19 and yet another Prime Holiday

I don’t know about you but these Prime Holidays could be getting old. I may have to rethink the addition or incorporation before formal release & opening up to the general populace. I feel the I am succeeding with it only because I can and perhaps releasing to the hoi polloi may turn into carte blanche and unleashing hordes of slackers for additional abuse.

So, it’s a Thursday and incredibly ugly out of doors. From every window gloom can be observed and one gets the strong sense that gloom would slip inside if allowed.

Taking a short break this morning. I reached the 700-page milestone and this book continues to amaze, fascinate and impress me. I mean I CAN put it down but it seems each page, every chapter is a reminder that History does repeat itself. The cliché studying it to AVOID repeating mistakes IS VALID.

For instance por favor and humor me here.

An Admiral Codrington defeated a larger Turk force (actually a softened term for Muslim nation) aka the Ottoman Empire. In a letter, the Admiral proclaims that ‘One strong act of coercion would place … at our mercy and we would then settle the whole matter as we chose.’ This just prior to the Battle of Navarino.

The Admiral then fought seven (7) years AFTER this battle even as a member of Parliament to get pensions for some of his surviving men badly wounded in the battle the Parliament and Wellington refused to compensate.

Does any of this sound familiar to you ?

Anyway, lunch today 12:30 at the Cadillac with Clay Reynolds the writer. I have some ideas to bounce off of him for opinions and possible development. I am thinking more of a ‘get acquainted’ sit down meeting with one topic ‘future considerations’.

My carving student came over last night for a longer session. This is turning out to be a good thing for each of us. His first proto-project is not what I would have recommended or even suggest but he is left handed and as such is processing the goal-driven actions & activites much differently. NOT wrong, just different. And, first & foremost, he is the customer.

That’s it. Tomorrow is inauguration day and by the looks of things the White House may be vacant for a few years. Maybe it can be leased it out for parties?

I hope that Mr Trump goes forward bravely & without resolution and continues to disrupt the established hangers-on aka skeeters, gators & snakes in the swamp.

I am tempted DAILY to send him some advice but holding those cards for now until I can work up some sort of ‘deal’ of my own that in the perfect world & ideally he could not refuse. All I really, really want is to get hired. A mere $250K would allow me to ride into the sunset, unmolested & quietly.

Also tomorrow mid-late morning it is 'bring on the weekend' with Mike & Bev at their casa. ALWAYS a BLAST with that Dynamic Duo.

Haircut & meeting with my electronic marketing manager to follow then home, in and down for the duration until assuming duty station at the orange box sometime Saturday.

So this little party is ending but not to worry. There are more.