Abulsme.com: October 2015

I Broke My Foot

Lovely, huh? I was trying to do an obstacle course Alex had built in our driveway. I was on my bike. I fell. Crunched my foot between a wooden 4×4 and my bike. It wasn’t a hard fall, and at first I thought it was nothing and I would just get up and brush it off. That idea disappeared once I tried to stand up.

After a night of crawling slowly from room to room since I couldn’t stand or walk, and with even the crawling resulting in quite a bit of pain, Brandy made me go to the doctor. :-)

For now I have a boot on my left foot and I’ve got some crutches. I’ve been referred to an orthopedic office to see exactly what more they want to do with me. Sounds like it will probably be more than just the boot. In the mean time, I’m hobbling around the house, but even going from room to room is a fairly big effort, and often quite painful. The doctor says no weight at all on the foot if I don’t want to make it worse, and that I need to minimize how much I’m up and around.

So I’m thinking I have lots of working from home in my immediate future, and probably quite a bit of time just in bed or on the couch. Sounds like minimum 4 to 6 weeks to heal, possibly more.

Sigh.

But hey, at age 44 this is my first broken bone ever, so I guess I did pretty well…

Curmudgeon’s Corner: A Groundswell of Begging

On this week’s Curmudgeon’s Corner we apologize for last week’s show, then jump right in on Election 2016 analysis. We cover Biden’s exit and the results of last week’s debate, and what all that means for Clinton. Then we move on to the Republicans, talking about Trump’s staying power, how the only one close to him is Carson of all people, and how Bush is crashing and burning. With the Presidential race out of the way, we spend some time on Paul Ryan and the race for Speaker. Then finally in our lightning round we hit Back to the Future Day, iPads and iPhones, the hospital bombing in Afghanistan, book and movie reviews, and more!

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Recorded 2015-10-22

Length this week – 1:32:48

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(0:00:10-0:09:08) But First
- Sounds Ivan makes
- Allergy Meds
- Making fun of Ivan falling asleep
- Forced Break
- Future Debates
- Agenda
(0:10:09-0:21:49) The Democrats
- Biden Out
- Debate Results
- Clinton’s Position
- Sad for Joe
(0:22: 53-0:56:17) The Republicans
- Debate Demands
- Trump not going away
- Trump vs Bush
- Efforts to stop Trump
- Trump in the general?
- Thinning the crowd
- The Republican Split
(0:56:56-1:11:18) Speaker of the House
- Future Sam Disclaimer
- Ryan’s Conditions
- Ryan’s Options
- Ryan the RINO
- Weakened Ryan?
(1:12:07-1:32:28) Lightning Round
- Back to the Future Day
- iPad vs big iPhone
- Car bluetooth issue
- US hospital bombing
- Apple Music Subscriber Numbers
- Movie: Mud
- Book: The Son Also Rises

@abulsme tweets from 2015-10-24 (UTC)

01:50:32 Tried to do an obstacle course Alex set up for me. I fell. Hurt my foot. While Brandy was helping me up, he RAN and got the first aid kit!
01:53:33 He spent the next 10 minutes helping me with bandaids and other things from the first aid kit. Which was really nice.
01:58:28 But even after ace bandage, ice and Advil, it hurts quite a bit and I can’t walk on it. Hope I didn’t mess it up too bad. :-(
03:18:47 Retweeted @jaketapper 03:07:59 Trump: "We have a breaking story, Donald Trump has fallen to second place behind Ben Carson. We informed Ben, but he was sleeping."
03:34:37 Reading – Did the Kepler space telescope discover alien megastructures? The mystery of Tabby’s star solved (Galasyn) https://t.co/J3WUecVU0y
10:46:33 Just spent 10 minutes slowly crawling up the stairs on hands on knees because it was a little less painful than trying to do it upright.
10:47:48 At top of stairs I just lay down, exhausted from the effort, unwilling to try to contemplate dragging myself 20 more feet to the bedroom.
10:48:49 Maybe Brandy is right and I should go see a Doctor in the morning rather than just wait for my foot to feel better on its own. Sigh. :-(
10:53:14 It would suck if I broke my foot. But, I guess lying in hallway cause can’t make it from couch where fell asleep to the bedroom sucks too.
12:29:23 Made it to bedroom and bathroom. Took stronger pain killers. Going to try to sleep a little. Still haven’t put out podcast. Damn foot! :-(
16:19:19 Retweeted @bonncaruso 13:02:21 @abulsme Gute Besserung!! I hope you get better. in reply to abulsme
16:19:33 .@bonncaruso Thank you! in reply to bonncaruso
16:19:39 Retweeted @imbou 13:11:13 @abulsme I vote Doctor! in reply to abulsme
16:21:19 .@imbou I just gave this sneaky feelingвЂ¦ Based on quite clearly needing themвЂ¦ That I am at least going to end up on crutches for a bit. in reply to imbou
16:22:20 .@imbou He says as he wakes up and still can’t put any weight on his left foot at all without wanting to scream. in reply to imbou
17:14:25 .@imbou Appointment set for later today. Damn it! :-( in reply to imbou
18:13:50 Luckily the women in my family have suffered many leg injuries, so we had crutches in garage. So I was able to get to car without crawling.
18:15:10 On way to doctor now. Woo? If I broke my foot, guess it is about time. 44 years without a broken bone. Luck couldn’t last foreverвЂ¦
19:17:05 Yes. Foot broken. Upper metatarsal. In a boot now. Chance it may need surgery. Goody. First broken bone of my life. :-(
19:19:56 Boot or cast for 4 – 6 weeks probably. They gave me the temporary boot and are referring me to an orthopedic specialist to decide what else.
20:43:02 Retweeted @alcxxk 15:11:50 oh, microsoft https://t.co/FWxXgkeMhz
22:57:44 Managed to finally get back to my office. Going up stairs sucks. This really hurts. Will try to finish up on podcast now. :-(
23:59:25 Sorry. Will still be longer for the podcast. Think it has only ever been this late once or twice. Next two hours probably. But hey. Foot.

@abulsme tweets from 2015-10-23 (UTC)

00:05:08 вЂњI’m not talking about the account, I’m talking about the server.вЂќ And Clinton no better. My god, the tech illiteracy, it burns! It burns!
04:04:19 Retweeted @BenedictEvans 02:40:50 Forecast: artisanal, hand-driven car services will be all the rage in 30 years.
05:18:01 Retweeted @RyanLizza 00:23:19 Politically speaking, over the last week Clinton has broken the back of Sanders, Webb, Biden, and the Benghazi committee.
12:17:37 Reading – Hurricane Patricia, strongest hurricane ever recorded, will hit Mexico (Andrew Freedman) https://t.co/LeChIazUbQ
17:20:51 Life got in the way again. Won’t get a chance to release Curmudgeon’s Corner until tonight. Also a few polls not yet entered. Tonight. :-)
18:00:04 Retweeted @MichaelRLowry 17:47:48 First pass from Hurricane Hunters. 878 mb extrapolated pressure. Flight level winds 220 mph. #Patricia hasn't weakened.
20:29:51 Retweeted @AmyNotAmy 20:29:18 Dad guessing who Alex's teacher met recently – he asked if it was the President. Alex said "No silly, a human! The president isn't a human!"

@abulsme tweets from 2015-10-22 (UTC)

01:42:47 Retweeted @PRyan 01:08:29 My statement after a meeting of the House Freedom Caucus: https://t.co/lxmzBrUcms
02:08:03 Reading – Waiting for the Cave (@joshtpm) https://t.co/nB1ZSPSHcz
02:10:22 Retweeted @SabrinaSiddiqui 02:03:41 Ahh. Jeb said he saw ads for Supergirl and "she looks pretty hot, I'm looking forward to that." Pauses and adds, "That'll make news."
02:13:21 Reading – Tesla owners are ignoring autopilot safety advice and putting the results on YouTube (Rich McCormick) https://t.co/a0QTI59dLh
02:15:31 Reading – Astronomers find the first planet known to orbit a white dwarf (@jonfingas) https://t.co/AKk2uxjnoT
02:31:15 Retweeted @costareports 02:30:18 Where things stand: the gavel is Ryan's and he's willing to take it. He has overwhelming support from House Rs. Not everyone, but enough.
04:26:36 Retweeted @heif 03:44:43 Age 60+ @aol
50s @hotmail
40s @yahoo
30s @gmail
20s what's email
Teens what's internet
04:27:31 Retweeted @notch 03:53:26 Wait, why did doc even bring Marty and whatsit to the future in bttf2? What was the reason? Couldn't he just tell them?
05:15:37 Retweeted @petersuderman 04:51:52 Human beings are very strange: https://t.co/PjVr37xM8G
06:30:11 Retweeted @TvNetworkNotes 05:15:00 In honor of Back to the Future day… https://t.co/OcwzzKMBRX
12:44:09 Reading – Paul Ryan should be the next speaker of the House. Now what? (@thefix) https://t.co/j13oidF17h
13:32:29 Listening to Common Sense with Dan Carlin Show 297 – The Show That Should Not Be https://t.co/1GHbgEEUU1
18:53:10 I’ve been in work meetings most of the morning. How’s #Benghazi going? :-)
19:26:37 Thank you for pointing this out! Very true! -> How Can We Achieve Age Diversity in Silicon Valley? (@StevenLevy) https://t.co/DH6h4yEyPo
22:52:09 Retweeted @MAlexJohnson 22:50:12 BREAKING: Paul Ryan tells his colleagues "I am ready and eager to be our speaker." https://t.co/PIihgIGY8V https://t.co/WP79QW2yVQ
23:53:00 Is this guy asking questions right now Jim Jordan? I think Clinton was an idiot on this email stuff, but this guy is just being a dick.
23:59:14 Retweeted @NickKristof 23:56:23 The Benghazi Committee Republicans keep doubling down–and losing more heavily. When will they cut their losses and call it a night?

@abulsme tweets from 2015-10-21 (UTC)

02:42:09 [Abulpost] Amy is TWENTY!!! https://t.co/RDtROQM6EX
04:27:45 Reading – Paul Ryan Just Issued A List Of Demands To Republicans. The Right-Wing Isn’t Happy. (Judd Legum) https://t.co/vB7eWB3TLU
04:32:58 Reading – This One Simple Trick Will Allow You to Make a Killing Betting on the Presidential Race (Kevin Drum) https://t.co/Oiyge13N5b
05:52:40 Retweeted @ZeddRebel 2015-10-20 12:59:12 Woke up realizing the first two lines in the Star Wars trailer pass the Bechdel test.
14:13:35 Watching – Star Wars: Episode VII: The Force Awakens: Exclusive Ultimate Trailer – All Footage Together (ScreenSlam) https://t.co/flqgJMfXvq
16:13:00 OoooвЂ¦ Biden making statement now. W/ Obama! That can’t be an announce. Obama wouldn’t join him for that. Right? Unless resigning VP to run?
16:14:09 More likely announcing that he won’t run. Right? O would join him for that maybeвЂ¦
16:14:16 Retweeted @DaveMc99TA 16:13:43 @abulsme Obama is resigning so Biden can run as the President heh in reply to abulsme
16:14:45 .@DaveMc99TA I’ve actually thought about that possibilityвЂ¦. But nahвЂ¦ in reply to DaveMc99TA
16:17:12 Expecting a вЂњnoвЂќ here. As mentioned in last week’s podcast, after debate I dropped my personal odds of Biden tuning from 50% to 10%.
16:17:35 Here we go. A вЂњyesвЂќ would be a shock from the Rose Garden.
16:18:09 Yup. It is a no. As expected.
16:19:05 More boring result, but the expected result. Clinton is now almost certainly the nominee absent a major implosion on her part.
16:20:55 Next question, would he consider staying on as Clinton’s VP? :-)
16:22:19 Or maybe he wants SecState under Clinton. :-)
16:23:14 Since he isn’t running, nobody really cares what he is saying right now about what he thinks the agenda should be.
16:24:46 Maybe Biden will run for Speaker of the House? :-)
16:26:17 I would have preferred a Biden nomination to a Clinton nomination. Kinda sad he isn’t running. Oh well!
16:26:36 Retweeted @A_H_Goldstein 16:19:26 https://t.co/FvlnkywVzk
16:28:11 Lots of swipes at Clinton here. This is basically a campaign speech. Clearly WANTED to run. This is a peek at what might have been. :-(
16:32:13 AwwwwвЂ¦ That was sweet. Poor Joe. Still wish he had run, but this was understandable, and not surprising at all at this point.
16:34:36 To be clear, even if he did run, I think Hillary would still have probably won in the end. One of the reasons not to do itвЂ¦
16:45:22 One last thought. I think on the order of 70% of Biden support in the national primary polls goes to Clinton. She’ll be well over 50% again.
16:47:32 Some of this was вЂњwaited too long because griefвЂќ, but a lot was just reading the tea leaves. Biden knew his path to nom was very difficult.
18:14:25 Retweeted @nytimes 18:02:05 A full transcript of Biden's announcement that he is not running for president https://t.co/scFW0pP5Gj https://t.co/V0RiH6d6xh
18:54:25 Retweeted @aedwardslevy 18:52:58 Free idea for Jim Gilmore: reboot campaign, change name to "Rory"
19:00:33 Retweeted @DaveMc99TA 13:28:28 @abulsme EC maps https://t.co/Vzl8nDpFMb in reply to abulsme
19:00:45 Retweeted @adrian_gray 13:03:10 Way too early Electoral Vote maps (public polls)
Rubio 304 HC 221
Jeb 285 HC 253
Carson 252 HC 266
Trump 209 HC 304 https://t.co/QrNsSV59Kr
19:18:09 .@adrian_gray @DaveMc99TA All 4 within ranges I give in my own analysis, although Gray shows Rubio & Bush stronger. https://t.co/51XLs2CICt.
19:18:50 Oh yeah, happy #BackToFutureDay everyone. :-)
19:30:34 Retweeted @270toWin 19:09:47 Comparing the recent Democratic polls — with and without Biden. https://t.co/GLNieohM9g https://t.co/uCFtN7ofBl
22:46:51 Listening to Benjamen Walker’s Theory of Everything Enchanting By Numbers (2015 version) https://t.co/PhCbx7n9d4
23:55:43 Retweeted @breakingpol 23:54:28 Rep. Raul Labrador says supermajority of Freedom Caucus supports Rep. Paul Ryan for House Speaker – @frankthorpNBC https://t.co/OuNtPbDIvX
23:56:27 Retweeted @toddzwillich 23:52:57 Labrador: "the ball is back in Ryan's court"… No Freedom Caucus endorsement, no preconditions. But 2/3 support for him
23:57:10 Retweeted @KellyO 23:51:53 House Freedom Caucus member tells me 70 percent of group agrees to back @RepPaulRyan but their rules require 80 percent

Amy is TWENTY!!!

We no longer have a teenager! How amazing is that?

According to my calculations, which take into account time zones, the fact that a year isn’t an even number of days, leap years, and all that fun stuff, at the moment this posts… 2015-10-21 01:44 UTC (6:44 PM on the 20th Pacific, 9:44 PM on the 20th Eastern) Amy will be exactly 20 years old. TWENTY!

Happy birthday Amy! It is an honor to have you as my daughter. Love you!

@abulsme tweets from 2015-10-20 (UTC)

01:27:36 To celebrate the new Star Wars VII trailer coming out tonight, I am watching Caravan of Courage: An Ewok Adventure. https://t.co/uIkTWV6nzF
02:27:51 Watching -> Star Wars: The Force Awakens Trailer (Official) https://t.co/14WlMxIpM2
04:27:07 Retweeted @advodude 2015-09-17 19:05:38 .@JebBush I fixed your picture for you. #GOPDebate http://t.co/NIC2zCQSOT in reply to JebBush
05:31:29 Retweeted @petridishes 04:57:05 If I were an educator in the Star Wars universe I'd be deeply concerned by the MASSIVE GAPS in historical literacy that occur every 20 years
05:31:34 Retweeted @petridishes 04:58:56 Though if galactic history teachers are like my AP US teacher they probably devote tons of time to the old republic & skim the last decade
05:31:40 Retweeted @petridishes 05:00:32 Like Star Wars-educated youth I view Richard Nixon as a figure of myth and legend because everything ~30 years back is MAGIC
05:31:44 Retweeted @petridishes 05:03:50 "Your sad devotion to that ancient religion has not given you clairvoyance enough to–"
"FOR PETE'S SAKE IT WAS MAINSTREAM 19 YEARS AGO"
05:31:51 Retweeted @petridishes 05:05:22 "It's true. All of it."
"You mean that well-publicized stuff from NO MORE THAN 30 YEARS AGO?"
"yes that"
05:32:08 Retweeted @petridishes 05:06:20 I'm telling you
Star Wars needs curricular reform stat
we are failing our space pupils
05:32:12 Retweeted @petridishes 05:10:04 "the USSR? You mean, that old legend? i heard whispers but never once dared believe!" @MattWahnsiedler in reply to MattWahnsiedler
05:32:17 Retweeted @petridishes 05:13:54 now I'm picturing the state-level battles that got us here
"um, an all-powerful Force controlling everything? #teachthecontroversy"
05:32:23 Retweeted @petridishes 05:17:16 "I HOMESCHOOLED my child so he wouldn't be exposed to the dangerous notion that Jedi are real" -Star Wars dad with lots of bumper stickers
15:55:17 I passed another kidney stone earlier this morning. Always fun! Woo!

@abulsme tweets from 2015-10-19 (UTC)

02:38:15 A friend saw this on Facebook and recognized #3вЂ¦ My mom’s dog Sara that I rescued off I-95 in 2001. :-) http://t.co/gxt3tWHU0Y
02:39:18 Sara is very elderly and feeble these days, but still hanging on. That picture was taken when she was just a few months old.
02:40:37 I pulled over when I saw her dodging traffic in the middle of the highway. I called her and for her to jump into my car. She came eagerly.
02:42:35 The vet said she was only a couple months old. After trying and failing to find her owner, I presented her to my mom as her new dog. :-)
02:44:02 She has been a very good dog for many years sinceвЂ¦ She didn’t really repeat the tableau in that picture. :-)
07:21:04 Reading – Trump has figured out Bush's greatest weakness as a candidate, and it's not his energy level (Ezra Klein) http://t.co/EydP4loKrt
07:28:10 Reading – What’s Orbiting KIC 8462852 вЂ“ Shattered Comet or Alien Megastructure? (Bob King) http://t.co/CKOaknmZBP
21:22:25 Retweeted @BreakingNews 21:21:54 Democratic candidate Jim Webb considering independent run; will hold press conference Tuesday – @frankthorpNBC https://t.co/NcZswOZwp3
21:24:56 I had started to think I wouldn’t have to revamp my site for a 3-way race after all. Then again, this is WebbвЂ¦ So maybe nothing changes. :-)

@abulsme tweets from 2015-10-18 (UTC)

05:32:28 Reading and watching -> Larry David Surprises Crowd As Bernie Sanders in SNL Democratic Debate (J.D. Durkin) http://t.co/toCmPKk1T0
06:14:15 Reading – Was George W. Bush President On 9/11? An Investigation Into The Controversy Tearing The GOP Apart (Legum) http://t.co/u43gPC19sd
06:20:43 Reading – Poll Analysis: Clinton versus Bush (@hominidviews) http://t.co/KkSNewi6BQ
06:22:16 Reading- Obama Understands That Presidents Can't Make Empty Threats (Kevin Drum) http://t.co/kACVDpibAk
06:49:36 I have very little idea what happened to my Saturday. I didn’t get anything done. Except I slept a lot. Which I guess I needed. Still tired.
08:01:45 Retweeted @AmyNotAmy 07:59:28 Dad partied too hard AGAIN. https://t.co/By3ucO1lGV
08:02:40 Reading – The Doctors Without Borders Bombing Is Looking More and More Like a War Crime (Joshua Keating) http://t.co/R42up7Kq7W
08:03:18 Reading – OS X El Capitan License: in Plain English (Robb) http://t.co/aQd4JZWYOm
08:39:10 Reading – Tracy Morgan makes a emotional return to Saturday Night Live (Reuters) http://t.co/ItwNXTgwxw
08:44:12 Reading – I went looking for the uptick in murders in U.S. cities. Here’s what I found. (@MaxEhrenfreund) http://t.co/TrN84br0eP
13:53:12 Retweeted @pastfrontrunner 13:00:13 At this point in —
2004: Clark +5
2008 (D): H. Clinton +26.6
(R): Giuliani +9.3
2012: Romney +0.5
http://t.co/8pTnsrwBv0
16:11:07 Retweeted @aalaluf 15:44:43 The email moment: Bernie Sanders vs. Larry David on SNL (Vine by @IJDOTCOM) https://t.co/JSay2Ts5O5
21:06:22 For the 1st time in awhile I sat down and made progress on delegate tracking for the Election Graphs site. I hope to have it out next month.

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