Blasphemy

Temps are warming up here in Central PA quite a bit.  By Thursday, we should be in the lower 90s (F).  I'm sorry, but we're still in April.  That's way too hot for this time of the year.  We will cool off a bit, with one forecasted day of temps in the mid 50s (F), but most days our afternoon highs will be in the upper 60s (F) to mid 70s (F).  I'm betting we start selling window A/C units like they're going out of style.

I did work yesterday.  Flooring was slow.  Our garden department was kicking.  I got my laps.  Our garden associates were sweating their little patooties off. I know this for a fact because on my trek through the store I saw a patootie lying on the floor in Aisle 55, next the the garden fertilizer, and it was definitely wearing what was left of an orange apron.  Here's a word to the wise, if you're shopping for curb appeal, looking for garden supplies, or feel the urge to peruse the petunias, do it on a weekday.  While there are those who still believe weekends were made for Michelob, there are many more who don't understand that visiting a home improvement garden center on a weekend means long lines and short tempers.

On the bright side, I did manage to sell 2 install measures.  

Otherwise yesterday was same old, same old, and might have been about as quiet a day as we get with this administration, and then this happened.  True, it is AI, but it gives you a good idea of what's going on in Orangie's head.

He posted this after attacking Pope Leo for being weak.  The truth is that Orangie knows that Pope Leo is a very popular religious leader, and Orangie, in his demented state, needs his cult to see him as a very popular religious leader.  Or maybe he felt he needed to do something to change the subject of Vik Orban's landslide loss to some other subject, something more authoritarian, something more blasphemous.  If that was his intention, he somewhat succeeded, at least in America.  People keep asking how can he be even more outrageous, well, they simply need to stop asking because he will undoubtedly find away.

And Vik Orban did lose badly in Hungary.  Tisza party needed a super majority of seats to take total control and then ended up with 138.  Orbie Baby lost so badly he had no choice but to concede.  Keep in mind Orbie still has allies in the government who will try to stall and hinder Hungary from moving to full Democracy.  But his loss was a sucker punch to Putin.  I'm betting Vlad is more than a little miffed.  His war with the Ukraine is now in it's 5th year and his budso Vik just got the shit kicked out of him in a general election.  

Foundering

Saturday was nice and sunny with the temps in the low to mid 60s (F) and a nice Spring day was had by almost all, not me though, I worked.  Today we're going to be a few degrees warmer.  It's going to be sunny again.  I also work again this afternoon.  

Our flooring department is not busy.  Our garden department?  Like a big sponge it's sucking in customer cash.  Lots of buckos are flowing into our registers... or maybe not so much cash since many people no longer carry greenbacks.  Now they mostly just whip out the plastic.  Seriously though, I will admit to being astounded when I looked at the financials just before leaving.  Our garden department alone made more than the entire store's plan.  That's a hell of a lot of mulch.  While customers were buying other things, yesterday mulch was king.  We have something called a mulch pit consisting of hundreds of pallets of mulch lining a lane wide enough for a truck to drive down.  The store walkie-talkies were constantly going off, "assistance needed in the mulch pit."  Customers were buying 20 - 30 bags of mulch at a time.

Speaking of mulch... I don't.  I have too many squirrels.  I mulched one year and they dug it up and carried it all over the lawn.

For the most part, I'd say that yesterday was just like every other Saturday.  I was supposed to get a bike ride in but did a mini workout instead.  Otherwise, the day was interchangeable with every other Saturday over the past several years.

Oh, and this is why everyone was lining up for mulch.

As expected, ceasefire talks between us and the Iranian's broke down.  Was it because the Iranians showed with the wrong style couch?  Even though that's a rather amusing thought, I doubt that's the explanation.  More likely Vance's incompetence at negotiation is too blame, that and the fact that he was with a real estate agent and Orangie's son-in-law.  The only thing those two are interested in is striking a deal that will enrich themselves.  Remember, with Orangie, everything revolves around the deal.  Also, keep in mind that he is not the wheeler dealer he claims to be.  His problem is that he approaches every deal with one line of thought in his head, "what's in it for me?"

There's a big election in Hungary today.  Viktor Orbin might finally be voted out of power.  He's a Putin henchie, who's been ruining Hungary for over 15 years in order to kowtow to his boss.  If, for some terrible reason he wins, a majority of Hungarians will know that he cheated and will rise up.  I do not think his government is prepared for that.

And finally, Orangie's ship of fools is foundering even more.  He flew down to Miami to go to a cage match and people booed him terribly.  Fox Entertainment said he got a raucous welcome, trying to spin it positively.  Patrons recorded the hostility on their phones.  His base is shitting itself into tiny little pieces.  He's a lot like his budso Vik, who's ship is going down fast by the bow.

Wrecked

We finally have some Spring weather on tap for today.  The high is expected to be in the mid 60s (F).  Same thing for tomorrow.  Monday, our high is expected to be in the low 70s (F).  This is how a transitional season works, slowly raising the temps.  Going from winter to summer in three short weeks as we did last year is not good.

And yesterday was a pretty good day.  Things were done.  A ride was done on the bike.  I had been planning on doing a short strength training session, but because the weather was so nice, did lawn work instead.  There is a lot that has to be done and the temps are warm enough to do it.  I will do my raised container garden again.  Hopefully things will work out better than last year.  I think I got about 6 tomatoes and one cucumber in total.  I'm going to be planting sunflower seeds this year, too.  That'll keep the squirrels happy, and squirrels running through the yard makes Howie happy.  

I do get to go into work today.  My measure goal for this week is 3, I'm fairly certain that's not going to happen.  Inflation has ticked up.  Smart people think about that before purchasing large expense installations.  The money to pay over $4 for a gallon of gas has to come from somewhere.  While there are some out there who would rather walk on new expensive flooring rather than eat a decent meal, they are few and far between.

And, of course, this happened yesterday.  This takes me back to my childhood and watching capsule's splash down on a black and white TV.  This would have been news that rocked the world, if it weren't for the asshole in the White House.

The only way his ego could have given this any decent amount of praise would have been if his orange ass had been in the capsule.  Thought, let's be honest here, if that had been the case, the astronauts would have kicked his ass out the door on the far side of the moon.

So, there's this little meeting going on in Islamabad.  It's about giving the Middle East some semblance of peace.  That's going to be difficult.  Bibi, the War Criminal, is, like the Orange Anus, going to do anything and everything to keep his ass out of jail.  He doesn't care how many civilians he has to murder.  In his mind, his ass is more important than their lives.  He is truly a wrecked human being.

The Iranians demanded Vance be involved instead of the real estate guy and Orangie's son-in-law, who are only interested in making a deal that benefits their bank accounts.  This doesn't mean that Vance is even close to being a skilled negotiator.  However, the Iranians know that if the dangle the right couch in front of him, he'll agree to every one of their demands.

And I don't know if this happened or not, and if it did happen, when it happened, but I got a notification letting me know Fox Entertainment quickly cut away from the Orange Anus just as he was saying the Iranian army has been defeated.  They're one of the main groups responsible for this mess.  Don't think it means they're going to put a cork in it.  Nope.  They're just going to be much more careful about the propaganda they put out.

Melania Tries to Jump Ship

Our outside temps are in the mid 40s (F), and they're supposed to be climbing into the mid 70s (F).  They chill off a bit overnight, but after tomorrow they're going to be climbing again.  Forecasters are saying we'll be have several days where they climb into the upper 80s (F)  It's way too early in the season for that too happen.  Our window A/C unit sales are going to go through the roof.

And yesterday was a good day, at least as far as accomplishments go.  Sadly, I did have to spend the afternoon sitting at the flooring desk getting paid to basically do nothing.  No customers.  No sales.  My supervisors did come over to piss and moan about how all she gets is disrespect from management.  I know that she had been counselled about her rather authoritarian approach to her position.  Like too many other people, however, she did not prioritized those sessions and invest them into her own style of management. Now she will nurture her anger for years to come.

On the bright side, I did get a decent workout in yesterday morning.

On an even brighter side, my first editor has returned his copy of The Body in 4:4 Time with his notes and criticisms.  He did add that this is his favorite book so far.  As expected, I suggested we get together for lunch so he can shower me with praise in order to do a deeper dive into his opinions.  He does think that some of my chapter titles aren't musical enough, or not apropos to the chapters themselves, so here's a pic of some them.  You may want to save this for future reference.

And the cringe level posting by the Orange Anus continued last evening when he posted an actual video of a woman being beaten to death with a hammer on his Truth Social account.  Was this because Melanoma gave a speech in which she spent 6 minutes trying to tell the world that she and Orangie weren't introduced by Jeffy Epstein, and that she was never, ever an escort.  This denial caused many people to post pictures and videos of her and Ghislaine Maxwell, and Jeffy, and, of course, the Orange Anus.  

The video might also have been a continuation of the hate he was throwing at his one time MAGA influencers, like Joe Rogan, and Meg Kelly, and Tuck Carlson, who, among many others, decided to start aiming spitballs of shit in his direction.  They're claiming this was not what they voted for, well, that's a lie, they all did want an authoritarian government, except not the one we have.  

Or maybe it's because military personnel who have survived the attack on Kuwait have begun speaking out.  They're calling both Hegseth and Orangie liars to their faces.  These victims of Orangie's idiocy are telling the world that they were completely unprepared for any sort of drone attack, that there was no warning system in place.  

Oh, and word has just come out that inflation roared last month.  This should have been expected.

Threatening Catholicism

Well, we had another cold one last night.  We had frost this morning.  Right now the temp is 33 (F).  That's almost cold.  We will be warming up.  Today's high should be in the mid 60s (F).  The forecast calls for one day in the mid 70s (F), but then temps drop back to what is considered normal for this time of year.  Lots of sunshine is also in the forecast.  I suspect this year will be like the last several in that April's showers will arrive in May.

Yesterday was fairly productive.  I cleaned, did laundry, and got in a nice bike ride in Norway.  Grocery shopping was done in the morning.  The Giant supermarket I use gives points that can be used to discount your gas purchases.  I now have almost 50 cents off a gallon.  By the time I have to fill up my tank, I'm hoping to have at least $1. off per gallon.  That should bring the price down, but it won't be close to where it was 3 months ago.

An odd thing did happen.  As I was changing the sheets on the bed, Howie stood up at the front bedroom window and started barking.  He will usually do this when there's a FedEx or UPS truck outside, though sometimes he'll do it when someone is walking their dog down the sidewalk.  Being curious, I looked out and saw the mailman standing in front of my neighbor's house.  They have a golden doodle who's sound more aggressive than he is.  The doodle was out and barking ferociously at the mailman.  Suddenly my nutsy neighbor walked out to the mailman to get the mail.  She was wearing very tight fitting yoga pants and top, I'm talking like skin tight, so I'm sure she was revealing quite a lot to the mailman.  My first thought was, "shit, she's hitting on the mailman."  I wonder, could any of you hear me laughing?

And what about the Orangie's administration threatening the Pope?

No one should be stunned, or even mildly surprised to hear this.  Wack job Hegseth is a Cracker Jack Crazy Evangelical, a broken sect of Christians that hates Catholics.  This another exampled of how vile this administration is.  And for those of you who don't know, there are approximately 69 million Catholics in this country.  When people say that Christianity is the number one religion in the world, that number includes hundreds of millions of Catholics.  

Also, for those who haven't realized it yet, the Ceasefire is not really a ceasefire.  You might want to consider it a pause for all parties to regroup.  The Strait of Hormuz is still closed.  Gas prices are not going to be coming down anytime soon.  

One of the main reasons for the breakdwon of this faux ceasefire is Netanyahu. Like Orangie's blow bro Vald, Bibi has erotic fantasies of expansionism, and he doesn't care how many souls he has to kill to bring his dreams to fruition.

Project Hail Mary

 We are under a freeze warning, though in my neck of the woods the temps stayed above freezing.  There wasn't even a slight glazing of frost on the cars when I woke up this morning.  Today does start a rebound in temps, and soon they will be back in the upper 60s (F) and low 70s (F).  for all intents and purposes, I do believe spring has sprung.

Yesterday was definitely a meh day.  I did do some few things, but mostly I napped.  A small ache at the back of my jaw has turned out to be a minor case of swollen gland and sore throat.  I don't doubt this is why I felt so nappy yesterday.  Not that I'm still not feeling nappy.  Also, you must remember that when you hit a certain age, brief naps can sometimes be essential. 

Because of this nappiness, the cardio I had scheduled for yesterday was moved to Saturday.  Feeling less nappy today, I will probably do that this afternoon since I have to work Saturday afternoon and I like doing my cardio in the afternoon.  I like doing my weight workouts in the morning, so I will have no problem doing the weight thing on Saturday.

And I went to see The Hail Mary Project last evening.  We haven't had a Feel Good movie in soooo long, and it does make you happy.  Ryan Gosling does a spectacular job: he makes you laugh, he makes you cry a bit; he makes you want to be his friend.  He's a science guy who loves being a science guy, not only that, he's an educator.  If he loves anything more than science, he loves teaching.  He has a rapport with hungry, young minds.  We need more teaches like him.  There are also, for those of you who like to look for them, a ton of easter eggs in this movie, including a great tribute to 2001: A Space Odyssey.

And I did go to the movie feeling fairly certain that the Orange Anus was going to TACO.  And, at 6:59, sitting in my seat waiting for the movie to start, I got the notification on my watch.  It's TACO Tuesday.  The world knows he's a gutless, sack of shit.  One of the first things I saw when I left the theater was a comment asking how many oil futures were sold 15 minutes before TACO time, because after he caved, oil futures went through the roof, again.  This happens every time he TACOs.  It's called market manipulation.  

And he unconditionally accepted the Iranian plan.  Even Fox Entertainment was critical of that.  He's basically giving the Iranians the bank.  He's trying to spin it as though it's another Big Beautiful Bill.  It's not.  This is not going to help him in the polls, in fact, I don't doubt it will cause his approval rating to drop even farther.  One thing that's important is that once again most of the Republicans in the House and Senate said absolutely nothing.  If they spoke out against this insanity the MAGA cultists would damn them to Hell.  Staying silent is preferable to them.  They already know they've lost a vast majority of Independent voters.  They would rather ride this clown car straight to Hell rather than publicly admit that they were terribly wrong.

As We Approach an Extermination Event

 As I expected, we have a freeze warning for tonight.  Will this be the last such warning for the season?  Probably.  But as soon as I say that another comes creeping around the corner.  it's difficult to say when winter's last wink will catch our eye.  Temps will be warming up again beginning on Thursday, but there are no pre-summer scorchers where our thermometers will be climbing into the mid 80s (F).  This is a good thing.

I did get a nice workout in yesterday, but for some reason my Garmin watch didn't record the correct time.  Instead of 45 minutes, I'm looking at a reading of only 15 minutes.  I'm going for a bike ride this afternoon and will have to see how it handles that cardio.

Work was terribly slow yesterday.  The actual transfer of supervisors happens on April 27.  I only saw my current supervisor for about 2 minutes, and that was to make sure she got that GQ magazine with BTS on the cover.  She's evidently a super big fan.  Myself?  I don't think I've ever listened to a single song of theirs.  Otherwise, she stayed away.  She didn't seem overly upset, though.  She did tell our aisle associate that being a supervisor meant too much work for not enough pay.  This is true for most supervisors.  Thanks to my stint in HR, my time as a supervisors was... shall we say, more lucrative.

And one of the many things that the Orange Anus is doing, is that he is upstaging one of the most important moments of space exploration mankind has achieved, the Artemis II mission.  Instead of this being front page news, headlines are screaming about the dementiated loser in the White House and his threats against Iran.  

It's truly terrible that Donald Trump can, by his mere presence is destroying the importance of this image.  That small crescent on the right side is the Earth as seen from the far side of the Moon.

I had breakfast with my brother, hence the lateness of the entry.  He has, shall we say, seen the light.  

And when I checked on social media before heading home from Denny's I saw that Marjorie Taylor Green has called upon Congress to remove Trump using the 25th Amendment.  Just when you thought it couldn't get much worse, the idiot threatened to annihilate the Iranian civilization.  For their part, Iran has shut down all diplomatic channels.  I'm betting this is not what those Middle Eastern countries wanted when they gave him those bribes.  You know?  The $400 million jet, the promise for a $5 billion dollar Trump Tower in Riyadh.  A lot of this is their fault for making a dementiated, 79 year-old man feel entitled enough to even consider this evil.

I personally don't think his threats will come to fruition, he is, after all, a true coward at heart.  In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if we see some sort of intervention.  No matter how craven the GOP is for power, I do believe they understand that if Trump carries through with this mass destruction, it will also be the mass destruction of their party.  They will not survive an extermination event of this nature.

Juiced Again

 We've got some chilly days ahead here in Central PA.  Tomorrow night's low should be in the high 20s (F).  This is why you don't start your spring planting until the end of April.  We will start warming up on Thursday with temps in the low 70s (F) by next week.  Our next drop in temps won't be as bad.  Before you know it, our overnight lows will be in the mid 40s (F).

I'm going to try the raised garden again this year.  I've also bought some sunflower seeds to plant in the backyard.  Hopefully, they will keep Howie from chewing on too many sticks. Right now he's delighting on some marrow bones I cooked up for him this morning.  

And I did work yesterday. It was sooooo slow.  The department had accumulated a lot of unnecessary things in our overhead: old styled books for blinds and shades, a number of boxes of hardwood samples, plastic totes with assorted bullshit.  Yesterday afternoon, I spent my time throwing that crap away.  One of the things I found was a store schedule on a clipboard from 2022.  It was interesting to see how many of those associates scheduled were no longer with us.  Let me tell you, there were quite a few.  

I work today, too.  This will be an interesting day.  Fellow associates are wondering if my Supervisor is going to hand in her resignation.  Getting transferred to merchandising department is a definite step in the wrong direction if you're want to get yourself promoted.  

One of the things that so nice about living so close to Harrisburg is City Island.  When the leaves are off the trees I can see the island.  We have minor league baseball in the middle of the Susquehanna river.  Before the Senator's stadium was built, outdoor concerts were held on City Island.  I attended quite a few since the island is in my backyard including The Grateful Dead... twice. 😂🤣😂

The chaos created by the Orange Anus bubbled over this past holiday weekend.  I don't know about you, but it did seem to me that his tweet on Truth Social, while riling up so many with his threats to Iran, was more intended to upstage Easter itself.  Even Easter is the most holiest of days to Christians, no one was talking about that holiness because everyone was talking about this:

With those few words he managed to eclipse Jesus. Other presidents have gone to Easter services, but not Orangie.  And while he didn't play golf, he had his orange ass driven to one of his golf courses.  He was also driven to the spot where he wants his triumphant arch to be built.  But that's it, other than shit posting on his failing social media network, he did nothing, except look bad when he finally arrived back at the White House.  

Orangie looks like he's been squeezed just a bit too hard.  And what about the guy in the white shirt.  It sure seems as though he's there to help, perhaps to pump Orangie full of juice to keep him mobile and somewhat cognizant of his surroundings.  I really do wish Death would stop toying with us.

Realistically

Looks like those Easter Sunday services are going to be a bit cool and drizzly.  This is fine.  For a majority of people in the world, this day has no significance. For me?  Well, since it's Sunday I have to work.  Otherwise this is just one more day of the week.  In a sad way, Holy days may be important for some people in that they are a holiday off work.  Holidays are nice.

I did work yesterday and one of my blind orders was sold, which means I made my sales goal for the week.  Unless I get a measure today, I'll miss that goal, as well as the lead, and credit card goal.  This is how it goes sometimes.  I did discover that someone inadvertently let my supervisor know she was being transferred before the store manager had a chance to talk to her.  I understand she was more than a little unhappy.  This move is a step back for her.  There's nothing wrong with ambition, but it needs to be anchored to what's realistically possible.  

The neighbors got loud again last night, so I got louder, for about an hour.  They too need to anchor themselves into reality.  One of the first things she said to me after they moved in was "we're loud."  I don't doubt they did truly believe they could be as loud as they wanted.  My hearing is not as good as it used to be, so normally I will wear a headset when playing a video game or watching TV.  When their TV is so loud I can hear it with my headphones on, they are too loud. 

And I do get to work today.  What joy.

Were this only true.

Rumors were abounding yesterday that the Orange Anus had been taken to the Walter Reed Hospital.  Sadly, they were just that, though oddly enough, he didn't fly down to Mar a Lago this weekend to go golfing again.  Realistically speaking, anticipation got the better of so many Americans.  

So what is Orangie doing this weekend?  Looking at his dismal approval ratings?  Let's be real here.  The odds of his team letting him know just how many Americans hate him are few and far between.  Remember the happy reels?  If they want to keep their jobs, they're going to all be doing their best to keep him happy, and to do that they're going to need to do something more than stop by MacDonald's for a Happy Meal.

In spite of what some main stream media outlets are implying, his war with Iran is not going well.  They were complaining at work yesterday about the price of gas.  By now, most people understand that price will continue to go up.  How high?  For most Americans it will be a deal breaker, the big question is how will billionaires handle a revolt.

Trump, the Human Stain

 We were supposed to have our super warm temps yesterday, on my day off.  Well, that never happened.  We're getting them today, on a day that I'm scheduled to work.  This afternoon's high is projected to be in the low 80s (F).  Rain is also in the forecast for this evening, even possible thundershowers.  After that, temps will drop.  Boy will they drop.  We will be getting frost warnings for at least one day next week.  This happens every year and is supposed to be expected.

Yesterday was another good day. The big tank is nearly drained.  I moved the live plants from that aquarium into the one in the living room, and threw out the fake plants.  I've had an aquarium in that spot on and off for a number of years, so I'm thinking this might be the final location.

I got a ride in yesterday afternoon.  That was fine.  

My first editor sent me an email.  He say's he's enjoying the entertainment value of The Body in 4:4 Time.  This is a good thing.  The last thing you want to do is spend 10 months writing a book, only to be told it's boring.

This afternoon I will be heading into the store.  With this afternoon's expected warm temps, our garden department will be busy.  No one's going to be expecting the frost warnings that will be coming this week. 

And there was a problem with one of my sales.  One of my customers ordered 5 inch wide hardwood planks, however, the sku entered was for thinner planks.  So there will have to be a credit and a reorder.  Why didn't I pick up on the fact that the wrong sku was ordered?  I don't know.  Honestly, I'm thinking that when the order was set up, he was fine with that width plank.  Either way, it will get fixed and he'll have his installation.

Here's an updated picture of the tank.

And evidently both Kegsbreath and Orangie lied when they told America we had air superiority over Iran.  Two jets were shot down, and 2 Apache helicopters were damaged, their crews injured yesterday.  Ouch.  One of the pilots was recovered, the other was not.  Is he still alive?  If he is, the horror of his situation is beyond belief.  Things are only going to get worse.

There are rumors that moving Pam Bondi is just the first change coming to Orangie's administration.  The American people are very unhappy.  Gas is now over $4 a gallon.  Jeff Van Drew, the Republican Congressman from New Jersey, District 2, told his constituents that if they thought things are too expensive they should get a 2nd job.  That's not going over well.  The Republican's biggest problem, however, is that they believed American's would  cave and give the GOP what they've been praying for, unlimited power.  Because of this delusion, Congress and the Senate allowed our idiot president to surround himself with sycophants.  While he's desperately trying to be an authoritarian, there is, in reality, no one in charge.  Kegsbreath is firing our top military leaders because they disagree with him and all Orangie wants to do is talk about his ballroom.  Will Orangie shitcan Kegsbreath?  That would be nice.  It would also be a sign of desperation and another example of how much of a human stain our failed president is; keep in mind, he doesn't believe he ever makes a mistake.

The Not So Happy Reels

So, we have an overcast sky overhead, and drizzles are in the air.  Our temp is a chilly 42 (F).  We will be warming up today, with our afternoon temp reaching into the low to mid 70s (F).  Tomorrow will be warmer, but then the temps on the old thermometer are going to be dropping again.  In anticipation of the warmer temps to come, I've taken the woolen blanket off the bed and packed it away for next year.  

I di work yesterday.  Those 5 hours were bothersome.  Our store is hosting a Store Manager meeting to day for the manages of several districts.  That meant every one was supposed to be working to make the store look spiffy diffy for today.  While these managers will walk around, they will be much too busy talking on their phones to actually scrutinize our store.  The few breaks that they get will be spent dealing with the constant issues each store manager handles daily.

There was good news.  Our supervisor, who was not not too good at supervising, is being moved to another department starting Monday.  People are joking that the associates in her new department will soon be asking for transfers.  I'm sure she's disappointed since she's done all of the necessary training to get herself promoted.  That will never happen.  Her problem is that her idea of leadership involves constant criticism.  This is a big problem for a lot of wannabe managers and is why many of them get stuck on a lower rung of the ladder of success.

And, of course, yesterday Pam Bondi was removed from her post as Attorney General.  She will always be remembered for refusing to acknowledge some of a Epstein's victims.

Todd Blanche, the Assistant Attorney General is now the acting Attorney General.  Orangie will keep him as acting AG to avoid having him go through the nominating process.  The hard core cultists are upset.  They believe him to bee a RHINO.  

Other names are also supposedly on the chopping block including Nutlick Lutnick because he's jut not scum sucking cruel enough.  Even though he's a rotten apple, he's just not wormy enough for Orangie.

And Hegseth has gotten rid of so many high ranking military officials control of our military is on the point of foundering.  I understand this started off with his refusing to promote women and people of color.  This drunkard needs to go before he causes the deaths of thousands of young men and women in our military.

Finally, word is leaking out, as it always does, that some of Orangie's staunchest allies are seriously concerned about his only being shown the happy reels of his war with Iran.  These sycophants need to understand he only wants to see the happy reels and refuses to watch anything that proves he's made the worst mistake of his sorry life.

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Tanks

There's a chilly day in store for Central PA.  Our outside temp is sitting at a moderate 51 (F) and if the forecasters are correct, we will only get around 5 degrees warmer.  Tomorrow, however, we return to summer... in April.  Highs for Friday and Saturday are expected to be in the mid80s (F).  That's too hot for this time of year.  The grass is growing, the trees are budding, and more than daffodils are in bloom.  Late June temps in very early April is not a good indicator for the approaching summer.

Much was done yesterday.  I feel good.  A decent workout was done in the morning and some cleaning.  The biggest accomplishment, or perhaps I should say partial accomplishment, was the the aquariums.  The bad tempered tiger barb has passed, so began the elimination of the large 50 gallon aquarium in the writing room.  All of the fish from the bigger tank have been moved.  The smaller 30 gallon tank got a better light.  About 20 gallons has been removed from the larger tank.  Draining it will take a bit.  I used a hose to fill it, but I will need to empty the water using a pitcher.  Then the gravel will have to be removed.  I'm going to spread that around the back yard.  The tank, itself, is made of  plexiglass; it weighs less than regular gas, but cost much more.  It will be recycled.

Here's what the smaller tank looks like so far.

One the big things that happened yesterday was the launching of the Artemis rocket.  Man is again going into space.  This time farther than we have ever gone before.  I'm truly excited about this!  There is a new space race on.  Will the Chinese land men on the moon before we do?  The only bad thing about it was that it happened under the current administration.  What is almost as amazing as the launch was that Orangie spit out a bunch of lies on TV last night and didn't take credit.  Everyone knows that his mind is slipping.  There was supposed to be some big announcement.  That never happened.  He just stood in front of the camera and lied.  Oh, wait, he did say that because of the war the country can not afford Medicare.  Oh, and I do understand that because of his speech S&P Futures on oil dropped as the cost of Brent Crude oil went up.  

I did see an interest note from CNN this morning, that in spite of main stream medias attempt to sane wash the Orange Anus, he is still one of the most despised humans in America.  

Finally, the GOP caved on funding DHS, though no money for ICE and the CBP.  Their are dying.

Fashion This

We have 65 (F) outside and light rain, in fact Howie got drizzled on because I didn't know the morning showers had started.  Thunderstorms are expected this afternoon.  Once the pass, we will have more seasonal temps with daily highs climbing into the mid to upper 50s (F).  Warmer days are on the way.

Yesterday was a good day.  In the morning, both my furnace and central air conditioner were serviced by Berkheimer HVAC.  This will now be a yearly occurrence.  Both units are fine.  The tech asked about bees since there were wood bees hovering around the front porch.  He's allergic.  I asked him if he had a pen with him, and he told me it was in his truck. I told him I get wood bees every year.  I spray, and then they're gone.  Howie was very good.  I used a tiny gate to keep him in the kitchen, and he just sits there and quietly watches.

I also got a 9.4 mile bike ride in on Achill Island, Ireland.  It was very nice.  I've ridden this route before, so I made it one of my favorites.  

Some time was also spent watching a Blender tutorial.  Blender is animation software that I can run on my laptop.  

And something truly odd is happening.  Back in January I went to check the mail and found a Wine Spectator magazine in my mailbox.  I can see by the label that someone must have signed me up for a subscription, since it expires in 12/26.  Yesterday I found a print copy of GQ in my mailbox.  At the top of the mailing label it says "Welcome to GQ."  If someone is gifting me subscriptions, they evidently don't know me to well.  While I will page through the Wine Spectator before putting it in the recycle bin, but GQ?  Fashion?  I don't even have enough curiosity to page through it once.

As many expected, the Orange Anus signed an Executive Order attempting to limit voting by mail, even though he votes by mail.  The administration wants a list of all registered voters so they can decide who exactly is eligible to vote.  This morning the Washington Post said it's "probably unconstitutional."  They used the word probably because Orangie gave Bezos that super tax break.  Orangie said he will defund the states that don't give him every voter's name.  Hhhm, makes one wonder what he's going to do if the states stop paying the Federal Government taxes.  

In fact, Orangie had a very bad day yesterday.  His ballroom was canceled, at least until Congress votes to build it.  As the judge said, Orangie "is the caretaker, not the owner."  Another judge said Orangie can't defund NPR and PBS.  And more European countries have said that the United States fly over their airspace to bomb Iran.  This pissed him off royally.  No matter how much he shrieks, they are not going to kiss his ass.

Just one more bit.  Because there is some serious dissatisfaction in Russia over so many things, Putin has decided to start shutting down sections of the Internet.  He's also actively shutting down VPNs because apparently many Russians use them to get around his propaganda machine.  Someone should tell him that's only going to exacerbate the situation.

 

The Five Alarm Fire

 I slept in a bit this morning, jumping out of bed at 0646, that's very late for me.  At that point the outside temps were 53 (F).  They have climbed to 60 (F).  I'm already wearing my day shorts; why not enjoy the heat while it's here?  Overnight the temps are going to be dropping back to what's considered seasonable, but only briefly.  Friday and Saturday we will again have daily highs in the 80s (F).  While there's a cooler forecast in the future, as with all weather predictions, we will have to wait and see.

And I did work yesterday.  The store was slow.  Last week I hit three of my goals, I failed on credit.  I don't have a problem with that.  The first thing my supervisor said to me when she saw me was to tell me there is a Store Walk on Friday.  Not a word about my last weeks performance.  But regional people are going to be in the store on Friday and they want things to look spiffy diffy.  My response was to shrug.  I don't work on Friday.  Besides, I've been with the giant orange retailer long enough, and in high enough positions, to realize that these walks are never intended to be anything more than show.  If the store is doing well they signal a sign of approval, if the store is doing poorly they're an indicator that you need to do better.  These people don't walk down the aisles saying "problem, problem, problem."  That's well below their paygrade.  They are symbolic at best.

Otherwise, yesterday was pretty much meh.  They still had loads of ice cream at work, so I ate 2 bowls:  blueberry pie, and peanut butter cup.  I guess the only other important thing to happen was that the stitches around my extraction site (I like the way that sounds, extraction site), have disappeared.  The healing process is going along well.  At this point, I'm eating just about anything I want.

Of course this happened yesterday as well.

Someone needs to tell Blondie Locks that it's not just this illegal war, it's Everything.  It's Everywhere.  And it's all at once.

In a new University of Massachusetts poll, the approval rating for the Orange Anus has dropped to 33%.  In response, Orangie posted some dipshit comment on his failing Truth Social platform that damned our allies for turning against him.  Oh, and he also posted about the Trump Library which is to be in Florida, the land of hurricanes.  As phallic towers go, this one is super tall, and there will be graced with two giant, phallic statues of him.  There was nothing about an alter for sacrificing prepubescent girls, though I'm sure one is detailed in the plans somewhere.

One of the big headlines this morning is that the average price of gas is now at least $4.00 per gallon.  The last time it was this high was in 2022, which was when Biden was trying to fix the broken economy left over from Orangie's first term.  For those who ride bikes, pump up your tires because it's going to go higher.  And as gas goes higher, so does everything else.  This is why Meg with her phony hair extensions is shrieking five alarm fire.  

Those surrounding Orangie know what's going on, that's why reports of numerous shell companies being set up with offices in the Cayman Islands are beginning to surface.  They know this five alarm fire is going to take out their cash cow, so they're going to steal as much as possible, as fast as possible.

The World Economy

 And so begins another week, and another mini-heatwave. At sunrise this morning, our outside temp was 43 (F).  We'll be climbing up into the upper 60s (F) today.  Forecasters are predicting that tomorrow our temps will crest in the mid 80s (F).  That's warm.  I don't doubt that the store will see a mini-run on window air conditioners.  This is early enough in the season to k=look for one if you need to buy or replace one, though the selection is not going to be that great.  I'd recommend ;you check out what's on line before trundling you but into the store to look at the 2 or 3 models we have in stock.

Yesterday was a bit of a disappointment.  We were supposed to have breakfast all day, but the associate who was scheduled to man the griddle call off.  She's been sick for about a week, so it's not as if she just picked yesterday to call off.  So, instead of having lots of breakfast delectables for me to graze upon, we had Italian Ice and ice cream.  Even though I love ice cream, I was disappointed at not being able to consume sausages, and pancakes, and French toast.  Though, I will have to admit I did make good on the peanut butter ice cream.

Otherwise the day was boring.  I got in my laps, and another measure.

This is the 7th day since the extraction.  No discomfort.  I'm eating real foods.  This is a good thing, since it won't give me an excuse for eating a half gallon of ice cream.... not that I really need an excuse.

And who, you might ask, could rack up better numbers on Spotify than Bad Bunny?  The answer is Clair Obscur, Expedition 33, a video game about a mother's grief for her young son.  Give it a listen.

As we've all come to expect, the Orange Anus started the new week off with a little market manipulation, by posting that negotiations seemed to be going better than expected.  Of course, this is bullshit.  The only reason for this post is to make Wall Street grow momentarily.  We all know that it's going going to fall again, but Orangie needs to give the billionaires another reason to cheer for him.

He's also posted a flippity gibbet screed about birthright citizenship because it appears the Supreme Court is going to rule against him and white supremacist conservatives.  The more often things go against his dictates, the more likely his head will explode.  

I don't think people understand how his 4 week war with Iran is going to upset the world economy.  His actions will most likely crash the American economy, ant that will have resounding effects on the price of rice in India.  People need to begin developing a "world view."  This idea of "I'm only going to think about it when it effects me," is going to break a lot of people.  When this break happens, and these people complain, make sure you tell them this is what happens when you only think about yourself.

 

What's Good for the Goose

Our outside temp is 30 (F). The forecast is for a high today in the low 60s (F), which would mean a 30 + degree increase in the next 10 hours or so.  That's big.  We're moving into a rather significant warming trend.  By Tuesday our high temps will be in the low 80s (F).  This is rather unusual.  In the past, we've had warming trends in early Spring, but they rarely got this warm.  There are a lot of people out there who are going to jump to conclusions and think that these days of summer-like heat portend to a very hot summer.  Only time will tell.

I worked yesterday and because we are celebrating our Success Sharing (and bonus checks) there was food galore.  Catered by Carraba's Italian Grill, we were served, pasta, pasta, and more pasta, with grilled chicken.  One of the deserts was mini cheesecakes.  Delicious.  I grazed a bit, but not a lot.  I'm still watching what I eat because of the extraction... oh, wait, do you really think a little hole in my gum is going to slow me down.  Today they are serving us breakfast all day, and custom made sundaes for desert.  I'm just hoping I don't break the scale tomorrow morning.  

Retail wise, I sold and install that was set up online, that means I'll get some of the credit.  I got a interior shutter lead, as well as a blind measure.  I should be set for the week.  If not... well, it's not going to bother me too much, after all, we have breakfast all day today.

Of course, yesterday there were No Kings marches all over the country.  In Harrisburg, our local Fox station WPMT 43 was live.  Yes, I said Fox.  Social media was flooded with pictures and videos.  This was not a small gathering of people stomping their feet.  This was big.  One of my Navy buddy's wife, June, was at the march in Ellington, CT, and posted a lot of pics.  I liked this one:

I'm hearing rumblings that many of the idiots Orangie has surrounded himself by are scared that they're going to be put on trial once his administration is over.  I believe these trials will happen much sooner than that.  I also believe these arrests will extend far beyond his cronies and sycophants.  Individuals like James Comer, and Jim Jordan, why even Mikey Johnson will either have to flee, or spend time in the Big House.  I wouldn't be surprised if so many of them run they will create a vacuum that will suck many MAGA cultists with them to some god forsaken land, where they will be treated the same way they love to treat immigrants.  You know what they say, what's good for the goose is good for the gander.

  

Spikes

Good morning.  We have a chilly start to Central PA's No Kings Day!  Temps are predicted to be in the mid to upper 40s (F), so it will be brisk, but there will be abundant sunshine for all.  Our temps have begun a climbing stage and by Tuesday our afternoon high will be in the low 80s (F).  Sorry, that's summertime weather and way to warm for very early April.  When I sit and think about this forecast, I wonder how high temps will be in June, July, and August if we're getting heat spikes like this so early in Spring.

Yesterday I had lunch with my cousin and her husband.  I enjoy these get togethers.  She is 3 months older and than me.  That makes her the first born grandchild.  However, I was the first boy born, and back than boy babies were more important than girl babies.  This doesn't mean the problem doesn't still exist, it does, though it's not as bad, it does, especially among desolate Christians who tend to see girl babies as nothing more than future vessels.

To my surprise, I learned I was part of a class action lawsuit against the great orange retailer I work for, having to do with forcing associates to have testing done during the times of Covid when they were off the clock.  As far as I can remember, this never effected me, ;however I'm still getting part of the settlement.  If approved I'll be getting a whopping $20.82.  Half of that will be included in my gross wages and will be on my W2.  For the other half, I'll be getting a 1099 for tax purposes.  Go figure.

And here's a pic of Howie I took this morning.

And there are No Kings marches planned for today.  One of the headlines in the Washington Posted asked if they will do anything, and I had to laugh.  Since the owner of the WaPo is Jeff Bozos, and he wants as many tax  breaks from the Republican party as possible, he has aligned himself with the Orange Anus.  Expect nothing remotely critical of the current administration from a news agency that was once considered one of the best in the world.

And the House of Representatives thought they'd let Orangie spike the ball in a bid to bring his ratings out of the gutter, and failed.  What did they do?  Well, the Senate passed legislation funding TSA, and FEMA, and a several other groups, in fact everyone except ICE and CBP, and Orangie said he'd sign it.  The House, seeking to glorify their glorious leader, voted this legislation down.  Seconds later Orangie proclaimed that he'd sign an Executive Order to pay the TSA.  However, Orangie doesn't have the authority to do that.  I do not doubt that this administration believed this would resound with Americans and help to improve Orangie's poll numbers.  It didn't.  More and more people are realizing that everything around this fool is a con, so his intended spike failed.

In Profile

 Our temp is sitting at 47 (F).  It's not going to change much during the course of the day.  A thunderstorm went through the area last night, and temps didn't drop much.  The wind, and we do have wind, is make it seem much cooler outside. o\Our overnight low will be down around 30 (F).  Tomorrow it should be a little warmer, but we should have lots of sunshine for all of those Central Pa marchers.  We are also headed into another warming trend.  Next week our temps will once again be in the upper 70s (F).

I did work yesterday.  I sold some cellular shades to a couple form Tennessee who have homes up here and down there.  They were very pleased.  She gave me a hug.  That was really odd.  They selected shades from our Home Decorator's Collection.  The choice of colors is limited.  So they should be made and shipped shortly, which is good since they're leaving for Tennessee on the 16 of April.

For some odd reason I thought the discomfort from having molar 31 extracted would be minimal.  This is not the case.  I've done some research this morning, and I'm at the stage where the swelling will start decreasing.  It looks like I've got another 3 to 4 days of taking naproxen.  I have reached the point where I need to eat just pudding, scrambled eggs, and over cooked pasta.  This is good because I'm having lunch with friends this afternoon.

Here's a profile picture of Howie I took while he was sitting on my lap, and yes, he does, on occasion, sit on my lap.

And Orangie's not only going to have his face on gold coins, his signature is also going to be on paper money as well.  This has never been done, since this is what countries do when they want to celebrate their king.  We should have expected this.  Republicans have wanted to lionize a sitting president ever since Reagan.  This has nothing what so ever to do with whether he is a good individual, but everything to do with being able to say "shut up! we're in charge!"

And  not only did Orangie cave on Iran yesterday, he also cave on funding DHS in order for TSA agents to get paid.  Funding for ICE has been removed from the legislation and will be dealt with separately.  He said he'll sign it.  The Senate has approved it.  Now all we're waiting for is the House of Representatives to break as well.

I'm hearing whispers that it's the Saudi government who is really pushing the war.  They want to reset the middle east in their favor.  However, it seems as they want to do this with American lives, rather than Saudi.  They have been playing Orangie since day one.  They will continue to play him, and he is too stupid to understand this.

Day 3

Well, we have a warm day ahead of us.  Our high temp for this afternoon should be in the low to mid 70s (F).  Overnight another cold front is going to move through the area which will lead to cooler temps tomorrow.  Rain will move into the area as well.  This is fine.  We are in Spring.  

And yesterday was either good or just meh depending upon the time of day.  Exercise is still out of the picture because of the extraction.  So I pretty much lazed through the day, doing laundry and other small chores.  Regarding the laundry, I've moved the drying rack from the laundry room into the bathroom because there's a heating vent there.  This is a good thing in that clothes dry faster, however, it's also a bit of a nuisance thing in that Howie now has an assortment of different clothing to turn into toys.  One of his favorite games is sock chase, followed closely by T-shirt chase.  The only option I have is to keep the bathroom door shut.  

Today is the 3rd day since the extraction of tooth 31.  My jaw was achy.  I did a search to see how long this minor discomfort was going to last and was surprised to see that day 3 is usually the worst.  Day 3 is when the swelling is at its peak.  Hhhmmm.  Interesting.  The biggest problem I'm having is not the discomfort, it the loose thread from the stitches.  It feels as if there's a piece of food floating around near the socket and I keep want to move it, and probe it with my tongue.  I find it amusing that the biggest problem I'm having is with a 1/4 inch piece of thread.

The Body in 4:4 Time is finished.  It's getting sent to the first of my editors this morning.  Now the fun begins.

There's a No Kings march/rally this Saturday.  I'm sure numbers will easily be in the millions. 

So, evidently Pamie Jo Bondi released information regarding Jack Smith's investigation of Orangie's theft of Secret Documents... accidentally, of course.  We now know the reason he stole them: to sell them for his own personal gain.  When I saw that, my first thought was "no shit, Sherlock."  Why would anyone have thought otherwise?  This loser lives for self-lenrichment.  He has loyalty to only one person, himself.  His corrution has no bounds.  There's a reason many call him Don the Con.  The only thing he finds sacred is his own bank account.

These marches are not going to go over well with the GOP.  Anything that rattles their land of delusion is bad.  The good thing is that so many of them have such short term memory problems these marches will be forgotten, by most, by Monday.  Of course, by Monday Kegbreath may have started a ground invasion in Iraq.  As I've said before, the country has reached an invection point.  There will be no stopping what happens to this administration and the Republican Party.

Brain Salad Surgery

Our overnight temps stayed about freezing.  That's a good thing.  Today's high is predicted to be in the mid to upper 50s (F), and that also a good thing.  Spring is slowly beginning to spring upon us.  Tomorrow forecasters are saying we'll be hitting the low 70s (F) again, but, as often happens during the changing of the seasons, we're going to chill off again.

And, as should have been expected, yesterday was meh day, what with the tooth getting pulled.  That, in itself wasn't bad.  One thing I found interesting was that my dental assistant was a man whose name was Jesse.  That's a first for me.  Other than the dentist, he was the only other male I saw as he led me from the lobby.  

There was an amusing moment in in the lobby while I waited to be escorted back to the extraction room.  The receptionist was on the phone attempting to order pizzas for lunch and there was an issue.  She wanted to place the order for pick-up, however she was going to pay cash rather than put the charge on a credit card.  The pizzeria evidently didn't want to take the order with out payment.  There was an easy solution, of course.

And the extraction went well.  More time was spent numbing me up than in pulling the tooth.  Truthfully, I was expecting it to take much longer, but then my previous extraction experience was with difficult teeth, 4 wisdom teeth and another molar that had cracked in half.  I was going to take a picture of the tooth lying on the tray, but thought that might be a little gross, so here's a pic of my panoramic x-ray.  In a way, I can see an odd connection between it and Emerson, Lake, and Palmer's Brain Salad Surgery album cover.

The X-ray

Brain Salad Surger

In the Orangie news of yesterday, his dementia was in full view as he told reporters we'd won the war and that Iran had sent him a present that was very big and worth a lot of money.  Even Main Stream media is wondering just what this big, bold, beautiful and very expensive present is.  No answer from Orangie's team.  Iran, on the other hand, called this bullshit.  They called Orangie a liar.  You know it's bad when most of the people in the world are taking Iran's word of that of the president of the United States.  

And Democrats flipped two more seats Blue in Florida, of all places.  This should have Republicans shaking in their boots because the Dems didn't win because Republican voters stayed home.  Nope.  The Democrats won because Republican voters themselves voted Blue.  Orangie's own district went Blue.  

On top of that, Orangie's approval rating has dropped to 36%.  I'm betting it's a lot lower.  

Extraction

Depending upon where I looked this morning, the temp was just below, right at, or just above freezing.  Either way you look at it, the temps outside are chilly.  Sunshine is supposed to be abundant today.  These are seasonal temps, just in case you're thinking this is a little cool for Spring.  My furnace is still running, though not nearly as often as in February when the temps were truly cold.

Yesterday I got my workout in.  I'm upping the weight on the Romanian Deadlifts.  For those of you who don't know, in this exercise you bend over at the waist and then stand up.  I'll be doing it with 20 lbs in each hand.  This is a good exercise for the lower back.  That puppy needs to be kept strong to avoid back issues down the road.

Retail was terribly slow yesterday.  One of my fellow specialists called off, so it was just me.  I found out this morning that his older brother died, so I sent him a sympathy note.  Still, yesterday was terribly boring.  I did get a measure for a carpet install.  And I did have to sit for over fifteen minutes listening to a gentleman complain about his daughter-in-law.  His son died 6 years ago, and her money was beginning to run low, so she told him and his wife that she was going to move in with them.  As he talked, I sat and nodded, providing him with the obligatory nods and shakes of the head.  He gave me way too much information.  I have no problem being a friendly ear, however a friendly ear is not going to solve his problems.  That's something he will need to do himself.

I'm getting a molar pulled later this morning.  Woo! Hoo!  It's the one in the back.  The wisdom teeth went long ago.

So, the Supreme Court heard arguments yesterday about voting by mail.  Even though he votes by mail, the Orange Anus hates it.  I vote by mail.  I love it.  The GOP doesn't want ballots received after election day to be counted.  This will disenfranchise many citizens and military personnel living overseas.  This is odd because a large number of the men and women serving in our military tend to voted Republican.  The Republican party doesn't care.  Here in the states, 36.8% of voters over 65 vote by mail.  Again, older voters tend to either be Republican or vote conservatively.  People over a certain age prefer voting by mail, they'd rather drop a ballot into a mailbox than stand for an hour or longer at a polling station.  Taking away that choice or limiting that ability will result in lower conservative and or Republican votes.  The Republican party doesn't care.  They feel it will effect Democrats worse than it will Republicans.  They are terribly wrong.

Eggs!

Right now our outside temp is sitting at 48 (F).  That may be our high for the day.  Temps are on their way down.  I woke up early this morning, around 0500, and at that time the temp was 52 (F) so our temps are definitely on their way down.  Yesterday we popped all the way up to 82 (F).  I didn't work, but I'm wondering if there was a run on window A/C units at the store.  That always happens at this time of the year.

And yesterday was not quite meh.  This were done, which is always a good thing.  I had hoped to feel as though much more had been accomplished other than frequently going outside to enjoy the weather.  Howie and I played ball for a bit, but just a bit.  He has a bad habit of not wanting to give the ball back to me so I can throw it.  He'd much rather have me chase him around the back yard.  He gets so much enjoyment out of me running after him.

I'm out of whey. I use it as a source of protein when I finish a workout.  Since eggs are a great source of protein and a good alternative, I made red beet eggs yesterday.  Some people call them pickled eggs.  Here in Central PA, which is in PA Dutch country, we call the red beet eggs.  They're delicious.  

This afternoon, I get to work.  Supposedly, this week they are going to be switching supervisors around.  Everybody in specialty is curious as to who will be taking over the our current supervisor, who's not been the most successful.  She's 67 and want to be promoted.  That will never happen.  She will, most likely, be moved to another department. not because of her age, but rather because of her performance.  She spends too much time focusing on the minutiae.   She is a broken record.  Two years ago corporate decided associates needed to greet every customer by saying, "welcome to the Orange Retailer."  Nobody says it, especially to a customer pushing around a shopping cart that half filled with merchandise, nobody except her.  Whereas the successful supervisor understands flexibility, she does not. 

Here's a pic of my red beet eggs!

Today's going to be a momentous day for all of the wrong reasons.  Firstly, ICE is going to be moving into airports.  They're not going to help with the TSA issue, nope, they're going to be checking IDs because the Orange Anus and the Republican party hate immigrants.  There is a rumor abounding that when this happens a lot of TSA agents will simply quit.  The Democrats have sponsored legislation to get these people paid, but the Republicans have voted down every attempt so far.  This is because that fat, Orange Anus in the White House wants to be a dictator. He wants the SAVE act tied to any and all legislation that makes its way through Congress.  I suspect air travel is going to get much worse.

And at 7:44 PM the 48 hours Orangie gave Iran to open up the Strait of Hormuz is up.  This moment's burning question is to TACO, or not to TACO.  The Orange Anus and those he has surrounded himself with, has put himself into a extremely perilous position.  He he doesn't follow through with his threats, he will appear weak, and if he does start bombing infrastructure, as he said he would, Iran's going to start taking out desalination plants across the region.  While this is not the worst of all possible worlds, it's a pretty bad one.

Evil

We may reach a record breaking high today if the temps get as warm as they forecasters are predicting.  Another day in the upper 70s (F) with overcast skies and drizzles is what they're saying we should expect.  As long as it saves on my heating bill, I don't care.  Of course, tomorrow our temps will be falling to what is considered a normal range for Spring.  This is fine, too.  Summer will arrive soon enough and this one might be a real cooker.

I did work yesterday and wow was it slow.  I easily got in my steps.  I easily made my sales for the week.  Two more of my installs sold yesterday, as well as the $11,000 job that went through on Tuesday.  

Plans had been made to go down to York today, so I took the day off (with pay, of course).  They changed last night when I talked to my friend Betsy, she has a cold.  When I get a cold, I have a runny nose and sniffles for maybe a day.  She gets sick, sometimes with a fever.  So, the York trip for today is off.  That's fine.  I can spend that time on other things... things I've been putting off, like getting out the vacuum and sucking up some the Howie hair that's nestling in the corners of the staircase.  

And Robert Mueller died yesterday.  I'd heard that he'd been suffering from Parkinson's for some time.  Every one of our living presidents, Democrat and Republican, gave tributes to him.  Everyone, except the Orange Anus.  He posted this on Truth Social.

This comment is pure evil.  Why is Orangie being so hateful?  Because Mueller, as head of the FBI, investigated the Russian connection between Orangie and Russia.  He came to the conclusion that there had been undue influence by the Russkies in getting their asset elected.  We all know how Orangie hates both transparency and accountability.  His cultists celebrated his comments, but then they've also sold their souls to the Spawn of Satan.

How are the gas prices in your neck of the woods?  Here in Central PA on average it's $3.99 a gallon.  People don't believe me when I tell them that it's going to go higher.

And Orangie just posted some shit comment to Truth Social stating that with Iran dead, the last great evil in the world was the Democratic Party.  I suspect that Iran is going to have a few words about him thinking they're dead.  What he's attempting to do is incite anger towards Democrats in order to get his cultists to stop talking about how his war in Iran is an abject failure.  Remember, everything Trump touches dies.