Hemingways_Shotgun

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Cake day: June 7th, 2023

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  • That was the hardest part. if I caught it earlier I would have done anything to afford the amputation to keep her around with me. But it had already spread to her lungs. But she hid it from me.

    Even on her very last day, hobbling around on three legs, she easily had the energy to standing jump into the back seat of the truck to go to the vet. Three hours and an xray later, I saying goodbye to my baby-girl.






  • Friends.

    While Seinfeld is certainly overrated and hasn’t aged well, at least it had its memorable moments that still get talked about today (Mostly Kramer Hijinx, to be fair…)

    • Kramer vs Kenny Rogers Roasters
    • Kramer and the Rickshaw
    • Soup Nazi
    • 'They’re real…and they’re spectacilar"
    • Mulva
    • George saves the whale.

    Just of the top of my head.

    Friends, while popular, is ultimately forgettable generic sitcom crap. I struggle to think of any actual memorable moments other than “Pivot”











  • In my world, the council reps are like jury duty.

    Elections proceed as normal for the Congressman/Senator/Member of Parliament, or whatever it is that is being elected. In that person’s riding/constituency.

    7 Averge, working class citizens are drawn randomly from his/her constituency for a 1-year term with the mandate being that, once a month, that representative has to present himself in front of that panel to defend their voting record, their expenditures, and their conduct.

    Declutter what is unnecessary. Ditch the senate. In Canada it’s an appointed useless position used for Cronyism, While in the states it’s nonfunctional for it’s supposed purpose (being a check and balance for the congress). With the representative now being directly answerable monthly to the people in their own constituency, the Senate is rendered moot.


  • I think every single elected representative needs to be under the direct scrutiny of a panel of seven people from their own constituency, made up of ordinary citizens from all walks of life. This panel has the mandate to scrutinize every expense, investigate every “donation”, question every vote that representative has made in the house/senate/etc… and ask “Does this representative continue to work for our district’s interest?”

    If the answer ever becomes no, they have the authority to oust him immediately and have a recall election.

    And yes, I’m fully aware that this was the original Marxist ideal of the concept of the Soviet before Stalinism purged that all away and went full authoritarian.