The Banishers

Below freezing.  That would be 0 for you who use Celsius.  For those of use who use the out of date Fahrenheit scale, that's how we say our current temp is 28 (F).  If you're living in Central PA, don't plan on the outside temps climbing more than a notch or two today.  We are day one into what might be a two day big freeze.  This will pass.

Things were done yesterday.  Chores were completed.  I was going to do a pork stir fry for dinner and ended up opting out for a much simpler bacon and eggs.  Sometimes easy peasy is best.

I did do a lot of what I call running around yesterday late morning and early afternoon.  I bought stuff, including new shoelaces for my sneakers:  $12!  For shoelaces.  Hells Bells!  I also bought another sweatshirt because we're approaching the dead of winter and I love sweatshirts.  I also wanted one that didn't have any stains.  My favorite yellow one was all blotched up when Howie ran into me while I was holding a glass of red wine.  

There was also a stop off at the store, not to purchase anything, but to see why my vacation hours hadn't been added.  Since I was shorted hours for the last 2 weeks, I decided to use some of my vacation pay to keep my paychecks balanced and those hours were not included.  An assistant manager found the forms I filled out (along with several other associate requests) and discovered they had never been entered into the system.  The problem is solved, however the woman whose job it is to enter requests is probably in trouble.

I did begin playing a new game.  The Banishers is about two people, a Scotsman and a woman of color, in the mid 1600s who banish spirits to either heaven or hell.  Of course, there's a twists.  She dies early in the game and he has to decide whether to kill people to keep her alive, or, in the end, send her to heaven.  I'm enjoying sending spirits to hell.

As we all should expected, couch fucker Vance broke the tie to kill the War Powers Act giving Orangie the power to send American troops into Venezuela.  As I said in an earlier blog, this is going to be Vietnam (pt 2).  The Republicans don't care if Americans die.  The truly terrible thing about this is that everything is being done to keep the Epstein Files secret, at least that's the primary reason.  Another reason that's in a very strong 2nd place is the need for Republicans to demonstrate their power.  They are the "shut up, we're in charge," party.  They desperately want to dictate how Americans live their lives.  In reality, they are only focused on their own selfishness and greed.  Conservatives are a flawed group.  They have always been like this.  The only way they will learn is if they are severely punished.  Our only choice is to vote them out, and prosecute them.  Those that don't learn, need to be banished to Hell.