Crash

Just a quick note. The IRS site to enter bank information for stimulus payment direct deposits has gone live but it has already crashed. So, here is the address:  https://www.irs.gov/coronavirus/get-my-payment. It will probably take a day or two before there is even a chance of getting your information submitted. I was hoping to report a smoother process, but the system …

Proof of Life

Easter Saturday at Lake Tahoe. A sign there is still life on this planet. I have been under a rock the past couple of days. Even a reporter must close his or her eyes for a brief period, especially with the redundant gloom and doom that is our current state of news. I had a PTSD free 3-days. I have, …

Samsung … Can it really be?

Can it really be after six or seven updates, Samsung has finally fixed the calibration software in its Galaxy Watch? Talk about a stubborn company. I love Samsung phones. I love my Samsung TVs. I have owned several Samsung step tracking watches … and then came the Galaxy Watch. Good golly Miss Molly, I never owned anything so frustrating, ever. …

Buh bye now Walmart

This post is to serve as a public service announcement to stay away from Walmart.com … unless you like being lied to and dealing with delays and aggravation. In the year 2000, I began a 13-year boycott of Walmart. Not for obvious reasons such as poor pay to employees and cutting profits of suppliers to pad its own coffers. No, …

Who is Carole Baskin?

That was a question I had last night for a couple of my gaming friends. I play this interactive game comprised of 25-30 fictitious states. Each state has a government and a government notice board. Last night when I saw the third item on the board, “Carole Baskin killed her husband the bitch,” I thought she was a player in …

The Good, The Bad and The Ugly

There is not much to talk about besides the Coronavirus and its stronghold on the world. The pandemic has taken over every aspect of our lives. I thought I would pick out some of the highlights of the past couple of days and share them with you. I decided I would list the good the bad and the ugly in …

LG: Liquid Gold

We hear a lot about TP lately. That would be toilet paper. How about LG. That would be Liquid Gold. See those items in the above picture? Add some parsley, garlic and red bell pepper to the mix and that is what you have: Liquid Gold. Otherwise known as Italian red gravy. Who doesn’t love it? Yesterday was the first …

Is this the best we got?

I proudly said on Friday that we live in the greatest nation on earth. We are a great nation. But what about this? These pictures are from a Las Vegas parking lot, where homeless people are being rounded up and confined to asphalt below them and no protection above them. Homelessness is a growing pandemic right here within the borders …

Done Deal

It’s a done deal folks. The $2.2 trillion Coronavirus emergency stimulus package known as the Cares Act was passed earlier today by the United States House of Representatives and was just signed by President Donald Trump. Many people are rejoicing, though some are not happy with the package for one reason or another. That our politicians were able to come …

To the House

It took several hours more than expected, but the United States Senate at midnight EST passed a $2 trillion emergency stimulus bill that will now head to the United States House of Representatives for passage. The package was passed unanimously 96-0, after a Republican amendment to lessen the amount of unemployment benefits failed. Copied and pasted below is information from …