What are you #Thanksgiving?

• I woke up this morning and everything that's me works; mileage notwithstanding 
• There's probably still more food than I can eat for breakfast in the fridge
• Heat's working
• Working today, with the option to do it remotely
• The missus secured the bedroom so I could sleep in, until (wait for it) almost 8 a.m.
• Got to wish pops happy birthday 
• And of course, much more, including clean underwear ;)

Decision 2014 - The Fourth Quarter

The last quarter of a two-term, US presidency I suspect can be the most perilous. As a president, I imagine one is not only tired, but with nothing to lose but one's legacy, one might put all his chips on 44 black, or something. By now a president knows who his friends are. By friends, I means those who wouldn't push him off a cliff for the sake of maybe keeping their jobs.

The GOP's sweep may actually do more harm than good for the party. Now they actually have to do something rather than just be against something. I think they would have been better off saving their powder until 2016. Still, I do believe that bipartisan government is the ideal for a people as counterintuitive as that may seem. Some of my best teachers in life have been folks who's world views are opposed (anywhere from degrees to miles) from mine.

The GOP have an opportunity. If they use it well (unlike 2010), they could make a compiling case for the White House in 2016. It can even be gimmicky, say 20 bills (the people care about) in 16 months. Imagine that?

Unfortunately, hope is easy and change is hard. The older you get, the harder change is.