“It does a couple of other things. It takes $52 billion in higher Social Security tax revenues and counts them as offsets. But that’s really reserved for Social Security. So either we’re double-counting them or we don’t intend on paying those Social Security benefits.
…The Senate Budget Committee chairman said that this is a Ponzi scheme that would make Bernie Madoff proud.“

With my emphasis added, that’s a quote from Rep Paul Ryan speaking at the Health Care Summit. You can see why so many congressmen want to throw out the current …

I don’t know how she did it, but Britt was able to fit everything in this picture into that tough box. There is also a coffee pot and queen-sized blow up mattress in the box, and there are also a few layers beneath the boxers, books and baby wipes that aren’t visible in this pic. She is like the queen of real life Tetris!

So, if you think you want to send old Matty a care package during his Army-sponsored counterinsurgency study abroad program, take notes from this pic. There was …

Had a follow up with the doc today and got my surgical wrap replaced. One more week and I’ll get the sutures out and will start physical therapy.
I’m pretty sure I mentioned that not only did my doc remove my ridiculously large screw but that it had damaged some of my tendon. The screw had wrapped itself around strands of the tendon so she had to cut out the “dead” parts and whip-stitch it together. This is going to extend my recovery by a …