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~ John ~ 1 Comment

Almost Thirty dollars worth of un-cookable, nearly inedible roast beef from a major grocery chain…purest shit!! The image is from Gemini artificial intelligence. The man in the picture is not real and probably glad he isn’t.

Good morning there folks —-I am back again — missed a couple of days —just didn’t have anything to say — which is unusual for me because I am usually an irritating egocentric talker —-but here i am again in all my glory so enjoy me while you are here and remember to comment — I love comments.

I am feeling somewhat better from my cdif attack. I have been treating it for more than 7 weeks now and it seems to be on the mend. — Crossing my fingers in faith —–appetite is definitely improving — still have to be careful about spicy foods —but I feel like I am getting there —-that was a horrible experience —- I hope none of you ever have to go through it.

Jimmy is going for his semi-annual doctor visit today to get all his prescriptions renewed and then we plan to drive the 15 miles to Walmart to do some minor grocery shopping. I like Walmart for groceries although i do prefer Meijer much better. Kroger got me for $384 in groceries in the month of November so I have to be more careful— but not too careful —-I am not a pauper yet —- even though I feel sometimes like the current administration in Washington d.c. is more or less determined to make sure that I end up as one.

I cannot believe that the greed mongers in the grocery business are being such assholes. — I went to one super market chain store that is well know, very old, the icon grocery store for millions of Americans and I bought a top round beef roast and the sons of bitches charged me $26.99 or something like that for 1.66 pounds of the tough-assed shit that caused me to cook it in a slow cooker for 7 hours and even them it was still so tough i couldn’t chew it. So we cooked it for 4 more hours in a braising pot and it still came out too chewy for my tastes so today it is going down the kitchen disposal machine in our dish washing sink. — I like my beef to be tender enough that it more or less melts in my mouth just like the beef found in some canned beef stew products.

OPINION —-I have been thinking about the Venezuela thing and this is what came to my mind —-Venezuela is not about drugs and drug runners —- I believe Venezuela is all about their vast oil reserves. — I could be wrong and if i am I apologize —-

MORE OPINION —- I heard that The United States is now boarding International shipping in open waters. Open Sea, friends, open sea —-doesn’t that amount to piracy or something? Some of you armchair politicians out there give me your opinion of what that is all about so i can better understand.

Well I guess that is enough shit for the time being…….we will see what, if anything, happens later.

Bye now.

~ John ~ 2 Comments

HAPPENINGS FOR ANOTHER DAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2025
Another day and another dollar —-actually forget “Dollar” because compared to what it was as late as 2024, it is now only worth 97.1 cents of what it was then…….Inflation is a wonderful thing isn’t it? The more things cost to buy, the better the economy is … when people spend more, then sellers of stuff make more money ….and if that isn’t a great economy I don’t know what is. So what about the “Purchaser?” — The purchaser doesn’t count, has never counted and will never be counted except as someone to exploit, especially by the sellers of merchandise and services, so if you are looking for a break at your favorite retailer, forget it— all those so called “Coupon” savings you think you are saving money on are more than likely (In my most astute opinion) nothing but fractions of artificially-inflated price tags on store shelves to make you think you have saved something when, in most cases, in fact, you have paid even more than you once did before. — Merchandisers are clever at their hypnotic craft……. Yet, they are the “Backbone” of the American Economy, right? (If you think that is correct then just let the consuming masses go on a national boycott of something and you will soon see who the backbone of the economy really is.

Thanksgiving has come and gone yet once again and it was happy for Jimmy and I —-big dinner…..Americans love their big dinners for Thanksgiving, don’t they? Of course I overcooked the turkey but it did not get all dried out and tough so that was some kind of miracle….. yams, dressing (stuffing), banana pudding, gravy, potatoes, carrots, cranberry sauce made with whole cranberries— all the stuff that goes with such dinners and more…..more because Jim is a prodigious cook having spent years cooking at various commercial buffet style restaurants as well as at a big Kentucky university …….My focus on giving thanks this year was, of course, thanks that I have survived my cdif infection for as long as I have and as good as has been granted to me —- feeling much better —- do not know if it is my imagination or not, but I think I am feeling a lot better now….Of course the troubling thoughts do come and go, thoughts such as “Am I really ever going to get over all this so that I can live normally again? (This thing can take months and months to properly resolve after all.) But I am doing the best I can with what has been given to me and my attitude is more positive now than it has been for weeks and weeks.

so my big concern right now is the hope, wish and prayer that anyone and everyone who is reading here right now is blessed in all things beyond their wildest imaginations…..