The Daily Peeve / Rant

[Teacher Terry]

SQ, can you draw SS off of your husband’s? It might be more than yours. My oldest son has no strength and constant pain from his elbows through his hands in both arms. It was due to overuse prior and then an accident at 29. Despite being smart and having an engineering degree the only job he can do is working as a Uber driver. I don’t know how much of a need there’s locally by you for that.

[frugal-one]

SiouzQ... So sorry to hear.. sending good vibes your way!

[KayLR]

Sorry to learn of your ongoing pain, SQ. Sounds so frustrating.

My rant is on behalf of my niece. School is starting soon. She has two young daughters in elementary school. The family lives in her husband's childhood home having purchased it from his folks.

The school district has decided to have elementary students start school an hour earlier than they have for many years. They will be the first ones to arrive to the school day. That means they will be boarding their buses in the dark for a considerable time.

The problem is the buses will NOT pick up the girls at the bottom of their (1/4-mile long) driveway where they've caught it up until now (and where their dad caught it all his school days). Because there is no sidewalk. SO...they have to walk down the road for 1/4 to 1/2 mile, in the dark, on the shoulder to a corner where there is a sidewalk. Tell me how that makes good sense.

No wonder there are all those long lines of parents dropping up and picking up kids at the schools.

[Teacher Terry]

Kay, that’s absolutely awful. Is one of their parents able to drive them to the bus stop? I wouldn’t want to walk on a shoulder in the dark as an adult.

[Simone]

My son gave me George Saunders' Lincoln at the Bardo--even though I follow a lot of Buddhists, I had never heard of Bardo as a concept. There's a lot to learn from in studying that transitional state.

Off topic, but what an extraordinary book that is! The final chapter ranks among the most moving writing I can remember.

As for Limbo, it was a difficult place to imagine when I was a child. It didn't close until 2007, when
I was an adult. Prior to that, there was no exiting Limbo until the Final Judgement.

See the "Tibetan Book of the Dead" for rites and rituals in the bardo.

[KayLR]

Kay, that’s absolutely awful. Is one of their parents able to drive them to the bus stop? I wouldn’t want to walk on a shoulder in the dark as an adult.

They will probably end up just lining up with dozens of other parents dropping off their kids every day at the school. It's not that far. But too far to walk...in the dark.

[catherine]

Off topic, but what an extraordinary book that is! The final chapter ranks among the most moving writing I can remember.

As for Limbo, it was a difficult place to imagine when I was a child. It didn't close until 2007, when
I was an adult. Prior to that, there was no exiting Limbo until the Final Judgement.

See the "Tibetan Book of the Dead" for rites and rituals in the bardo.

I agree that the book was very compelling.

Also, I realized I misquoted the name of the book: it's Lincoln IN the Bardo, not Lincoln AT the Bardo! lol, Lincoln at the Bardo makes it sound like it's about Lincoln hanging out at his favorite DC watering hole.

[frugal-one]

Watching the news… electric cars could hinder the electric grid…..

[catherine]

Watching the news… electric cars could hinder the electric grid…..

Yes, it's true.. I definitely am a believer in the environmental agenda, obviously, but my POV shifted as I've mentioned previously by reading Bright Green Lies by Jensen/Keith/Wilbur. There really are no sustainable options for containing in perpetuity our high-consumption lifestyle. That's a fact. So whether it's fossil fuels, or a gazillion electric cars, there WILL be some negative impact on our current infrastructure and on the ecology of our local or global region at large.

[Tradd]

I’m seriously beginning to look at a hybrid for my next vehicle, probably 2 years away. An electric car is a no-go as I have no way to charge at home. Ford is totally doing away with the Escape, so I will not be buying a Ford. Likely a Toyota. Ugh. Wit the snow we can get here, a Prius isn’t practical. My old Focus would get stopped cold by more than 7” of snow. And with my knees/sciatica, I need a higher vehicle anyway. So likely a RAV4. That would still give me good room for diving gear.