Back To The Dry

 And later this week we get close to being "hot". Interesting. 

This morning it is somewhat cold. Interesting. 

A Little Cool

 Cold tomorrow morning, but lots of sun and warming again tomorrow, and quite warm by midweek next week. No rain in sight. Dry again. 

Same old same old and I like that a lot. 

Big Wind Big Dust

 Spring is off to a good start here-- we got a small sample of what we will be in for the next few months. High winds and blowing dust, orange sky and reduced visibility. 

But it wasn't snow and ice, and that's a good thing. 

What Do You Know?

 Wind and dust and dust and wind and we are having our first taste of springtime in Lubbock, on the high plains of Texas. Yee Haw! It sucks. It'll be like this off and on for months. The rain we had recently just did not do much good. It's shaping up to be one of our crappier years, weatherwise. Nasty. The wind is supposed to die down later this afternoon but then the dust will fall from the sky and anything and everything outside in the morning will be coated with a reddish film of grime and grit. But I'd rather have this crap than snow and ice. 

Just think, Buddy Holly put up with stuff like this, and in those days it was much, much, worse. 

No More Rain

 It will become quite warm very soon, and rain chances vanish again. We had that one good downpour, at least.

I remember the Berlin Airlift, President Eisenhower, Senator McCarthy, and the Korean War. I remember when things like toothpaste came in lead tubes. I remember milk delivered to one's porch. Yes, I remember when the milkman came. 

Rain At Last!

 We had a spell of heavy rainfall just after dark, and some more during the night. That was terrific. And this morning the sun shines. Ah. I like that. Off to the east there was severe storm potential but none of that for the likes of us. Just a good rain and some thunder and lightening to go with it. Not even damaging winds. I might get out later to check the playa lakes, and they will be a good indicator of how much rain we actually had. I did get a glimpse of a flooded street in front of the house, just before I went to bed. I go to bed early. I get up early. That's a habit I formed in my working life, and I've seen no reason to change, though it has been many years since I've worked. 

I remember watching old TV shows on the networks back in the day. Shows like Sid Caesar, Amateur Hour, Mr. Citizen, I Led Three Lives, Amos and Andy, the Tonight Show with Steve Allen, I Remember Mama, Science Fiction Theater. And so many more. I remember test patterns and the networks going off the air at night. I remember watching cartoons on a TV with a round six inch screen at the house of a friend. I remember when most of my toys were either tin, cast iron, or acetate plastic. 

In fact, I had a number of toys that were wood. Some of those I made myself or my dad made them. 

Our Rain Chances

 They are starting to look swell! Could have some heavy rain late this afternoon and overnight and into tomorrow morning. We sure do need it!

I remember old stuff I used to watch in the early days of PBS, like The Galloping Gourmet, Cooking Cheap, The frugal Gourmet, Laura Weber teaching folk guitar.  I remember watching the very first episodes of This Old House. And then there was The New Yankee Workshop, Crockett's Victory Garden, and of course, Mr. Rogers. I recall Lillias Yoga, as well. I seem to recall that PBS started as Educational TV, and I recall some guy in front of a blackboard teaching Algebra. Production values in the old days were not very good. Oh yeah, how could one forget Julia Child?

Maybe Rain

 Fairly good chances tomorrow and the next day, and it is not cold at all. Today looks to be really fine. I'm enjoying this. 

No Rain Yet

 It was cool and cloudy yesterday but it did not rain. Maybe this weekend, although the chances go up and down on a daily basis. It's still a crapshoot. 

Maybe Rain

 Cloudy today and a little rain is possible, but the best chances will be this weekend. I'm more than a little disgusted by this country's devotion to Israel. Why did we go into Iraq the first time? To placate Israel. Why would we attack Iran? To placate Israel. I hope attitudes around the world will change. I don't want to see anti-Semitism but I would like to see an upsurge in anti-Zionism. We should be able to understand that modern Israel's moral standing is no better than that of Hitler's Germany. Same cant: master race/chosen people. Not a dime's worth of difference. "Greater Israel" is just Hitlerian lebensraum all over again. Same justification for similar atrocities. It seems clear to me that Israel was a mistake, something misbegotten, and the world has suffered ever since. It began in hope and idealism. The hopes and ideals have been betrayed, just as they would be in any ordinary nation, subject to ordinary human flaws and moral rot. Nothing special. No hand of God. No trace of superiority. 

Super Bowl??

 I missed it. I did not even know it was on yesterday. I did not see even one microsecond of that boring shit, and not a single commercial. Doing good. Excellent. Above average temps continue and we are starting to get more rain chances. It will be quite warm today. 

If You Are Spending...

... you are not saving. Two for one is not saving. Spending on any consumable is not saving, buying anything with a value that will depreciate is not saving. Saving is NOT spending and it IS putting money in a place where it will work for you, earning interest or dividends. It's that simple. If old stuff is still getting the job done, keep that stuff, until it is worn out, and use it until it is worn out. Take care of what you have, so that you do not need to repair it or replace it. Ignore fashions, ignore fads, and don't compare yourself to others. Compare yourself to your goals, like, have you learned what you wanted to learn, or have you met savings goals, and the like. A good goal is to be free of debt and to stay free of debt. And so on. You ought to be able to wear stuff from Goodwill or other thrift shops and feel very good about yourself. Remember that most of the people around you are hopeless idiots and resolve not to be like them. Nice weather continues with temperatures 15 to 20 degrees above normal (F). I really like this a lot! 

I just posted that stuff above because I've been irritated by certain bank ads. Try to be the sort of person that bankers and credit card issuers hate. Because they are not making any money off of you. Let the banks pay you, and make sure you never pay a dime of interest to any credit card issuer. There are plenty of fools out there, more than enough to make businesses and banks happy and fat. You don't have to be one of those fools. 

Nice Weekend!

 I'm enjoying it! Almost warm, and quite comfortable. 

Very light winds as well.