Hail To The Donald

 So today was Inauguration Day, and we thought we'd miss it. Out ATT went out yesterday in the afternoon, even though we got a new modem "gateway" about a month ago. Wifey called and got an affable guy on the phone, and though Wifey said she would handle it, I KNEW I would be tasked with helping as soon as he told her "turn around the modem."

Sure enough, over the next 45 minutes he had me do all types of resetting, unplugging, and reporting which lights were flashing green or red or not at all. He finally concluded that we needed a tech to visit, and on account of MLK Day, the first appointment was Tuesday am.

I had really wanted to watch the NFL playoffs, since our trip to the Everglades was canceled, and I tried to watch on various apps before realizing that was too daunting. But in the evening, as I was on my Ipad, I looked up and realized the 3 green lights for Broadband were solidly on, and sure enough, I was able to watch the Bills beat the Ravens when the normally sure handed Ravens tight end fumbled and then dropped the tying TD. Ah -- nice to have service again...

Anyway, we turned on the TV festivities, and I watched the actual swearing in since it is historical, and it was great listening to The Donald say we were going back to the Teddy Roosevelt "Big Stick" days with the rest of the world. Wifey watched with utter disgust. 

I don't know -- I'm sort of warming up to the guy, especially compared with the lightweight the Dems would have had us elect instead. And, as my very smart friend Kenny noted, I'm a rich white guy.  I voted against my own interests, as far as taxes and estate issues were concerned. The majority of America voted for Trump -- who am I to reject their wishes?

Plus, as a Zionist, I think Trump will be just fine -- it's as if the terrorists bent on destroying Israel might actually fear doing some of their pranks. Then again, after Mossad planted beepers and walkie talkies years ago that they remotely detonated, taking many Islamicist testicles to the hereafter, they're probably already pretty scared. I would be.

So I suspect that tomorrow we'll wake up and still have a nation. Probably the stock market will also rise.

Had Kamala won, along with a Dem majority in either the House or Senate, we would be doing some estate planning, so that the government doesn't take half of what we wish to leave to the Ds and their families. Now -- probably the Estate Tax will go away -- again -- in the interest of the rich, but what the majority of US voters want, apparently.

Speaking of MLK Day, each year it allows me a politically incorrect chuckle. The majority of our Department of Solid Waste employees are Black, and their union long ago negotiated three days of no trash pickup: Xmas, July 4, and MLK Day. I know and remember this, but each year about 10% of my neighbors forget, probably since we have zero Black people living in our 'hood and precious few in Pinecrest as a Village.

So I return from my morning walk and give Wifey the annual racist report. Again -- politically incorrect. Now they don't close the stock market on Yom Kippur -- but should...

Anyway, D 1 and her men had an awesome time at Disney -- we got tons of videos and photos of our boys on rides and in costumes. Joey reported that yesterday was one of his most tiring ever -- 14 hours -- and worth every second for the smiles on his boys' faces. On the way home, Little Man and Baby Man were singing "Let it Go," and at least so far -- voice lessons appear to be needed if either one wishes to sing in any performances...

The plan is to see them tomorrow -- we missed our usual week because of the flu -- and I look most forward to hearing the tales of Disney. Also, I told Little Man I was giving him his great grandpa Richard's ancient coins -- about 30 silver dollars -- from the late 1800s to early 1900s. I had them appraised years ago, and they're worth just above silver value.

I told Joey and D1 to get them checked again -- maybe sell most of them and keep some for the link to the boys' great grandpa. They have a trusted friend who is a jeweler in Miami Shores -- she will give them the emmes, as they say.

Tonight, assuming ATT keeps on keepin' on, I get to watch the college championship game. Maybe some delivered Chinese is in order, too -- who knows how much longer that will be allowed under The Donald's second Administration.

Nah -- I have a feeling that, like Bob Marley sang, everyting's gonna be allright...