I got a Standing Desk with the stimulus money I got from the government. I’m still not exactly sure where in the government the money came from, but the authorization was the $1,9 trillion American Rescue Plan. Since the whole point of the American Rescue Plan is to jumpstart the economy, I figured that it was my moral obligation to spend the money as soon as possible rather than, say, pay quarterly taxes or make a house payment. Additionally, it seems to me, the money is better spent here in the good ol’ US of A rather than buying something, like, say, a mechanical watch, from China. As an aside, I guess buying anything from China these days, is both verboten and nearly impossible to not do. End aside.
To be accurate, I didn’t get a standing-only desk, I got a desk that goes up and down – from sitting to standing – at the push of a button. The whole idea of a standing desk has sort of intrigued me since Donald Rumsfeld times – actually, Donald Rumsfeld intrigued me, he was so smart and so wrong, like a bad replay of Bob McNamara in Vietnam – but getting a standing-only desk was too big a step. The only downside is that the desk I got was made in Texas, however, Texas is still in the US so I’ll live with it.
So far, I am delighted, my thought was that a standing desk would be healthier but the big surprise is how convenient a standing desk is. I can just walk up to it and start working (if working is the right word for what I’m doing). Thanks, Mr. President, I wouldn’t have done it without you.
Inspiring…to follow through with your stimulus as you write above. Re: your comment about Texas. I encourage you to temper your judgement and consider the many open-minded, liberal leaning people that reside in Texas. Many Ann Richards and Mollie Ivins fans/followers are alive and well and voting there…just not enough.
Somehow, my reply didn’t get recorded. I’m actually OK with Texas – the parts around the Johnson Ranch are beautiful – and the desk is made in good ol’ Liberal Austin.
Never mind the desk or the money but that’s a great photo of a fit and healthy man. Wonderful! Not knowing your environment I was startled to see what at first appear to be shrunken heads but I guess are masks. Lots of light there, a good place to check those sheaves of trannies. And did you know that, supposedly, Ernest Hemingway wrote standing up? Perhaps not a good example as he ended up shooting himself but he did write some splendid books.
I wish I was as fit as I look in that picture. They are indeed masks, Marion, the shrunken head collection is in the other room. I had no idea that Hemingway wrote standing up; BTW, did you know he was only 53 when he wrote The Old Man and the Sea? At the time, I thought he was ancient.