Yes it is quite annoying getting that phone call that you no longer have an extended car warranty. It is so nice of the gentleman on the other end of the line serving that gentle reminder that you have no extended car warranty.

They probably still do exist, people who go door to door selling bathroom brushes or Encyclopedias. I don’t have any real means to compare what is more disliked a call about your car warranty or a door to door salesman. My bet is the extended car warranty is more annoying as it is the here and now. People may even view door-to-door salesman‘s with a bit of nostalgia.

There is a human being on the end of the line when you were being called about your extended car warranty. They filled out an application, read the job description, interviewed in a new suit and excepted the job offer from Extended Car Warranty Inc. ECWI

And now they have the job, and they drive to work every single day through the back streets of a remote town in Indiana or India in a car with no extended car warranty. Why would you buy that on that limited income. It just doesn’t make financial sense. But it does make financial sense to make that phone call So that one in 100 people fall for the bait. It is known as the law of large numbers.

And a word to the wise, when you win that trip from Marriott, Because your name was chosen from the friends and family program you have now won an all expense paid trip and now you need a ride to the airport.

I hope you have an extended warranty for your car so you can get to the airport.

I have no words of wisdom or deep philosophical thoughts other than it is amazing some of the industries that exist and there are people who are willing to work within these industries. And the problem does not live with those who work in the industry, rather those who design business such as to prey on people and their insecurities.

There are projects around the house such as building a new deck, putting on a new roof or cleaning out the garage. Then there are projects around the house such as crate training a Jack Russell terrier.

In the long run, Luna will succeed. It is going to take some work and it seems like a colossal task right now but Luna is going to graduate from college and behave like a non-jack Russell terrier.

Day one of informal training went surprisingly well. Her house is known as tu Casa. Yes, we thought we would train her and teach her Spanish at the same time. That makes a lot of sense considering she picked up German OK. It was kind of funny watching her start to bond with her house last night.

Which brings us back to Pavlov and BF Skinner. Skinner introduced the idea of shaping. Shaping is the process of rewarding behavior as it gets closer and closer to the desired outcome. And that is what we are doing with Luna right now. She gets little rewards for being around her house, going in her house, being quiet in her house.

I should be using the term tu Casa because she’s listening as I am writing this. The beauty of voice recognition.

So you remember back in college when during the summer you had assigned reading and had to read certain books to be prepared for the fall. That is exactly what it is right now. This is Luna’s summer reading.

This is also Jenna and my summer reading. How to crate train a Jack Russell. The book will be on the shelves in 2022.

Have a great Friday

While learning Spanish we are trying to figure out when to use terms for this and that. I had the same struggle with the title of this brain dump whether we had this stupid problem for that stupid problem. We still have a problem with stupid.and right now I’m not talking about ignorance and hatred. Those are related , yet a discussion for another day. Right now I’m talking about the issue of stupid. And there are many many people who love having the stupid problem.

Yes, a cheap and uneducated workforce is beneficial to the agenda of those Who try To rule democratic and economic processes in the United States. It is to their benefit to keep college expensive and attainable to the very rich for those who make great sacrifices for their children to get a good education. I believe it was during the Reagan era when federal funding for/for colleges and the funding never returned at the state level. So the chief responsibility of footing the higher cost rested to that of the students and families of the students.

Non-college-educated white voters used to solidly belong to Democrats, and college-educated white voters to Republicans. Several events over the past six decades have caused these allegiances to switch, the most recent being the candidacy, election, and presidency of Donald Trump.

But we’ve always had this if you’re in the United States. There is a common mistrust of those who did not go to college of those who did. Mistrust is such a tepid word that sometimes it borders on out right contempt.

It has been observed, those with a college education tend to vote for progressive candidates. Of course there’s black and white in there but this is the overall trend. So of course, it is an agenda item to keep college education expensive and pretty much unobtainable. Or you can bribe your way in, or money your way in and in the best case scenario study your way in.

I don’t see why it has to be mutually exclusive as I believe getting certified in a trade such as plumbing, woodworking and electricity is a great way to go. It is a skill set I am in awe of and there are certain people who are better suited to do that.

Of course I beat around the bush and never even got close to addressing the stupid problem. I just gave a nod and a wink to the smart problem. Let’s get everybody smart and on the same page.

Let’s get everybody on the same team.

I have not been out of the house in ages, and I headed out last night to go for a walk with my old next-door neighbor and one of my best friends. And for a while there, I had flashbacks to normal. It was my old commute to my old neighborhood and the trip I used to make weekly to play soccer.

Everything felt familiar to the angle of the sun, the litter along the expressway, and the reflection off of Mount Hood. It all felt kind of familiar. I think my heart started beating faster, with a stimulus response in anticipation of playing soccer.

But we were simply going for a walk. I reminded me of an old Pretenders song which I can’t remember the title. I believe it’s called “My City Was Gone”.

I didn’t see anyone I used to know, many businesses were closed and there was not the usual hustle and bustle. It felt like my city was gone. And there is a beauty with that as well as those living there deserve a well earned quiet night at home. It is their city now.