Quick Post

Sort of a trash-can post. We used a different route to leave Florida than the one we used to get there and made much better time: I'm typing this from a hotel in Louisiana. We had originally planned to stop in Mobile and say "Bye" to the fam, but it was way too early in the day to stop when we blew threw Alabama. Tampa turned out to be about an actual job from an actual company that was actually planning to hire an actual person. How refreshing. Communication with a company in Texas is following the same insane pattern we've been seeing: move to town, then contact the company; otherwise, we have nothing to talk about. I don't get it. Either you have an opening at your company or you don't. It's that simple. Us packing everything we own and moving has no impact whatsoever on whether or not you are hiring. No wonder the economy is in the toilet with inconsiderate morons running everything.

I've been saying for years that the medical industry has become obsessed with numbers to the point of killing people. The new A1C target for diabetics is going to result in thousands of needless deaths. And yet another study shows that current weight targets are already resulting in unnecessary deaths. But like most problems, this one won't be solved as long as millions of dollars are being made by people milking the public's fears and phobias.

These two stories are related: Sears is starting its Christmas promotions in July. Food riots may be coming: "The man who predicted the 1987 stock market crash and the fall of the Soviet Union is now forecasting revolution in America, food riots and tax rebellions - all within four years, while cautioning that putting food on the table will be a more pressing concern than buying Christmas gifts by 2012."

Well, we need to hit the road.