Moon ring

I don't know if my fellow Fallbrookians got a chance to see the moon display Saturday night but it was pretty epic. I have never seen a larger ring. I yelled at my neighbors to come outside and look and emailed a few friends as well. My clumsy picture does not do it justice but it appeared to take up much of the sky. Blew my mind.

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This is my 7777th blog post, not counting the several hundred I have deleted over time. Rolling into the twelfth year, there is not a lot I have not touched on in my blast tenure. If I have learned anything it is that you can not please everybody.

I was talking to a very successful friend the other day who mentioned that many of our mutual clients are put off by my "left" political stance and that it has cost me business. Although I have tried to not ruffle feathers and be accepting of all viewpoints, I believe that to be indeed true.

The very next day a liberal friend said that she thought I had been taking my foot off the gas pedal and was now leaning too conservative.

I really can't win.

After posting pictures of Yellowstone I got this note.

DP	Mon, Oct 8, 8:09 PM
Ya just had to throw your political BS in at the end.

Some people are clearly here for the pictures and hate the politics. I appreciate that. The truth is that I have not had any political metamorphosis whatsoever. What I have had is a desire to seek common, middle ground and to not stay in a permanent state of outrage. I use to write seven blogposts a day pointing out every rotten thing in Denmark but it just got old for me.

I don't have the time or the inclination anymore. And I have said it all before. I think this administration is rotten, worse than the last administration which was also in some ways rotten but not this rotten. My main thrust and area of concern is environmental, I think our current stewardship and land use policies are not in accord with the ultimate health and well being of the planet.

I will continue to raise the environmental alarm on issues that I feel impact our air, earth, water and animals at every opportunity. And also to point out the hypocrisy of an administration that calls for public decorum one day and refers to a congressman as a Schitt the very next. Business be damned. But like the bard said, to thine own self be true. Read me or don't read me, I got to be me. Blast marches on.