Car Collections

My landlord has an assortment of classic cars that he works on.  I have a recent addition to my own British car collection:

Blue Tide

Well, that was a pleasant surprise.  A victory so overwhelming for the Democrats that Trump can't even challenge its veracity.  Any normal president would of course eat crow or humble pie.  But no, this is Trump - the narcissist-in-chief.  Of course he would blame everyone but himself.  But let us be straight about this, the people were voting against him rather than for the Democrats.  It's his actions (think Iran War and tariffs) that have directly resulted in outrageous gas prices and a vastly inflated cost of living.  And I think this is what most people care about.  Of course, losing the House and the Senate does not change the fact that Trump still wields a lot of power.  I fear he could become even more unhinged and insufferable than he already is.  I expect a major escalation in his stupid vanity projects, petty acts of revenge, and anything else that will serve his self-interests and line the pockets even more of himself, his family and his friends.   

Election Night

By the time you read this, you will probably know more about what happened in the US midterm elections than I do.  I'm purposely avoiding all the coverage tonight.  I just can't deal with the toxicity in US politics.  If Americans have any sense, Republicans should lose control of both the House and the Senate.  But, as I keep on saying, never underestimate the sanity of the American people.  Why do you think Trump still maintains a modicum of support, despite everything.  Which is why I am not going to make any predictions.  I just don't trust the democratic process any more - and I certainly don't trust the polls.  

Fireworks

The Seattle Seahawks were playing in Monday Night Football this week.  I didn't watch the game, but I didn't hear any fireworks at any point during the evening so I knew that they lost.  With a 4-4 record, it doesn't seem as though they are going to repeat as Super Bowl champions.  American football is barely watchable now, since it seems to mainly consist of commercials for sports betting, alcohol and erectile dysfunction.  Says a lot about the audience.

PST

Our clocks turned back today - still not on the same date that they did in the UK.  Fun fact, British Columbia is staying on daylight time year-round.  So now there is a 1 hour time difference if I was to travel 100 miles north.  Bonkers.  I don't know what our neighbors to the north are up to - it seems like some provinces turned back their clocks but some didn't.  All I know is that this is the first time ever that Washington and BC are out of sync.    

Happy Halloween

I don't really celebrate Halloween - I don't have any Halloween decorations, I haven't been to a costume party for ages, and I live somewhere which fortunately doesn't get any trick and treaters.  I think Halloween is more of a thing for kids, so when you don't have any then it's a lot more difficult to get into the spirit of the day.  I think my only acknowledgement that it is Halloween is the fact that I've currently got a couple of Lego Halloween sets on display.  I hasten to add these are sets that I haven't paid for but have picked up over the years as free gifts.  I think the main horror show today was yet another Palace defeat.  We are so going down.

Company Stock

My company's stock price reached a new record high this morning.  As someone with a lot of company stock, this is obviously great news.  And, inevitably, the question comes up - when should I cash in and sell my stock?  While I'm still working, I doubt I will ever sell.  I don't really need to.  However, when I stop working - and particularly if I stop working before I reach retirement age, something which I think has a high probability of happening - then that is an entirely different situation.  This is when selling the stock becomes very important as it will be my only source of income.  And if the stock price continues to rise, then the earlier I can stop working - hooray!