so, i had a few hours to blow this morning, and i used it to file about 100 posts in the fall of 2016 that had already been timestamped. that was just mindless data entry.

i'm not filing today, but i AM going to call and get the information i need.

http://dsdfghghfsdflgkfgkja.blogspot.com/2016/11/j-reacts-to-pipeline-approvals-in-canada.html

http://dsdfghghfsdflgkfgkja.blogspot.com/2016/11/j-reacts-to-republican-plan-to-convert.html

http://dsdfghghfsdflgkfgkja.blogspot.com/2016/11/j-reacts-to-ubiquity-of-junk-economics.html

http://dsdfghghfsdflgkfgkja.blogspot.com/2016/11/j-reacts-to-idea-that-pipelines-can-be.html

http://dsdfghghfsdflgkfgkja.blogspot.com/2016/11/j-reacts-to-possibility-of-toll-booths.html

http://dsdfghghfsdflgkfgkja.blogspot.com/2016/11/j-reacts-to-reports-of-demise-of-nafta.html

http://dsdfghghfsdflgkfgkja.blogspot.com/2016/11/j-reacts-to-death-of-fidel-castro.html

http://dsdfghghfsdflgkfgkja.blogspot.com/2016/11/j-reacts-to-recounts-in-wisconsin.html

http://dsdfghghfsdflgkfgkja.blogspot.com/2016/11/whenever-i-hear-somebody-call-somebody.html

http://dsdfghghfsdflgkfgkja.blogspot.com/2016/11/j-reacts-tactically-to-need-to-save.html

http://dsdfghghfsdflgkfgkja.blogspot.com/2016/11/j-reacts-to-supreme-congressional.html

http://dsdfghghfsdflgkfgkja.blogspot.com/2016/11/j-reacts-to-trumps-obvious-eventual.html

http://dsdfghghfsdflgkfgkja.blogspot.com/2016/11/j-reacts-to-request-to-suspend-critical.html

http://dsdfghghfsdflgkfgkja.blogspot.com/2016/11/j-reacts-to-krugmans-take-on-supposed.html

http://dsdfghghfsdflgkfgkja.blogspot.com/2016/11/the-primary-reason-that-i-endorsed.html

http://dsdfghghfsdflgkfgkja.blogspot.com/2016/09/j-reacts-to-right-libertarian-fantasy.html

http://dsdfghghfsdflgkfgkja.blogspot.com/2016/09/j-reacts-to-push-back-on-requirement.html

there's another anniversary coming up for me.

it's been three years since i quit smoking.

it's been harder than i expected, because the society hasn't allowed me to really live smoke-free. i've moved twice, and i'm not sill not sure that i've found an acceptable living situation. do i want to spend the rest of my life trying to avoid second-hand smoke? is it even worth it?

what i can say about that is that you get to a point where you just don't want to be around it any more. at first, it's a process of self-control; eventually, you become utterly revolted by it. as difficult as quitting has been, relapsing is simply not an appealing option to me. i can't even sit in the same room as a smoker, any more. i'm just utterly disgusted by it.

as mentioned: the caulking made a large difference, and i still don't know if second-hand smoke from upstairs or outside is a partial cause of the lingering congestion i'm experiencing. i should make some progress on better understanding that this upcoming week. but, a big motive in the litigation i'm launching is in trying to generate enough income to move into a non-smoking building.

it's weird. i've spent the vast majority of my life very poor, and this is really the first push factor i've ever had to get out of poverty. i don't care about sex or status or wealth and never did, but i just can't handle living in close proximity to heavy smokers any more.

http://dsdfghghfsdflgkfgkja.blogspot.com/2016/09/j-reacts-to-polling-situation-going.html

http://dsdfghghfsdflgkfgkja.blogspot.com/2016/09/j-reacts-to-idea-that-clinton-is-lock.html

http://dsdfghghfsdflgkfgkja.blogspot.com/2016/09/j-reacts-to-estate-tax-hike-as-bad.html

http://dsdfghghfsdflgkfgkja.blogspot.com/2018/03/the-state-department-is-clueless-united.html

http://dsdfghghfsdflgkfgkja.blogspot.com/2018/04/pulling-out-of-syria-is-right-thing-to.html

i actually think trump had a mandate to withdraw from syria, and look forward to an isolationist defense minister.

isis were bad guys and needed to die. but, this is otherwise really long overdue.

and, i'm again left asking the democrats: are you really going to oppose a troop withdrawal, just because trump proposed it? really? after everything that happened since 2003?

are we really that easily manipulated?

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/dec/20/jim-mattis-defense-secretary-retires-trump

"i turned on the news and they were talking about bear markets, and so i said to myself - the russians know no bounds in their hacking, do they?"

bear market?

fuck, the russians have even hacked the nasdaq.

when will it end?