Some blue sky. And Facebook, I get a lot of friend requests. Many people seem to misidentify me as a member of their tribe. I get requests from xenophobes, racists, right wing extremists and most puzzling of all transphobes? Weird or what. People obviously don’t read what I write I guess? Perhaps it’s just as well or they would be at the door with the pitchforks. My brain hurts with it all at times to be honest.
I played a short gig as part of a small local festival on Saturday and it was jolly good fun. Not perfect but very enjoyable. Go me. The sun’s out today and it’s going to be a hot one again by UK standards. I have a personal significant anniversary which has again minded me to think about what to do next, life wise. So far though I have not had any great inspiration.
What is this myth about rich pensioners? I pretty sure I am not one the last time I looked at my bank account. Labour has just scrapped the winter fuel payment. As a somewhat arthritic pensioner that is not by any means wealthy and having had to wait a year longer to receive my state pension which ment burning through savings due to covid basically stopping my being able to work in my last year before receiving it I really would have expected better from you.
Labour has just given a massive middle finger to all those Labour voting pensioners who have been stitched up as there was nothing in the manifesto about that. Not a good look at all labour.
Pensioners who don’t receive pension credit are not all wealthy!
Also I wish they would stop using the phrase hard working people. I had my first job when I was 15 so I built up 50 years of NI contributions. If I did wish to sit on my arse at this point in life I don’t think that would be unreasonable. Actually I don’t but I am sure you get my drift.
I played two actual gigs this weekend for a change. One with the Sonic Boomers in Stevenage and one solo at Milton Ernest. That was good fun and felt almost like the old days for a shining moment or two. But it’s Monday now and back to the usual routine though its lovely and sunny and I just took an evening stroll. It’s still pretty warm.
Here is a tune that could do with a bit more love: an instrumental tune from last year that I had forgotten about.It’s a sort of funky rocky prog trancy thing type thing. Me on keys and guitar….
Anyway back to moaning about stuff again. Now where were we? I am working on some music and taking a break for a moment. Usual musculoskeletal gripes of course. That’s not the title by the way.
The coming US presidential election is a wonderment indeed.
The fact that you can get a college degree in some states based on “creationism” blows my mind. I get a lot of friend requests from the US on facebook and many are musicians of sorts. They are usually OK and not flat earth bible thumpers.
I have no problem with genuine people of faith, but if they take things as factual and not allegorical that’s a problem. The fact that many Trump supporters are WASP’s is odd as the last time I looked in a bible it was saying stuff like “Love thy neighbour” and “A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another”. Trump is if you actually your read the bible pretty close to its description of the anti-christ. Now I have friends who follow many religions ( I have made music with Irish Catholics, Rastafarians, Hindus, Sikhs and Muslims and Jews) and some who are secularist and some who have no beliefs at all. so I am not pushing any agender. As has been mentioned before you can now buy ammo from a vending machine…
Doesn’t look like God is going to save America any time soon from where I am standing. Perhaps it must fall before it can rise again? I would be delighted if a woman of color was the next POTUS.
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