Late in February 2017 I was able to visit my cousins in Spokane, WA for some skiing in WhiteWater BC and on Mount Spokane. Both mountains provided great winter fun. The photos below are from Whitewater BC: The images below are from Mount Spokane: A fun video from the day with help from my cousin Toby:
Haven’t verified this, but if it is true…what a waste of our money. This idiot and his family are going to destroy us all.
The racist Sessions is now a part of the Trump administration full of alt-right supporters. This is another step backward to a time of segregation and hatred. Democracy is fragile and our sold out politicians are gladly taking us down the road to totalitarianism. #resist #dumptrump #notmypresident
Devos was just confirmed by our “representatives” and Arizona’s reps are controlled once again by money/donations and not by their responsibility to our nation’s children. An ignorant society is one easily controlled by the powerful. Hope you Trump voters are still happy with your choice. John McCain: for; has received money from the DeVos family. Contact him here. Jeff Flake: for, also, his voice mail and email boxes are reportedly full, so good luck chasing him down in person. Here’s his contact info.
A message for us all in the Trump era. Do what you can to push back on the changes that he and his administration are pushing that will endanger our population, our environment, and our rights. In a week we’ve already seen a number of attacks on what decent people find offensive and dangerous. He is an evil and greedy man who has no empathy for the poor and needy in our society and it’s up to the citizens to…
My neighbor brought up Executive Orders and said that President Obama had created WAY MORE than any other president. That’s the problem with getting your “news” from Fox or ultra right wing sites…they’re wrong. Find the facts, then quote them. If he had, he would have seen that President Obama had less than the right’s precious Reagan. He still wears his Crooked Hillary hat. Move on buddy, old/fake news. In the first two weeks we have a slew of…
“I have a foreboding of an America in my children’s or grandchildren’s time — when the United States is a service and information economy; when nearly all the manufacturing industries have slipped away to other countries; when awesome technological powers are in the hands of a very few, and no one representing the public interest can even grasp the issues; when the people have lost the ability to set their own agendas or knowledgeably question those in authority; when, clutching…
Check out the whitehouse gov site. All mentions of climate change, immigration, and healthcare are gone. If you almost vomit every time you see Drumpf you’ll certainly want to not go to the site. It’s all “America First” now and making things great again. Reading the information under each topic seems more like misinformation and “fake news” since facts no longer matter. It begins… #notmypresident #dumptrump
Using Trumps Tweets against him, Bernie Sanders uses Trump’s own words to help our nation’s people. The tweet dates from May of 2015 and proclaimed, “I was the first & only potential GOP candidate to state there will be no cuts to Social Security, Medicare & Medicaid. Huckabee copied me.” http://gizmodo.com/bernie-just-printed-a-gigantic-trump-tweet-and-brought-1790767297
Update: I’ll be tracking all information on it’s own page: CLICK HERE On December 23rd around 4pm Theo had a seizure that lasted about a minute or more. I got him to the vet for blood work right away. For those who have asked questions, here are the answers. Update: Blood work came back clean, no issues there. My thoughts: I found a dead Black Widow spider by the dog door and think that Theo may have been playing…
Yesterday I went to a Art Festival in downtown Phoenix with my friend Amy. We rode our bicycles from her home to the festival, met some of her friends who were painting at the festival, and wandered around the numerous booths full of unique and fun wares being sold by their makers. On the way back I went off a curb and lifted up on the front of the bike a bit so I would have a smoother landing off…
There is a great application for mobile devices that allow a consumer to quickly see what businesses support Trump or are owned by Trump. Do what you can to not support him or his businesses. Click here to download for your iPhone. Here is another great add-in you can use in Chrome. Click here
Hillary Clinton’s concession speech was excellent. She gives me hope.
While I am attempting to find the positive things about the coming Trump presidency I am also talking with others and trying to find ways to help institutions likely impacted by his rhetoric leading up to his election. Which happened because voter turnout by Democrats was lower than ever. They are to blame more than Trump supporters even though I blame his supporters too. NOTE: If you read Trump’s goals for his first 100 days in office, some of them sound…
We’ve all had over a day to let the news soak in and either give up for a while, or get up and begin moving forward again. This is not going to be a fun four years, but at least we can all be determined to not let it ruin our lives even though it may do that if Trump does any of the crazy shit he talked about during the lead up to his “win”. Once again the popular…
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Comfortable motorcycle riding temperature is back and it’s been glorious. Saturday morning a friend and I rode up to Bartlett Lake north of Phoenix and then had some breakfast at “Local Johnny’s” in Cave Creek before riding back into town. Please do not text and drive!
I saw this online this morning and it sums it up so well. The election is close and I still cannot understand your support for Trump. I’ve heard your arguments, and I cannot understand them. My site is not a democracy and I can do whatever I want here. “Bill Clinton cheats on his wife. Impeach him. Trump proudly brags about sexual assault (and has cheated on his wives). Elect him. Hillary oversaw the department of state while 4…
This past weekend I was invited to hike into the Havasupai Falls area with a group of 30 people. I had been wanting to do this hike for years and thanks to a fantastic friend I was able to go. We didn’t all hike down together, but in our group there were four of us. Some shuttled their packs and some of us carried packs and those 10+ miles went by fairly quickly as we all talked, took pictures, and…
Over the past 6 years of living in my home I have made various upgrades to reduce my home’s energy use, but the one that seems to have made the most impact are the window shades installed 2 years ago. I was able to reduce my yearly use by 3,000kWh and that’s even after adding a 220 Hot Tub. The hot tub bumped it up about 500kWh, but it’s worth that little increase. Window shades Nest Thermostat More efficient refrigerator…