Oh, Nikki Haley, just when I thought the Republicans might possibly have an intelligent woman poised for 2020, you have to go do this.

It’s also a sign that the electoral college has whittled our elections down to a few districts in swing states, further making everyone else feel powerless to have an impact in the election and therefore even more burned out by time Election Day is over.

Part of the problem is that sometimes you can’t even avoid the nonsense even if you try. My wife and I are seniors living in Florida which means we are pretty much priority targets for both parties. Last presidential season we’d get several phone calls a day (no matter how much blocking we tried). And the mail would…

And in some number of years you will be just as old (unless you die first of course) and younger people will regard you with the same disdain and disgust. Welcome to life, sunshine. 

In Florida any person can submit a form to the Florida DHSMV identifying a person as an unsafe driver due to a mental or physical condition. A friend of mine got his father to give up driving by submitting a report which triggered a mandatory driving evaluation. When his father failed his driving test he lost his…

And as a little bit of trivia for those who have actually visited or lived in DC, you know how bad the parking situation is near the Mall. Back in the late seventies I was visiting in August, a pretty busy time. I don’t know how I found out about it, but I learned that while most of the parking underneath the Air &…

OK, maybe I’m misunderstanding something. This is a one day walkout, right? Why would anyone think this is somehow going to effect their education. Snow days, senior skip days, prom-is-tonight-so-I’m-not-going-to-school-today days, etc.

Actually if Susie is anything like my wife, it might be Toto who gains professionally from being married to her.

A few days ago my wife and I got into a discussion when watched a TV show which had a scene about whether God is a man or woman. I told my wife you know that God has to be a man because of two words, “menstrual cramps”. Now I know two other words that pretty much explains it.

Here you go...

Forgive me, but upon seeing the headline and starting to read the article, an old story came to mind....

Unless you do like we did and avoided having kids. Nothing helps in having a successful marriage like not having any kids to get miserable about.

A big plus one to this article. There are often mistakes that are due to the medical billing folks being just as confused as everyone else about insurance coverage. And since they are under the gun to get the bills out, they often just take their best guess. And so the wrong charge ends up on the bill.

I turned 65 last year and thanks to the years I spent slaving away putting money into my 401K and profit sharing and bonds and annuities and whatnot, I’m really enjoying being retired. And thanks to a fortunate combination of circumstances, I got laid off seven years ago just exactly at the time when I could retire in…

My apologies, I didn’t mean to sound like such a twit when I posted the correction. I can only point to the large doses of NyQuil Severe I have been taking for my cold. My wife would also like me to mention my general lack of tack, but I’m sure she is mistaken ;)

I’ve noticed that too, it must be a Brit thing. I got the motivation for the “NASA!” reply from BluesNews.com, he is always correcting the BBC news reports when they say “Nasa”. But you make a good point about acronyms that can be pronounced, I’ll have to keep an eye out for those on the BBC.

2:48am? I’m only 16 miles from the launch pad, but that’s way too much past my bedtime to stick my head out and watch the ascent. Tell Elon to send me a video or two.

“Nasa”

I put mine in sleep mode. I only do a power cycle once in a while to clear up the cobwebs in the RAM.

Just to be clear, if you come to a Tax-Aide site you’ll be sitting down with a preparer who will assist you in preparing your taxes. Also, for most sites you’ll have to make an appointment first and pick up a data packet so you know what to bring and what to be ready to answer when you do come for your appointment.…