Homeless - 63

What be the word, fellow humans?

Long time, no hear.

I've been having to put more time in at work due to authorized absences of a couple of co-workers and haven't had as much time at my disposal. From what I've read, there are layoffs in the private sector but the work still has to be done and the ones that still have a job have to work more for the same pay. It seems if you have an MBA or other advanced degree and in control of a sizable business entity, that you could come up with a innovative solution that keeps everybody on board and still increase profits. What do they call that? Oh yeah, thinking outside of the box, something many of the lesser corporate personnel have heard. Jesus F. Christ, reduce labor cost and overhead by personnel reduction and increase the amount of work for remaining staff - I thought of that while taking business courses in junior college. An advanced degreed individual can't come up with something better? It has always been preached that an individual should have more than one skill set but why doesn't that hold true for corporations? Oh well, the possibility of the government bailing out a company out wasn't an option back then. These days, that option is probably included in the business plan.


When I take control of this section of the galaxy, from the opulent living quarters of Black Thunder, things will be different. Err, don't hold your breath and do maintain a secure hold on your 'precious'.


I had to buy a new bitch purse in mid-October; you know the fanny pack, butt pack, man purse, man pack, whatever. I don't wear it as such. I adjust the strap out enough that it fits diagonally across the chest and the 'pack' rides at mid back. I found this configuration more agreeable in the instances that I have to chase down the occasional squirrel or rabbit for a meal. The one that I've been using was with me for several years but experienced an increased period of usage over the past 17 months. The black nylon material that it was made of became faded and worn, coming apart at the seams - literally. The keys to BT was poking through a seam near the zipper and I really don't need to lose that particular item. Due to my current budgetary constraints, I was looking for a replacement that was durable, stylish and cheap. I went by a Goodwill place and didn't find anything. I stopped by a church sale and didn't see anything there either. I stopped by a Walmart and lucked out. For the paltry sum of $5, I bought a new purse, black, approximately 25% larger, which was much needed, and made of a thicker and tougher material. I hated parting with the old one since it has served me well in my times of need. I made the change over while sitting at the quiet pool on a pleasant Sunday and couldn't bring myself to put it in a dark, dirty trash can so I put it in a bush, deep enough to avoid detection for awhile, kind of a final resting place by the pool that we visited so often and enjoyed the solitude.


Jeez, I'm such a sentimental shit.


Oh, yes, I have moved up in the world and began clawing my way up the summit of the peak of good living. I was doing the laundry thing, scavenging in the trash for fabric softening sheets that I chunk in the dryer to get the clothes wrinkle free, soft and pleasing against the epidermis of the living machine that I inhabit, when I realized that I can buy my own without sacrificing a meal. Yes! I made the purchase and use one sheet per load and strut around the laundry mat as if I belong there.


The lighting in my camping spot has been reduced. A couple of the lights have shifted their status to that of non-functioning, the ones that I've used to work on the other project during the dark, and have been off for nearly six weeks which seriously inhibits my literary endeavors. I thought that they would get them repaired in a couple of weeks but maybe they see that as a way to reduce their power usage. I need to find an alternative, instead of the option of launching a solar mirror into low Earth orbit that immediately leaps to mind.


Things to remember not to do when you have hair long enough to tie back with a hair thingy. The human females already know these things just as they know a lotta other things but laugh among themselves when they see us males discover things for ourselves while making a fool of ourselves which we ourselves do quite often.


1) Do not smoke a cig on windy days with hair unsecured


2) Do not eat outside on windy days with hair unsecured


3) When you lay down on your back with hair unsecured, do not lift your hear head suddenly or your will experience a whiplash effect


4) After showering take care when you loop that towel over your shoulders to dry your back, vigorously sawing the towel up and down; your head might be inclined to follow

5) Be attentive when strapping on a seat belt


I'm certain that there are other activities that may involve a human female in a ...close encounter situation but, at this time, I have no experience in that context.


Circumstances have altered in my world concerning one of my pausing spots, at the back of a shopping center. There are young people, maybe high school age, that attend an all day thingy during the week that seems to be concerned with dance stuff. After coming out of the backdoor of a 'store', they break into groups and practice...dance things. And it ain't disco or Madonna-grabbing-her-crotch stuff. I thought that another 'hood' was being birthed but I overheard one of the young women say as she was passing by that she had forgot her Bible. So it's a good thing. At least, they're doing this thing instead of other things that are not as productive. I just have to find another place to pause at that is within my range that has shade and somewhat out of the way.


I've shared with you about my dietary regimen within the work environment in a previous entry but I've had the good fortune to find it getting old. Yeah, I know, the same thing does get old. These days I mix it up with salad fixings - a head of Romaine lettuce (what else!), several Roma tomatoes, a bag of broccoli crowns, sometimes a medley of such stuff, sometimes a cucumber, and a bottle of bacon flavored Thousand Island dressing. Oh, don't forget the bacon bits! That usually lasts 4 -5 meals. Other weeks, I buy a whole chicken and gnaw on that for three days. Trust me - it doesn't last more than three days. And for a late night snack, a handful of deluxe mixed nuts that I can usually catch on sale. Ah, life is good!


Guys, guys, guys - do not, I repeat do not talk on the cellphone while in the bathroom. It is unmanly and smacks of poor breeding. I have no problem with women doing that because...well, they're women and don't have the curse of the Y chromosome. And it's in their nature. I don't know if you guys noticed but human females frequent that facility in small herds.


I'm sure some of you are aware of the current economic annoyance that our nation is having to endure and will do so for many months. You know, the global financial situation that has significantly de-balled your retirement accounts or skewered you in the gizzard by being downsized or...never mind. It seems that our government is 'investing' our tax dollars in banks and other financial institutions to keep them operational despite the bad decisions that were made under the umbrella of greed. I believe the sum, please correct me if I'm wrong, involve a lot of zeros to the left of the decimal point that are interspersed with commas with at least one whole number leading the parade. I've read that there has been discussions about the bonuses to executives of those rescued institutions, regarding the continuance of their bonuses and unless those sums are paid out, the management of some of those institutions may not participate. Are you fucking kidding me?!? Let's see - I'm a financial executive, I made bad decisions, failed my employees that I'm having to layoff, betrayed the trust of my stock holders, put the national and global financial infrastructure at risk, drastically reduced the retirement accounts of millions of people and I still want my bonus? For what? A job well done? It was my idea that a bonus is a reward for a job well done, not for dragging a company into the cesspool of red ink.


When we citizens reach our breaking point and start lining up lawyers against the wall and shooting them, I may have a couple of suggestions about additions to that lineup.


...breathe in, breathe out, wax on, wax off...


I know what you are thinking. But, David, you're homeless, you don't pay taxes. Why should you care? I do pay taxes by way of the part time job that I perform and whenever I buy something, engage in a retail transaction. I can't afford shelter and other basic necessities but I still pay taxes. Seems there is an imbalance there, something is contradictory to our nations' creed.


To finish off this entry, rambling as it has been, I'm going to to propose an idea that some would say is unrealistic, that has no chance of happening, of being Utopian in nature or of being Draconian. I would agree but it does present possibilities that are somewhat appealing to entertain.


The term treason, as currently used, applies to military matters, of security concerns involving troop deployments, weapons research, production and/or deployment. I guess it also applies to overthrow the government or to whatever the government wants it to apply to - remember, they make the laws.


But imagine the repercussions if that term was applied to high ranking corporate decisions, ones that affect, say, our national financial infrastructure or other national framework? Granted, there should be a litmus test, something along the lines of Does this decision hurt anyone, does it help my family, community, country and the world at large?


I'm just thinking of how much BS would be avoided, and money saved, at the onset if a policy or set of rules were introduced along those lines; especially when we grabbed a few of those sorry human types and lined them up against a wall and made an example of them by ripping out their liver?



Just a thought,



David



P.S.



TO: Human Authority Figures


I'm not advocating insurrection, just a better, more responsible and mature way of conducting corporate operations.