Gray on Gray

Some days, in a room with no windows and my eyes tightly shut I can see everything.

Other days, with the sun shining bright, my eyes wide open, and all the world before me I see nothing.

Most days it’s just a blur of gray on gray.

Irritated

My connection between this blog and Facebook was messed up. My posts haven’t been getting published to Facebook like they are supposed to. I hope I’ve got it fixed now. Damn irritating internet.

On a lighter note; I ordered the replacement blades for my blender.

One Goal Achieved

All the way back in 2014 I decided to take up running. Something I hadn’t done since I was in the Navy in 1980. One of my goals was to break the 10 minute mile. Well, here it is 3 years later and I finally achieved that goal. Today I ran a 9:53 minute mile. Another goal was to get my weight down to 220 lbs. That one is being a bit more stubborn. I have managed to finally get within 1 lbs of that goal; I last weighed myself at 221.4 lbs.

What To Do?

I’m finishing up my coffee and wondering what to do next. Run? Or just be lazy? It’s a bit chilly out right now, with a breeze coming off the river. Nothing too extreme, but it’s making me think being lazy is not that bad of a choice.

Invest in Popcorn Futures

(AP) Former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn will invoke his Fifth Amendment protection against self-incrimination on Monday as he notifies the Senate Intelligence committee that he will not comply with a subpoena seeking documents.

That’s according to a person with direct knowledge of the matter. The person spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss the private interactions between Flynn and the committee.

I honestly did not see this coming. Not someone using the 5th. Commence the renewed chattering across the internet and Legacy Media.

Of course, as the last sentence of the quote indicates, this is yet to be verified, so it could be a whole lot of empty air. None-the-less, there will still be chatter.

Transcripts Already Exist!

As noted by Rick Perlstein:

(New York Daily News) As the Chicago Tribune recently pointed out, since 2011, the White House, like any state-of-the-art office, uses a Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) phone system, “an Internet technology that sends voice messages as packets of digitized data. The technology allows for retrieval of a text record of presidential conversations.”

Trump may or may not have “taped” the Comey dinner or other non-telephonic conversations relevant to the inquiry. And yet, imagine how many telephone conversations there must have been — whether with Comey or with White House aides or outside advisers — relevant not just to the Comey firing, but to Mueller’s broader brief to investigate connections between the White House and Russia.

Muller also enjoys another advantage in getting to the bottom of presidential malfeasance that Watergate-era investigators did not. After Nixon resigned the White House in disgrace in August of 1974, fears that he would destroy incriminating records in advance of his and his advisers’ criminal trials led to the passage in 1978 of the Presidential Records Act.

It requires Presidents, vice presidents and their staffs to “take all such steps as may be necessary to assure that the activities, deliberations, decisions, and policies that reflect the performance of the President’s constitutional, statutory, or other official or ceremonial duties are adequately documented…and maintained as Presidential records.” They are then sealed for a specified interval of years — unless they are subpoenaed.

I don’t think there’ enough popcorn in the world for the political show that’s just starting.

The Rain Has Quieted

Just might make that run after all.

To Run Or Not

It’s raining outside. A moment ago it was torrential. Now it seems to have slacked off a bit. I have a rain jacket I bought a few years ago that is perfect for this type of weather. It’s just a matter of my getting motivated. I’m busy with breakfast at the moment, but after about a half hour I will start really working on that motivation.

Out In The Living Room

Tina: “It’s time to get dressed Tina.”

Tina: “But I don’t want to go to work!”