Thursday, April 18
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gottawonderToday I am grateful for:
Getting some very good sleep last night.
Okay weather. Cool and windy.
A phone conversation with Trainwreck, who says she's "okay" with people in our family who might be gay but haven't come out, then proceeds to talk like maybe she does have a problem with people being gay. You know, they're fine, but they're "f*cking gay". I wonder why they wouldn't feel okay coming out to our family.
Otherwise, it was her usual stream of negativity and trauma/victim hood.
She pretty much has nothing to talk about besides feeling like shit, having an awful life, and so on. Does she ever have a good moment and it absolutely terrifies her in its unfamiliarity?
I had a very brief phone conversation with Mom, she sounded very sleepy so I didn't talk for long.
I painted the bird houses I got a while ago, the only exterior color we had was barn red, so I used that. I need to do a bit more on them, but they look good.
My Sweetie came home and did a bit of work on the cabinets in the mud room, getting the fit a bit better on the counter top and putting in another drawer. Nibbles, but it all matters.
I let everyone out into their pastures, but decided to see what would happen if I took the ponies over to a little corral beside Wonder, so she could have some company. She has seen the ponies in their pen, but not where they could touch noses.
There was a bit of squealing and some running around, and that literally lasted maybe 15 minutes. I'm impressed. Then they all went back to grazing.
That worked out well enough that I might try to do that more often, so that Wonder can have some equine company. It's also good for the ponies to experience new things sometimes.
The goats were a bit worried, so I stayed with them in their pasture. I know the ponies give them a sense of security, and they likely would protect them if something came into the pasture.
In and around everything else I washed two loads of laundry and changed the sheets, and cleaned the litter box, and vacuumed a bit.
I made supper, then brought everyone back to their rightful places, and we watched some "Boardwalk Empire".
"Israel is located in a region known historically as Canaan, Palestine, the Land of Israel, and the Holy Land. In antiquity, it was home to several Canaanite, and later, Israelite and Judahite states. The region was successively conquered by the Assyrian, Babylonian, Achaemenid, Hellenistic, Roman and Byzantine empires, Arab Caliphates, Crusaders, Ayyubids, Mamluks and Ottomans. The late 19th century saw the rise of Zionism in Europe, a movement seeking a Jewish homeland, which garnered British support during World War I. During the war, the Ottomans were defeated and the British Mandate for Palestine was set up in 1920. Jewish immigration to Mandatory Palestine increased considerably, leading to intercommunal conflict between Jews and Arabs.[24] The 1947 UN Partition Plan triggered a civil war between the two groups, which saw the expulsion and flight of most of Palestine's predominantly Arab population."
Remember I mentioned how Jordan and Lebanon has so many refugees?
I'm struggling to understand this, but I THINK Israel and Palestine were all one region until the end of WWII.
Israel formed in 1948, and pretty much since then Israel has been at war. I'm really not going into that, because you could write ten books about the conflicts. I can't even really tell for sure what it's about, other than endless fighting of groups trying to regain land that was lost during the British dividing everything up. Since Israel was "created" by the British, none of the countries around it will agree that it exists.
It is also because of deep seated opposition between Judaism (Jewish) and Islam (Arabic).
Though the fighting has been sort of "since WWII", there's just been a lot of fighting before that too, for much the same reason (who should have the Holy Land, and opposition between religions).
So, I'm going to just move right past all of that.
Tel Aviv is the financial, technical, and economic center of the country while Jerusalem is the government center, and spiritual center.
"The country has a parliamentary system elected by proportional representation. The prime minister serves as head of government, and is elected by the Knesset, Israel's unicameral legislature.[28] Israel has one of the biggest economies in the Middle East by nominal GDP, [29] it is one of the richest countries in the Middle East and Asia,[30][31][32] and an OECD member since 2010.[33] It has one of the highest standards of living in the Middle East, and has been ranked as one of the most advanced and technological countries,[34][35][36] with a population of nearly 10 million people as of 2023.[37][1"
"Israel has a parliamentary system, proportional representation and universal suffrage. A member of parliament supported by a parliamentary majority becomes the prime minister—usually this is the chair of the largest party. The prime minister is the head of government and of cabinet.[392][393] The president is head of state, with limited and largely ceremonial duties.[392]"
Israel is wealthy, though not from oil reserves. It did have some, but those reserves are pretty much gone. Now it imports crude oil from other countries and refines it there, mostly for its own use.
The wealth comes from really working on diversifying it's industry and manufacturing (machinery and equipment, software, cut diamonds, agricultural products, chemicals, and textiles and apparel), as well as having a highly educated and skilled workforce (also having cutting edge science and technology).
It has embraced solar energy, since it doesn't have much of its own oil, and not much scope for hydroelectricity.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel
https://youtu.be/AWKmazrRIwA?si=4bhMs0OObhOt14kX
For being a fairly small country, it has a lot going on. It is right on top of a tectonic plate edge, so it has active mountain building/earthquakes (the Jordan Rift), it has mountains, it has the Negev desert, and it has a coastal plain where most of the population lives.
It also has a varied climate, from Mediterranean to hot desert, to cooler in the mountains. This leads to diverse plant and animal life.
Education is valued here, with a very high literacy rate, lots of universities, and a high rate of people holding degrees.
Getting some very good sleep last night.
Okay weather. Cool and windy.
A phone conversation with Trainwreck, who says she's "okay" with people in our family who might be gay but haven't come out, then proceeds to talk like maybe she does have a problem with people being gay. You know, they're fine, but they're "f*cking gay". I wonder why they wouldn't feel okay coming out to our family.
Otherwise, it was her usual stream of negativity and trauma/victim hood.
She pretty much has nothing to talk about besides feeling like shit, having an awful life, and so on. Does she ever have a good moment and it absolutely terrifies her in its unfamiliarity?
I had a very brief phone conversation with Mom, she sounded very sleepy so I didn't talk for long.
I painted the bird houses I got a while ago, the only exterior color we had was barn red, so I used that. I need to do a bit more on them, but they look good.
My Sweetie came home and did a bit of work on the cabinets in the mud room, getting the fit a bit better on the counter top and putting in another drawer. Nibbles, but it all matters.
I let everyone out into their pastures, but decided to see what would happen if I took the ponies over to a little corral beside Wonder, so she could have some company. She has seen the ponies in their pen, but not where they could touch noses.
There was a bit of squealing and some running around, and that literally lasted maybe 15 minutes. I'm impressed. Then they all went back to grazing.
That worked out well enough that I might try to do that more often, so that Wonder can have some equine company. It's also good for the ponies to experience new things sometimes.
The goats were a bit worried, so I stayed with them in their pasture. I know the ponies give them a sense of security, and they likely would protect them if something came into the pasture.
In and around everything else I washed two loads of laundry and changed the sheets, and cleaned the litter box, and vacuumed a bit.
I made supper, then brought everyone back to their rightful places, and we watched some "Boardwalk Empire".
"Israel is located in a region known historically as Canaan, Palestine, the Land of Israel, and the Holy Land. In antiquity, it was home to several Canaanite, and later, Israelite and Judahite states. The region was successively conquered by the Assyrian, Babylonian, Achaemenid, Hellenistic, Roman and Byzantine empires, Arab Caliphates, Crusaders, Ayyubids, Mamluks and Ottomans. The late 19th century saw the rise of Zionism in Europe, a movement seeking a Jewish homeland, which garnered British support during World War I. During the war, the Ottomans were defeated and the British Mandate for Palestine was set up in 1920. Jewish immigration to Mandatory Palestine increased considerably, leading to intercommunal conflict between Jews and Arabs.[24] The 1947 UN Partition Plan triggered a civil war between the two groups, which saw the expulsion and flight of most of Palestine's predominantly Arab population."
Remember I mentioned how Jordan and Lebanon has so many refugees?
I'm struggling to understand this, but I THINK Israel and Palestine were all one region until the end of WWII.
Israel formed in 1948, and pretty much since then Israel has been at war. I'm really not going into that, because you could write ten books about the conflicts. I can't even really tell for sure what it's about, other than endless fighting of groups trying to regain land that was lost during the British dividing everything up. Since Israel was "created" by the British, none of the countries around it will agree that it exists.
It is also because of deep seated opposition between Judaism (Jewish) and Islam (Arabic).
Though the fighting has been sort of "since WWII", there's just been a lot of fighting before that too, for much the same reason (who should have the Holy Land, and opposition between religions).
So, I'm going to just move right past all of that.
Tel Aviv is the financial, technical, and economic center of the country while Jerusalem is the government center, and spiritual center.
"The country has a parliamentary system elected by proportional representation. The prime minister serves as head of government, and is elected by the Knesset, Israel's unicameral legislature.[28] Israel has one of the biggest economies in the Middle East by nominal GDP, [29] it is one of the richest countries in the Middle East and Asia,[30][31][32] and an OECD member since 2010.[33] It has one of the highest standards of living in the Middle East, and has been ranked as one of the most advanced and technological countries,[34][35][36] with a population of nearly 10 million people as of 2023.[37][1"
"Israel has a parliamentary system, proportional representation and universal suffrage. A member of parliament supported by a parliamentary majority becomes the prime minister—usually this is the chair of the largest party. The prime minister is the head of government and of cabinet.[392][393] The president is head of state, with limited and largely ceremonial duties.[392]"
Israel is wealthy, though not from oil reserves. It did have some, but those reserves are pretty much gone. Now it imports crude oil from other countries and refines it there, mostly for its own use.
The wealth comes from really working on diversifying it's industry and manufacturing (machinery and equipment, software, cut diamonds, agricultural products, chemicals, and textiles and apparel), as well as having a highly educated and skilled workforce (also having cutting edge science and technology).
It has embraced solar energy, since it doesn't have much of its own oil, and not much scope for hydroelectricity.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel
https://youtu.be/AWKmazrRIwA?si=4bhMs0OObhOt14kX
For being a fairly small country, it has a lot going on. It is right on top of a tectonic plate edge, so it has active mountain building/earthquakes (the Jordan Rift), it has mountains, it has the Negev desert, and it has a coastal plain where most of the population lives.
It also has a varied climate, from Mediterranean to hot desert, to cooler in the mountains. This leads to diverse plant and animal life.
Education is valued here, with a very high literacy rate, lots of universities, and a high rate of people holding degrees.
