missed it by thaaaat much

Asswipes elected similar asswipes into Congress.
The result?
Pure stupidity shut down our governmental system and 
 nearly destroyed the economy of our society.

Extreme right wing stupidity, propaganda and politics presents a far far greater danger 

to our society than any Muslim extremist group, shoe bomber

or foreign power.

"We have met the enemy and they is us"

as the famous quote states.

The situation of the enemy being us has never been more present.

The American Taliban will eventually succeed in their goals of

toppling our government, crashing our economy, creating a religious

dictatorship, and hunting down anyone with an IQ over 100.

It will happen.

It is just a matter of time. 

Time was valuable, no matter if it was forced time.

I accomplished much for the homestead while furloughed.

I also managed to carve out a few  future personal project possibilities.

Over 10 years ago I purchased a Meade ETX70AT telescope.

I've never had an opportunity to use it--work and life just overloaded the possibility.

While OCDing in our garage i found it again--missing it's eyepieces and software.

Objects loose their parts when not used, it is a little know law of Physics.

I recovered the scope, cleaned it, and ordered inexpensive replacement eyepieces...

programed the directional system and lacking a full test, it appears to work.

I am hoping to continue on with this telescope project and hopefully 

view the International Space Station, Mars, Saturn, Jupiter and our own moon of course. 

Nerdgasm results.

I have plans, I always have plans.

Since i am back to work, 
my celebratory present to myself is the above, 
Grundig 750 Shortwave radio. 
Radio and tape recorders an eternal interest for me.
I am planning on recording Vietnamese pop music and such other weirdness on the airwaves....
There is always the elusive number stations that perks the conspiracy center of my brain.
Number stations---spooky action at distance
Listening to radio's and staring at the sky is not age dependent.
It is something i can do forever.

"Men for the sake of getting a living,
forget to live."
Margaret Fuller