In two weeks  I'll be business traveling again on a couple of trips out of town--at the hands of the sadist air carrier community. I absolutely despise traveling by air today. It is the perfect storm example of what is wrong with our country---but i cannot be rid of this requirement unless i retire-which of course would be stupid under the country's present economic circumstances...i did take a couple of days off prior to traveling to hermit up and get my head right next week prior to hacking my way through the air travel system...tonight my wife and I are going to the local farmer's market seller's pot luck dinner and organizing function....i love being involved in the farmers market because to me a farmers market is community socialism in action...it is us taking care of us....as usual I'm writing, reading, computing, gardening, and philosophizing...not necessarily in that order. 

This week's bizzaro item is the conservative teabaggers...when the conservative political element of this country protests publicly they should all wear t-shirts emblazoned  "I'M WITH STUPID" above arrows pointing in all directions....it is as if all the crazed Cat Lady's in the US and every citizen's insane Uncle Fred go out in public on a pre-arranged day holding signs----the best part was the signs held aloft---it was----a smorgasbord of weirdness---attached by a stick to wrinkles, bad sportswear and the inability to think independently----the funny part is that if the folks holding the no socialism signs were hit by a car---they'd be instantly bankrupt by medical care costs---but lets not let realism get in the way of a chance to wear my American flag sweatshirt---

With all my smoking deviousness, taxes have finally caught up with me---the cost of cigarettes has just exploded...a leap of 5 times the already insane cost---due to new federal taxes----my personal strangeness within this situation----is that i am not outraged as if i was some kind of trailer trash republican teabagger...i am actually calm and resigned to the issue-----We as a culture need the cash to address specific, expensive problems within our society and as always raising the tax on cigarettes is the most popular place to start---this is the way it works now---and soon everyone's, favorite little sin, will get whacked---higher booze taxes for drinkers, higher electricity taxes, higher gasoline taxes and without a doubt a new FAT TAX on fat folks---so i am philosophical on the issue---i am cutting way,way back on consumption and stockpiling cigarettes---at the same time looking for supplies for hand rolling my own---this is just pretty much a verification of my belief in where American society and culture is going---back to the dark ages--luckily i am better prepared than the majority of Americans for it...i am,however,somewhat pissed at myself for not seeing this coming and laying in a stockpile of cigarettes in advance---i was focused on stockpiling food first, which is the correct thing to do i guess.   

Back to work i am, carry on eh? Let's play catch up on some of my the items I've been experimenting with...I received my mimo monitor and it is most excellent! Still learning it and right at the moment i have it set up as a mirror to my xps laptop screen but it is extremely clear and very,very bright...i am very pleased with it ....i received my predator and Shaun of the dead action figures and they are observing as i write this...I downloaded Google Chrome and just started using it this evening and i think i like it but i am strange with new things and will just have to hang out with it for awhile---the blog is different because it appears as if the Chrome download changed my blogger operational controls all about. Please forgive my change in formatting....

I have now a, fully charged by the sun, Huge Battery in my solar shed--awaiting what i decide to do next---I'll probably go guerrilla solar----

http://worldwatts.com/gadgets/Guerilla%20solar/----for right now---we are still pondering, and planning a greenhouse investigating options---and i placed my final order completing my goal of a month's worth of MRE's on hand...it is not enough to cover forever, but it's enough to give us time to work out the how of getting food in the upcoming funky times... 

alright that's it for now---take care of yourself and others around you---stockpile essentials---plant flowers for yourself---and for your neighbors...

warren