In my public blog I've been on an anti-Mitt Romney tear lately.  When he was governor of Massachusetts I didn't much mind him.  I didn't vote for him, but I didn't have much problem with him.   The last five years with his runs for President have focused a lot of attention on him and I'm just building an intense dislike for the man.  He's just another trust fund fop who thinks the world should kiss his ass.  That and if anyone fits the classic definition of a sociopath it is Mitt Romney. 

After the Republican Party spending the entire length of Barack Obama's first term campaigning for President I'm ready for the election.  Anyone who is undecided on this election probably shouldn't be allowed to vote.  If you have your head up your ass for four years and pull it out long enough to check a box on a form then you really shouldn't be trusted with the vote.  Actually I can say you definitely shouldn't be trusted to vote.  You are a child and should sit back and let the adults handle the important stuff.  Sometimes I'm a small d democrat, but most of the time I'm not. 

Got asked to run as a write in candidate for school committee in town.  This would be the committee I got voted off of last year.  The only candidate who submitted paperwork to get on the ballot is somewhat subpar.  I don't have the time to do the job, so I wasn't tempted.  The next three years of my life are already planned, so I don't have to worry about it. 

Just got an email (literally just now) from a friend who has been on the down low lately.  Reason.  He had a stroke and is in rehab hospital.  Wow. That would be the second friend to have had a stroke this year.  There are really only two things that scare me.  Being old in America and anything that causes mental trauma.  I am my brain.  Dementia or massive brain trauma scare the shit out of me.  The first of my friends to have sufferred a stroke this year I saw the change in him.  Behind the stuterring and difficulty speaking you can see the man who still remembers everything, but can't get it out.  Trapped in his own body behind a mental trauma.  Scares me.  Losing myself to dementia would be worse.  At least with a blockage I would still remember who I was.  The meat sack isn't important.  The brain is the person. 

Had a phone interview this week.  Turning into an in-person interview.  Would be a good job for me. I've researched the company and the talked over the job itself with the recruiter and the manager I telephone interviewed with and both are a fit for what I want.  The company is a mid-size non-profit.  The job would be a step up from what I'm doing now.  Less project management and some regular management.  Being on Secret Project at my current job isn't going to get me there which isn't to say I want to step up at the current employer.