Friday, September 28, 2012

Day 1018

I'm getting really tired of all the political rhetoric. I've never seen such a disingenuous bunch of people in my life. Everyone wants to save the middle class. I'm right in the middle of the middle class. Why do I keep feeling like nobody is talking to me? I think the Republicans like to use the words middle class so people won't think they are talking to the privileged elite. On the other hand, I think the Democrats like to use the words middle class so people won't think they're talking exclusively to Walmart lowlife. I don't trust politicians. I've spent too many years sitting in advertising focus groups to believe any of them. Politicians love focus groups. They like to find out what people emotionally respond to and then that's what they say. Whether what they say is true is irrelevant.

I think the restaurant with good bacon knows I'm taking pictures of their food. Today, the chef brought my bacon to me carefully arranged in an artful star shape on a special plate. That's never happened before. Nobody said anything about this interesting bacon star, but I did think the whole thing was a bit strange.

I think I made it through a very challenging work week with no major damage. A few things came back for revisions today, but the re-writes were minor and quite reasonable. Most of my website revisions are still up as well. I always look at this as a good sign, since sometimes the revisions go up and then come right back down again. Usually, I always worry where next week's work is coming from. Truthfully, I wouldn't mind if people forgot about me for a week. I need a little time to recharge.

I've had my new phone for a week now. I still haven't made a call. I don't think I've received any calls either. This is par for the course. I think I had my first iPhone almost a month before I actually called anyone. I have received four text messages though. They were all from AT&T, asking me to take a survey.

Spanky is today's Dalmatian of the Day
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3 comments:

  1. I don't use my phone as a phone much either. I use about 15-20 minutes a month while my daughter and wife fight for the other 580 minutes. I do text a lot though. I actually compete with my teenage daughter for most texts every month.

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  2. I am so sick of the extremely slanted ads on both sides of the 6 proposals on the Michigan ballot this year that I am tempted to not vote on any of them. I only ACTUALLY think I understand two of them. The rest have had so much outlandish rhetoric that I don't believe a word anyone says.

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  3. "I'm getting really tired of all the political rhetoric. I've never seen such a disingenuous bunch of people in my life."

    I couldn't agree more! We here in Canada are appalled by the vitriolic nature of politics south of the border. Yes, we follow American politics, because what happens in the U.S. affects us all.

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