A good day.

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A shower, first thing. I noticed my heels were a bit rough and my toe callus was back, so I used the Dremel to smooth things off a bit. I took between and eighth and a quarter of an inch off my heels. I still didn't get down to real skin so I may do that again soon. I may not have horns like Hellboy, but I certainly am a bit different. I could tell when I was on normal skin. Youch! Then I got dressed, not just back into pajamas. The hope was to get out.

Out I got. Nothing fancy. A bit of grocery shopping at one store and a stop for fast food. Odd, all of the fast food places are closing down early, especially for a Saturday night. McDonalds, Wendy's, and Burger King closed their doors at 22:00 (10:00 pm)! So I had to eat in the X. I wanted something hot and would have preferred eating in the restaurant. I did get my caffeine fix back on track and a few other items. I had to throw a lot of stuff away, I just haven't been eating much other than what is being brought over and an occasional something. Usually a fried meat. I did pick up a head of cabbage and the fixings for corned beef. It's been a while. I could make that and freeze some of it too.

Have you ever wondered what the problem with politicians is? It's right under your nose, actually. The best (most popular) politicians are populists. Populists make for the worst sort of politicians (and scientists). But the fix is in. A politician can't make it without being popular. Socialism (and communism) tried to fix this by containing power in an organization or small group, sometimes a single man. The problem there, of course, is populism created the power shift and there are people involved. People who seek power, even if, in their minds, with good intentions. No, the world can't be perfect. Not this one. Not until there is a time and place and reality where each man truly is his own government and is justified and capable of being such. Still, all in all, America, at least up until recently (and even then honestly) is the best type of governance there can be.

While we can't go back to the America of several decades ago, perhaps we can hold the line a little longer. I am not sure, but I think foreign nations have gone so rogue as governments, even much or all of Europe, because of population spikes with no place to go. People become congregated, stacked upon each other, lost in numbers. It becomes easy to make life, human life, seem meaningless. Power, sex, money, and fame even infamy become the measure of a man lost in a sea of people with no way out. Murder, mass murder, even genocide are quietly indulged. Academics even now, even in America, and as a general rule, would condone the 'depopulation' of the world by as much as 90%. Scary, but they do have the ear of politicians, who blithely deny any such thing and yet, I think, often do work toward those ends.

I think many American politicians fear overpopulation more than foreign intrigue, terrorist attacks, or just about anything. That is why abortions continue. And it does mostly affect the poor and minorities. An overpopulation is one thing, an overpopulation of minorities is a whole other thing. As much as I disparage some minorities, I would rather see them win through life than lose without a chance, something that abortion does. It steals even a chance.

Actually, playing the games I play, I do note that the liberalism inherent in other medias is as blindly adhered to in these games. At least, in the current game, there are some serious jabs at the command and control involved. It doesn't hide it, but exposes it. If it still keeps with the liberal lines within the game.

A bit more uptime then to bed. I hope to shower a couple more times in the next three days, to soften the heels better. Then another grinding session. Swimming, I think, would help with this a great deal too. I just... have to be on top to begin doing that. At least I do have access now. I just have to get there. It would be perfect to swim right after Mass, then see my friend a few of those times per week. I just can't, right now. It's coming. I'm building up to it, I think. I see it, and am reaching for that bar once again.

Good night.