There's a common response to when people are asked to pay what they owe. The first thing out of their mouths is, "I don't have any money. I can't pay what I owe. I need a break."
Really?
Let's see.....they posted all over Facebook their latest vacation. They show pictures of their new cars. They brag about sending their kids to LaTiDa University.
These people are not destitute. They just don't think managing their money is important. They don't know the golden rule of finance: The GoesInTo has to be more than the GoesOutOf.
It's that simple, folks.
We don't have a problem with people with no money, we have a shortage of people who know money.
Track your income and expenses, people. It's not rocket science. Don't whine to me stating you can't pay your bills while you're going out to dinner, concerts, getting a new tatoo, and traveling.
I pay my bills, you pay yours.
Thursday, March 29, 2018
Monday, March 26, 2018
Facebook Fiasco
I warned you all years ago that Facebook, Google, Amazon, etc., was nothing more than a grab on your personal information and relationships to exploit. I told you all that your ego was selling you out for "likes" from people who really don't mean shII in your life should push come to shove.
Now you're shocked that Facebook is being blamed for sharing your personal information.
Did you really think this fun internet service was being offered to you for free? I hate to break it to you, but nothing is free. Always remember that. Especially when you want to download the latest app for whatever. Your information is being tracked and sold.
I don't think Facebook is entirely to blame here. You're an idiot if you think these tech giants protect your information. Still, there you are.....posting your constant whereabouts....taking pictures of what you had for dinner....consenting to quizzes that steal your data....the look at me vacation photos....detailed lists of your friends and families.
Don't post anything that you don't want the entire world to see.
Required viewing: Terms and Conditions May Apply. It's a documentary film that will make you think before hitting that "like" button or posting your political views.
It's over, folks and thank GOD. Social media and oversharing has run its course. it's soooooo last decade. The new "cool" is to be offline. No results when your name is typed in a search? That's the new status symbol.
Didn't I say that snail mail, cash, and actual phone calls were making comeback?
Damn. I did.
Now you're shocked that Facebook is being blamed for sharing your personal information.
Did you really think this fun internet service was being offered to you for free? I hate to break it to you, but nothing is free. Always remember that. Especially when you want to download the latest app for whatever. Your information is being tracked and sold.
I don't think Facebook is entirely to blame here. You're an idiot if you think these tech giants protect your information. Still, there you are.....posting your constant whereabouts....taking pictures of what you had for dinner....consenting to quizzes that steal your data....the look at me vacation photos....detailed lists of your friends and families.
Don't post anything that you don't want the entire world to see.
Required viewing: Terms and Conditions May Apply. It's a documentary film that will make you think before hitting that "like" button or posting your political views.
It's over, folks and thank GOD. Social media and oversharing has run its course. it's soooooo last decade. The new "cool" is to be offline. No results when your name is typed in a search? That's the new status symbol.
Didn't I say that snail mail, cash, and actual phone calls were making comeback?
Damn. I did.
Friday, March 23, 2018
Full Circle
It all goes if full circle. Tomorrow there will be a march against gun violence by the youngsters of society. I find it ironic that the "evil" establishment the students are protesting against were once the student protesters of the late 1960's themselves. Deja Vu
I'm trying to remember this old saying....I will probably butcher it...but here goes. If your political views are conservative at a young age you have no heart. If your political views are liberal at an older age you have no brains.
Go ahead. Try to solve the problems of the world. I'm glad you think you're that smart and clever. It's all the whack-a-mole game. You know the one at the carnival (yes, I'm white trash enough to admit I've been to a carnival) where you hammer down one target while another one pops up elsewhere. One problem gets solved, but another problem arises.
That's the balance of the universe.
We all think we are so smart and have the answers. If only the world obeyed what our own personal beliefs were.........we all think we have fresh ideas that can save the world. Oh yes, over the course of thousands of years only YOU have thought of that *one* idea you think will save humanity.
Uh huh. so did the 1,000,000,000 people before you. You really think you're the only one who has illusions of figuring out the recipe for Utopia?
Wow. What arrogance. Jesus Christ could not save the world. What makes you think YOU are holier than thou? That's the question I want to ask all politicians. Look around. Same feces, different moon cycle.
All I know is that what comes around eventually goes around. It's that full circle thing again. Yes, I'm going in circles. We all are. The circle of life.
...and BTW, I'm totally Christian.....and pagan.
Bottom line: Try to be a good person. That's all you can do in this f**cupped world.
I'm trying to remember this old saying....I will probably butcher it...but here goes. If your political views are conservative at a young age you have no heart. If your political views are liberal at an older age you have no brains.
Go ahead. Try to solve the problems of the world. I'm glad you think you're that smart and clever. It's all the whack-a-mole game. You know the one at the carnival (yes, I'm white trash enough to admit I've been to a carnival) where you hammer down one target while another one pops up elsewhere. One problem gets solved, but another problem arises.
That's the balance of the universe.
We all think we are so smart and have the answers. If only the world obeyed what our own personal beliefs were.........we all think we have fresh ideas that can save the world. Oh yes, over the course of thousands of years only YOU have thought of that *one* idea you think will save humanity.
Uh huh. so did the 1,000,000,000 people before you. You really think you're the only one who has illusions of figuring out the recipe for Utopia?
Wow. What arrogance. Jesus Christ could not save the world. What makes you think YOU are holier than thou? That's the question I want to ask all politicians. Look around. Same feces, different moon cycle.
All I know is that what comes around eventually goes around. It's that full circle thing again. Yes, I'm going in circles. We all are. The circle of life.
...and BTW, I'm totally Christian.....and pagan.
Bottom line: Try to be a good person. That's all you can do in this f**cupped world.
Thursday, March 22, 2018
M's Ex-Boyfriend - Dodged a Bullet
Some months back I blogged about M's boyfriend - disaster touchdown. See, M got divorced thinking that there were tons of Prince Charmings out there just waiting for to be in a meaningful relationship.
Not.
Yes, M's ex-husband is a bag of issues plus some. However, he was a decent provider and loved their kids to the best of his f** cupped ability. I guess he loved M, too....to the best of his ability. M's ex husband is a broken man. I can say this as I have known him for 20 years.
I don't really blame M for divorcing her husband. He was a controlling jerk. However, since M's divorce the guys she's dated make her ex-husband glow in holiness in comparison. Personally, I would have never thought that possible unless I witnessed it firsthand.
The guy M was serious about, let's just call him N, actually moved in with her. N inherited a wad of cash that he blew on trips, drugs, women, cars, etc. N was financially hurting when he got involved with M. See, M had the paid off house and was more than willing to cook, clean, and take care of N. N saw an instant meal ticket. All M wanted in return was that he get his proverbial feces together and file back taxes, get a bank account, get insurance, etc., and that running away from adult responsibilities was not cool.
Myself and one other friend of M's voiced our honest opinions about N. There was one point where I thought M would never speak to me again because I was to brutally up front about what I felt. Myself and another close friend of M's saw disaster.
Well, M finally got wise and dumped N. She told him to move out and take all his stuff with him. I forgot to mention that N is a raging alcoholic who routinely passes out in people's yards walking home from the bars. Still, the breakup really hurt M. For whatever reason, she truly cared about him. All I and another close friend saw was that she would be forever straddled with this irresponsible man-child. I had future visons of M pushing him around in a wheel chair and changing his depends.
Well, I just got word that N has cancer and has 3-5 years to live. M dodged a bullet. Thank God she broke up with him. Not only would have N dragged down M financially, she would be playing hospice nurse.
N's own daughter does not even want him. She is a new mother and has a husband who can see right through N's bull. This fledgling young family has not time for a lying, alcoholic, dependent, albatross weighing them down. N needs to look elsewhere for sympathy.
N's is now in the hospital. M goes to visit. N sets off all monitoring alarms as M enters as he thinks M is there to take him home and 'take care of' him. Nope. She just wanted to say hi and wish him well. The look of desperation in N's eyes is too much for M. M truly cares about N but just can't handle the burden of taking care of him as he was a lying ass during their relationship. He is not her responsibility. That's the curse of being a person who cares about others and M feel guilty. Yes, their relationship is over but she still wanted to stop by to wish N well.
What went wrong for N and why doesn't anybody want to be by his side during his dying days? Here goes.
N dodged personal responsibility all his life. He lied, cheated, stole, and broke many hearts along the way. He didn't care back then. People were pawns he used for his own personal gain, whatever that happened to be at the moment. Now he's faced with terminal cancer. He's alone. He needs somebody. His tune has suddenly changed and he's now trying to desperately cling to anybody he thinks can help him. Nobody is answering his pleas as he's crapped on everybody.
Karma.
Ain't she a bitch.
Not.
Yes, M's ex-husband is a bag of issues plus some. However, he was a decent provider and loved their kids to the best of his f** cupped ability. I guess he loved M, too....to the best of his ability. M's ex husband is a broken man. I can say this as I have known him for 20 years.
I don't really blame M for divorcing her husband. He was a controlling jerk. However, since M's divorce the guys she's dated make her ex-husband glow in holiness in comparison. Personally, I would have never thought that possible unless I witnessed it firsthand.
The guy M was serious about, let's just call him N, actually moved in with her. N inherited a wad of cash that he blew on trips, drugs, women, cars, etc. N was financially hurting when he got involved with M. See, M had the paid off house and was more than willing to cook, clean, and take care of N. N saw an instant meal ticket. All M wanted in return was that he get his proverbial feces together and file back taxes, get a bank account, get insurance, etc., and that running away from adult responsibilities was not cool.
Myself and one other friend of M's voiced our honest opinions about N. There was one point where I thought M would never speak to me again because I was to brutally up front about what I felt. Myself and another close friend of M's saw disaster.
Well, M finally got wise and dumped N. She told him to move out and take all his stuff with him. I forgot to mention that N is a raging alcoholic who routinely passes out in people's yards walking home from the bars. Still, the breakup really hurt M. For whatever reason, she truly cared about him. All I and another close friend saw was that she would be forever straddled with this irresponsible man-child. I had future visons of M pushing him around in a wheel chair and changing his depends.
Well, I just got word that N has cancer and has 3-5 years to live. M dodged a bullet. Thank God she broke up with him. Not only would have N dragged down M financially, she would be playing hospice nurse.
N's own daughter does not even want him. She is a new mother and has a husband who can see right through N's bull. This fledgling young family has not time for a lying, alcoholic, dependent, albatross weighing them down. N needs to look elsewhere for sympathy.
N's is now in the hospital. M goes to visit. N sets off all monitoring alarms as M enters as he thinks M is there to take him home and 'take care of' him. Nope. She just wanted to say hi and wish him well. The look of desperation in N's eyes is too much for M. M truly cares about N but just can't handle the burden of taking care of him as he was a lying ass during their relationship. He is not her responsibility. That's the curse of being a person who cares about others and M feel guilty. Yes, their relationship is over but she still wanted to stop by to wish N well.
What went wrong for N and why doesn't anybody want to be by his side during his dying days? Here goes.
N dodged personal responsibility all his life. He lied, cheated, stole, and broke many hearts along the way. He didn't care back then. People were pawns he used for his own personal gain, whatever that happened to be at the moment. Now he's faced with terminal cancer. He's alone. He needs somebody. His tune has suddenly changed and he's now trying to desperately cling to anybody he thinks can help him. Nobody is answering his pleas as he's crapped on everybody.
Karma.
Ain't she a bitch.
Brain Gas Emissions (aka brain farts)
Where do I even start? So much to rant about and so little time. You all keep coming back to read my un-politically correct points of view that are bare and brutal. You would not want me any other way. If you want meaningless fluff watch and read mainstream news.
Wait. I should not bash all mainstream news outlets and journalists. There are those journalists out there really trying to dig deep to get the real story without personal bias. The problem? WE DON'T PAY ATTENTION TO THEM. See, we all want the National Enquirer tabloid news. We don't know the difference anymore between real, investigative journalism and tabloid gossip trash. Yes, the two do mesh at times but for the most part what really ends up mattering does not have attention grabbing headlines. It will be a boring story with lots of THINKING to connect the dots. We are too stupid and lazy as a nation to deal with hard analytical thinking. We are all too busy jumping from one electronic gadget to the next tapping on click bait to find out "5 easy ways to financial freedom" or some other un-vetted rubbish.
Speaking about jumping from one thing to another...here I go.
We went out to dinner last night at a very popular restaurant. The seating is a little tight so you end up chatting with the next table due to the close approximation. The woman was from Yountville and I'm not sure where her man companion was from. We got on the subject of the recent murder of three women at a veteran facility as it was right near where she lived. Well, she heard from a friend of a friend's hairdresser (they know ALL) that the murderer had an infatuation with one of the women killed and she rejected his advances. He was getting creepy and that's why he was kicked out.
The most violent place to be these days is at work or school. It makes Oakland look like a peaceful paradise in comparison. Add that some nutty stalker wants to kill you makes it even more uncomfortable. Most women who are murdered are by killed by an ex or a guy they rejected. O.J. Simpson (cough, cough).
Wait. I should not bash all mainstream news outlets and journalists. There are those journalists out there really trying to dig deep to get the real story without personal bias. The problem? WE DON'T PAY ATTENTION TO THEM. See, we all want the National Enquirer tabloid news. We don't know the difference anymore between real, investigative journalism and tabloid gossip trash. Yes, the two do mesh at times but for the most part what really ends up mattering does not have attention grabbing headlines. It will be a boring story with lots of THINKING to connect the dots. We are too stupid and lazy as a nation to deal with hard analytical thinking. We are all too busy jumping from one electronic gadget to the next tapping on click bait to find out "5 easy ways to financial freedom" or some other un-vetted rubbish.
Speaking about jumping from one thing to another...here I go.
We went out to dinner last night at a very popular restaurant. The seating is a little tight so you end up chatting with the next table due to the close approximation. The woman was from Yountville and I'm not sure where her man companion was from. We got on the subject of the recent murder of three women at a veteran facility as it was right near where she lived. Well, she heard from a friend of a friend's hairdresser (they know ALL) that the murderer had an infatuation with one of the women killed and she rejected his advances. He was getting creepy and that's why he was kicked out.
The most violent place to be these days is at work or school. It makes Oakland look like a peaceful paradise in comparison. Add that some nutty stalker wants to kill you makes it even more uncomfortable. Most women who are murdered are by killed by an ex or a guy they rejected. O.J. Simpson (cough, cough).
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