Dewey/Truman election in 1948.
If anybody doesn't know what happened look it up in Wikipedia.
I'm a great fan of Wikipedia. Some people say they are not reliable but as far as I'm concerned they still know more than I do and if they miss a few facts, who cares.
Today is All Saint's Day. This is a holiday in the Roman Catholic calendar. I don't think anybody stays home from work because of this holiday. But still, alternate parking in New York City is suspended.
I can see when alternate parking is suspended on Jewish holidays. According to religion driving cars is not permitted on most of the Jewish holidays. But what difference does it make on a Christian holiday?
Unless the Department of Sanitation is so religious that they serve all the religious holidays.
Something else.
Today is the first time that the political polls indicated a Trump lead. Granted that is only about 1% but still it is a lead. In my opinion if he doesn't mess it up he might have a good chance to win the election. Who knows. Interesting things have been known to happen in politics. Like the Dewey/Truman election in 1948.
If anybody doesn't know what happened look it up in Wikipedia.
I'm a great fan of Wikipedia. Some people say they are not reliable but as far as I'm concerned they still know more than I do and if they miss a few facts, who cares.
Today is All Saint's Day. This is a holiday in the Roman Catholic calendar. I don't think anybody stays home from work because of this holiday. But still, alternate parking in New York City is suspended.
I can see when alternate parking is suspended on Jewish holidays. According to religion driving cars is not permitted on most of the Jewish holidays. But what difference does it make on a Christian holiday?
Unless the Department of Sanitation is so religious that they serve all the religious holidays.
Tuesday, November 1, 2016
Monday
This is a repeat remembrance that I do every year on this day.
Today is Holloween. Now that by itself has absolutely no meaning of any importance to me, except that it is a special day for me.
Fifty nine years ago today I arrived at Idlewild International Airport in New York. I knew I was in New York and that was in America but that was about all of it. Didn't know much about the US but still chose to come here. And retrospect I am not sorry I came.
I and nobody on the bus on the way to our hotel had any idea about what today was. When our bus stopped at red lights we all saw these kids dressed in various forms of costumes. We just looked at each other questioningly saying is this the way American kids dress? Didn't seem very normal.
It took a while to understand the significance of Holloween. Actually it has no significance at all.
Kids dress in costumes and there is a gay parade in Manhattan. Abigail is all exited about this day because she is going out with her friends trick or treating after school. But when I asked her what Holloween is all about she had no clue. All she and her friends can think about is costumes and candy.
Nice to be a kid in these days.
Today is Holloween. Now that by itself has absolutely no meaning of any importance to me, except that it is a special day for me.
Fifty nine years ago today I arrived at Idlewild International Airport in New York. I knew I was in New York and that was in America but that was about all of it. Didn't know much about the US but still chose to come here. And retrospect I am not sorry I came.
I and nobody on the bus on the way to our hotel had any idea about what today was. When our bus stopped at red lights we all saw these kids dressed in various forms of costumes. We just looked at each other questioningly saying is this the way American kids dress? Didn't seem very normal.
It took a while to understand the significance of Holloween. Actually it has no significance at all.
Kids dress in costumes and there is a gay parade in Manhattan. Abigail is all exited about this day because she is going out with her friends trick or treating after school. But when I asked her what Holloween is all about she had no clue. All she and her friends can think about is costumes and candy.
Nice to be a kid in these days.
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