Benito Breaks Records!

The warm-up begins today, though you would know that by our outside temp which is sitting at 6 (F). In spite of our current temp, the cold wave is indeed moving away.  Our high today is predicted to be in the upper 20s (F), tomorrow we should be cruising into the mid 30s (F), and by Wednesday we will be sailing in the mid 40s (F).  Since we are still in the season of Cold, temps will fall again, but they will not crash they way they've done over the past month.  This is a good thing.

On Sundays, I always work a full shift.  While I did talk to 3 or 4 people yesterday, mostly I got paid to do laps, and sit on my butt.  Having both the Winter Olympics and the Superbowl on the same day is a retail sales killer.  This was fine.  They did bring in pizza for everyone working.  Being the grazer I am, more than 2 slices were eaten.  I have yet to step on the scale for my Monday morning weigh in.  When I do, I'm sure those of you withing 1000 miles will hear wails of horror.

Mondays mean retail.  My shift starts earlier, at 12, this means I get to leave at 6 PM.  This is fine with me.

And, of course yesterday was the Benito Bowl.  You do know who and what I'm talking about, don't you?  I don't subscribe to Peacock, so I had to watch the record breaking halftime show in snippets.  Believe me when I tell you there were thousands of them, of course nothing beats watching the entire show.  

Turning Point USA did counter program with show that was pre-recorded and lip-synced, but the, would expect anything else from phony Christians than a phony half-time show?

Orangie didn't like the show, but then he hates everything that doesn't kiss his ass.  I was surprised that the Washington Post said the show was filled with "family values."  

There was a time when the Republican party was always singing those two words, "family values."  Now with a probable pedophile in the White House, that phrase has been scrubbed from their vocabulary.  

I saw this morning that the crook Tommy Homan (he's now running ICE since Noem proved she's nothing more than an ugly face in cosplay), said that Orangie's tough immigration policies will fail if American support for them continues to waver and fall.  This is a lesson the administration should learn, but of course to do that they would have to admit they have made a mistake.  Failure will continue.

Bad Bunny Rocks

Tuesday has arrived.  The weather outside is a bit Fallish.  For some reason I slept late, until close to 0700, and that is unusual.  Normally I rise and shine around 0600.  This is what happens when you don't use an alarm clock.  And outside our temps are cool, sitting in the low 60s (F).  Forecasters are predicting a high in the low 80s (F).  I don't think that will be happening.  Tomorrow's high is only supposed to be in the low is only supposed to be in the low 70s (F), so I'm wagering that those cooler temps will be arriving sooner rather than later.

I always start doing the weeks laundry on Tuesday, and I'm proud to say that my first load is finishing up the wash cycle and ready to head into the spin cycle.  Because there is zero chance of precipitation, I'll be using my drying rack outside for several of today's loads of wash.  I'm going to take advantage of the fair weather for as long as it lasts.

And I did work yesterday.  A large sale went through in lumbar, probably a vast amount of plywood, somewhere around $38,000 worth, so the store had no problem making plan.  That's good news, though that type of sale is a rarity.  Also you need to keep in mind that one single day's sales do not make the week, and that sluggish sales over the next 6 days will still keep you from making your plan.

During yesterday's workout, I did squats, by far my least favorite exercise.  Having your quads scream in pain when you go up and down the stairs is by far the worst part of leg work.  However, I have to admit that so far today the discomfort is minimal, so something must be going right.

And as expected, white conservatives are losing their proverbial shit over Bad Bunny doing the Super Bowl's Half Time show.  Can you hear me laughing?

Now, I will readily admit to never having listened to his music.  This is because I listen to mostly alternative rock and roll, and we do tend to stick with our genres.  However, I did have to laugh at all of the white conservatives with so many of them shrieking he wasn't American.  How can they define their ignorance in such a blatant way?  Puerto Rico is an American Territory, so Puerto Ricans are born American Citizens.  I suspect that a large part of their problem is that he's outspoken about his dislike for the Orange Anus, and has called Orangie worse things than Anus.  Mostly his songs are in Spanish, though he does include English in some of them.  That's a big part of their problem.  I work with people whose own grasp of the English language is questionable at best, still that does not stop them from fuming angrily at others who have an accent.  The truth is that there are some white people who look for a reason to judge someone else as inferior, and skin color and language are two of their top reasons.

And is the government going to shut down?  Let's hope the Democrats have enough of a spine to force Orangie to crap in his diaper.  Republicans don't understand that with Orangie's approval rating already so low, this will end up being a losing ticket for them.  This, while being a bad thing, is a good thing.

Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm going to go dial up some Bad Bunny on Spotify.

MAGA Attack

Outside, our temperature is 64 (F) and the skies a blazing with morning sunshine.  Yesterday, the temps did climb up into the mid 80s (F) and while that's not unusual for this time of year, I do think all these days of 80 (F) temps are more than a little foreshadowing for the approaching climate change.  I am curious as to how warm we stay this coming winter.  Last February and March were cold, will this year be a repeat, or will we go back to the warmer winters we've been having over the past several years.

Work yesterday was slow.  There was plenty of food since it was the last day of our bonus weekend.  I don't doubt that there will be leftovers waiting in our lunchroom this afternoon when I punch in.  Surprisingly, I didn't graze as much as I usually do, perhaps because I was saving room for desert.  There was ice cream.  I had a vanilla ice cream sundae with fudge brownies and chocolate syrup.  Scrumptious.  I had thought of getting a banana split but then, once I saw how large they were decided against it.

Of course, most of social media was talking about the Maga Attack on the church in Michigan.

For anyone not living in this country, any vehicle driving around with two American flags attached is the definition of Ultra MAGA, a person so deep into Orangie's cult that reality is barely a faded memory.  Last night Orangie spit out some sort of trash about there being "another attack on a Christian church."  That's pure and simple horseshit.  While his tweet might get some to nod their heads in agreement, I can tell you that the super vast majority of MAGA cultists do not seem Mormons as being Christian.  I work with an associate who has ridiculed and mocked Mormons.  This was not an attack on a Christian church, this was a MAGA attack on religion in America, on the diversity of Faith many Americans hold dear.

In fact, the only thing that stopped the MAGA cheering was the announcement that Bad Bunny was going to be the Super Bowl Halftime Show.  Holy Crap!  Not only is Bad Bunny Puerto Rican, and if that wasn't enough to rattle every MAGA heart in America, he also sings in Spanish.  The instant the announcement was made, their attacks began.