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Laws Change

Daily writing prompt
If you had the power to change one law, what would it be and why?
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There are many laws I’d like to change. There are many that exist that I would just like to see enforced. What was that amendment to the Constitution of the United States that made insurrectionist ineligible to run for President again? It would be nice to see a law like that enforced, wouldn’t it? As for changes, maybe something about making the wealthiest class of people in the US pay their share of taxes. Something like that could be fun, I think. 

The one law I would change though is not actually a law yet, it’s a Supreme Court ruling about the constitutionality of various laws that passes responsibility to the states. I would like to change that situation so that there is a Federal law in place, possibly even a Constitutional Amendment. The law would state that individual women are responsible for their own health care decisions and the government can fuck right off. If a woman wants to have an abortion she can. If a women does not want to have an abortion she does not have to have one. Simple. The decision for any personal healthcare question belongs to the individual. 

Like I said, simple.

Hey AI thing, generate an image of a Jedi Knight making decisions about her healthcare.

Car Music

Car music happened this morning. I recorded vocals for four songs while sitting in the car in an empty parking lot next to a giant snow bank.

Fascinating, eh?

Obligatory clock pic:

Bonus Fenway Park scoreboard mural thing on the liquor store wall pic:

Hopefully I’ll be able to get out and record more vocals in the car before work tomorrow. Fingers crossed.

My Dream Home

Daily writing prompt
Write about your dream home.
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There is the real dream home, which exists on an emotional level, and the fantasy dream home which exists on a fairy tale level. I’ll give you both.

The real, emotional dream home is any home I share with my wife. Ideally I would share it with my step kids too, but they are adults now and I have to accept that. They will always have a place in wherever I happen to call home, but they don’t live with us anymore. To sum up, my current home is my dream home because I live here with Jen, my bride.

The fairy tale home is less interesting. Big house, near water, preferably the ocean but a lake or a river would do just as well. It would have a big kitchen, a big living room that we could stock up with cool home theater stuff. It would have a music room and lots of bedrooms and lots of rooms for work-from-home office spaces. It would have a big yard and a landscaper so I don’t have to mow the lawn myself. It would also have lots of nice views of the water. What else… lots of storage, I guess. Fun stuff like that.

When it comes to living arrangements, I don’t need a lot. I just need my family and a few places to spend time with them. I’m easy that way.

Hey Google AI thing, generate an image of a Jedi Knight relaxing in his dream home.

Saturday

The Bruins lost. UMass Lowell and Vermont tied for the second day in a row. Boo on both fronts. When does Red Sox spring training start? Last place with a bullet, babie.

I didn’t get a lot of recording done today but I did get quite a bit of song writing in. Good. Vocals will be recorded in the morning… I hope.

Star Wars audiobooks. Why do they feel the need to add sound effects and a background score? Just read the friggin’ book and stop acting like you’re special. Sheesh.

I’m completely exhausted. I’m going to sleep. Talk to you all tomorrow. Good night, gentle readers. Sweet dreams.

Great News

Daily writing prompt
You get some great, amazingly fantastic news. What’s the first thing you do?
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My response to receiving amazingly fantastic news would be three-fold.

  • First, I would share this hypothetical great, amazingly fantastic news with my wife, the love of my life, Jen.
  • Second, Jen and I together would share this hypothetical great, amazingly fantastic news with my step kids, Bellana and Harry.
  • Third, I would share this hypothetical great, amazingly fantastic news with the universe via a blog post on this very site.

Yes, that last one is pretty lame and nerdy, but I’m being honest with my kind, honorable, much appreciated readers. I’d let you all know, but you’d be third on the list.

Hey Google’s AI thing, whatever you’re calling yourself today, generate an image of a Jedi Knight receiving some amazingly fantastic news.