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Losing

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Gas prices, electric bills, grocery prices and insurance costs are soaring. The morale of the country is as low as I’ve ever seen it. We are at war. Corruption is being bandied about as Congress got around to asking questions. The Epstein files are horrific. And everything we hear from the administration is even worse. Hearing Hegseth say that they aren’t going to follow any ‘stupid rules of engagement’ as they talk tough regarding ‘Epic Fury’. It made me think of high school kids trying to name their band before they learned how to play instruments or write songs: “Hey, dudes, how about ‘Epic Fury’?” It’s not a planned event at all. Try and find the basic reason as to why the bombing started. Little Marco can’t get the story straight. We’ve heard that it was to free the good people of Iran, and now… …they’re dropping two hundred pound bombs on the good people’s heads. Blew up an elementary school. Of course, America is now looking for allies to help in their effort. We don’t have any ...
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The Value of a Life

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I don’t do anniversary dates of tragedies, but it’s impossible not to realize that 17 years ago, we lost my brother, Jeff, and the light of the world severely dimmed. There’s been a lot of death around us. The two Americans killed in Minnesota, for nonsense. Americans who are shot and killed on the streets every day because we can’t have common sense gun laws. I knew a man who arrived on a construction site last week. He sat down and laced up his boots, and then he collapsed and died of a heart attack. A school of elementary children were bombed in Iran. Sad stuff to think about on the saddest day on the calendar, and yet, it made me contemplate the value of a single life. Alex Pretty and Renee Good have been gone for less than a month, and the millions of us that were shocked and horrified have moved on with our own little lives. Both those who loved them won’t ever fully get over it. The light of their world has dimmed. And we don’t talk about death much past the fact that it’s too s...
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Meta AI

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I don’t know much about the coming technology. I have no clue what Crypto is about. I still write checks to pay my bills, and I pay with cash as often as I can. My boys don’t carry cash. I handed Sam two twenties and a ten one day and he asked if I could Zelle it to him. “I’ll lose that in ten minutes,” he explained. And now we are talking about AI and I’m starting to hear that down the line there won’t be any need for drivers as cars will self-drive. We won’t need lawyers as AI will write briefs and summarize arguments in seconds. Surgeons? Gone - robot surgeons and computer doctors will be all we need. As for artists, teachers and writers and musicians and movie makers? Human participation is not required. The article that I read stated that the work force will be cut in half in the next 5-7 years. Companies won’t need to buy health insurance or give time off to robots or computers. In order to be a productive member of society those who lose the jobs described above will be picking ...
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That’s the Way It Is

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I’m at a loss. Has any leader anywhere ever said, “That’s the way it is” when asked about the loss of soldier’s lives? Could he care any less? And as everyone expected there is no plan for the war in Iran. It seems that they are expected to drop some bombs and leave. Iran was ready and had regime succession plans in place. They immediately began bombing bases all around them. And immediately there was an ask for a ceasefire and Iran said, “Yeah, no thanks.” This is why there should never be an impulsive entry into a battle. It is why Congress (wherever the hell they are) is supposed to be consulted. I spent most of Sunday just plain sick to my stomach as I considered the loss of life, and the giddiness inside the GOP as they try to figure out what is going to happen next. Iran is not going to roll over. China and Russia will provide them with all the missiles they need to destroy Israel and U.S. interests. And the pedophile scumbag says; “That’s the way it is?” From a golf course. End ...
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And Now A War

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It was quite a show of force on Saturday morning, as the United States, for some reason, attacked Iran. It’s too bad Congress slept through it. What will it take to kick this administration out? They ripped up the Iran no-nukes agreement, and are now dropping bombs to get them to agree not to use nukes? The guy who ran on ‘no new wars’ has now - with his drunken secretary of war, shooting down air balloons over Texas. They have also now bombed 8 nations. And again, all those war hawks are saying that there will be casualties but that the soldiers know what they signed up for. They didn’t sign up to fight a war that was started to protect the pedophile from being found out. Saturday’s strikes took out a girl’s school. Soldiers be damned. Citizens be damned. There is money to be made off war! There are pedophiles to protect!! Get him out. Feels like we are heading for WWIII.
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Worst Part of the Job

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The construction safety community was rocked this week by a fatal accident at a local construction site. It’s one of the calls you get that makes your skin crawl. Every day, there are safety guys walking sites, talking to people, checking site conditions and doing our best to protect the workers. Usually it is one of four things that results in a fatality. Struck by a moving vehicle, caught in between, falls from elevation or electrical shock. Unfortunately, I’ve had to participate in every one of these types of accidents, and the struggle is in speaking with the guys who’ve worked with the man, or hearing about the people who are simply devastated by the loss. Each of the incidents sticks with every guy who does this for a living. There are about 4,500 workplace deaths every year these days. Back when OSHA started in 1970 there were more people dying at work than people who were dying in Vietnam at the height of the war. I get so irritated when I hear that we need less regulation, or ...
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Adios February!

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I hate February. I start thinking about how much I hate it around November. Almost done. Think of it. Sports is fairly quiet as we wait for March Madness and baseball. The weather stinks. And I’m doing a lot of training. Couple that with the pedophiles seemingly get away with things and it’s just blah. Hope springs eternal! The Yankees are now playing every day, and we are looking at mid-40’s next week. The doldrums have been rough for another reason too. I know of three men who have suffered heart attacks in the last two weeks. Two of the three passed away. Both guys were in their late 50’s. Just horrific! And I read an article that said that the drop dead stage for men is precisely that age… …if you make it to 60 without dropping, you’re kind of home free. I’m past that number. Freaking February! All done in a matter of hours now. Bring on the madness of March.
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