An Ugly Tableu

Getting home from a hard day at work. I get out of my car and see two neighbors having a conversation. I think nothing of it at first.

It’s only as I’m opening my car passenger door to get my backpack that I clearly hear the woman in the conversation fairly shrieking “You touched your penis!

Some part of my exhausted brain went, “Huh? What?”

The conversation that I heard after that went something like;

You touched your penis, you were in my apartment. You’re a piece of filth! No wonder your wife left you, no wonder your son doesn’t want to live with you. I hope everyone figures out what a peice of trashy filth you are!

The man who was the object of this tirade is using a cane to walk, he moves slowly and uncertainly, due to severe spinal damage. In other words, this guy is probably zero threat to a woman. And God only knows that he may have adjusted himself because of something to do with the injuries.

I honestly don’t know, I wasn’t there. I can say that occasionally this guy when I’ve spoken to him outside the apartments. I have noticed that sometimes (clearly unconsciously he adjusts himself). Honestly it looks like he’s in pain when he does it.

As I focused on the “Conversation” I could see that he was genuinely ashamed. I could also see that the woman was quite enraged.

Then I really took a look at her and the first thought I had was she looked like Jabba the Hut.

Hell, I’d have been adjusting myself to prevent my penis from crawling up inside.

But then I realized I was downwind. I couldn’t help but notice the fetid odor of unwashed human, with just a touch of yeasty vagina. Yeah, I could smell all this from about 10 feet away.

RETCH

Now I have a conundrum, I can ignore this insanity. Or I can say what I really think, which is;

Damn lady if this broken old man is getting wood because of your fat stinky ass, you should count yourself lucky. I’d imagine there’s been nothing twix your legs that didn’t run on batteries for decades. I’d bet your vibrators are so stinky that you have to replace them every month because some stink just never goes away. I’d never punish my dick by putting it in you. Hell, seeing you naked would make me want to suck cock for free, on the street, in Iran! At least then my torment would be ended quickly by a fall from a tall building.

But I weighed my options, decided that I was too tired and that this was not my battle.

After all for me, very few people I encounter would be worth my energy.

I evaluated the situation for a moment more…

I closed the passenger door to the car, shook my head and walked away.

Neither of these people were my concern.

In retrospect, I think that it was the shrillness of the harridan, and how closely she was mimicking, so closely the “Group Think” of the feminist movement today. Obviously she thought all men were scum but wasn’t pretty enough or gutsy enough to simply declare she was a lesbian.

Some gay men who never fully embrace their gayness get really weird and very hostile to women and other gay men. Perhaps this was the female version of the phenomenon.

Remotely interesting… Still not interesting enough for me to engage. Perhaps it was simple penis envy… Nope, not interesting enough.

I climbed the stairs to my apartment, unlocked and opened the door, closed it behind me and was immediately cloaked in silence.

Bliss!

I guess that I’m just over all the politics, victimhood, and insanity.

I did feel kinda bad for the guy.

But like most men, I figured if he wouldn’t defend himself then I wasn’t going to do it for him.

Yep, the peace of my apartment was a lot better than listening to a shrill bitch badmouthing men simply because we have external plumbing.

No interest in Watching Superbowl…

Super Bowl 2017 Top Five Upsets Of All Time

First time in years I haven’t been interested.

For many years, I’ve settled in Superbowl Sunday with beer, junk food and watched, relaxing and enjoying the entertainment.

This year, zero interest. 

I’m not even sure why.

I’ve been wondering if it was all the controversy over standing (or not) for the National Anthem.

Or was it that last years commercials were boring and Politically Correct to the point that no-one remembered them? 

Or that the half-time show was largely forgettable. 

Last Years game doesn’t stand out in my mind either.

I’m wondering if it’s just that I’m tired of endless controversies.

What used to be a fun diversion, and entertaining escape for 4 hours has become mediocre in it’s conformity.

Rather than watch something that I used to really enjoy, and be sad that it’s not the fun it used to be, I’ll spare myself the sadness and read a book.

Well, It’s not called Berzerkely for nothing…

My morning coffee has been cleaned up. 

There I was sipping my (Caution Coffee May be Hot) cup of morning Joe.

Innocently, I opened my browser and saw, without any trigger warning, that there was rioting at Berkeley. That might not have been much of a trigger, given the insanity of college campuses in the past few years…

What did make it surprising was that the protest at Berkeley, was essentially about shutting down free speech. 

Uh, if I recall correctly the free speech movement started at Berkeley!

Of course the morons protesting are too uneducated to realize irony. 

After cleaning up the coffee spill, I read on.

Supposedly, the riots started over a Milo Yiannopoulos appearance. SAY WHAT?!?!?!

This is a Gay man from England, a clever writer, a conservative leaning white speaker, with a penchant for bottoming for black men, he tends to speak from his heart and flys in the face of oppressive social justice “Group Think“. 

He’s the fucking poster child for freedom of speech!

He’s made the point again and again that Political Correctness and Social Justice Warriors are not interested in anything other than imposing morality codes that align with their view of the way things should be. He’s pointed out repeatedly that what the SJW and PC crowd doesn’t like they will destroy.

Apparently, not only is he right, but now the SJW / PC crowd is going out of the way to prove him right.

Yiannopoulos is a free speech advocate, a Trump supporter, and has made fairly well reasoned arguments opposing unfettered Islamic immigration. His immigration arguments are based in what he has seen in his homeland and Europe as a whole. 

After all as a gay man, he doesn’t have to be a rocket scientist to realize that mass immigration of people who culturally condone the rape of young boys, then turn around and stigmatize and kill gay people is a clear threat. Much more so than the likes of Trump or Pence. He’s also pointed out that people who culturally oppose and oppress women’s rights and often punish the rape victim instead of the rapist represents a huge step backwards in terms progress in developed nations.

I read somewhere something like; a society is only free, as long as everyone can speak their mind without fear of retribution or harm.

Based on the protest at Berkeley and other institutions of “Higher Learning” I wonder if freedom died and no-one noticed. It’s seeming a lot more like Orwell’s 1984, and Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451, with overtones of the fucking Inquisition than the country I grew up in.

Clearly as a redneck hick from one of the flyover states, I’m not educated enough to grasp the intellectual superiority of my “betters” in Berkeley.

Well It’s over… Or just beginning?

After a year or more, of political bullshit we finally have a new President. 

I was happy to see the Obamas leaving the White House, I was also heartened to hear President Trump hadn’t changed his tune. 

For good or bad at least he’s remained constant and isn’t yet worried about being PC.

Him calling out ISIS, and political corruption in Washington DC,  in practically the same breath was amazing. 

I’m sure that scored him some enemies on both sides of the aisle.

I didn’t see his speech as “dark” as has been endlessly reported by much of the media. I saw it as a politician being consistent and I must agree that those two problems need to be at the top of the priority list for the country. I agree with the President 100% that we absolutely must address our aging infrastructure and education. 

I enjoyed watching him sign the first paperwork. 

His grandchildren helping him with the pens was cute and he appeared to be the doting grandfather. For me, that humanized him more. 

I’m still not sure if he’s going to be a good President, but I’m willing to give him the same break, and benefit of the doubt that I gave President Obama when he took office.

Only time will tell if President Trump will be good for the country or not. I still have faith in Congress to be obstructionistic so I don’t think that President Trump will instantly become a dictator.

I’m looking forward to corporate America gearing up for doing business again. Hell, I may even start applying for jobs in defense, since President Trump is talking budget changes to address the military cuts and tax changes that may well make it equally profitable for companies to open offices in America instead of Bangalore.

The weather today notwithstanding, I haven’t yet seen toads falling from the sky, nor have the waters turned to blood, and happily the rain has not turned to fire. 

On the other hand, as I type, the entire county is under a “High Wind warning, Flash Flood warning, and Severe Storm warning.” Perhaps that does not bode well, but I’m still giving it the benefit of the doubt.

Happy Inauguration Day.

Ya Know,

I recently signed up for Hulu. 

Even with commercials, it’s way better than Netflix.

Recent shows, movies, and honest to God entertainment.

I’ve been binge watching some of the shows that I’ve missed. This is better than having a DVR. Everything acccesible all the time and with minimal interruptions. 

It’s cheap and efficient.

If you’ve got a reasonably fast internet connection there’s no buffering and the quality is damn nice.

I wonder if this is the old Beta vs VHS, choice. Only this time the better quality system won.

If you’ve been wondering which system to go with, I’d strongly suggest the Hulu option.

Netflix and its selections is starting to look a bit dated and all the programs I’d like to watch are on Hulu. While there are a few programs on Netflix that aren’t on Hulu I’m not sure that the price for Netflix streaming is worth it. If I used the DVD by mail option perhaps it would be worth it, but just for streaming, Hulu is probably the better value.

Just my opinion for what it’s worth.