A great day, all the way around!

Even though I also think it’s a great day for popcorn (!), I still think it’s a really great day for the world, any way you want to look at it. (When oh when are people gonna stop hating DJT???)

I guess we shall see.

If you missed Phil’s urgent video on telegram last night, it’s here. And he says, in part, that after Oct. 19th, silver will begin to skyrocket.

Loyal readers of this lofty blog will no doubt recall that back in late 2022 thru early 2024, when I was making a lot more money, I bought whatever silver I could afford every month. Yay.

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In other celebratory parts of the world — here in the Hinterlands…

If you missed my post from yesterday afternoon, I did indeed finish my final read-thru of The Curse of Our Profound Disorder and this morning, I will be sending the file off to the publisher in Pennsylvania. And from there, we shall see what she thinks.

I am so happy that it is done (at least the first draft). And I am still really happy with the book, but I still think it is a really strange, often brutal and intense book, with an oddly simple message: Family is everything. (And I actually really believe that.)

This picture has nothing to do with the book…

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In other celebratory news (at least for now)–

I saw my caregiving schedule for the rest of the year, and after this month is over, I am scheduled only 24 hrs a week, 2 days off each week, I have Thanksgiving, Christmas Day and New Year’s Day off, and I get home mid-afternoon on the night before Thanksgiving, and on Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve!

Can you believe this, gang?? Wow. All it took was a little polite complaining to the regional supervisor (twice).

This doesn’t mean they won’t ask me to pick up extra shifts along the way, but I can always say no to those if I want to.

This is such a relief to me psychologically, gang. You have no idea.

I bought these shoes in a thrift store in Manhattan — vintage Gucci. Aren’t they cool??

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Okay, here’s this–

The final installment of James Tabor’s series about the disappearance of Jesus’s family from the New Testament.

The Fading of the Jesus Family: Finale and Summing Up (38 mins):

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And here’s some more fading-away news that I’m actually really excited about:

MTV is over, gang. It, too, is quietly fading away…Well, not from the New Testament, from the world.

Wow. Did I used to love MTV….but that was a really long time ago. (Like, 40 years ago.)

“Money For Nothing”

I want my, I want my MTV
I want my, I want my MTV
I want my, I want my MTV
I want my, I want my MTV

Now look at them yo-yos, that’s the way you do it
You play the guitar on the MTV
That ain’t working, that’s the way you do it
Money for nothing and your chicks for free
Now that ain’t working, that’s the way you do it
Lemme tell ya, them guys ain’t dumb
Maybe get a blister on your little finger
Maybe get a blister on your thumb

We got to install microwave ovens
Custom kitchen deliveries
We got to move these refrigerators
We got to move these colour TVs

See the little faggot with the earring and the make-up?
Yeah buddy, that’s his own hair
That little faggot got his own jet airplane
That little faggot, he’s a millionaire

We got to install microwave ovens
Custom kitchen deliveries
We got to move these refrigerators
We got to move these colour TVs
Hoover mover, uh

Got to install microwave ovens
Custom kitchen deliveries
He’s gotta move these refrigerators
Got to move these colour TVs
Looky here, look out

I should a learned to play the guitar
I should a learned to play them drums
Look at that mama, she got it sticking in the camera
Man, we could have some
And he’s up there, what’s that? Hawaiian noises?
He’s banging on the bongos like a chimpanzee
Oh, that ain’t working, that’s the way you do it
Get your money for nothing, get your chicks for free

We got to install microwave ovens
Custom kitchen deliveries
We got to move these refrigerators
We got to move these colour TVs

Listen here
Now that ain’t working, that’s the way you do it
You play the guitar on the MTV
That ain’t working, that’s the way you do it
Money for nothing, and your chicks for free

Money for nothing, chicks for free
Get your money for nothing, chicks for free
Money for nothing, chicks for free
Money for nothing, chicks for free
Money for nothing, chicks for free
Money for nothing, chicks for free
Ow, money for nothing, yeah
And the chicks for free
What’s that?
Get your money for nothing, and your chicks for free
Look at that, look at that
Get your money for nothing (I want my, I want my)
Bozos
Chicks for free (I want my MTV)
Money for nothing (I want my, I want my)
And chicks for free (I want my MTV)
Get your money for nothing (I want my, I want my)
Chicks for free (I want my MTV)
Ah, money for nothing (I want my, I want my)
Chicks for free (I want my MTV)
Easy, easy money for nothing (I want my, I want my)
Easy, easy, chicks for free (I want my MTV)
Easy, easy money for nothing (I want my, I want my)
Chicks for free (I want my MTV)
That ain’t working

Money for nothing, chicks for free
Money for nothing, chicks for free

c – 1985 Gordon Matthew Sumner, Mark Knopfler

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Okay.

I have today off. I might be hearing from Sandra but I’m not sure yet. If I do, that alone could make me suddenly very busy. We shall see.

I have a couple quick chores to do, but other than that — all I need to do is think about which work-in-progress I want to tackle next around here. What a great feeling. Making progress on everything.