So many of you are just running to that mailbox every day.....Or you are checking that checking account online to see if the government has deposited that IRS refund check.
I've never understood the concept of overpaying anyway..... The government is not paying you interest on the money they are holding for you... You're giving the government a "free" loan...But, that's another story.
So, you are waiting for that refund.....and you can't wait to spend it on "Cocaine and Whores." ( And you know it goes to that for some people.)
You know, rather than buying a new car, or just blowing the money....( And I know some of you depend on the money for necessary repairs, etc...)
You may want to put that money into some sort retirement account.
You're not going to be able to work forever. Trust me, at some point, you are going to wear out. ( God forbid you get disabled, and that is a possibility.)
And later in life, you're going to want to be in a nursing home in which the roaches and rats don't crawl all over you at night.
Or, put the money into some sort of saving for "hard times." Or emergencies.
Now, I know I am not "preaching" to everyone here. I know many of you have a 401K, IRAs, etc......But you know, there are people you know, who do not.....
Tuesday, February 12, 2019
Monday, February 11, 2019
What Would You Say....Or Do?
I have seen a couple of those "fun" things on the Facebook in which one asks "What would you say to 16 year old you?" The other asks you to switch your numbers on you age and would you go back?
61= 16.
As I posted in EJ McMahon's post about the switching to 16........" I hated the age 16 to 21. "
Literally hated it.
Oh, I actually sort of liked high school.....and the academic side of college, I really loved my history and government courses....
My personal life was a mess.
I dated someone I should have dumped 6 months after we first started to dated.
I had a job after high school I should have never taken, but family dynamics was involved....and I hated it.
I was a mess from 16 to 21. Didn't know what I was doing, didn't know where I was going.
I was so busy later in my in my 2nd, 3rd year of college, had 2-3 jobs, going to school full time, I did not have a date in over two years. I had given up on dating.
When I graduated from college there was no telling what I would have done, or been. I may have went ahead and joined that Anglican Monastery in Dallas. I seriously may have joined the military. ( Maybe, the military was still not taking a large number of people, that entire Vietnam build-up was an influence of them still)
Literally, if my wife had not asked me out, I probably would be at 61 still be wandering. ( And she asked me out...girls, don't be shy or afraid people will think your are somehow crazy, or too forward, or too "easy." If you are interested, it is 2019. Ask them out. You never know...)
No, TODAY is the good old days. I have enjoyed the last 8 years of my life more than at any other time in my life. (Yeah, I am crippled, yeah, I am old, and closer to the end than the start, but you know, other than my wife and my deity, I don't have to answer to anyone...and my wife is easy to please.)
No thanks. I don't want to do that 16 to 21 again....
61= 16.
As I posted in EJ McMahon's post about the switching to 16........" I hated the age 16 to 21. "
Literally hated it.
Oh, I actually sort of liked high school.....and the academic side of college, I really loved my history and government courses....
My personal life was a mess.
I dated someone I should have dumped 6 months after we first started to dated.
I had a job after high school I should have never taken, but family dynamics was involved....and I hated it.
I was a mess from 16 to 21. Didn't know what I was doing, didn't know where I was going.
I was so busy later in my in my 2nd, 3rd year of college, had 2-3 jobs, going to school full time, I did not have a date in over two years. I had given up on dating.
When I graduated from college there was no telling what I would have done, or been. I may have went ahead and joined that Anglican Monastery in Dallas. I seriously may have joined the military. ( Maybe, the military was still not taking a large number of people, that entire Vietnam build-up was an influence of them still)
Literally, if my wife had not asked me out, I probably would be at 61 still be wandering. ( And she asked me out...girls, don't be shy or afraid people will think your are somehow crazy, or too forward, or too "easy." If you are interested, it is 2019. Ask them out. You never know...)
No, TODAY is the good old days. I have enjoyed the last 8 years of my life more than at any other time in my life. (Yeah, I am crippled, yeah, I am old, and closer to the end than the start, but you know, other than my wife and my deity, I don't have to answer to anyone...and my wife is easy to please.)
No thanks. I don't want to do that 16 to 21 again....
Sunday, February 10, 2019
More....Really? This Size?
So, it is no secret, my wife and I are looking at traveling to the top of Scotland this year.
As I have said, the travel outside of North America window is closing, more rapidly than even I fathomed.....I really am hoping I get to New Zealand before my physical ability go on long flights is done.
And we have been looking at where we want to go to in the Highlands.
Trouble is, we may run out of Scotland before we run out of time.
It is not that big of a place. So, we might go to Northern England or someplace else.
Let me give you an example.
Here is Scotland inside of Texas.
Yeah, it doesn't even cover East Texas....
As I have said, the travel outside of North America window is closing, more rapidly than even I fathomed.....I really am hoping I get to New Zealand before my physical ability go on long flights is done.
And we have been looking at where we want to go to in the Highlands.
Trouble is, we may run out of Scotland before we run out of time.
It is not that big of a place. So, we might go to Northern England or someplace else.
Let me give you an example.
Here is Scotland inside of Texas.
Sexual Abuse....In the Southern Baptists.
700 victims. 220 known perpetrators. This includes Pastors, Deacons, Youth Ministers......This took place over 20 years.....
Well, the Catholics have nothing on the Baptists......And you know, there are people who have not come forward. And I hope they will.
The Houston Chronicle and the San Antonio Express News have started a 3 part story on sexual abuse in the Southern Baptist Convention.
Here is the link to the first part below.( I knew it was coming, they've been investigating for a while)
https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/investigations/article/Southern-Baptist-sexual-abuse-spreads-as-leaders-13588038.php
Talk to your children. Keep an eye on your kids.....If something is not right with them, well probably there isn't.
Well, the Catholics have nothing on the Baptists......And you know, there are people who have not come forward. And I hope they will.
The Houston Chronicle and the San Antonio Express News have started a 3 part story on sexual abuse in the Southern Baptist Convention.
Here is the link to the first part below.( I knew it was coming, they've been investigating for a while)
https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/investigations/article/Southern-Baptist-sexual-abuse-spreads-as-leaders-13588038.php
Talk to your children. Keep an eye on your kids.....If something is not right with them, well probably there isn't.
Friday, February 8, 2019
Friday.....Friday....Friday
And it doesn't mean as much as it once did to me....However the good thing is, my wife is off for the weekend, and I sort of like having her around the house.
No, I need to sort of have a "housecleaning" blog.
I had a PM from someone upset about the mistakes I make from time to time on the blog.
This is a one man operation. I have no copy editor. I may or may not proofread the blog. I do have a spell check on the computer I write these on, but it doesn't catch everything.
I don't know if you have noticed or not.
I have somewhat slowed down on the number of blogs I am producing.
Now, I try and write one every day, but in the past I often would do, 2-3-4 blogs almost every day.
I don't write blogs every day during the weekends. Sometimes I may write both days, some days, I may not.
I do not take advertising.
When I re-invented the blog as "The Govteach Part Deaux, I did not place my PayPal link on the home page. I have not set up a Patreon in order to have someone or several of you be patrons of the site....I am not making any money here, and believe it or not, I have to think through some of these blogs for more time than you know.
Some of you have noticed I have not really discussed national politics as much as I once tried to do.
At this point, while I will discuss national policy, at this juncture in time, I disgusted with all three branches of the national government. Executive, Legislative, Judicial....and let me just add this....And I am not changing anyone's heart and minds at this period in our history.
Our discontent is only going to grow on both sides. Today's circus in D.C. will be just a blip in our minds in 2 months, if not 2 weeks.
So, I am going to at this point keep the blog covering, local/state politics, religion, "Our" favorite ISD, society, sometimes fun stuff at this moment in our time.
Once again, thanks for reading.
No, I need to sort of have a "housecleaning" blog.
I had a PM from someone upset about the mistakes I make from time to time on the blog.
This is a one man operation. I have no copy editor. I may or may not proofread the blog. I do have a spell check on the computer I write these on, but it doesn't catch everything.
I don't know if you have noticed or not.
I have somewhat slowed down on the number of blogs I am producing.
Now, I try and write one every day, but in the past I often would do, 2-3-4 blogs almost every day.
I don't write blogs every day during the weekends. Sometimes I may write both days, some days, I may not.
I do not take advertising.
When I re-invented the blog as "The Govteach Part Deaux, I did not place my PayPal link on the home page. I have not set up a Patreon in order to have someone or several of you be patrons of the site....I am not making any money here, and believe it or not, I have to think through some of these blogs for more time than you know.
Some of you have noticed I have not really discussed national politics as much as I once tried to do.
At this point, while I will discuss national policy, at this juncture in time, I disgusted with all three branches of the national government. Executive, Legislative, Judicial....and let me just add this....And I am not changing anyone's heart and minds at this period in our history.
Our discontent is only going to grow on both sides. Today's circus in D.C. will be just a blip in our minds in 2 months, if not 2 weeks.
So, I am going to at this point keep the blog covering, local/state politics, religion, "Our" favorite ISD, society, sometimes fun stuff at this moment in our time.
Once again, thanks for reading.
Thursday, February 7, 2019
Not This UIL?
Love it, hate it, cuss it......I know I have cussed the UIL more than you know.....Hell, I know at least once, Mr. Taucer caught something and kept me off the back page of the UIL's Leaguer magazine. ( It is the place where people who get in trouble are published) And I will be eternally grateful.
So, I see something in the Dallas papers concerning the UIL and I read the article.
So, if you now have a child involved in Marching band, that child has to have a physical before Marching Band starts.
When I read it, I went....." What the hell?"
We never did a physical and I did band for well, almost 12 years of my life, if you include university.
But, I got to thinking...Yeah, today, it might be wise.
This is no longer a rural state. 85% of all kids live in 20 of the 254 counties of this state. School is out and these kids spend all summer, " sucking up the air condition" inside, a large number playing video games all summer. There ain't a kid picked a pea or rode a bicycle in these counties.
Yeah, they need to go and get a physical. You would be amazed at how many of these kids pass out in the heat, the first week of band practice. ( I know some schools already require physicals for band)
Then, I read that there is a "State Mariachi Band" contest.
55 bands will go to state this year.
Trouble is, this is pretty much leaving out much of the state. It just is. I don't see Buna, or PNG, or Mt Vernon ever spending the money for a Mariachi Band. South Texas? Sure. West Texas? Sure. Maybe urban districts.....
It is sort of like wrestling and soccer. There is just not enough interest( or kids) in a lot of smaller schools. ( The smallest soccer district is 4A)( That said, I see soccer growing in Texas, I know in urban areas, there are a lot of kids playing in high school) And the more we learn about football injuries, the more people will keep their kids from playing.
Then, I see that Robotics and Copy Editing be added at the UIL Academic level as "Official" events. I know Robotics was on "trial" basis for a while. And Robotics is a good move. We are headed that way.
( I am still trying to figure out how UIL Accounting has survived? Maybe it has made a comeback? There used to be two schools in our district send two teams...ECISD and Buna....And I picked a team before contest knowing with the numbers alone we'd get medals....and more importantly, points.)
I remember when there was an attempt to make a UIL Economics an academic contest. I even went to the inaugural meeting and knew 10 minutes in it was never going to work. Rather than try it out on a state wide basis, they put the trial in the Valley. Why there I do not know? But the lady out of Brownsville ISD did a good job and had a success until, the powers that be, decided that the contest should be a majority of microeconomics.....Microeconomics doomed the contest.
So, old habits die hard, being UIL Director, well, old habits die hard.
So, I see something in the Dallas papers concerning the UIL and I read the article.
So, if you now have a child involved in Marching band, that child has to have a physical before Marching Band starts.
When I read it, I went....." What the hell?"
We never did a physical and I did band for well, almost 12 years of my life, if you include university.
But, I got to thinking...Yeah, today, it might be wise.
This is no longer a rural state. 85% of all kids live in 20 of the 254 counties of this state. School is out and these kids spend all summer, " sucking up the air condition" inside, a large number playing video games all summer. There ain't a kid picked a pea or rode a bicycle in these counties.
Yeah, they need to go and get a physical. You would be amazed at how many of these kids pass out in the heat, the first week of band practice. ( I know some schools already require physicals for band)
Then, I read that there is a "State Mariachi Band" contest.
55 bands will go to state this year.
Trouble is, this is pretty much leaving out much of the state. It just is. I don't see Buna, or PNG, or Mt Vernon ever spending the money for a Mariachi Band. South Texas? Sure. West Texas? Sure. Maybe urban districts.....
It is sort of like wrestling and soccer. There is just not enough interest( or kids) in a lot of smaller schools. ( The smallest soccer district is 4A)( That said, I see soccer growing in Texas, I know in urban areas, there are a lot of kids playing in high school) And the more we learn about football injuries, the more people will keep their kids from playing.
Then, I see that Robotics and Copy Editing be added at the UIL Academic level as "Official" events. I know Robotics was on "trial" basis for a while. And Robotics is a good move. We are headed that way.
( I am still trying to figure out how UIL Accounting has survived? Maybe it has made a comeback? There used to be two schools in our district send two teams...ECISD and Buna....And I picked a team before contest knowing with the numbers alone we'd get medals....and more importantly, points.)
I remember when there was an attempt to make a UIL Economics an academic contest. I even went to the inaugural meeting and knew 10 minutes in it was never going to work. Rather than try it out on a state wide basis, they put the trial in the Valley. Why there I do not know? But the lady out of Brownsville ISD did a good job and had a success until, the powers that be, decided that the contest should be a majority of microeconomics.....Microeconomics doomed the contest.
So, old habits die hard, being UIL Director, well, old habits die hard.
Wednesday, February 6, 2019
You and Your Damn Birthday
So, we got a trend going now. I don't know, maybe the correct term is "bandwagon."
And I am talking about those of you who are now asking for financial donations to some charity group on your Facebook, for your birthday.
1. I can't afford to give money to everyone......So, I give it to no one.
2. About 3/4ths of these organizations I have never heard of, nor do I know the actual percentage that wind up with people who need them.
3. We already donate to charities. Disabled veteran's group, an organization that helps children, and religious groups. We are tapped out there.
4. I have stopped wishing people 'Happy Birthday" on Facebook. I just have, most of it, to avoid the donations.
5. Don't tell me about the charity. I don't care. I don't....Who I donate to is between, me, my wife, my conscience and my God.
Okay, I've gotten that off my chest.
And I am talking about those of you who are now asking for financial donations to some charity group on your Facebook, for your birthday.
1. I can't afford to give money to everyone......So, I give it to no one.
2. About 3/4ths of these organizations I have never heard of, nor do I know the actual percentage that wind up with people who need them.
3. We already donate to charities. Disabled veteran's group, an organization that helps children, and religious groups. We are tapped out there.
4. I have stopped wishing people 'Happy Birthday" on Facebook. I just have, most of it, to avoid the donations.
5. Don't tell me about the charity. I don't care. I don't....Who I donate to is between, me, my wife, my conscience and my God.
Okay, I've gotten that off my chest.
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