Jack of Harts

I listen to music when I write stories. I have a whole play list on youtube filled with songs that I like to listen to when I write. And sometimes, when writing a scene, I pick a single song and just play it over and over again to get me in the mood for that scene. One For the Money by Escape the Fate is a song I have not yet used for that purpose, but I intend to. Warning. It has some language. But it really is an awesome “kicking ass” song. I have this plan one day, maybe this year if my inner muse is any indication of what I’m looking to do next, of sitting down, putting that song on repeat, and kicking out a story where one of my Cowboys just chews through an entire group of bad guys.

I spent my Labor Day going to work and doing my labor. I guess a lot of people did not based on the number of stores and businesses that are closed. Never did make sense to me why people would choose not to labor on the day set aside to celebrate labor. But life is filled with such oddities. Lucky us. Whatever the case, my Labor Day is the first day of a six-day work week this week, so I will be getting some extra money. Much needed at the moment because a manager that is no longer here refused to enter in all of the vacation time I was entitled to while dealing with my mom’s end of life care. So many of my paychecks were a fair bit lighter than they were supposed to be. So this will be a nice boost for me. Cheers for all the people doing labor to get themselves better lives. 🙂

I wore political apparel like the old “I Like Ike” buttons when I was young, put Bush Senior bumper stickers on my cars, and signs in my yard. My car was vandalized, people destroyed the signs in my yard, and tore the political apparel off me. That cured me of wearing my politics on my sleeve many, many years ago. Now most people are perfectly fine running into people that disagree with them. Most people are happy to debate differences of opinion. But there are some who cannot stand the idea of people disagreeing with them. There are extremists like Antifa or BLM who are happy to commit physical acts of violence against such people. And right now in America, the leadership of the Democrat Party is actively encouraging them to hate and silence their political enemies, charging that they are very bad people who should be removed from their world. The extremists are happy to answer the call to violence, which makes the times rather dangerous for everyday Americans.