Month: November 2024

Tues. Nov. 5, 2024 – a day that will live in infamy…

And it will be a damp, dreary day. Maybe. Depending on where you are. Yesterday the forecast called for rain, and we got it on the west side of town. On the east side it was sunny and warm. Until it rained out of the clear blue sky. That happened to me several times as I drove all over town. And most of the rain was fairly light squalls. Some places got plenty and pretty steady, but the high winds kept the weather moving around for most of Houston. I kinda expect today to be similar.

Started the day with my volunteering at the kid’s school. That ate a couple of hours but real progress has been made and I think they have a good starting point to work from. I’ll end up back there a couple more times I’m sure, but I’m not doing much until after they get through this performance.

Did a couple of pickups, but the rain kept me from doing my dropoff. Maybe today if it’s clear. Then it was kid taxi service and leftovers for dinner.

I’m getting tired of writing about not getting my stuff accomplished, I’m sure you guys are getting tired of hearing about it. I’m rationalizing it as a counter to the other prepper blogs where they are always trying a new recipe, doing a gear review, or reporting on homestead life… yeah, that’s it, I’m a counter balance…

I will be voting today. I encourage everyone to vote, no matter their politics. If you are undecided or don’t care, vote for Trump. He’s the only non-politician to run in decades, with a real chance, and that alone should get your vote. Will he be effective? Will he be able or allowed to do the things he’s promised? Dunno. Most of them don’t deliver on any promises (first 100 days to solve the “healthcare crisis” anyone??) but he delivered Supreme Court justices that have a Constitutional orientation and that has a chance to shape the USofA for decades. It’s a needed swing of the pendulum. The body politic has swung too far to the left, and has to swing back toward the middle, or things WILL come apart.

I think they’ll come apart anyway, but maybe this way it won’t be as ugly.

That said, my prediction is the deep state abandons kamel, because someone realizes the cheat will have to be too big, and they can just wait 4 years… and Trump wins. Then the economy gets crashed. Don’t think that’s possible? What if the Federal Reserve, which is NOT a government agency, raises interest rates 2, 3, or even just 4 points? They blame Trump for the resulting problems, blame the right for the Left’s violence, and run a Jesus candidate in ’28. I can make an arguement either way at all of the inflection points in any scenario I can come up with.

Maybe they don’t CARE if everyone knows the fix was in. They didn’t seem to last time. So the cheat is massive, undeniable, and their stance is “suck it, btiches”. — Civil war, cold or hot, results.

Maybe there are enough big money people to keep any financial shenanigans in line, and the economy gets a Trump boost. The left won’t allow that to go unpunished so expect violence. Civil war- or just constant terrorism and insurgency. Bombings, fires, riots. Infrastructure destruction… BLM and antifa were training actions. They are funded and organized, they have training cadre with experience.

I don’t see any scenario where things are better after the election, no matter who “wins”. Heck maybe Kamel is their fall guy, so they can go back to white men when they’re done blaming her for the economic collapse and sectarian violence that erupts. That would be an outcome I don’t think many people have considered…

There will be violence. There will be disruption. There will likely be death and privation. People on both sides have been gearing up and have been drawing lines in the sand. People on both sides are radicalized. All that energy is crying for a release.

And don’t forget that our enemies will work for their own benefit- while US attention turns inward, all hell could break loose internationally, which WILL affect us as supply chain issues… and foreign entanglements. Lots of money to be made in war, and war is a traditional way to reset your currency and repudiate your debts.

Could be I’m just a doomer and it will all be fine. Good luck with that. I’m working to make sure we get through this coming time and emerge safe and sound, and maybe even better. I’ve been encouraging all of you to take whatever steps you think are prudent, and I hope you have. There are still Romans in Rome. Mongols in China. And Brits in the UK. We’ll still be here when it is all in the past. Some of us anyway.

The ship of State doesn’t turn on a dime, and this great country has “a lot of ruin in it”. Timing the collapse is as hard as timing the markets.

Be ready for tomorrow, and one year from now, and 5 years from now, and the rest of your life…

And stack, because that is one thing you can control…

nick

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Mon. Nov. 4, 2024 – on more day until we see if they take their “last chance” seriously

Hot and humid, although it will start cooler. Yesterday was a mix of sunny and hot, crashing downpours, high winds, and gentle rain. What kind of weather? Yes. Today shouldn’t have rain, but we’ll see. Still very wet out so the humidity will likely be high. Joy.

I did indoor things yesterday. Fixed some cables for the school, and for me. Did some troubleshooting on other tech that’s been stacked up waiting to be fixed. Nothing complete, but some small progress made.

Did a bunch of auction stuff. Won a very nice new bed for the BOL. The mattress we’ve been using is small (queen vs the cal king we have at home) and not very comfortable. I won a split king Tempur Pedic. Picking it up and moving it will be the hardest part. Everything about the Tempur Pedic is heavy. At least it’s 2 mattresses. Moving the cal king was almost too much for me and the wife. Being able to sleep for more than a couple of days without causing crippling neck and back pain will be nice. I’ll probably rent a trailer and a drywall dolly. That’s about the easiest way I can think to handle it.

Today I’m starting back at the kid’s school. I hope to get a couple more problems resolved so the kids can start actually working during the rehearsals. They have two weeks (a bit less actually) before opening night. Then I’ll be getting some auction dropoff stuff together, even if I don’t hear back from my auctioneer. I want it ready to go and all in one place. Well, I can dream, right?

Then there will be kid taxi service in the afternoon, and the rest of the domestic bliss…

Dunno when I’ll stack anything, but I’ll try. After all, we have an extra hour in the day, right?? ;-P

Stack while you can.

nick

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Sun. Nov. 3, 2024 – Rain! oh yeah, and FALL BACK! Standard time ahead!

Rain continues. With a multi-week dry spell, finally getting some rain is nice, but getting caught up in a day or two is not great. Some people are going to flood… not me, but someone.

Spent part of Saturday driving around to do auction pickups. Spent part of it doing domestic bliss. Part of it I hid while W was doing a deep clean on D2’s closet… the height of exciting.

But not every day is exciting or interesting. Some days are just days. And that’s ok.

Like today. After sleeping late, eating a leisurely breakfast, I don’t know what I’ll do. Oh, I’ve got a list. I’ll be checking it twice. I’ll fall further behind my goals and desires when I don’t get stuff done. But there probably won’t be any major drama or excitement. At least I hope not. There will just be steadfast plugging away…

Keep the faith, and keep stacking.

n

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Sat. Nov. 2, 2024 – Next up- it’s erection you plick…

Muggy, maybe rainy, and warmer today, although yesterday had those things too. Just enough rain to wet stuff, and not enough to matter to the plants. And humid too.

So I went in to volunteer some more time… and instead of getting out in two hours and doing the stuff I really needed to do, I was there 6 hours, and then kid taxi service, and all the rest of the day killed my todo list.

So TODAY I’m trying to salvage some of that.

But first I’ve got pickups to do.

And the usual list of domestic bliss, with the addition of cleanup from Halloween.

Busy, that is me. Just a busy bee…

Anyone here ever keep bees? I bought a starter kit, and I’ve bought some other bee keeping stuff as it came up cheap in auctions, and I’ve got a bee hive in a hollow tree at the BOL. The tree needs to be cut down, and I thought this might be the perfect time to use some of the stuff I picked up… but other than a vague idea, I got no clue about bees… I’m pretty sure this is the starter kit I have

It’ll bee at least a week or two before I get up to the BOL again, so I have time to get a clue.

And I’m thinking that a beehive is a pretty good stack, if it doesn’t just turn out to be food or home for wasps.

Gotta stack something…

nick

Bonus points to anyone who names the inspiration for today’s post title.

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Fri. Nov. 1, 2024 – now the countdown to the end of the year starts…

Sweaty humid and warm today, and yesterday. Yesterday had thunder in the morning with a little rain, but it had cleared out by 3pm and was a beautiful evening and night. Albeit a sweaty one.

Spent 4 hours in the morning volunteering at D2’s middle school, working on their theater sound system. Made real progress putting things in order, and addressing stuff that had fallen by the wayside. I’m going in for at least a couple of hours today to continue working on notes.

After my volunteer hours, I came home, documented what I did, then put out the “day of” stuff for Halloween. That rolled right into passing out candy, saying hi to my neighbors, and then putting stuff away. Had a tiny little fire and read for an hour to wind down.

Today I’ll do some work at school, then load up a bunch of stuff to take to auction. I will get at least two pickups while I’m doing my dropoff too. Maybe I’ll get a second load dropped off Monday or Tuesday of next week as well. It will be nice to move some bigger pieces.

I’m sure the day will be too full, and I won’t get everything I want to get done. One of the pickups could wait until next week, for example. Still, I’ll give it the old school try…

I’ll put this in the ‘stacking up money and relationships’ columns…

Stack something for you too.

nick

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