Friday at Last

Work has been good this week. No disasters, no scary moments. I did get a call from a customer (service programmers, like me, are not supposed to get calls directly from customers) but I was able to help the guy and it actually felt pretty good. Nope, this past week was a good week at work.

It was the rest of civilization that blew chunks. My wife and I agreed when we discussed it last night that this week has been the longest six months of our lives.

I need to do something creative this weekend. I NEED TO. Photography. Let’s go out and snap some pictures! Let’s play with the new long lens I bought a few months ago. Let’s play with the 120 film camera I bought a few months ago. Let’s go to the ocean and watch the sunrise and shoot all sorts of good stuff. Of course we should check the weather first… snow and rain today and tomorrow and rain on Sunday. Well you can just bite me, mother nature.

Music it is then! Guitar! I will play guitar this weekend if it kills me! I don’t know if we’re going to have a band practice or not. I’ll post something to our messenger thread later today (when it’s not pre-8:00am so that the other three guys don’t think I am weird and obsessed or anything) and see what’s up. If not then I need to find something else to do.

I do not want this weekend to be spent doom scrolling news sites and reading stories about the collapse of american democracy that will build up inside of me until I have a stroke. No. That would be bad, even if it is more or less inevitable. I must play guitar! I! Must! Play! Guitar!

#Guitar #Music #photography #Politics #thingsToDo #toDoList #Weather #weekend #weekendPlans #whatToDo #work

#InsurrectionAct #WhatToDo #TFG

Depressing to read, but much needed information.

We are in deep trouble, folks.

https://wagingnonviolence.org/2025/04/what-to-do-if-the-insurrection-act-is-invoked/?fbclid=IwY2xjawJg_ddleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHgfOLXSHSdfu8gp0jiUIQs0gfiZns2YAV-L_F5FOQN-ik9hQ1IfbgsDtQzSY_aem_eQ-5YEgS74M9KII_rNKYjw

#CallYourReps

Today's ideas for calling your representatives:

1. Demand that Congress block Trump's ability to levy tariffs.

https://apnews.com/article/trump-tariffs-republicans-senate-house-2409e9ff50290edac738ad6e4e8e78b9

2. Demand investigation and an end to unconstitutional detainment and deportations. ICE must follow due process and respect human rights, or no one is safe.

3. Tell them to vote against the SAVE Act, and to protect our right to vote.

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2025/03/republicans-save-act-women-voters-midterms.html

#StopTrump #whattodo #dosomething #stopfascism #USPolitics

If you haven't called your senators or congressperson before, this is a great resource to get started.

#CallYourReps #DoSomething #WhatToDo #stopfascism #Trump #StopMAGA #USPolitics #Politics

https://5calls.org/getting-started/

http://beingmeallthetime2012.blogspot.com/2025/03/what-to-do-while-you-wait.html

#justbeingtruthful #whattodo #wait

What to Do

https://paulgraham.com/do.html

#HackerNews #WhatToDo #PaulGraham #HackerNews #Advice #LifeLessons

#CallYourReps

The Trump administration is trying to bulldoze us over with such force that we give up.

Don't let that happen.

If the news is overwhelming, pick just one thing that matters to you, stay on top of it, and call your senators and congressperson about that. And keep calling.

Simplify.

#Trump #USPolitics #democracy #StopFascism #fascism #WhatToDo
#DoSomething