Life of Bryan

I really need a death ray on my car. It would be reserved for people like the woman I encountered today.

I'm traveling south on I-25, the speed limit is 65MPH. I am in the right-hand lane. There are three lanes to my left and the shoulder is to my right. I am doing 55-60MPH because, well, that's what the car in front of me is doing.

I look in my rear-view mirror and see a green suburban riding up on my rear. She's too close for my comfort. I notice that she's waving her hand at me and saying something. The clear message is speed up, you're holding me up. Unreal. Then she flashes her headlights at me like she's on the Autobahn and wants me to let her pass. Did I mention the three lanes to my left?

So, I tap my breaks to let her know that she needs to back off my rear. She gets the picture and puts on her turn signal and passes me. As she goes by I see she's got at least two children in the car. I can only hope that someday they realize how profoundly stupid she is.

I looked up Delusional Disorder on Wikipedia and it really seems to fit Hillary.

Just look at the indicators:

1. The patient expresses an idea or belief with unusual persistence or force.
2. That idea appears to exert an undue influence on his or her life, and the way of life is often altered to an inexplicable extent.
3. Despite his/her profound conviction, there is often a quality of secretiveness or suspicion when the patient is questioned about it.
4. The individual tends to be humorless and oversensitive, especially about the belief.
5. There is a quality of centrality: no matter how unlikely it is that these strange things are happening to him, the patient accepts them relatively unquestioningly.
6. An attempt to contradict the belief is likely to arouse an inappropriately strong emotional reaction, often with irritability and hostility.
7. The belief is, at the least, unlikely.
8. The patient is emotionally over-invested in the idea and it overwhelms other elements of his psyche.
9. delusion, if acted out, often leads to behaviors which are abnormal and/or out of character, although perhaps understandable in the light of the delusional beliefs.
10. Individuals who know the patient will observe that his belief and behavior are uncharacteristic and alien.

When you read through them it really starts to sound like it applies. She persists in the belief that she is the next president, despite continuing evidence that it's not likely. I know some could argue that she is just determined, however there is no likely scenario, and hasn't been one for weeks, where she can win.
 

Of course, seeing this truth she has resumed her call to count the disallowed delegates from Florida and Michigan. She's quick to ignore that everyone involved agreed that they wouldn't count. In order for her to maintain her delusion and convince other to believe it she is willing to suspend reality and ignore any rule that impedes her. Something that further shows she should not be president because she has an absolute lack of respect for rules. I think the last eight years has shown us that we need a president that respects rules.

NOTE: The opinions expressed in this blog post are not those of a psychotherapist, psychologist, or any other mental health professional. They are just my observations of what I see.

Well, I learned a lot at the 6th Congressional District Assembly and Convention.

For starters, there were three lines to get into the building. On the left there was an Obama alternate line. Immediately to the right of that was a Hillary alternate line. Then, way over to the right was a combined delegate line. While waiting in line I found even more reasons not to vote for Hillary. Those people are petty, desperate, and scared. By luck I wound up in the right line despite there not being anyone telling us which line to get in. I was standing behind two Hillary supporters. After about 30 minutes someone in the Hillary line mentioned to these two perfectly nice women I had been talking to that they were in the wrong line. She was really bitchy but in a badly subtle way. She gave the not so subtle impression that word had gone through the Hillary camp that they shouldn't be talking to the Obama people. Even the two ladies in our line were upset at the idea of this divisive BS. There was even insinuation that Obama people had intentionally mislead Hillary people.

I mentioned that the Hillary signs seemed a bit sad and desperate. Some of the Hillary people of course got offended but had no defense for the rule in the letter sent to all of us that said no yard signs would be allowed at the event. More proof that Hillary and her supporters have no respect for rules and have a feeling of entitlement about the election. It continues to bolster the impression that they feel it's here right and they will do anything, inside or outside of the rules to win. The desperation and arrogance are just disgusting. It also lends credence to the conspiracy theory that she's prepared to poison the Democratic party and let John McCain win if she can't be the Democratic nominee. I don't like to give to much service to such theories, but it's hard not to think it's true when you see the dirty tricks and skulduggery her campaign in using.

Eventually they started to let people in and the Hillary alternate line went in first. That was followed by someone coming out to say that the Hillary camp had a lawyer who got them in first. I don't know if this was true or not but it was sure ridiculous.

Once we were in the check-in went smoothly, they had computers with bar code scanners to scan our credentials. Next, we were sent to the auditorium to wait for alternate seating. In the auditorium we were directed to sit on stage left for Hillary and stage right for Obama because it would "make it easier later". I don't know that this is true but, whatever. It's just more harmful divisiveness among people in the same party.

Now, here's where the event's organization really fell apart. We sat in this room for about an hour and were informed by the CD6 Chair that they were going to start seating people soon and that they hoped to get started with the Assembly, which she was running, at 10am. It was 9:45 at the time. She also said she expected it to take an hour and a half, then there would be a break followed by the Convention. This was good news since I had a soccer game to go to at 2:30. However, it didn't go that way. At 11:45 they still hadn't seated the Assembly and the alternates were getting antsy. We were told once again that they were going to get us seated shortly, there were some glitches but they had them worked out. Meanwhile word was circulating that a lot of alternates would be needed, likely all of us. This was good news, except for the realization that at this rate it the Convention wasn't going to be over before 4pm.

At this point I made the decision to bail on the Assembly and Convention. I had been under the impression before the Assembly and Convention that I would be out of there in time for Victor's soccer game and promised I would make it. Being that family is important I had to go. I wasn't the only one turning in my credentials to leave, there were at least two other people immediately in front of me who did the same.

Now, don't think that the day was a total loss. In the two hours we waited in the auditorium I got the opportunity to see and hear from all the various candidates and elected officials in the 6th CD. This was very informative and I really appreciated it. So often you vote for the person based on a commercial, a name on a sign or flier, or even just because there's a 'D' or 'R' next to their name on the ballot. I got to hear from these candidates and elected officials for Ken Carl Water Board, Douglas, Arapahoe, and Jefferson County Commissioner, Colorado State Legislature, and US House of  Representatives to name a few. I got to hear who they were, where they were coming from and what they wanted to do. I heard so much hope from these Democrats as they spoke about how they were the first Democrat elected to said position in 14 years, 24 years, recent memory. It was inspiring to hear about successful Democratic inroads in such a Republican state. It gave me so much hope to know that I wasn't alone as a Democrat in Colorado.

Finally, I got the experience of seeing how our local political machine works and to see that I need to become more involved in it at some level to help it work better. Oh, and I got an Obama button and and Obama sign, cool.

I'm standing in the cold waiting to get into the school. On the way here there were a hundred Hillary signs lining the median. Then in the school parking lot they have a motorhome with giant Hillary signs. I didn't see hardly any other signs.

Considering the fact that the votes at the lower level are just being tallied up and Obama already won at that level, it a little sad. I really don't think any of the Obama delegates are going to change their minds at this point.

It all just smacks of the desperation of someone who knows they are involved in a lost cause.

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In discussing the price of gas on another site I just came up with a though. I don't know if it's a prediction of the future or what, but I'm putting it out there.

Grief counselors at gas stations. They would help ease the blow of paying those $4 to $10 per gallon prices in the coming months and years.

Of course, I don't know if this would be included in the price of gas or if it would be an optional service paid by the customer. It's still in the idea stages.

Well, it's been about two weeks since my panicked post about the Continental 6. Time for an update.

The Regency Stadium 10 Big Screen is undergoing the renovations that have been talked about for a long time. They put up a red "Regency Stadium 10 Big Screen" sign on the top half of the Marquis where it used to say "United Artists" a few days ago. It's ugly, boring and it suuuuucks! Still, it's good news that the Continental isn't going away, just changing again.

Then, yesterday I saw that they are putting a digital marquis up in the place of the old one that was removed, prompting my initial panic. I guess that's a good idea. When you think about it the fact that they have to get up on a lift to change the letters on a marquis 20+ feet in the air every week is a bit archaic.

I'm going to try to get a picture of the new marquis to show how ugly it is. Bonnie could have designed a much better sign.

I miss "this" Bill. I voted for him twice and I think his advice is very good. I know it's helps me decide who I vote for.

Friday night Bonnie and I had a date night. She had three pieces of her design work in a student art show at Arapahoe Community College so we decided to go see it and have dinner afterwards. Well, the show was great, we were so impressed by all the fantastic work, especially the portfolios of the graduating students.

She didn't win any prizes for her work but was still excited to have three items chosen for the show. She's also very excited about learning to do all the cool things the other artists had done in her advanced classes.

After the show we walked over to the Cafe Terracotta in Downtown Littleton. We've never been there but it sounded good so we decided to check it out. Since the weather was so nice we decided to sit out on the front porch. The food was excellent and we really enjoyed ourselves.

You can read more about the show on Bonnie's blog.

You can see about the restaurant at their website. If you're looking for a great dinner it's worth the trip.

Yesterday, while driving home from work I noticed the marquis at the United Artists Continental 6 at Hampden and I-25 was blank. It wasn't just missing letters, they had removed the part of the sign that the letters telling what movies were playing would hang. This seemed very odd since I drive past it twice a day and read the marquis to see what's playing.  The last time I remember looking it was Tuesday afternoon or Wednesday morning. It said they were pre-selling tickets to 'Iron Man' for May 2nd.

I started to worry that they had closed up abruptly as it seems so many businesses are doing these days. Then, driving to work this morning I noticed that the marquis is still empty but worse, the 'United Artists' sign on the building was gone. It's the kind where each letter is an enclosed box with internal lighting. Every business has them. They only thing that's left is a dirty outline where the letters used to be.

This has me really bummed out, not just because I won't be able to go see 'Iron Man' there, but because it's a Denver landmark to me. The Continental is the last of the great big-screen movie theaters in Denver that date back to the '70s. I remember seeing 'Star Wars' there as a child and I saw episodes 1 and 3 there in recent years. Bonnie saw the re-release of the original 'Star Wars' trilogy there when she was in high school.

In the '80s and '90s when all the old, big-screen movie theaters were replaced with smaller-screen multiplex theaters the rest went out. You can read more of the history of the Continental Theater at Cinema Treasures. Now it looks like it may be gone too. I can't find any news about the Continental anywhere so I don't know what's going on for sure.