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ret5hd

ret5hd's Journal
ret5hd's Journal
July 26, 2024

I spent years couch surfing...

don’t really remember any happy endings though.

July 24, 2024

I have seldom been this wrong...

The idea of President Joe leaving the race terrified me…chaos…infighting…backstabbing…a weakened party…and eventually a candidate that i would vote for but not support because HE would be so centrist and conciliatory on the environment and banking and big money.

wrong wrong wrong on every count.

In two days…TWO F’N DAYS!!!…our party has coalesced and gelled and energized itself in a way i just could not have imagined. Two f’n days…

I am excited and impressed and more confident than ever that the worst of our times are behind us.

Well done Kamala and Joe. Well done.

July 23, 2024

Funny thing about my text messages the last couple days:

there was one org in particular…”stopMAGA” or something like that…that was particularly prodigious and obnoxious. ALWAYS “should Joe step out?” “would you accept XXX as your candidate?” “do you think Joe should accept his age and…” etc etc etc. A dozen times a day. Relentless.


but now…nothing. silence. almost as if the entire goal was getting rid of Joe. Not backing Kamala, who i one-hundred-percent am now behind.

Just tearing down Joe. Seemed to be all they were about.

July 22, 2024

ok...new personal rules in communicating with me:

i now rate things in "cats"...1 thru 10.
1 is OK, 3 being perfect, then 4 thru 10 being progressively worse with 10 being absolute hell.

for reference, this week has been a 10 cat week.

any lists i make will iterate thru decimal, binary, and roman numbers. example:

1 (one)
10 (two)
III (three)
4 (four)
101 (five)
VI (six)

i hope this system clarifies and simplifies our future communications.

July 22, 2024

hey experienced ebayers:

is it possible to do a “pick and choose” sale on ebay?

what i have is a bunch of dvd’s…nothing of real value. they seem to sell for about what shipping is (what’s the point???)

what i want to do is photo each one, make a listing that says “pick any 5 for $xx”, then delete the picture/description of ones that sell.

can you do that? if so, can you link a tutorial or anything?

July 21, 2024

Witnessing the Fall of the American Dream...

i am tired of “interesting times”.

July 20, 2024

Joe WILL/WOULD do what is best!!!

Why would anyone doubt that? If he thought Harris/Newsom/some-joe-blow stood a better chance, he would step aside.

The fact he hasn’t tells me that he KNOWS he is the best shot at deterring the absolute wrecking of this country.

Joe has never been a selfish vain man. Why would we think he has changed?

July 20, 2024

My Brain Won't Shut The F*k Up

(just a fun ditty that i very much identify with)

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