The Uncertainty Principle: Jeez! *Tolkien* couldn't follow this---

My day to day existence continues on a strange path.
I view it happening but am incapable of prevention
struggling as I fall into

total nasty retired guy mode...

I require waking myself up in so many zones.

The Palins are back in the news this week.

I would feel sorrow for the Palins but--

The Palins are in a constant struggle attempting to maintain their
illusion of conservative Republican family values.
This illusion is too often disturbed by facts and the families actions to the contrary.
Drunken brawls, arrests, multiple illegitimate pregnancies, domestic abuse.
It must be difficult to live such a total lie--to sell yourselves as a lie for money.

What prevents me from feeling badly for them is the fact
that this family confidence game's their followers for salaries and donations,
while spreading degrading propaganda against the poor on assistance.
The Palins are truly lost souls,

but those who believe in them and support them financially are beyond lost.

The Joy of Field Rations is a small blog detailing
military field cooking on campaigns.

Although the blog does not have a huge number of postings
it has interesting recipes--for example:
how to bake the exact same bread as carried by
french troops in World War I,
or the recipe for US Army WW2 Cinnamon rolls.
Worth a look--
The Joy of Field Rations

Tired of never having the right technical screwdriver for
electronic repairs or detail work.
I finally broke down and purchased a great little screwdriver kit
the TEKTON TECH-RESCUE kit.

A compact, 45 piece kit that even contains a small, magnetic pad to
hold removed parts. This Tekton kit is perfect,
to keep in my mad scientist tool box or to carry with me.

I take it apart, I fuck with it, I put it back together
only to discover something entirely different is now wrong?

What should have been a simple belt change on the recently received GE boombox
to cure slow tape play---went totally fucking wrong?
There was a ton of other shit wrong with this box, shit wrong that i just couldn't fix!