Last year, Buddy got a trim just before the holidays and came home in a tie. He knew he looked good.

Best-laid plans of mice and men, and all that.

Some people are too stupid to bomb the "dumb" out of 'em, though.

I've also been trying to practice minimalism/Swedish Death Cleaning/organizational techniques. I am photographing what I've got, identifying what things I have matter, putting them in safe places, and choosing what to protect versus items I just use and can replace. Again, for the same reasons.

They’ve been trying to blow up the ACA for over a decade, yet they don’t have viable plan to replace it.

They don’t have anything to make it better because they don’t want to make it better.

What they want is the ACA gone and everyone at the mercy of private insurance again.

There is no way for the Trump administration to abruptly cut every veterans' VA disability pay--that would kill vets dependent upon monthly life-saving measures--but it IS possible for them to decide those 50-60% or below are "fine."

Before my current rating, I was 0%, 10% etc. and was NOT "fine."

I can easily see this administration attacking us veterans over our disability, relying on the alleged "hangnail" (a la the SNAP/food stamp "welfare queen" stereotype) to cut or remove our monthly payments.

The fact stands that without my VA disability, I can't afford to live in the United States.