Nursing Homes Are Depressing PERIOD

There's a commercial on television about how people with dementia in nursing homes still have so much to live for, etc.  BOLLOCKS.  For those of us who have routinely visited a nursing home, we know that it is sad and depressing and it is the last place you want to visit.  You might love that person and want to visit them - but no doubt you'd rather go to 1994 to do it.

The person you know, who now is unable to care for herself, unable to live in her own home, unable to think like she used to, is not happy to be alive in this way.  I see a room full of people sitting around, playing lame games and activities, waiting for someone to visit them, and of course, waiting to die. Then, if someone actually does show up to visit, the loved one complains about how horrible it is to be there, or asks when they are going 'home', or just talks about the same few things they always talk about, like the weather.

You start thinking, Would I rather see my loved one dead or living like this?   Not as easy a question as you might think.

I'm glad we have nursing homes to care for those of us who are no longer able to live alone.  Only rich people can bring in a full-time caretaker in their home.  Not every daughter or son has what it takes to help a parent on the toilet or in the shower.  And this can happen to anyone from a 50-year-old who has a devastating stroke to a 95-year-old grandfather.

What's my point?  I have no point!  This is merely venting about something that's horrible and that no one can make pretty no matter what.

#NursingHome #GettingOld #caretaker

Another Idiotic Move by Donald Trump

Doesn't Trump have someone who works for him who could tell him NOT to pick a fight with parents whose child has died?  Trump had the perfect opportunity to simply say he would want all incoming Muslim, Middle Eastern, etc. refugees to be vetted properly so that we only bring in those willing to defend the United States.  Or he could have been snarky and said, Yes, it's wonderful that your son died defending this country, but thousands more have died at the hands of Muslim extremists.

I HATE THIS ELECTION.

#Trump2016 #HillaryClinton #Election2016 #NoOneToVoteFor

Hillary Clinton - most boring speech ever

Hillary Clinton's speech at the DNC was a great disappointment with the same old rhetoric "We can do it together!" and predictable insults toward Donald Trump.  I wanted Hillary to blow me away.  I wanted her to be above insulting Trump and just tell me all the great things she has planned.  I wanted her to show me how she is going to be a much better president than Barack Obama. She showed me nothing.  It was all the same crap Obama said eight years ago "Yes, we can!".  A vote for Hillary is a vote for Obama.  Ugh.

I must admit, I actually LIKED Donald Trump's speech, so I was sure Hillary was going to up her game and wow everyone in order to top him.  So I can't believe I'm saying this, but I might NOT VOTE for anyone this election.

We live in this beautiful country full of super smart people and THIS is the best we can do?  Liars and cheaters and preachers? Fingers crossed something wonderful happens in the next few months to bring us a great new president.

#DonaldTrump #HillaryClinton #Election2016 #DNC #HillarySpeech

WHO SHOULD I VOTE FOR?

Last night President Barack Obama said Hillary was better qualified to be president than he ever was. I am quite sure he said the opposite of that in 2008, so that makes #Obama a LIAR.  Hillary is a documented LIAR by the FBI.  And I have no doubt #Trump has told a lie or two in his day.  So self-serving, egotistical politicians are all liars; the playing field is even.  Now, how do we pick the next president?

I'm worried about crime, like the record-breaking number of murders in Chicago this year, and Hillary would never speak out against those murderers, so they're going to keep on murdering with Hillary's blessing.  I know Trump wants to do something about the high crime rate in certain cities, but I worry that he's getting in over his head in other areas of government he doesn't understand.  But I actually LIKE that he's not a career politician - Obama was a lousy president, so maybe things could actually get better if the economy got working again, like Trump claims?  But Hillary probably knows it's all bullshit and nothing, absolutely nothing, ever really changes.

The only reason Hillary got those Hollywood ladies to speak on her behalf is because she's a woman - or at least as close to a woman as we'll see in this position.  Hillary Clinton is just as unlikable as Donald Trump.  I've never NOT voted and I've never 'wasted' a vote on some obscure candidate who has no chance of winning.

I'm going to cross my fingers that one of these dumb-dumbs trips up big time before the election and I'll have a clear cut candidate to nominate (by default).  This sucks.

#Hillary2016 +Hillary Clinton #Trump2016 #Obama #Vote

Don versus Dawn

Why do people think that the names 'Don' and 'Dawn' sound alike?  Where in the country do you live that you have trouble pronouncing 'Ron' or 'Fawn', or 'Con' or 'Yawn'?
#DonDawn

STRANGER THINGS on Netflix

I wanted to not like this show because I don't need to add any more shows to my watchlist.  I thought I would hate it because it would be too weird and too much like #XFiles.  I ended up loving it and I can't even put my finger on why.

Crazy story that moved at a nice fast clip.  Good actors, likable-enough characters, set in 1983 (yay!).
I couldn't stop watching, needing to see what would happen next, and before I knew it, I was done the entire season.  Looking forward to next year..

#Netlix #StrangerThings