Revenge

Good morning world!  We have a comfortable 61 (F) outside, here in Central PA.  Last night we were doused with some very heavy rain as I was going to bed.  I don't know whether that was the reason on not, but I slept very well.  Today's forecast will be a repeat of yesterdays, temps in the low 80s (F) with sunny skies.  Since I work, I'll be sitting at my desk inside the great orange box retailer.  Tomorrow, however, we'll have a shadier forecast, high humidity and thunderstorms.

Retail yesterday was slow.  I did get a measure, so I met my measure goal for the week.  In fact, I hit all my goals except sales.  We shall have to see what today is like.  One of my customers might be coming in to purchase a tile installation.  They'd been in on Friday and there was an issue with the stone tile that they had chosen, they were looking for uniformity.  There is no such thing as uniformity when you're dealing with natural stone.  I once had a customer sit on the floor for over an hour going through box after box of marble tiles.  She wanted them all to be alike, unfortunately most of them had either a shade or a hue that did not meet with approval.  The poor thing left feeling rather frustrated and no doubt any wiser.

So, one of our hardware associates agreed to read the first few chapters of The Body in 4/4 Time.  He asked me how many pages and I told him about 8, 2 of the chapters are short.  He made a little face, and told me he really likes to read using audio books.  I smiled to myself.  In the fall, he's going to be starting at Penn State University as a finance major and he has no idea how much boring drivel he's going to have to actually read... in a book.

And this headline is important in so many different ways.

The whole world knows that the idiot in the White House has now made Iran a much stronger entity, a state that funds terrorism around the world.  Not only did he lose the war, he and his Secretary of Defense made the worst possible blunder possible:  they bombed a children's school killing 158 little girls.  No matter how much money this asshole throws at them in his surrender, that bombing has gashed a hole in the heart of every Iranian.  As a result, at some time in the future one of Iran's terrorist cells will take revenge upon the United States.  Will it be a school?  Possibly.  Or possibly a sporting event.  One thing is certain, they will exact their revenge.  Anyone who thinks otherwise is most likely a Republican.

Tomatoes!

Well, our temp is in the mid 60s and we have sunshine.  It's supposed to be a very nice day outside.  Isn't it a shame that I have to go to work?  According to the long range forecast, we're going to be stuck in this weather pattern for the next 3 weeks (at least).  This would be decent summer weather.  These middle of the road temps make things delightful.

Yesterday was a good one.  Many chores were completed, including a mowing of the lawn.  I prepped the wheelbarrow/planter for painting.  The garden was fertilized.  That's a first for me this year, using fertilizer.  Since everything is in containers, I decided that might not be a bad idea.  It has made quite a difference.  Last year the cucumber plant was scraggly, this year it's taking over the backyard.  

The only fly in the ointment was my neighbors.  Around 0130 they decided to play their stereo.  At first it was loud, then their addled brains realized that the volume might be a problem, and they turned it down a tad.  An hour later, they turned off the stereo.  I wouldn't be surprised if that side of the house was haunted, as my old neighbor Mike would occasionally get drunk and play his guitar very loudly for about 20 minutes in the middle of the night.  Oddly enough, the new neighbor's name is Mike, too, so he might be Mike 2.

As I said, my container garden is doing well.  Here's a pic of some of my Italian tomatoes.

In case you missed it, the Orange Anus revealed his Qatari gift plane yesterday, refurbished by hundreds of millions of tax payer dollars, I might add.  This was a personal gift to him from the Qataris, which means he's planning on taking it with him when he leaves the White House.  This got me to thinking about what happens if he not only gets impeached for a 3rd time, but there are enough votes to remove him from office?  Can the government put a lien on his assets as a way of compensating the country for all of the money he's stolen, like the tax payer dollars he's used to fix up this jet?  I don't know.  If we can, how about the government also slapping a lien on Donnie Jr's drone business, the one that borrowed $620 million from the DOJ?  And wouldn't it be great if once the Assholes are out of the picture the government started canceling all of those Starlink contracts?  Maybe we should follow Brazil's lead.

The Art of the Surrender

Okay, so our outside temp is purportedly 67 (F).  I haven't been outside yet, so I'll take that with a grain of salt.  We had some showers yesterday, and then a lot of wind.  For the foreseeable future, our daily highs are supposed to be in the low to mid 80s (F).  This is fine.  It keeps me from spending too much money on the A/C.

So, yesterday's workout was short and I'm blaming Howie.  When I was changing up the weight machine, he walked into the room and asked, "hey, wanna take a 5 minutes nap?"  And since I'm always up for a nap, I agreed.  Well, 5 minutes turned into an hour and 15 minutes.  That meant the workout had to be done in quick time in order for me to leave for work on time.  At least I was well rested when I pulled into the parking lot.

And work was meh.  I did have a $3000 sale go through.  And... as I should have expected, the customers who I sold that tile flooring installation to showed up with questions.  They only want to talk to me... shit.  Anyway, I had to explain that the glaze on their matte finished porcelain tile was not going to make the floor slippery.  There's also an issue with their sink and their toilet.  They want to replace their old toilet with the new toilet, that's not going to be a problem.  The bathroom sink is another issue.  Putting the tile floor under their vanity will raise the level of the sink, so a plumber will need correct the length of the drain.  It's an easy fix, but they will still have to pay for the plumber, our installers don't do that.

I understand that the Orange Anus is coming out with a new book.

I suppose someone finally got through to his dementiated brain as to what he really did when he signed that document in Versailles, because the "peace talks" between the US and Iran in Switerland have suddenly been canceled.  Of course, reality may not have set in and the talks might have been canceled because Israel is still bombing Lebanon, and ending the bombing is a provision.  That's right, Orangie signed a surrender agreement without getting the Israelis approval.  Let's be fair, no one should be surprised by this, as a demi-god he should be able to do whatever he wants. 

In fact, I understand he's been walking around telling people he's the most powerful man who's ever lived, comparing himself to Mao, and Stalin, and Hitler.  Well, this is how insanity works.

And finally, did  everybody get a chance to the pictures of Moscow burning yesterday?  I'm thinking that very shortly Orangie's blow bro Vlad is going to be staring straight into the eyes of a revolution.  Good for him!

Surrender

 Our outside temp is warm. 69 (F).  It's also very humid.  We're supposed to have showers and drizzles this morning.  They will extend into this afternoon, with a high temp in the upper 80s (F).  Things are predicted to cool down overnight, with tomorrow's highs in the mid 70s (F).  Evidently El Nino has arrived which means we might have a cool, wet summer.  That means a lot of mowing.

Yesterday was a fine day.  My Wednesday workout revolves around the machine with a lot less of a reliance on dumbbells.  It's a good change up.  The only exercise I do with dumbbell cs is the dumbbell thruster.  This is the same exercise that Pete Hegseth was failing so miserably.  I use 20 lb dumbbells and it's not unusual to get my heart rate up to 140 beats per minute.  This is a good thing.  Like all muscles, your heart needs to be exercised.

And I had a long lunch with my friends Tami and Ann.  They've been friends for decades.  Not all friendships survive the passing of time.

The Boroughs on Netflix has not been renewed for a 2nd season.  This does not surprise me.  Like Boots, it has an ending that doesn't a continuation of the storyline.  Unlike Widow's Bay, on Apple TV, which used it's 10 episodes to specifically guide you to a cliffhanger ending.  

And, I'm please to announce that there is a least one person in Washington DC who is happy with the green Reflecting Pool.

Don't you find watching Republicans scramble to try and defend the agreement Orangie signed to sit down and talk about a peace deal with Iran amusing.  There are so many who see this as the greatest foreign policy failure in our entire history as a country.  Orangie started a war and then surrendered.  Oh, wait, that's right, it was never really called a war.  What was it he called this attack on Iran?  An excursion?  Yep, that sounds a bit right.  And he signed this surrender in Versailles, surrounded by world leaders who hold him with much more disdain than you can even imagine.  Accountability is coming.  Not only for the  Republican Party, but the Conservative movement as well.  This is why you need to keep them as far away from power as possible.  They always screw things up.

The Copyright

This morning is a little warmer than yesterday, with our temp sitting in the low 60s (F).  Our skies are very  overcast and there might be rain on the way.  This afternoon should be warm and sunny with our high in the low 80s (F).  This is nice weather.  I wouldn't mind if this lasted all summer.

And yesterday was... well, not quite what I had anticipated, which was finishing the copyright process and a ride in the afternoon, followed by a movie.  Only one of those things happened.

I've been through the copyright process many times, but changes have been initiated over the past year that, while creating better security, have complicated things.  There was no problem using either Chrome or Google in the past, now, as the website says, results may not be optimal.  That's an understatement.  Now they recommend that you use Mozilla.  So I downloaded Mozilla FireFox, it gives you a free VPN, so that can be seen as a plus.  Then there was an issue with my email address.  My last name is in my email address and that simply doesn't work.  This meant I needed to create a new Google account in order to get a new email address that will only be used for getting copyrights.  It also meant setting up a new account with the Bureau of Copyrights.  This learning experience took about 4 hours and did involve some aggravation, but in the end I was rewarded with this.

Anyway, after everything was finished, I didn't feel like a bike ride, or a movie, so I ended up staying home and playing a video game so I could kill things.

And, if you don't know by now, the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool is filled with algae because the bottom was painted blue.  It's green.  Yesterday, workers poured in hundreds of gallons of peroxide in an attempt to kill the algae, and it did... around the edges.  You see, the Reflecting Pool is not like some giant aquarium with a super, giant pump to circulate the water, so, all of that peroxide stayed around the edges.  Now we have a algae green Reflecting Pool with a blue boarder.

Dour Days

Well, today's going to be the last comfy day for a while with our high temp this afternoon climbing into the mid 70s (F).  When I climbed out of bed this afternoon, our outside temp was 54 (F).  This is what's called good sleeping weather.  It's also keeps the cooling bills... cool.  How nice it would be to not burn through my bank account in order to keep my house cool this summer.

Yesterday was good in the morning and then ho hum in the afternoon.  My workout went well.  But then I had to go to work.  And it was slow.  I have a commercial tile job in the works, and there's an issue.  The tile the customer chose has a PEI of 3 (PEI has to do with the durability of the tile).  PEI 3 tiles are good for households, kitchens, and light commercial use.  He wants the floor installed in a restaurant which is, if it's a popular restaurant, is considered heavy use, so he needs a tile that has a PEI of 4 or 5.  Those tiles are more expensive and he was looking to go cheap.  This means there's a good possibility he might simply buy the tile and then find a cheap, local contractor who will do the install.  The fact that in 2 or 3 years those tiles are going to start cracking and breaking is something he isn't going  to think about.

And I sold my other tile job.  It went well, except for one thing (key heavy dismay).  After working with this couple for over 2 years on various flooring projects in their house, it turned out that they signed up for their measure with another associate.  This means that even though they know my schedule, and came in to go over their quote and do the changes they wanted, the other associate is going to get the sale.  There was a time when that didn't happen.  Before we switched to the Order Up system, if you did changes for a quote you would get partial credit.  Now, those days are history.

According to an NBC poll, very few people are proud to be an American.  These are our Dour Days.

Only around 23% of the population are proud to be an American.  Everybody else is looking around thinking WTF.  After 9/11, pride in American soared, until we realized that George W. Bush was prime example of Republican idiocy, and then it crashed.  During the Obama administrations pride cruised along on an even plane until Fox News decided they would earn bigger bucks if they sided with the MAGA Cultists.  You'll notice the big crash in pride happened when the Orange Anus got his ass reelected in 2024 and since then pride has been basically in freefall.  Now, it's only  soulless conservatives and MAGA cultists who seem to have any pride in America.  This is probably because they get so much joy in ruining other people's lives.  They are an unforgiveable sour bunch who celebrate the destruction of compassion.  They are the  millstone around American's neck that can only be broken by their defeat and, in their ignorance, have no idea how fast their vanquishment approaches.  This will be a good thing, this end to the dour days.

Transitioning

Well, we did have storms last evening.  Not the serious thunder boomers we had been warned about, but steady rain for a few hours overnight.  We still have a bit of humidity hanging around, but temps are going to be cooler, with today's high in the mid 70s (F).  We should have this cool weather for the next 3 or 4 days.

I did work yesterday.  It was my long day.  Eight hours.  And it was slow.  I did have to spend about 15 minutes explaining to a woman what a square yard is.  You would be surprised at how many people have problems with square feet.  They simply can't wrap their heads around a very basic formula:  length in feet x width in feet equals square feet.  This is basic math... well, maybe a tad more difficult than addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.  Seriously, they will stand there with a phone in their hand and say  "you do it."  This is grade school arithmetic.  How do these people function.

Because it was super hot last Thursday and there was a heat advisory, I called off.  When I checked my timecard this morning, I saw that I was short 6 hours and once again they processed a "no call, no show" against my attendance.  So I sent an email to the store manager telling him that I would like the issue resolved by the time I get to work this afternoon.

Later this morning, I'm going to download Mozilla FireFox onto this laptop so I can The Body in 4/4 Time for copyright.  This is a minor pain in the butt.

So, Mitch McConnell is in the hospital.  I thought he was in for some possibly health related issues.  Then this picture leaked and I realized he was transitioning.  Honestly, this should not come as a surprise to anyone.

And the Orange Anus did have his white trash UFC even last evening, and again, this should not come as a surprise to anyone, he fell asleep.  Even though the administration released a video showing tens of thousands in attendance, main stream media is saying the number was around 4000 "Celebrities and military personnel."  Remember, tickets weren't selling so that "military personnel" is covering a lot of seats.

We also should have expected that the ceasefire Orangie announced is in all actuality nothing more than a "framework" for a ceasefire.  Even though he comes up with a lot of concepts and frameworks, the art of the deal very rarely puts in an appearance.  There is a fairly good likelihood that this framework will fall apart because it depends on Israel to stop bombing Lebanon.  And Bibi?  He can't do that.  Once pease settles down in the area his corruption trial will proceed, and the last thing he wants is to dress his ass up in an orange jumpsuit and spend the rest of his life in jail.

Best at Being the Worst

Well, today is starting off cooler than yesterday.  Currently  we're in the upper 60s (F).  However... we've got an hellacious increase in humidity on the way.  This will be topped off by wow! packing thunderstorms a front moves through the region.  This is the perfect day for floating around on an air mattress on a pool.  Just make sure you go inside as the evening approaches; lightening strikes can be fatal.

I did work yesterday.  It was incredibly slow at the flooring desk.  Staffing was minimalist.  Actually, that's an understatement.  I was the only one there.  Our aisle associate, the guy who's supposed to pack down product left without stopping by.  He's MAGA and they're suffering right now, which is a good thing.  My big tile installation stopped by, but they were in a large family group.  They told me that they'd be stopping in to buy on Monday.  That's fine with me, a sale is a sale.  Their son in law used the tile they chose to render pictures in ChatGTP (?).  He was very pleased with himself.  You can do the same thing by uploading pictures of your room to our website.  I said nothing, it is, after all an $8600 sale.

My store manager gave me some bad news.  He's been promoted.  Thursday will be his last day.  His replacement will either be a store manager who worked previously at our store as an assistant manager, or a store manager who's known to be a stickler and a hardnose.  If it's the aisle associate who's MAGA will quit, since she's the reason he transferred to our store in the first place.

And I went to file for the copyright for The Body in 4/4 Time yesterday and... DRATZ!!  They want submissions to be done using Firefox on a Windows OS.  Using another browser might present problems.  It did.  I kept getting error messages when I went to change my password.  Shit!

For those of you who don't know, this is what Elonia looked like before all of the plastic surgery and hair implants.  

And of course, Orangie's birthday celebration is today.  According to Fox Entertainment, only 31% of the Republican party approve of this travesty.  This administration has become an American embarrassment.  The corruption is on a scale never before seen... in the entire world.  The Orange Anus has never been an even adequate businessman.  Even though he will admit to 6 bankruptcies, in truth he has 8.  Remember his University?  He had to pay out millions in restitution because it's sole purpose was to defraud students who believed his lies.  This cage match?  This is SOP for him.  He is a stupid man who has blundered his way into being the most despised president of the United States.  He has always wanted to be number one, well, of all the other contenders in the world, he is best at being the worst.

The Happy Ending

Well we've reached Saturday.  I slept in a bit, so it's now 0912 and our outside temp is 76 (F).  Once again temps are predicted to hit the 90 (F) degree mark, though today forecasters are saying that our humidity is going to be oppressive.  Tomorrow's forecast is for the same with the exception  of the day ending with thunderbangers, high, possibly damaging winds, and rain.  Small reminder:  Washington DC is only 75 minutes south of my humble abode, and I'm so glad I didn't lose my sanity and purchase an overpriced ticket to a cage match.

And yesterday was sort of meh.  This doesn't mean that I didn't do anything, I did.  Grocery shopping in the morning, a little garden work, and then a bike ride in San Remo, Italy.  I like Italy.  I should actually visit.  I would like to see the colosseum in the early morning before the tourist busses descend upon it like a swarm of locusts.  

I do work this afternoon.  I have a tile flooring installation that's supposed to sell.  The customers are bringing their daughter because she has impeccable taste and she needs to approve their choice in tile.  If she doesn't like it, she'll pick the tile they're going to use.  Either way, the sale should go through.

And silently, under cover of darkness and a large curtain, Orangie's name was removed from The Kennedy Center for the Performing arts.  He didn't want anybody to see, or take pictures of his defeat, because that's what this was.  He lost.  Justice smote his ego... badly, and I'm really up for that.  However, pictures and videos are being published.  Here's a screenshot from a longer video put out by The Guardian.  I think this might be the removal of the P, since it's from the far right side of the scaffolding.  You can see the worker's hands grabbing onto the letter, and in the video, he just rips it off the wall.  Karma rocks.

This is Orangie's birthday weekend.  Let's see, the freedom concert thingy is gone and there is the possibility that his UFC cage match might end up being a lightening rod.  There might be something we can end up celebrating after all.

Oh, and Elonia is now, on paper, a trillionaire.  This man is so vainglorious he simply has no clue as to how anger and hatred he is generating around the world.  I don't believe he was ever destined for a happy ending.

 

Performance

So, here it is, Friday.  Our outside temp is 71 (F).  Once again the forecast has our afternoon highs in the 90s (F).  I didn't check to see what the "real feel" is supposed to be, but I can tell you I went out into the backyard briefly yesterday and it felt very hot.  I did use a personal day, rather than go in to work.  I used the excuse of there being a "heat advisory" to use a personal day.  There are times when age does have it's benefits besides having wisdom and authority.

So, what did I do yesterday since I chose to stay home in cool air conditioned comfort?  No yardwork, it was way too hot.  In the morning I completed my workout.  My trainer, who's in Portugal for the next week, sent me an "attaboy."  A lite dusting was done.  Most of the afternoon, however, was working on the final edit for The Body in 4/4 Time.  The words "final edit," are important.  There comes a time when you simply have to put the manuscript down.  I worked with a man who'd written a non-fiction book on autism and I watched as he spent literally years refining his manuscript.  He would bring it to work and sit in the lunchroom editing during his breaks.  He used yellow #2 pencils, and he'd read a paragraph, then scratch a line out, read some more and then make a note.  This went on for the 11 years I worked for International Paper.  To this day, I don't know if he ever had his work published.  At some point in time you need to put that baby to bed.  

And since I do workout regularly, I thought I'd post this snippet about our Secretary of Defense working out.  If you have access to social media, you should watch some of the videos the Department of Defense is releasing of Kegsbreath working out with Marines.  They prove how badly his neural transmitters are... transmitting.  I do not doubt for a second that he believes his performance is exemplary.  The thought that the world is laughing at him never crosses his mind.  Here's a picture of him doing a dumbbell thruster with 15 pound weights.  Thrusters are a great cardio/strength exercise.  I do this with 20 lb dumbbells.  Notice how his wrists are bent back?  That's what I call swishy wrists.  Your wrists are supposed to be straight.  In the video, he only does a half squat (wrong) and his thrust is herky jerky.  I do not doubt that in his mind his form is perfect.  As someone suggested, and I concur, is so he can shower with the Marines afterwards, you know, mano e mano, sort of like they showered in Heated Rivalry.

Where are his biceps?

And finally, today is the day that Orangie's name is supposed to be taken down from the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.  While it has already been removed from the website, it is still on the building and... this should come as no surprise, his allies running the Kennedy Center have decided to fight it.  How humiliating to have his name removed 2 days before his birthday.  He is going to get a healthy serving of humiliation much sooner than he thinks, and his ego will not be able to survivie.

Blind to the Real World

We're going to warm today.  We're also going to be humid.  Our outside temp is a balmy 74 (F), and yes, we are under a heat advisory.  While the afternoon temp is supposed to top off at 94 (F), the real feel is predicted to be around 103 (F).  This is what I call stinky winky weather, where I get the urge to run around the backyard like a rather inhibited satyr for all of the world to see.  Don't worry, it'll never happen.

So, I had my physical yesterday.  I'm healthy.  I've reached that stage of life when I have to take off my shoes and socks so they can poke my feet to prove I don't have any neuropathy.  I'm fine.  Orangie has to deal with 22 specialists while I get one doctor who thinks I'm funny.  He did tell me that I don't look my age, which was nice.  My sugar's a tad too high, so we're going to up my metformin.  He told me that besides helping my glucose levels, this might also help me lose weight.  Believe me, I'm all for that.

I get to go to work today.  Yee Ha!  With the impending high real feel temps, I momentarily did think about taking off, but then decided that getting paid to sit on my but my be a better use of my time.  Of course, I do have more than enough time on the books and there are things that I can do around the house, like vacuum up the Howie hair.  Honestly, I've never had a dog who sheds as much as Howie does.  Of course, I do have to take into consideration that Heat Advisory.

And I went food shopping on Tuesday.  Yowza!!  Inflation is the highest it's been in 3 years.  This was quite noticeable while I was filling my grocery cart.  Whole milk is up to $5.02 a gallon.  That's the New Low Price.  Last week the Old Low Price was $4.99 a gallon.  There are now so many items in every aisle with New Low Price stickers.  This is a family pack of hamburger with 20% fat.  The total cost is $32.66, and this is before the price of beef goes up because of screwworms. 

I was surprised that the Federal came out with the news that inflation had increased.  Knowing how this administration is rife with deceit, I'm suspecting that the 4.2% is on the low side.  Oh, and the trade deficit hasn't been this wide in 30 years.  That's almost as long as I've been living in my house.  Shit.  And things are going to get worse.  

A vast number of Americans believe that Orangie's UFC Cage Match in the front lawn of the White House is a bad thing, that's according to an IPSOS/USGov poll.  This is something that this administration, as well as the Republican party, simply fail to understand.  Their only concern is about being in power.  Instead of taking this into consideration, they're dancing around singing "We're in charge!  We're in charge!"  They are blind to the real world.  They've have living in a delusional world for decades.  Reality is going to do more than bite them in the ass.

And in case you're keeping county, Orangie has claimed that a peace deal in on the table with Iran 34 times.

The Good and the Bad

This is going to be quick since I have to leave shortly for my annual physical.

Showers and thundershowers are in the forecast for this afternoon.  Good.  Temps in the mid 80s (F).  Good.  Humidity is supposed to be high.  Bad.

The wheelbarrow needs a little spruce up spray paint, otherwise it looks fine.  As I said to Maddie, now I have a moveable garden.  The Weber will probably be done sometime this weekend.  Then I'll post pics.

Yesterday I bought a stromboli.  And ate it. And then felt to bloated for my normal Tuesday bike ride.  Bad.

Here's a pic of me when I was in 3rd grade.  Even at that age you can tell that I'm going to be both opinionated and judgmental.  Good....  Ba....  Good.... Very Good.

Nancy Mace lost in her bid for governor.  Good.

Graham Platner won up in Maine.  Very Good.

The Iranians shot down one of our expensive Apache helicopters.  Bad.

Orangie is still breathing. Bad.

A Good Thing for the World

 The sky stayed overcast yesterday even though the forecast was for sunny skies.  Temps did stay low, with a high in the upper 70s (F).  Today seems to be a replay, except temps are predicted to  climb into the lower 80s (F).  I'm planning some yardwork for this afternoon, so it's nice the weather is cooperating.

I'm thinking of repurposing my old Weber grill into a planter, I haven't used it in years.  Occasionally I think of getting myself a gas grill, but when I compare the expense to how infrequently I'd end up using it, I always change my mind.  I also have an old wheelbarrow that I'm going to repurpose. 

Yesterday was boring in the specialty retail world.  I did sign up a customer for a shutter lead.  It will never go through.  He's probably a senior in high school or else just graduated.  His father and grandfather were with him, with the grandfather the one telling him to go ahead.  The probably $2000 price tag is going to be a deal breaker.  Of course, you never know.  If he's the first born grandson he might get whatever he wants.

 Something I never knew was that tomato plants are self-pollinating.  That's right, their bi.  If you don't have enough buzzy bugs in your yard, at least according to Google, all you need to do is tickle the flowers.  So, every morning my little, yellow tomato flowers are getting a tickle, tickle.

And, as everyone should have expected, the Orange Anus fell asleep at the Nicks game last night.

The man sitting next to him is James Dolan, owner of the New York Nicks.  Jimmy's a billionaire and a big supporter.  Evidently no one told Jimmy that everything the Orange Anus touches dies.  With Orangie sitting next to him, one can only wonder if he actually thought that his team was going to win?  I wouldn't be surprised of Orange had placed a bet on the Spurs to win, and then put in an appearance just to jinx the Nicks.  Anyway, with all the noise of a playoff game, the screaming fans, the booming voices of the announcers, Orangie decided it was a good time to take a nap.  Oh, and he later posted on his Truth Social account that he was cheered, not booed.  Chees!  Even Main Stream Media aired clips of him being booed.  As for billionaire Jimmy?  You can bet he's going to be blaming everybody else for his team's loss.  

Every time Orangie pulls a stunt like this, he alienates even more voters.  He will continue these stunts.  To do otherwise would mean admitting that he's at fault.  This is a bad thing for Republicans and a good thing for the world.

Lulu

 According to the forecast, today's afternoon high is predicted to be cool, at least that's what they're calling a temp in the upper 70s (F).  Me?  I call that early summer weather.  We'll have to wait and see if we're going to have a day where our temps didn't climb up into the 80s (F).  

And since I worked yesterday, it was pretty much of a meh day.  Management will be happy, I got 5 install measures, which brings my total for the week up to 7.  The big problem with having so many measures is that you need to deal with them.  After the quotes have been built, you need to call the customers and try not to sound like a used car dealer.  I do this by only call them occasionally.  There are also times when I send notes to our measurement services telling them to not harass the customers.  Believe me, this does happen far more often than not.  I could regal you with horror stories of customers who have received email, texts, and phone calls every other day.  In my opinion, this makes us look desperate.  Sadly, I realize that when greed is involved the sounds of desperation get little consideration.

I've mentioned before how people like to bring their pets into the store.  Over the years I've had the chance to meet snakes, raccoons, one blonde skunk, and many, many dogs.  On Saturday, I got to meet Lulu.  She's 27 years old.  Her owner told me that when he got her 2 years ago she'd lost most of her feathers because of stress.  She's in a much less stressful environment.  She said "hello."

Of course, everybody was talking about the ugly meltdown the Orange Anus had yesterday on Meet the Press.  Social Media was flooded with videos of him seething at Kristen Welker.  Even the Washington Post, usually very soft for Orangie, did not try to sane wash the moment.  Their headline:  "Trump walks out of interview when challenged over his false election claims."  Some were saying he stormed out, but they were quickly reminded that at his age his storming days are done and that what he really did was toddle out.  I will admit to being quite pleased, in fact I was cheering her on.  One of the things that did surprise me was that this interview was recorded on Saturday and the decision was made to keep his meltdown in, rather than edit it out.  Could Main Stream Media be learning that they'll get more clicks if they show his vile side?  

And tonight?  If he actually does go to the Knicks game, prepare for him to be booed mercilessly.

 

You Snooze, You Lose

Starting the morning off with an outside temp of 70 (F) this late in the Spring should start alarm bells ringing.  These are mid July temps, not early June temps.  Still, if the forecasters are correct u=our high this afternoon will hit the mid to upper 80s (F).  Of course, yesterday we had a 1% chance of rain and some serious thunderstorms spread through the area in the late afternoon.  We can only wonder what today will bring.

I did work yesterday, however I wasn't in the flooring department.  Nope.  I spent most of my time in the paint department.  I like working paint.  In fact, at some point, when I no longer want to deal with installations and the problems that go with them.  Like... well, take yesterday for example.  Right after I punched in, I was informed that one of my customers had been in to complain.  They weren't fuming.  Nope.  The were outraged and loudly verbally bashed everyone within hearing distance with their anger.  The installers had shown up yesterday morning to install their new carpet, however the mill had shipped the wrong carpet.  This was not something we did, it was totally the responsibility of the manufacturer.  As a result, the customer will get a credit to their account, which means my sales figure will be reduced.  New carpet will be ordered at a greatly reduced price, which will again effect my sales.  This is why I will, at some point, have no problem moving to paint.

And here's a picture of Orangie sleeping without Biden taking a selfie, or writing on his forehead.

It's my understanding that a lot, if not all, of the A Listers that Orangie invited to his UFC Cage Match are sending RSVPs that are, "no thanks."  It's not that they're even attempting to be socially polite by saying "thanks, but no thanks," they're simply saying "nah, I got better things to do."  Dwayne Johnson, said "nope," as did Jared Leto... though I don't know if I'd call him an A Lister, and the same goes for Mario Lopez.  Mario who?  Though I do understand that Dean Cain, who at first didn't get an invite but then did, will be in attendance.  If this keeps up, Orangie's going to need to do 2 sit down rallies.

And how about that Tommy Tuberville voter fraud?  It always turns out to be the Republicans, doesn't it?

Karma is a Bitch

Well, we have another sunny day ahead of us here in Central PA.  Our high temp should be floating just around the 90 (F) mark, meaning it's going to be hot enough to make things slightly uncomfortable for some.  As long as the humidity stays low, this is not a bad temp.  The long range forecast implies humidity will not be rising.  This is a good thing.  However, the lack of rain means I'll need to be watering my garden daily.

Things I did do yesterday:  move an old wheelbarrow that I'm going to turn into a raised flower bed - things need to be above ground to keep Howie from peeing on them.  Also, the idea is to make the space around the raised bed veggies as happy a place as possible for the bees and other buzzy things needed to pollinize.

 A very decent bike ride in Corsica. I like riding in Italy.  I should really visit.

 I'm still editing through the book.  My cover artist is in the process of moving.  She's saying another 2 weeks maybe.  This is probably a good thing as I'm still finding bits and pieces that I feel need to be changed.  At the same time, I want to put this baby to bed.  I have a bunch of notes on the next book, and I can't wait to start, but I have rule:  never start the actual writing until the last book is published.

And you know, Karma is a real bitch.

As Six and others pointed out, the Asshole held what was supposed to be a roundtable meeting in Wisconsin yesterday but which was ostensibly nothing more than a mini-rally.  He sat through the entire event and then needed assistance taking the one step down off of the stage.  Now, I don't know about you, but it seems to me as if his administration suddenly seems to be ramping up not only his vanity projects, but the 2025 Project as well.  One would almost think they understand how fast time is running out for them.  Could this be why Republicans in both Congress and the Senate are beginning to break from him?

And I'm going to wonder how they're going to handle the June 14 birthday celebration.  I'm suspecting the entire event will be televised with him rambling for an hour and a half sitting behind his desk in the Oval Office.  I'm also willing to be that the only network to carry that event will be Fox News.

Squirrels

 Our out door temp is 65 (F).  It's going to be a stinker of a day.  For the next 3 days our highs are going to be in the mid 90s (F).  They'll drop back into the upper 80s (F) after that.  No rain is in sight for the next 10 days.  It looks as though summer has arrived 2 weeks early.  So be it.

I did get a decent workout in yesterday.  I've signed up for another 3 months of Trainwell.  The results so far are, by my standards, impressive.  The goal is not to just maintain muscle, but build it, too.  And, well, I have biceps now.  My core muscles are stronger and they are essential if you have lower back issues.  They keep you spine in place, don't let it jiggle around so much when you walk.

Work yesterday was filled with issues, all of them other people's problems that I got stuck fixing.  My first 3 hours zipped by.  The last 3?  They were on the slow side.  I did hit my measure goal for the week, one of them a commercial tile floor installation.  Management will be very happy if that goes through.

Without any rain in the forecast, I will need to water my garden every day.  In case you're wondering, this is what it looks like.  The only problem I'm having is with the squirrels digging up the seeds I've planted.  

And, while having a meeting in the Oval Office, the Orange Anus fell asleep yesterday... again.  He has also now officially canceled his Freedom 250 concert and will now be the lone speaker.  Or, at least right now that's the plan.  Believe me, this will change. His declining health will require he share the spotlight.  I don't doubt that the crowd will be small.

Also, yesterday Pammy Jo Bondi said that Todd Blanche, Orangie's personal attorney, was solely responsible for the release of the Epstein files.  While this is probably true, it shows she's desperate enough to throw Blance so badly under the bus.

The Worst People in the World

Our high today is predicted to be in the low 90s (F) with the sun blasting down from a cloudless sky.  Since I work, I don't really care, but I know there are plenty of sun bunnies out there who will be celebrating.  If the long range forecast is correct, our daily highs for the next 2 weeks will cruising along in the high 80s (F) to low 90s (F).  This is fine with me.  Our transition into summer is almost complete.

Yesterday was another day in which many things were accomplished.  Most importantly, I cut the dead branches out of the river birch tree at the side of my house.  Every time we have a windy day a number of them fall down.  Howie loves this.  He'll run around the yard with a 4 foot stick in his mouth.  I don't want him chewing them up, so now they're gone.  I don't think he'll be very unhappy.  He's a dog.  His retention span is on par with that of a 2 year-old.  

As I said, work is on my schedule for this afternoon.  Will it be busy?  I have no idea.  We are heading into vacation weather, so I guess we shall see.

When I go to the movies, it's always at the AMC in Camp Hill.  It's a 12 minute drive.  Occasionally AMC will send me surveys to fill out and, as a token of gratitude, they give me a coupon for free popcorn.  The last time I filled one out there was no coupon.  I was emailed a link for a survey because I went to see Backrooms.  When I clicked on it, I was informed that I'd already filled out that survey.  I guess the cost of popcorn must have, like every other price we're dealing with, gone up.

Since I was busy most of yesterday, did I mention I did finally get my haircut? I didn't have much time for looking at social media.  However, on one of the times I did take a little scroll this popped up in my feed.

As someone said, Orangie needed to make a mandatory appearance to prove that he was still alive and he wasted everybody's time by showing how big the reflecting pool would be if it was stood on end.  Oh, my God, what simpleton would be impressed to find out that the pool, if standing vertically, would be taller than the tallest skyscraper.  Pardon my language, but Holy Shit!  What yaya brain thought this was a good way to get him in front of the cameras?  I listened to a snippet and as many others pointed out, he sounded hoarse and tired.  And as someone else pointed out, he sat through the entire Q&A feeding speculation that he has problems standing.

You have to wonder whether what's going on is actually coming from him, or from the allies he's surrounded himself with, like Stevie Miller, and Todd Blanche?  He has surrounded himself with soulless people who celebrate their own evil.  They are truly the worst people in the world.

Backrooms

When I got up this morning, our temp was 54 (F).  That was 2 and a half hours ago and it's already up to 62 (F).  The low to mid 80s (F) are where we will be at some time this afternoon.  No rain.  In fact, the skies are supposed to be fairly cloud free for the next few days.  The heat is returning, with our daily highs being in the low 90s (F).  It's difficult to believe that summer is only 3 weeks away.

Yesterday was busy.  My car passed the yearly state inspection.  Since it's new, I would have been truly shocked if there would have been any problems.  Many household chores were completed.  I stopped by the store and bought another tomato cage, which I'm using on the cucumber plant, and while I was there I picked up an eggplant seedling.  The only thing I didn't get accomplished was getting my haircut.  I stopped in and the wait was over an hour.  Need I say anything more?

In the afternoon, I got too a bicycle ride in Ireland.  Nice.

I also went to see Backrooms.  I liked it.  The film is classified as horror and there are a few jump scares, but overall I'd say it was more tension driven.  This is because you don't know what in Hell is going on.  Backrooms is not for everybody.  Two women sitting in front of us left about 3/4 of the way through the movie.  I understand it does make some people feel very uncomfortable.  There is a lot of lore online about the Backrooms, I looked at it afterwards and the history of company Async and what they've done helps.  Backrooms is not undiscovered country, in fact I immediately picked up parallels with the SciFi classic Forbidden Planet, where the long extinct Krell built a giant machine to explore the Id.  

So, there were elections for midterm candidates yesterday.  Truthfully, there were no surprises... well, except for one.  Orangie's endorsed candidate for governor in Iowa lost.  This is a first for Orangie in the primaries, and I don't doubt repercussions are happening in his administration.

And right now people are beginning to wonder just where Orangie is.  The last time he was seen in public was at a Cabinet Meeting on May 27, that was before his visit to Walter Reed for his 3rd physical since stupid voters put him back into the White House.  As for the nightly shit posting on Truth Social that he's getting credit for?  Is it actually him?

CBS is dead.  I suspect that the Ellisons, the billionaire father and son duo who bought the network, thought they'd be able to turn it into Fox New Lite quietly.  Now they know that ain't gonna happen.  This is just one more example of how billionaires are simply unable to read the room.  They have this belief that, like the kings of old, the people will simply bow down to them  and allow to be put into servitude.  They simply refuse to believe that being wealthy does not make them special.  History is littered with the bodies of so many who believed exactly the same thing.  I wonder if the Ellisons ever took into consideration just how much hate their takeover was going to generate.  Probably not.  After all, they are billionaires.

Trump Suffers

Well, we have 52 (F) outside and today is going to be busy.  Luckily, mother nature has seen fit to copy today's weather over into tomorrow when I'll have the opportunity to do some yardwork.  Today's high is predicted to be in the upper 70s (F) without a cloud in the sky.  Tomorrow's going to be repeat of today.  The same weather is on tap for Thursday, but I work so it's not as important.

I worked yesterday.  I was busy.  I sold 2 measures and had to deal with an array of problems that made time fly.  The biggest dealt with this new software they've dropped on us.  First off, it's not fully functional yet.  The ability to change products is just not there.  We're still relying on our measurement services team to build quotes, however the default products they're using are wrong.  The process used to correct this, to give the customer what they ordered, is... interesting.  We have to delete the existing wrong product, add the new product, then go into the install screens and reattach all of the installations.  Oh, and for some reason the system wants to throw in random decimal points.  You can't buy 22.6 boxes of flooring.  As long as the customer isn't sitting impatiently beside you, it's an adventure.  If they're waiting to pay $5000 for an installation, you look like an untrained amature.

Orangie's slush fund appears to be taking a momentary vacation.  The administration said, and remember how much they lie, that they were not going to push for it.  Knowing how deceitful Orangie and his cohorts are, I'd have to say that this is just another... well, for lack of a better word, lie.  Their greed is too intense for them to let go of that prize.

And Orangie's saying he doesn't care about the midterms.  In his dementiated state, he may not.  It could be that he is only focused on his own ego.  The only thing that satisfies his ego lust is having his name on as many things as possible.  This is why having to remove it from the Kennedy Center was a crushing blow, and even though he's supposed to be taking it down, don't hold your breath.  He and his team of cronies are going to delay as much as possible.  However, the more he loses, the deeper the gashes to his ego, and this is a very, very good thing.  A large majority of Americans do truly want him to suffer.

A Most Humiliated President

Our outside temp is 57 (F).  With a blanket, this is cool and comfortable sleeping weather.  Not all of our nights need to be hot.  Our afternoon high is supposed to be in the low 80s (F).  This is fine, too.  Afternoon highs for the coming week are predicted to be in the mid 80s (F).  Summer begins in 3 weeks to this is fine.  I like summer.

As I expected, work was slow yesterday.  Also, as expected, my customer purchased her install.  Mid-afternoon 2 men came in to purchase some rolled vinyl sheeting.  He handed me a sample of the vinyl they wanted.  I looked at it, and then told him that the sample was from Lowe's, our competitor, and that it was not a brand that we carry.  He looked a bit confused, and asked, "you don't have this?"  I said, "no, it's from Lowe's."  He nodded a few times, then turned to his friend and said, "I guess we have to go back to Lowe's."  Seriously.

Since it was so boring, I spent some time making notes for the next book, The Body in the Words.  A new character has been added:  Mrs. Porridge, she the receptionist at the Hygeia Wellness Clinic.

This is going to be a busy week for me.  Blogs may be delayed.  Tomorrow I get my car inspected.  On Wednesday I go for my year blood draw.  How many vials will they fill?  Four or five?

And I couldn't get into Crimson Desert.  There were so many things about it that I didn't like, including mini-games and very minor quests that needed to be completed just to advance the main story.  So, last evening I downloaded Baulder's Gate 3.  This is a more traditional RPG.  

And, since this a new week, we already know that Orangie's administration is going to be serving up a fresh, new platter of horseshit.  I expect there to be more about the failing UFC cage match he planned to hold on the front lawn of the White House to celebrate his birthday.  As someone pointed out, we all need to remember the parade that the world laughed at, this might be worse.  His brittle, little ego is being smacked silly, so prepare for him to lash out.  The failure of his Freedom 250 event created a blistering boil which he publicly lanced on his Truth Social platform.  Ready yourselves, this is going to be worse.  

As for his failing cage match, evidently some of the fighters are now withdrawing.  Just as no one wanted to sing for him, except for Vanilla Ice, no one really wants to fight for him.    And all the while, he's stealing America blind.  Every little rejection is another burning poker to his brain. In the end, he's going to be the most hated, most humiliated president America has ever seen.