The Daily School bus: a bus gasses up at Tesoro in warm weather; rage
Wednesday, October 16, 2013 at 10:37AM ;)
I am so frustrated by what Squarespace has been putting me through that I don't want to make this post. I don't want to make any post. I don't want to blog, period! I am fed up. I want to quit blogging altogether and just go home. I do not need this kind of aggravation and drag on my life. What should be simple, was simple when I first tried and then somehow got made complicated by Squarespace, is now.. GRRRRRRRRR!!!!
Suffice it to say, the Squarespace nightmare continues.
That stated, there are two things about this picture that strike me as odd. One, that a school bus would gas up at a public station. You would think the school district would have their own gas pumps where the buses would gas up. Maybe they do. Maybe this guy unexpectedly pushed the empty mark and didn't dare take a chance on getting back to the school gas pump and so had to gas up.
If they gassed up at public stations all the time, then it seems like you would frequently see school buses at the pump, but you don't. I suppose I could make a call to the school district and find out if they have their own pumps or not, but I am a shy person and I don't want to. Plus, I have a feeling someone might let me know, soon.
Anyway, this is today's Daily School Bus. I actually haven't seen a school bus yet today. I shot this late yesterday afternoon on my coffee break, after I drove away from Metro.
The other odd thing is how warm it looks - because it is warm. 52 last time I checked. It is not supposed to be this warm here this time of year. But it is. I miss the crisp air we should be breathing now and the frozen ground upon which we should be walking. This just doesn't feel right to me. Not that it's unheard of, but more and more this kind of thing is happening to us.
And I am fed up with the far right in Congress - those who deny that what's happening with the climate is happening at all and who, while proclaiming themselves patriots, would savage and break their own nation if they can't blackmail it into abandoning the normal legislative process and bend it to the will of a mean minority that rejects science and equality for those who do not look like them or believe as they do. And I am tired of the individual from my home town who eggs them on, shouts out witty, nasty, inanities, proclaims light to be dark, dark to be light, whips up the emotions of those enraged who do not recognize or acknowledge the true source of their rage, who don't know what to do with their rage and so target it at the "other" - but really at themselves as well.
I just want to quit and go home.
Oh, wait.
I am home.
Reader Comments (5)
Bill, whenever you share your thoughts and photos with me, I feel like you are lighting me a little candle of knowledge about your state, your world, your friends, your family, and your goodness. I hope that you find what you need to put these daily Squarespace aggravations behind you and once again find the path that takes you back to your happy place of just sharing your life with us, your readers. I love your work and hope to find it here for a very long time to come. Your photos and posts are a real joy to read. Please hang in there and keep looking for the way through these recent miseries. You are appreciated more than you probably realize.
Mr. Hess when I read your update to an instagram photo about Squarespace being kaput again I felt terrible for you and for your many readers who so appreciate your view of the world. I share your frustration with all things that should and do not work- like blog apps and our government filled with free-loading fundamentalist hobos who act out of greed and fear. You have single-handedly restored some of the humanity to Wasilla that had been stripped away by an idiot neighbor of your's who claimed to see Russia from her porch. Long may humanity and goodness prevail- it shall, even when the freeze doesn't arrive as expected and knobs of no-account make decisions for the rest of us. Thank you for moving forward despite tremendous odds.
Bill, I can't do anything about Congress or the weather or your noisy neighbor, but I'd be happy never to hear of SquareSpace troubles again. Blogging is (apparently) so much simpler with WordPress. There's a world of difference!
Elsie and Kelly, this morning, I was truly, seriously, thinking about just chucking this blog. I have so many other things to do! But when I read something like what you write here, it encourages me to keep going.
Jerrianne. You are right. I will mention Squarespace again tomorrow and then just stop for awhile, although I might make a brief statement on a particular day next week. I have heard this about WordPress and often wish I had started there, instead of Squarespace. The problem with switching is that I have over five years of work on Squarespace and while I believe it can be transferred, I am 100 percent certain a transfer would bring about innumerable problems to solve. Plus, I would have to find the time to learn WordPress.
Still, I truly can't take what I have been getting from Squarespace much longer. At some point, I might stop for awhile and everyday spend a little bit of time learning about WordPress and then see.
Bill- As long as you find the time and energy to share your Logbook, on whatever platform you have time to deal with, I'll be here.
Your rich enjoyment of life, people, and places through personal and community lenses enriches my life enormously.
As per Squarespace woes- I've been out here cheering you on ! You haven't even said any bad words yet ,which given what is at stake should you give up on the platform and try something else, seems the epitome of cool to me . :-)
Best wishes neighbor!
I'm still in awe of the daily pic run you managed during whaling last month.