Wake Up Dead Man

 Howie and I woke up to an outside temp of 16 (F) this morning.  When I opened the back door for him to go do his morning business, I warned him, "it's cold out, so pee fast and don't wait for the icicle to form."  That dog is smart.  He listened, though took enough time to pick up a fallen stick in the yard to traded for a peanut butter puppy cookie when he came back inside.  Luckily for him, temps are about to warm up.  Our cold December is about to end.  Tomorrow's temp will be in the mid 40s (F).  Wednesday and Thursday our daily temps are predicted to climb into the upper 40s (F) nearing 50 (F).  For those keeping records, this is what's been happening over the past years, at least here in Central PA.

I did work yesterday.  Our store did make plan, not because over all sales were good, but because two large sales went through in Millwork, either doors or windows.  That's odd, because this is not the time of year when people have either of those two installed.  Cold temps, you know?  Even with moderately cold temps, replacing doors and windows means letting outside air into your house.  This is also why flooring installs slow down.  No one wants their doors standing open while the product is brought inside.

My trainer sent me a text, apparently I will be utilizing my new piece of workout equipment starting this Wednesday.  Also, my new work schedule goes into effect starting today, so my workouts and cardio will be happening Monday thru Friday with my weekends off.  That's fine with me.

And I watched Wake Up Dead Man, a Knives Out Mystery last evening.  This one is so much better than the last one, though still suffers somewhat from the same problem:  not enough clues are given to justify the denouement.  In a mystery, clues and red herrings should be scattered throughout because much of the fun is in trying to deduce who the killer is, and while there are more of them in Wake Up Dead Man than in Rian Johnson's previous endeavor, the denouement still plays like a separate film.  Josh O'Connor is great as a troubled priest trying to make good, and the rest of the cast is also for the most part, superb, though I didn't for an instant believe the young, black man was a Republican for an instant.  The movie is a fun watch, just don't waste too much time trying to decided what is a clue and what isn't.

And the turmoil in America continued yesterday.  Orangie gave some sort of Christmas speech at the White House rambled on about sea snakes.  He's also talking about taking over the golf courses surrounding Washington DC.  More and more you are beginning to see Main Stream Media publishing articles regarding his weaknesses.  Even the Washington Post had an article this morning about his MAGA base beginning to crack.  This is because Conservatives always lie.  While the economy under Biden was improving from the hell hole left by Orangie's first administration, Republicans demonized it, promising to make everything better.  And they lied.  What they were truly saying was that they were going to make the economy better for billionaires.  And MAGA cultists who believed the lies, are beginning to understand how badly they've been played by groups such as the Heritage Foundation.  This doesn't mean they're growing wiser, they will always believe the lies, because growing wiser means dealing with change and that will never happen.  So they will grow angry, and not vote in the upcoming elections, and when they do vote again it will be for another Republican because they will once again believe the lies.