Friday Fish Wrap: September 25, 2009

What a busy week it’s been. Yesterday was Mr. Maven’s 78th birthday and the poor guy spent it getting another (3rd ) antibiotic injection into his inner ear in an attempt to cure the problems with vertigo he’s been having. If that doesn’t ‘bite’ for a birthday, I don’t know what does. I can tell you this much, it hurts.

The day pretty busy at work, too. Huffman & Carpenter, Inc. - who employs me to nurture the new website and blog - was honored with the Lake Tahoe Award of Distinction by the US Army Corps of Engineers for their many outstanding projects in the Lake Tahoe Basin. This is important work, which contributes to the goal of restoring the amazing clarity of one of the worlds’ most famous lakes. It’s a jewel that must be preserved and protected.

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I wish it really was just about health care

Mr. Maven decided that he wanted to weigh in on this volatile, and contentious topic:

The real issue is whether our elected politicians can even do the right thing for their country and constituents, or are they so deeply indebted to special insterest groups ( lobbyists ) for campaign contributions that they are held hostage by campaign contributions trumping ‘doing the right thing’.

Another way to phrase this: Are we still capable of self-governance? Or, have we thrown in the towel to mob rule driven by corporations and their shills from ‘K’ Street?

We have a leaderless political party (the GOP) , mistakenly referred to as ‘conservative’, that has only one agenda. It is to make certain the present administration fails, no matter the cost to society or country. I have not yet heard one solution or suggestion from these people. Just fault finding, outrageous deception and venomous lies

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My family isn't from Mayberry

Every family, I’ve come to find out, has it’s internal dramas and life just isn’t going to be smooth all the time. Today was an excellent example of that, and how it can - sometimes - work itself out.

Let’s just say that I didn’t have the best day at work. I came home feeling dull witted and plain stupid … perhaps like I might be in over my head. Probably not true, but there you are.

My Mother isn’t Aunt Bea

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Life is never dull at the Maven residence

Well, let’s see what’s going on: I got a job offer that eclipses the one I was actually angling for, and have accepted- thanks LC!; Natacha’s father is arriving tomorrow from Cotonou, Benin, Africa where he was the mayor. He doesn’t speak much English, my French dates back to high school and Natacha is busy with work and the TMCC mini semester which starts while Dad is here for three weeks. If the maven&meddler isn’t quite as content rich as usual, I hope you’ll understand.

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