It’s August. It’s the middle of summer. It’s 60 degrees. Tina and I are going to Brainerd for her grandsons’ birthdays. The high there is 63 degrees. Where the hell did summer go?

Trump has always struck me as a hyper active kid who gets bored with the game he’s playing before it is even half-way over. This statement in an article I’ve been reading about the new C.E.O. of his campaign seems to indicate he’s already bored with running for POTUS.

(HIVE) As smart and capable as he is, Bannon is still a political novice and thus an odd choice to run a campaign badly in need of message and organizational discipline. (He might make more sense as an executive producer of the media empire that Sarah Ellison reports Trump is eyeing as his next move, after the election.)

“Trump is eyeing as his next move, after the election.”

Explain to me again about just how serious he is in wanting to be president? He abandons most of his business enterprises just before they head south, when he can reap the most financial benefit. Just think of all the campaign contributions he is garnering. And since his financial disclosures keep changing, I’m pretty confident in saying he’s not afraid to circumvent the rules to keep money. So, any campaign finance laws in place are probably no more a barrier to him than all the other finance laws he appears to worm his way around.

Left work early to enjoy the afternoon and by the time I got home I had a headache. Think I’m going to go lay down. Don’t wreck the place while I’m sleeping.

All things considered, today was a sucky day. I couldn’t muster up my usual exuberance during a lecture the second half of the day. Then there was the phone message first thing in the morning at work telling me the job I interveiwed for down in Stillwater Prison was given to someone else. No amount of positive self-talk can really take away the hurt of being passed over for a job. Rejection sucks, period.

On a down note – I didn’t get the job I interview for last Friday.

On an up note – I ordered my college book for my first class coming up in September.

Finley Peter Dunne: The past always looks better than it was. It’s only pleasant because it isn’t here.

via Quote of the Day — Bark Bark Woof Woof

I’m trying to work my way into meditating. But like all things, I delay getting started. Once I start I work hard. It’s just overcoming that intitial resistence. But, enough of this stalling, time for me to actually meditate. You all have a good night.

Here’s a video of Big Manitou Falls at Pattison State Park in Wisconsin where Tina and I spent part of the day.

There are also quite a few pictures, but that’ll take a bit more to get posted.