The History of Sound

 Well, temps here are in the low 40s (F).  I appreciate any temp that's warm enough to keep my furnace from constantly running.  Expectations are that we're going to hit the mid 50s (F).  That, too, is nice.  But don't worry, temps will drop.  By the time Thanksgiving gets here our daily highs are only expected to be in the low 40s (F) with overnight lows down in the very low 30s (F).  Don't worry, it will be fine.  We always have a cold spell heading into the first weeks of December.  Then, as of late, temps tend to warm up.

Yesterday was my free day.  No workouts.  While I appreciate that, on these days I feel that I'm missing out on something.  I do enjoy the 40 minutes or so when when I'm pulling bands, or lifting weights, or just hanging around doing a plank.  

Yesterday I had a nice flooring sale to an Asian man.  It was large enough easily hit my goal for the week.  He was a little overly friendly, if you ask me, too many pats on the back if you know what I mean.  I politely ignored him.  This happens from time to time.  We get it from both genders.  I think it's worse when it happens with women, especially when they start asking questions like, "are you married?"  Then can get very personal very fast.  Men are different.  They simply pat you on the back.

I watched The History of Sound last night on Mubi.  If it played in Harrisburg, it was in and out of the theater in the blink of an I.  If you haven't seen it, watch it.  This gentle story of enduring love is one of the best films I've seen in years.  Paul Mescal is terrific.  Have tissues handy.

I follow Aaron Parnas and the day Orangie signed the legislation for releasing the Epstein files, he posted something to the effect that "tomorrow would be boring," after that.  Yesterday he apologized.  Let's be honest here, Orangie's shit never ends.  And he's getting worse.  He's saying things like members of the military who don't follow orders, even if they are illegal, are guilty of sedition.  He threatened Senators and Congressman for pointing out that members of the military are not supposed to follow these orders.  His administration later did a retraction, however, they simply don't realize that it was too late to pull that knife out of their eye.

And then the Coast Guard said the swastika was no longer a "hate symbol" but is simply divisive.  Today they did a flip-flop, and it is once again a hate symbol.  Republicans have a long history of not cleaning their own house, to do so might lose them the votes of a minority group.  So you will hear crickets from them in order to keep the White Nationalists and Neo Nazis loyal.