I'm Just Ken

Let's see if I can write this quickly, I slept a bit late and I need to be at the store by 0930.

We have sunshine, and a lot of wind.  Under a wind advisory we are, and it's predicted to continue for most of the day, with our temps climbing up into the mid 50s (F).  Tomorrow we'll be up in the 60s (F), and our afternoon temps should stay that warm throughout the rest of the week.

Yesterday at work end with a spud.  I'd gotten approval last Monday to leave early since the Oscars were starting at 7 and that's my punch out time, however life intervened.  One specialist had his schedule changed, another left at lunch, and a third called off.  Business was slow for most of the day, until.... 45 minutes before I was to leave.  The most aggravating thing was the man who called on the phone and wanted to know about indoor/outdoor carpet.  Many questions about cost, product, and date of installation, all of which take time when your trying to explain things over the phone.  Did I mention he was.. gruff?  He wanted precise figures and we can't do that, even our computer generated estimates provide a range for what the cost could be.  He found this difficult to understand.  He wanted a specific time for the measure, this never happens.  I spent over 20 minutes on the phone with the customer and in the end he told me he stop in at the store today so he could pay his measure fee with a check.  There are certain interactions which need to take place in person; a phone conversation simply doesn't work.

Because of this, I missed the first 2 minutes of the Oscar ceremony.  Boo!  Hiss!

Now I know there are those of you out there who don't watch the Oscars because of lapsing attention spans (thank god I'm not that old), or claim it's too long (it was shorter than Killers of the Flower Moon), and so didn't get a chance to see John Cena's full frontal (I'm waiting for Bob's comment on that one).  Joy Da'vine Joy Randolph won Supporting Actress, as expected, but how many of you knew that she was born in Philly, but grew up in Hershey, PA, and graduated from Hershey High School?  It's nice when you get to see local talent win an Oscar.  I hope none of you find yourself in the same boat as Donald Trump, who posted how bad the ceremony was on his Truth Social, or got to watch Jimmy Kimmel's response.  As usual, the Academy doesn't always vote the way the public thinks.  The highlight of the evening was, of course, Ryan Gosling's performance of I'm Just Ken.  From comments I'm seeing on the BBC and Le Monde, everyone around the world love it.