230.4 lbs

Weight coming down, good!…

… preparations for departure to Block Island continue… we leave early AM tomorrow… most of the shopping complete… need to buy some wine, pick up my BP meds, put gas in the car… today will mostly be about containerizing what we will be taking and determining how many containers will fit in the trunk…

… the world careens towards war in Ukraine, truckers in Canada are clogging the arteries of commerce, HCR tells me that the past month saw a budget surplus as tax revenues were up (due to a booming economy) and expenses were down (who knows why that should be)… the point of the trucking protests, which are being conducted by a small group of truckers and are not supported by truckers in general, is to disrupt the economy and weaken government… there is indication that foreign troll farms are stirring the pot and Fox News is giving the truckers a lot of air time compared to other networks, with Tucker Carlson and Sean Hannity egging them on, calling for an American version of the protest… there are times when i wonder if speech should be so free…

… i have managed a long form, titled post for the second week running… it works to dedicate a morning of the week to it…

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