gritty musings...Bright Shiny Pennies

so "the beautiful girl's" dad forwards us an email...basically says that the wicked and deceptive Obama administration wants to levy a tax on every transaction you make at your bank...1% of the transaction...wow.. now this strikes me as kinda counter what the prez stands for...but never really trusting our government...whether dem or rep...i do some reading...and i learn two things...one is that the tax is on banks that transfer huge amounts of money... largely overseas...the reason seems to be one awareness of what these large financial institutions are up to...terrorism is used in the description...but i think that paints the problem with a large brush...and uses the buzz word...terrorism...for acceptance...but i have no problem with the government watchin these fucks...they have proved to be as trustworthy as crack whores at the rock candy playhouse.. .but ...and heres the really telling part...i find that the lobbyists for these banks have sent the "stupid and wi...

So is it to the point where we all really don't give a shit about anybody but ourselves...really...am i getting so old that the values of our generation are completely gone...and worse that we have not passed on anything...of value to those who follow us...if you sit and talk to people...i love doing that...when you listen...you find that your fellow citizens say the darndest things...they hate this president...and i know most of them are not racists...look i do get how awful it is out there...but we are all confederate in our own destruction...we allowed a president...an administration...to bankrupt us...to line their pockets and back away...allowing another administration to absorb the cost...and pay the public relations bill... but the convenience of blaming everything on president Obama is so far from the truth that... i just don't get it... but here's what is so baffling...the people who are bitching...the disenfranchised...conservative...white people ...are for the ...

so ...looking at healthcare...i gotta tell ya i feel like i am buying a used car...the reps are slimey...and you can't help but feel they are hiding something...major medical...you know the insurance my dad had ...provided by his company....reeeeciculous and a unbelievable deductible...i really would rather drive a jag...than have a health care...but i never thought it would be a cheaper option...ppo...these guys talk so fast...i wonder if the car actually has tires...they throw things at you like..."hey...if ya get sick and go to the hospital...we stroke you a check for 5K ...for bills or for a vacation...whatever"... seriously...if i am in the hospital...vacations are not on my mind...no deductible = very little protection... pharmaceuticals...cheap as long as it isn't a " premium drug"...which of course i take... you can go to the doctor 4 times a year...and they pay up to 70% ...so i feel like...the kid ...nose pressed up to the glass of the showroom......

holiday...you normal folk have the day off...we restaurant folk work...we labor...but on the flip side we have incredible Tuesdays..i haven't had a job with weekends off in so long the concept is foriegn to me...if you head to our beach on a regular monday or tuesday ...you will see all your favorite bartenders and servers...chefs and dishwashers...all listening to music and drinking way too much...wild mondays that last well into tuesday...but these guy and girls work so damn hard...and they work hardest on weekends...so they have it coming...the debacle known as tuesday...last night is like hell in the restaurant biZ..every single joint on the beach is packed...we run out of everything...mostly patience...as you probably noticed if you were tryin to get a drink ...that you're normally smiling barkeep had a sneer instead of their normal smile...cause last night we labored...ohh and another thing ...an inside look at the hospitality biz...the holiday itself ...today..great ...

i just had a couple days off...i never take them for granted...well i do but i try not to...anyway...reconstructing the garden after the great arborist intervention...has been...well trying...the orchids ...the beautiful girl's pride and joy...the army of delicate, stubborn, individual....colorful organic lifeforms are unhappy...they thrive in the shadows...damp but not wet...peeking at the sun...but never basking in it...the canopy of the great oak that provided the perfect environment...has changed ...and they are pissed...wilted...burned in some places...really unhappy...so we are are rushing to put up canvas sails...changing locations...moving our colorful family...almost thirty individual lives to find their peaceful spot...a very unpeaceful preoccupation...we are vested in their happiness...last winter...the coldest on Florida records required their movement...inside every night and then out side every morning ....a daunting and space limiting job that had to be done every ev...