This place is situated next to the mountains. Pretty. The place was dead at around 12:30, but it did close at 1. I ordered The Basic. It consisted of eggs over medium, hash browns, rye toast. The final price was around $19. It had a good amount of food for the price. It didn’t have an extravagant taste, but it was decent.
I am going to be starting a YouTube channel. I will be posting things like me singing karaoke, critiquing movies and other stuff. It will be up on Youtube under malexlantz. Or you can find it here https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCuzFPCPoKbowD4CDbEC8tnw. Subscribe and like my videos!
I recently gave up everything from my hometown of Detroit and moved to the Phoenix area. I’ve had this dream since I was in my middle 20’s to move into a warmer climate and avoid the long winter in Michigan. Year after year I tried, by doing things like applying for jobs in different states, visiting these states and applying for jobs there, all with failure. I never gave up on my dream though. I knew when I was in Michigan and it started snowing, I knew I would have to wait at least another year.
Then I got a job at the Post Office. I was surprised to learn that they accepted transfers to other states, as long as you worked there for at least 18 months. I applied for transfers for every warm state and city I could think of. After almost giving up, I finally got accepted for a transfer to Phoenix, AZ in July 2020! One of my dreams finally came true and I lived here for over a year!
Besides designing websites, I like to sing karaoke on Saturday nights and go to the gym twice a week. One of my favorite things to do is travel and see places that I’ve never seen before. My usual preference is to visit sunny places, or places that are warmer than my current home state of Michigan. Places that I have already visited are California, Florida, and Hawaii. I plan to visit Arizona this Easter with my son. I also like to go to the Motor City casino in downtown Detroit about once a month. When I’m not outside the house, I enjoy watching movies or playing guitar.
Battlefield Earth
This was one movie I could not wait to be finished. This was the only movie I have ever seen where I felt like walking out.
Who’s that Girl?
Whoever thought that Madonna could act had a bad idea. I think Madonna should stick to things that she is good at.
Showgirls
If you want to see a showgirl dancer throwing fits every few minutes, then this is the movie for you. It still entertains me for some reason. Maybe because it is so stupid it is amusing.
Explorers
I saw this movie as a kid. I don’t remember much of it but I remember laughing real loud at the stupid humor.
There is one subject that is definitely open for debate: Universal health care. There is no reason why health care should not be free for all.
There are many things that are done for profit. There is no question that people need money to buy things. But health care should not be one of them. Think about this: If money is to be made from people’s health, isn’t it good business for people to be unhealthy? Since make an unhealthy person healthy costs money, shouldn’t they deny the coverage just because it’s costing them money? If you take the money out of the equation, then doctors would be giving people health care because it is the right thing to do. But our country and government does not work like that. They figure if there is money to be made from it, they will keep doing it that way.
I’m not saying that having health care that is run by the insurance companies is a bad thing. The reason the insurance is there to begin with is to offset the high cost of health care. But to make them in total control of whether you get coverage or not is wrong. It should be for everyone, regardless of their situation.
If there ever is an example of capitalism in America, it is convenience fees. These are fees for the convenience of having to pay bills online. Back in the old days, the only way to pay a bill was to send it through the mail. Today, with the invention of the Internet, people can pay their bills from anywhere. So why are we being charged for this? Is it costing them any extra money to accept your money from the internet, instead of the mail? Are we paying just simply because its easier on us?
A good example of paying convenience fees is having to choose between a car that has a hard top and one that has a soft top. A convertible obviously cost more if it has to use the extra steel or plastic to use on the whole section of the car. But to replace it with cotton and fiber is obviously the less expensive way. Anyone who knows anything about cars knows that buying a convertible with a rag top is more expensive than a hard top. You are paying for the convenience of just pressing a button than having two people lift the top off.
Convenience is just another way for the companies to get more money from you. It should not make a difference between which way you pay your bill, as long as it gets paid. Convenience fees should be eliminated from every website and illegal because it is obviously a way for the companies to get more money from you.
There are a lot of people out there who are concerned about Donald Trump becoming our new president. I have to say, I was a little concerned about it at first. But when it came between having another Clinton in the White House. I would choose Donald Trump. Based on what I have heard about Hilary, with the Benghazi incident and the deletion of 30,000 e-mails, I would choose Donald Trump. I am tired of having these politicians in the White House who are always doing the same things and cater to only a certain group of people. We have had a few presidents in the past who were there for rich people and put there by rich people. Presidents like McKinley, Reagan, and George W. Bush have catered to the rich more than the poor. I have nothing against rich people because I believe they work very hard for what they have today, but not when it is taking advantage and exploiting all the other people.
I think we should give Donald Trump a chance. He is the only president that I can think of that has no political experience and I think that is a good thing. Just because you have experience does not make you better at your job, it just means doing your job the way you are used to. If in 4 years, he is not doing a good job, feel free to remove him from office.
I think it is a good idea when you can’t afford to buy the things you need. For example, if you don’t make enough to have enough food until you get paid again, it might be a good idea to get a credit card. If you get paid bi-weekly and that money doesn’t last until your next paycheck, it might be a good idea to get a credit card. Of course if you get a credit card, it’s a good idea to only buy what you have to and pay down what you spend every month. In other words, only use it if you have to. A credit card should mostly be used for emergencies. For example, if your car breaks down in the middle of nowhere and you don’t have any cash on you, a credit card would come in handy. You don’t want to be stuck walking back home or hitchhiking because you didn’t have money to get back home with. If you don’t think you need a credit card, don’t get one. All it is going to do in get you into debt when you really didn’t need to. If you can pay cash for everything or just use your debit card, then do it!
There is no reason to not have the minimum wage raised to $10. With inflation always on the rise, there is no reason to not have to minimum wage raised also. For some reason, raising the minimum wage has always been a slow process. There seems to be no delay in making prices in everything else go up, but the minimum wage is always stagnated.
There are a lot of things that we have today that are unaffordable. For example, a decent apartment or a house to rent might cost around $1000 a month. For those prices, there is no way a person who makes minimum can afford on his or her own. They would have to have roommates to have to share the price of rent with them. That doesn’t include all the bills that come with it. Not only that, if they have a family, it would be even more difficult. With the current minimum wage we have now, one person being able to afford that would be impossible. For someone to be able to afford a rental like that on their own, a college degree and a good job should be guaranteed.
In order to force the corporations to pay their employees a livable wage, the government needs to raise the minimum wage. The companies will not do it on their own, so the government needs to realize that raising the minimum will give a livable wage to everyone.
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