I’m just me. “Worlds Okayest Guitar Player”. Cook, tech support guru. drummer, Ham Radio, music, books. IL to TX to NE to OH.
In the Ohio Valley
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I said I was taking 72 hours off of this platform.... I am back early to say something.
I have been through quite a bit in my 60 years on this planet. I have never, however, been through anything like that last couple of years. When Trump won in 2024, and the Republicans gained the House and Senate, I thought "The GOP had better deliver, because if they don't 2026 is going to be a wipe out."
Guess what? It was.
Why? Many reasons, obviously, but the one that I think is one of the bigger reasons is that I cannot afford anything. My wife and I make six figures combined, one would think that we have a comfortable salary. In normal times, we would. Not now. Like many Americans, I am tired of it. Tired of paying a ton of money for two bags of groceries, $70 to fill a 14 gallon gas tank. $50 for a take out dinner, or the same to eat in at a place that is considered "budget friendly" . We don't live the high life here. We never have. Nothing has pissed me off more than the GOP and their performance in Congress. Politicians, and mean all of them, really don't give a flying frazzoo about any of us. At all. I get why so many, including family members who have voted (R) all their lives, broke for the (D) side. Tired of Trump, tired of a do-nothing GOP Congress, tired of a war that Trump can't find the desire to finish.
What's worse, is the radical left has now been put in power, and they are licking their chops at the chance to punish us for our transgressions. My neighborhood, and my apartment complex are solidly blue. The crap I have heard being spewed is enough to give me pause. So, once the Congress is convened, we can expect:
Prosecution of DJT
Prosecution of his Administration
A radical-left Congress that is going to open borders, try to abolish ICE, likely increase our taxes, and do nothing to help get the economy moving. Given how the left is, one could also expect some infighting when one aggrieved group decides they aren't getting enough attention, or the power they were promised.
This will result in 2 years of a Congress, again, doing nothing. The people, again, will pay the price. Yet, the politicians will pat themselves on the back, tell us how great of a job they are doing, and that we should accept any hardship we are given, because we have all had too much privilege.
The best we can hope for is a Democrat Congress that has an internal power struggle, and "eats their own" so to speak. Their priority, it appears, is to get Trump, and make the rest of us suffer.
I may extend my break from this platform, because I realized just how much time I have gotten back in my day by doing things other than doom-scrolling on my phone.
Latest project is up. This one is a white/black contrast, white gel pens on black paper. I love the way it pops. I had a good time with this one. Thank you for watching!!
"White on Black" youtu.be/xZ1I7xW-En4?si=lEJb… via @YouTube
I want to be optimistic…..not sure I can. I fear for a lot of things right now. The one over-riding h thought that goes through my mind: “can we please go back to when the midterms meant essentially nothing to most of the country”? The constant hair-on-fire, every election is “the most important election of our lives”, “vote like your life depends on it, because it does”, rhetoric is exhausting. This is what? The 10th “most important”, “critical”, “historic” midterm election now? I almost don’t care who wins at this point. I don’t. I cleaned about a dozen campaign flyers from this past week out of my mailbox this morning. A few days ago, I cleaned out 20. Since the campaigns started in earnest a couple of months ago, probably close to 1000. Add to that the hundreds, if not thousands of unsolicited campaign texts, phone calls, and emails. Every one of them, from EVERY candidate telling me the opposition was going to persecute my family and I. NOT A SINGLE WORD about what the given candidate policies would be on issues that matter, taxes, immigration, gas prices, inflation. No, it was all “They’re coming to get you, unless you vote for me.” I’m not going to single out anyone candidate, because they were all pretty odious in their campaign email, regular mail, television ad, text messages. I am profoundly sick and tired of our politicians, I am sick and tired of the GOP, and I absolutely loathe the Democrats, and I hate socialists and Nazis with the fire of 1000 suns. We have no candidates to rally around, no single person who is going to say, “listen to me, here are my ideas, all we have is “orange man bad”, “The socialist boogeyman is coming to get you” There is absolutely nothing positive in this midterm election at all. There was no “vote for me”, it was all “vote against them” from a bunch of vain, self-serving, politicians who were utterly disinterested in the plight of every American. They go to Washington to line pockets, to make deals, and either find their way to a cushy media job, or a cushy university position. Whoever wins tonight, don’t celebrate too hard, because come January, the people you voted for aren’t going to do jack scratch to help you, me,the economy, or anyone else in this country.
Silencing X, FB and all news notifications for 72 hours. I dont care what the results are, I will get them when I am ready to deal with them, regardless of outcome.
Latest project. Circle "cells" with lines joining them, patters in the middle, and a black on white space done with black acrylic paint marker, and white gel pens. Thank you for watching.
"Lines and Patterns" youtu.be/acBlfzpHsmk?si=UChW… via @YouTube
My wife, showing off her guitar skills. 🥰🙂🙂
Come On Back- #alternatetuning #acousticguitar #acousticpop #sologuitar ... youtube.com/shorts/m9Vtft1Zk… via @YouTube
I just entered to win the FN SCAR 16S Rifle Package from @ClassicFirearm! Valued At $4,800! #gungiveaway #winagun Enter Here - classicfirearms.com/contest/…
New video. Want to know what goes on inside my head? This drawing is a good example. The many tight patterns and seeming random yet connected lines circles and angles tend to come about when I am anxious. Drawing this, I was able to focus, and put aside the stress and anxiety, and focus on the drawing. As always, thank you for watching!
"Peek inside my mind" youtu.be/jPKzuuW4tp8?si=uIva… via @YouTube
Working on giving this a go again
The Smug Cast youtube.com/@timm-t4i?si=bdJ… via @YouTube
Had to take it down for a couple of edits, but it's back up. My new one called "I don't know. You tell me." Lots of wavy lines, colors, patterns, and some circles. Thank you all for watching.
"I don't know. You tell me." (Edit) youtu.be/7Ry1cA9quZs?si=FoNC… via @YouTube
New video is up. I had quite a bit of fun with this one. Wavy lines, fill colors, many patterns. Was not sure what to call it, though.....
youtu.be/8r7Snwp4h1o
Something a bit different; a rope draped and coiled across several different shapes, ending with the rope wrapped around a post. Very limited additional patterns, because I wanted the rope design to stand on it's own. Enjoy, and thanks for watching .
"You roped me into it....." youtu.be/xhLQ3pnSKfU?si=n3RU… via @YouTube
