Cold Christmas Eve

It is cold and icy tonight in the midwest. No traffic much on the streets past my hootch, No crows in the trees outside my window--which is one good thing . Tomorrow I am supposed to drive home to see the family. I hope the interstate is clean enough so I can drive on it. People are still stuck in airports all over the country and Amtrack is screwed up so that a lot of people cannot even get train rides. The news people never cover whatever the weather situation is for bus travel. Tomorrow it is supposed to rain and get icy again. The winter this year started early in Nov, and has not changed for 2 months. Maybe in early 09 we will start getting toward an early spring, but nature will have its way. With the bad weather, and the economic crash, and all the emotionalism of the election campaign, good riddance to 08. And on a personal note, my retirement happened. So far, I am still settling into the world of Not Working. I still miss my gang I was with for 35 years. A couple of days ago there was a major mess in Bethesda Maryland when a big water main broke on a major highway and a lot of cars got stranded in the water and had to be rescued by helicoptor. Mark Felt, who said he was Deep Throat and ratted on Nixon, died at 95 a few days ago. The war in Iraq seems to have fizzled out as a news issue and except for such oddities as an Iraqi reporter throwing his shoes at Bush is getting little coverage. And nothing much is being covered anymore about the terrorist raid in Bombay. The bribery scandal with Governor Blago is ongoing, and the car company bailout is the ongoing issue, and there is an upcoming mess with California going broke, and old man Maddof and his losing of 50 billion in his ponzi scheme is a continuing story. It is now Christmas day, and I am watching the ceremony from the Vatican. Hopefully Obama will have a successful beginning of his presidency. There is a news article in Drudge that military honchos are planning for a situation where troops have to called out to settle the riots that may break out if the US economy crashes so bad that the fabric of the country falls apart. You all take care. This will be all for right now. Di di mau!