me of course

Good morning to all of you... I hate to whine but feel I must... I started this... hang on this color is not right... snicker remember Uppie orange... OK I started this Uppiedate thing to amuse and inform a large group of people... this was obviously prior to facebook... if I had had any techo brains I could of invented facebook and made some money... never mind... Diego commented the other day that he missed my cynical asshole sense of humor... he is right ... sadly Diego after eight years of this online stuff I only have cynical left... I keep getting the urge to wipe my Facebook account and one day will... as I feel it does not provide me with the conversational outlet that I enjoy... as many of you keep telling me that you enjoy or should I say used to enjoy my ramblings... (if you really do .. good... if you are just humoring me.. please continue to do so)... I feel it is my duty (neigh as in horse) my religious obligation to continue the assault...

It's three in the morning here and I have been up since midnight keeping the mother in law company... as you know she is end lifing so to speak and though in a good patch as compared to a month ago... has been hitting the morphine over the last couple of days... there are two aspects to looking after her... the physical is not to bad... some times an effort but not really a burden for as a family we share it out... the other side is the emotional... her realization that her time on earth is limited and that with her illness and age things are not going to be pleasant... brings out emotions in all of us that are.. given the situation some times helpful but often not... so when your boss tells you that you and your fellow workers are a "team" and that you are all on a "journey" together... tell him to fuck off as he will be some single poser who does not know what team, journey or even together actually mean... did I mention I have lost my sense of humor... anyway it's good that mummy in law has a sense of humor... though even that fails her at times... as when you are really sick nothing really helps...

Subject three... the world financial situation... alright close your collective mouths people... for many years I have made a point of studying economics... not just the business side of reports, performance, markets etc... but the psychology of money and behaviors... it's a fascinating subject and very broad... if you want a good book try anything by Joseph Stiglitz (I love how Jews have those cute little Z'ds in their names)... I had an accountant tell me once many years ago that he would never invest money in the share market as it was run by crooks and thieves... at the time I thought he was a little bit strong on it... shows how much I knew... I thought that the Enron's etc were aberrations as all walks of life have their criminal elements... however again shows you how much I know... The one thing I have learned is that the rich and powerful make their living by sucking the life out of the rest of us... and thats fine because we let them do it and deserve what we get... no... the worst thing arising from the current financial morass is that the rich and powerful now know that there are no limits as to what they can do to us... they gambled away our life savings our job security and our faith in the financial system... then when they ran out of money ... the politicians that they have in their pockets told them... "never mind... we will replace all the money you have lost and tax your original victims to recoup our costs" ... hmmm I feel I'm paying twice here... at least Al Capone was an honest bastard...

obviously the situation is way more complicated than that... and I will cease to bore you anymore...

I will always remain

Uppie the Faithless (retired)

and looking for my sense of humor

by the way Fiend tell me about your new woman..

Shrimp greetings to you..

Fluffy you promised me email traffic... (insert growly face with a wink) I could never be mad at you..