I got a lot done today.  Soon as I dropped Josie at school I went and edited the photos I took on my trip up to the lake and to the arboretum.  Those pictures will be good to use for watercolors this winter.  I'm stocking up on things to do when there aren't any rich people left to soak.   From the behavior of the stock market, that could be tomorrow.  I'm totally in favor of soaking the rich, I just think it should be left to us artists and craftsmen.  I resent the government horning in on my turf.  I'm also in favor of income redistribution, but I believe the best way to achieve it is through conspicuous consumption.

Fortunately, I have a lot of orders at the moment.  I'll be busy for at least the next few weeks.  I just hope my customers will still be able to pay me by then.  I don't want to be taken over by Henry Paulson.

First I put another coat of stain on the chair I'm refinishing for myself.  It's slightly darker and the chair looks scrumptious.  In a day or two, I'll decide if it's dark enough.

Then I painted the first couple of colors on the base of the latest tuffet.  It's going to have a black and white check around the top, green and purple swirled stripes on the legs and gold leaf on the ball feet.  It sounds bizarre, and it is, but it all works with the designs that will be on the panels.  Then I painted an ornate monogram for a tray insert and four breast cancer bookmarks.  Finally, I put a coat of paint on the square stool I'm decorating.  It's going to be dark red with gold flecks and the top will be a very handsome, oriental paisley thing.  Think lots of dark reds and blues and metallic gold.

I don't want to watch the last presidential debate tonight.  The first two were so boring.  This one will be just the same; Maverick, maverick, maverick vs. faux tax cuts, faux populism, lie,lie,lie.  Even if McCain mops the floor with Obama, every headline in the country tomorrow will read "Obama Wins Again!"  McCain has said he was going to kick Obama's 'you know what'.  No, John, please elaborate.  His dog?  His tires?  What?  If McCain gets elected, it won't be because America loves a maverick, it'll be because at the last minute, America decides it's not ready to be a Socialist country just yet.  Or maybe it'll be because Democrats finally got fed up with being called racist by their own elected officials.  How John Murtha hasn't been tarred and feathered yet is beyond me.  Or how about James Carville?  He says there'll be riots in the streets if Obama doesn't win.  Was that a threat, or marching orders? McCain said he'd name names regarding pork.  Word on the street is that the $700 billion bailout bill was half pork.  McCain hasn't named anybody.  What're you waiting for, Mac?  Permission from the Ragin' Cajun?  Oh, I'll probably watch tonight.  I'd hate to miss it if McCain loses his marbles and actually chases Obama around the stage.  God, that would be funny.


At the grocery store today, I refused to pay $7.50 for boneless, skinless chicken breasts.  So I went to the cheap store next door and got a three lb bag of frozen breasts for $6.49.  They'll be plenty defrosted by the time I toss them in the wok with the veggies.  At least the vegetables are fresh.  Frozen veggies are an abomination.

I want to live in a world where Halloween candy is a healthy dinner.

Don't we all?

 

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