{"id":552,"date":"2014-09-07T00:31:00","date_gmt":"2014-09-07T07:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ericallen.x10host.com\/?p=552"},"modified":"2017-06-22T09:26:17","modified_gmt":"2017-06-22T16:26:17","slug":"is-fall-here-yet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ericallen.x10host.com\/?p=552","title":{"rendered":"Is fall here yet?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Here we go again.<\/p>\n<p>The recap:<br \/>\nWife finally got a phone she likes-I promised it to her at Christmas&#8230;&lt;sigh&gt;. E wants to go on a trip, without me. My parents are coming up in August, they&#8217;re very old. We got the kids rearranged, the house is much more decluttered, we left PWS. 4th of July, visited one of E&#8217;s friends&#8217; &amp; watched the Oaks Park fireworks from the bluff. S has been going to vacation bible schools, and C did a mural drawing camp. Cleaning, purging, trying to organize, keep the house clean, failing at work. Correction, no parents visit, changing schools. It&#8217;s been hot this week.<br \/>\nAnd after a long hiatus, back. Wife &amp; kids to Montana, kids started new school. S&#8217;s birthday, my birthday. A thing with tex. Made a song &amp; video, posted to youTube.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"beTTa real\" width=\"525\" height=\"295\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VU2E0pFr3AE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Grabbed a bunch of music. Lack of cash due to overspending, help from everyday angels. A couple of gamelan gigs. A new orange kitten.<\/p>\n<p>Our human world is sick and sad, too. We&#8217;re committing slow suicide as a society. At the brink of the war of all against all. I&#8217;m just tired of it all, and simply don&#8217;t care anymore.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Here are the links-maybe I should do the canonical blogger thing and sprinkle them throughout a post, rather than a long list at the end&#8230;\\\/\\\/hate\\\/er&#8230;Don&#8217;t drink and post. I&#8217;m also listening to an epic Tool show from 1998. It&#8217;s nice to drink, listen to awesome music and write. maybe that&#8217;s what I need to do rather than writing software. I just don&#8217;t know-I have so much more to me than the software thing, but the world doesn&#8217;t value anything more than what my job is. There isn&#8217;t a value to consciousness and inner development, and presence.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: small; line-height: 150%;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.alternet.org\/economy\/how-inequality-shapes-american-family\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How Inequality Shapes the American Family<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.alternet.org\/belief\/why-noam-chomsky-such-effective-thorn-side-corporate-state\">Why Noam Chomsky Is Such an Effective Thorn in the Side of the Corporate State | Alternet<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.alternet.org\/news-amp-politics\/americans-are-dangerously-politically-ignorant-numbers-are-shocking?paging=off&amp;current_page=1#bookmark\">Americans Are Dangerously Politically Ignorant &#8212; The Numbers Are Shocking | Alternet<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/truth-out.org\/opinion\/item\/24389-secret-collaboration-between-the-power-of-force-and-the-pursuit-of-profit\">Secret Collaboration Between the Power of Force and the Pursuit of Profit<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.truth-out.org\/news\/item\/24437-protesting-youth-in-an-age-of-neoliberal-savagery\">Henry A. Giroux | Protesting Youth in the Age of Neoliberal Cruelty<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.truthdig.com\/report\/item\/shredding_the_fourth_amendment_in_post-constitutional_america_20140627\">Shredding the Fourth Amendment in Post-Constitutional America &#8211; Truthdig<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.alternet.org\/economy\/5-reasons-rich-are-ruining-economy-hoarding-their-money?ak_proof=1\">5 Reasons the Rich Are Ruining the Economy by Hoarding Their Money | Alternet<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/truth-out.org\/news\/item\/24697-are-economic-growth-and-social-justice-incompatible\">Are Economic Growth and Social Justice Incompatible?<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.alternet.org\/economy\/founding-fathers-backed-thomas-piketty-and-feared-powerful-1-percent\">The Founding Fathers Backed Thomas Piketty-And Feared a Powerful 1 Percent | Alternet<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.politico.com\/magazine\/story\/2014\/06\/the-myth-of-americas-golden-age-108013.html#.U7yDU_ldWlB\">The Myth of America&#8217;s Golden Age &#8211; POLITICO Magazine<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.alternet.org\/culture\/our-world-far-beyond-george-orwells-worst-nightmare?paging=off&amp;current_page=1#bookmark\">The World We&#8217;ve Constructed Is Far Beyond George Orwell&#8217;s Worst Nightmare | Alternet<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.truth-out.org\/opinion\/item\/24763-tackling-inequality-with-politics\">Tackling Inequality With Politics<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.alternet.org\/news-amp-politics\/conservatives-and-liberals-cant-agree-what-constitutes-reality\">Conservatives and Liberals Can&#8217;t Agree on What Constitutes Reality | Alternet<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.truthdig.com\/report\/item\/the_rising_tide_will_all_boats_be_lifted_20140801\">Richard Reeves: The Rising Tide: Will All Boats Be Lifted? &#8211; Truthdig<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2014\/08\/10\/opinion\/sunday\/nicholas-kristof-is-a-hard-life-inherited.html?smid=tw-share\">Is a Hard Life Inherited? &#8211; NYTimes.com<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.alternet.org\/economy\/sick-market-driven-world-you-should-be\">Sick of This Market-Driven World? You Should Be | Alternet<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.truthdig.com\/report\/item\/climate_change_heralds_end_of_civilizations_20140814\">Climate Change Heralds End of Civilizations &#8211; Truthdig<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.truthdig.com\/report\/item\/the_disease_of_american_democracy_20140819\">Robert Reich: The Disease of American Democracy &#8211; Truthdig<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.alternet.org\/economy\/america-so-over-home-ownership-why-shift-renting-economy-might-actually-be-good\">America Is So Over Home Ownership: Why the Shift to a Renting Economy Might Actually Be Good | Alternet<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.alternet.org\/visions\/why-acknowledging-white-privilege-not-surrendering-white-guilt?paging=off&amp;current_page=1#bookmark\">Why Acknowledging White Privilege Is Not Surrendering to &#8220;White Guilt&#8221;_ | Alternet<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/egbertowillies.com\/2014\/09\/01\/middle-class-pitchforks-nick-hanauer\/?utm_campaign=coschedule&amp;utm_source=facebook_page&amp;utm_medium=Join%20the%20Coffee%20Party%20Movement&amp;utm_content=Should%20Middle%20Class%20be%20sharpening%20their%20pitchforks%20yet%3F\">Should Middle Class be sharpening their pitchforks yet?<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here we go again. The recap: Wife finally got a phone she likes-I promised it to her at Christmas&#8230;&lt;sigh&gt;. E wants to go on a trip, without me. My parents are coming up in August, they&#8217;re very old. We got the kids rearranged, the house is much more decluttered, we left PWS. 4th of July, &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ericallen.x10host.com\/?p=552\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Is fall here yet?&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-552","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ericallen.x10host.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/552","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ericallen.x10host.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ericallen.x10host.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ericallen.x10host.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ericallen.x10host.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=552"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/ericallen.x10host.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/552\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8605,"href":"https:\/\/ericallen.x10host.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/552\/revisions\/8605"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ericallen.x10host.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=552"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ericallen.x10host.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=552"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ericallen.x10host.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=552"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}