taken aback

So, I went to a Thanksgiving dinner given by a friend.  And, she kissed me.
I was surprised, and somewhat excited.  We've know each other for about 30 years.
I was interested a long... time ago, but was too scared to try.
It's like that.

Tonight, she told me she's interested in getting closer, but not as in a *relationship*.  Just, the other stuff.  So, I said... that's ok.  Because I've been alone long enough that even crumbs are good.
But, I'm disappointed.

That's ok... but not great.

so why am I sad?

Technical -- for consultants -- use google location to track your billing

Here's a hack that works.

If you use google location services, then the locations and times you are onsite are listed in the logs, and you can accurately (and demonstrably) document when and where.

A caveat, you can have only ONE location enabled device (phone, laptop, tablet) that is logged into the used account, has location services turned on, and is referenced.

If you carry a phone and a tablet or laptop with you, the data will not diverge.

If you leave a tablet on and at home, take a phone... you will get alternating pings from each device, and it will look like you are in two seperate places at the same time (and screws up all the accounting).

Election blues

Well, that happened.  (November 8, 2016).

We now have a *new* President-Elect, and he's distasteful to more than half the country.

I'm not going to talk about how he won, or the ratio of voter turnout, the electoral college, or any of a number of other things covered by other wiser and more informed writers than I.

I'm going to talk about the hostility that this election season generated, and the resultant change to the meme of gentlemanly (sorry  ladies) opposition.  I'm not going to try to find a better word for it, I think it suits just fine.  The stereotype is that men compete, women cooperate.  

In this case, I think we let men be apes and women be men... as far as the noble gesture of taking the high road during this campaign.

I have never seen such rancor or hate; and the subsequent news showing even more extremism makes me ashamed to be an over-50 white American male.  In fact, it makes me ashamed of our country specifically.  

We made fun of Brexit.  Well, that is old news and now we have definitely surpassed it.

I am very disappointed people.

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I asked myself "what is the point of anger?"

Then I asked myself "how do we get past this event?"

Then I saw news items of hate and bigotry

And I ask those of you, my friends (who are ok with what just happened, and say "this is right"), I ask you "what do you expect when you allow hate-fear-prejudice-bigotry rule popular opinion?"

Be careful, those of you... remember these things:

1. some of us... ARE smarter than the previously noted marching morons.

2. some of us... didn't buy into guns and violence because we held to a higher path.

3. some of us... fear what we become if we descend.

4. and almost all of us...

are royally pissed.

If you do not reign in the marching morons. we will. And it won't be pretty. Tolerance and love only go so far, and the shit I've seen in the news.... is not ok.

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SO. I have multiple personality (opinion) disorder on this subject. If it doesn't kill us... Either I will be uplifted by this agenda... or more completely F*d. only time will tell. But -- my friends and others who voted this induhvidual (IMHO) -- remember that you will be held accountable for each and every incident of hate, fear and incompetence.

And for my left-wing(er) friends... for every molotov cocktail thrown.... (remember to not drop the damm thing prematurely when lit).

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Bear witness.

Farewell, America

America died on Nov. 8, 2016, not with a bang or a whimper, but at its own hand via electoral suicide. We the people chose a man who has shredded our values, our morals, our compassion, our tolerance, our decency, our sense of common purpose,…

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