I'm Excited About August

I just got my violin back and it's looking better than ever.  It's actually kind of cute on the front now.  And it sounds great.

It's a new month, and not just any month, but a consecrated and venerable one.

We go back to a four day a week schedule.

Just think... every day is getting less summery than the one before.

If Obama stays in office a third term, it won't happen until November, but maybe he's taking his cue from the first Caesar; for whom this month is named.  The presidential thing is so ridiculous.  I heard a preacher say last week that Trump is a setup for Hillary to win.  I think I've thought that all along.  Not only has he given money to her campaign, but his name and his personality are so associated with games and competition.  She's trying to be all serious and he's barging around like a baboon.  Pocketsofthefuture says that they're both evil, and I know we all are, but Trump has the devilish ogre thing down.  It's like he's seeing how far he can go.  It's actually absurd and no one is even mentioning anyone else up for election.  So many people will be on the ballot, and every voter says they want change, and they all just think about the one office that is going to be someone different anyway.

I don't recall every hearing people actually say that the sitting President might try to stay in for a third term.  And I can't think of anyone who is probably more eager to leave the White House, but that's what people are saying.  I guess some people are determined to think there was something different about this man than all his predecessors and they can't come up with anything...Surprise; people are people, and he's just a people.

Why do we call Hillary by her first name?  The two candidates look alike.  They act alike in so much that one seems to try to be everything the other isn't and they're the same age and will it be the first time a President has ever had that hair color?  Mrs. Clinton, who should be called Secretary Clinton, I believe, is called Hillary because of sexism.  That's the female part of her name.  A man can have a rod or a ham and when we say her last name we think of cigars in ovals.  But it's the Clinton that got her where she is and no one is considering that she could have gotten here without him.  But isn't she smarter?  Or maybe the first name is meant to humanize the most establishment candidate of the last century.  Haven't we known she was going to run for President for a long time?  Before I ever heard of O'Bama or Chris Christie or thought about McCain running or knew how close Russia is to Alaska, I knew she was going to run.  There are so many candidates that have come and gone while she's known all along where she was headed.  And up against her we have him, who's just like her in every way except they are playing opposite roles.  It's like I'm watching an actor trying real hard to play each half of the twins role differently.