Let me see if I have this right…

Ukraine buys almost all its energy (natural gas) from Russia. Revenues from natural gas sales are a primary source of income for Russia.

Because of the recent disagreement between Ukraine and Russia, Russia is raising the price of natural gas it sells to Ukraine.

Ukraine is almost broke and can’t afford the increase in the natural gas price because it would be forced into bankruptcy.

Obama,(the USA) just announced the United States is giving Ukraine $1 billion to assist in paying for the higher priced natural gas it buys from Russia.

So, the United States is actually giving Russia $1 billion because the money is just passing through Ukraine.

The first question: Has Putin figured out a way to raise the price of his natural gas sales and make the U.S. pay for the increase?

Next question: Was he really in the KGB or was he a commodities trader?

If this analysis is accurate, Putin just got Obama (the USA) to pay him $1 billion by holding a press conference and trucking some troops across town from the Russian Navy base in Ukraine.

Who is the smartest guy in the room now?

Perhaps it’s not “Obama!”

httpv://youtu.be/j_csBXWlUA4

The above video shows an amazing thing, the buffalo can obey traffic laws and stay to the right when stampeding on public highways. Some think the buffalo are fleeing the park prior to a volcanic eruption that they can sense somehow. It is also reported that ½ of the elk herd are missing.

If this volcano does erupt, I have seen models that predict that we will be royally screwed here in NM. Those models also show that the rest of the country may also be screwed, but not as bad as western states.

And the libs were worried about global warming.

. . . with winds only gusting to 65 m.p.h. We’re looking at Friday as the earliest possible windless or low wind day.

• today is BK day with Erin
• tomorrow we say goodbye to Erin again
• dinner with Joe and Virginia was nice
• Steven was there too

Nothing else right now. Peace.

Shaping up to be a nice day. I meet Catherine, Sandra, and Doug for breakfast in 1½ hours at the Spic. Dinner is with Joe and Virginia at Dick’s Liquors. Both places have been accused of having insulting names. My kind of places.

How I Met Your Mother

You know, the TV series that had the finale last night.  I did not enjoy it. It was a let down in many ways. The only highlight was the last scene where we were left with the implication that Ted and Robin will end up together. Oh well, it’s only TV.

The show, along with my day, was fraught with interruptions. Calls from the store about people wanting to cash check and general stupidities. I swear I will replace my store sign with a “WE DON’T CASH CHECKS HERE, STUPID”, or I would if I hadn’t already ordered my new sign.

Other Shit

Erin was placed on the payroll yesterday. Well, not officially, but she thinks so. At breakfast on Mondays, she pays the bill and I let her keep the coins that she gets back in change. Yesterday she asked if she could keep the bills too. I said OK. The bill was $26.17 and I gave her $27.00 to pay with. She returned miffed. Since she was going to Wally-World with Nina, I told her that if Nina told me that Erin was a big help, I would pay her. She was placated.

Around dinner time I was reminded of my promise. After checking with Nina, I was informed that she was a big help and deserved to be paid for her help. I gave her $5 and you’d have thought I gave her $500. She ran and put the money in her piggy bank. Nice to see she is developing a work ethic.

GM & Keychains?

I was watching the news this morning and saw the GM problem with cars that would shut off unexpectedly. The one thing I got from this is the fact that an overloaded keychain could shut the car down. This causes me to think of many of the keychains I’ve seen that are owned by some women (Tori) that contain about 10 pounds of decorative shit suspended from the ignition switch. You KNOW that can’t be good for any switch but GM is taking all the heat from this. Sure they may have done better, but when you buy a car that costs peanuts, you don’t get  quality. Could it be that the drivers are partially to blame for the accidents? Maybe, but we’re not seeing the complete picture. Just my opinion.

Other Job?

My other job may disappear soon. Many may ask “other job?” but it’s something that I don’t really advertise much. My boss there was given 2 weeks notice and today marks day 14. I was basically a customer service rep for a website since 1994. The site, which will remain nameless, is most likely going away to be turned into a clone of the parent companies other sites. I did not get this name, but I was around to help the owner with code checking in the early days. Oh well, all good things shall end.

Peace

Dear Abby,
My husband has a long record of money problems. He runs up huge credit card bills and at the end of the month, if I try to pay them off, he shouts at me, saying I am stealing his money. He says pay the minimum and let our kids worry about the rest, but already we can hardly keep up with the interest. Also he has been so arrogant and abusive toward our neighbors that most of them no longer speak to us. The few that do are an odd bunch to whom he has been giving a lot of expensive gifts, running up our bills even more. Also, he has gotten religious. One week he hangs out with Catholics and the next with people who say the Pope is the Anti-Christ, and the next he’s on his knees 7 times a day with Muslims. Finally, the last straw. He’s demanding that before anyone can be in the same room with him, they must sign a loyalty oath. It’s just so horribly creepy!
Can you help?

Signed,
Lost