A History of Hunting Accidents

 Okay, so we've started the weekend so many people work for and I'm still wondering what all the fuss is for, especially if you're one of those who end up wasting all of Sunday sleeping off a hangover.  Please tell me you work for something other than that.

The weather is supposed to be a bit cooler today, but not cold.  Temps are supposed to be in the 60s (F).  By Tuesday, election day, they will be up in the mid to upper 70s (F), so those of you who want to stand in line to vote should have nice weather to do so (at least here in Central PA).  At my age, I don't really want to have to stand in line for 2 hours, and believe me, lines will be long.  The last time I stood in a long line to vote was the Gore/Bush election.  We still had paper ballots here in Enola.  That's right, you filled in the circle, secreted your ballot in a plastic case to insure confidentiality, and then let it slide into a ballot box.  It took forever.  

I got a lot done yesterday.  The fish tank in the writing room was cleaned.  Somehow, I managed to lose a black angelfish.  I thought perhaps it might have died, but there was no little corpse, so I'm thinking maybe he just jumped out of the tank.  They do that at times.

I do get to work today.  Six hours.  Sadly, I do have to work tomorrow as well, that'll be a full 8 hour day.  I have 2 more 8 hour Sundays left.  Having a Howie, means I come home during my lunch break in order to let him out.  Being that he's still so young, it doesn't mean that he's going to hold his business until my lunch, but it does help set up a schedule.

And of course most of yesterday's social media was taken up with the Orange Anus, and his talk about Liz Cheney and firing squads.  So, at this point, I'd like to remind everybody that her dad, Dick Cheney, has a history of hunting accidents.

And yes, there was a lot of backlash yesterday regarding Orangie's firing squad comment.  He repeated the statement several times, albeit with variations, in one he had her holding a rifle.  What was even more interesting was watching and reading Republicans bend over backwards in their attempt to qualify his statements.  Defending him makes them all look bad in the eyes of a majority of voters, yet what else can they do?  So many of them are like him, spineless and cowardly.  Standing up to him would take far more courage than they could ever hope to muster, and so his downfall will be their downfall.  

I also thought it was amusing to see Liz Cheney tell George W. Bush he needs to support Harris.  I would be truly shocked if that were to happen, since W has been a coward all of his life.  Seen as one of the weakest, worst presidents in American history, Bush has never done the right thing.  There is zero hope in him changing now.

It's in the Words

 I have a 3 day weekend beginning today.  Now, isn't that nice.  I suppose you might say my Labor Day has arrived a week late.  Of course, you could also say that because I don't have a non-retail job, this is how my schedule gets written.  I will admit, I do tend to have more 3 day weekends then many of my readers.  I have no problem with that.

Also, as of today, I have less than a month of full time schedules ahead of me.  I did add another vacation day in order to have one less day to work.  If you're counting, that's 19 days, unless I happen to feel like taking a personal day. I am so full of anticipation.

I want to set up a lighting routine for my new AI toy, Alexa, and I'll be perfectly honest, in a way it truly is a bit like a toy.  Currently, I have to specify individual lights I want turned on or off.  A routine will let me group lights together, so I only have to say "Alexa, lights on," or, if I wanted to let the Bobby Tussel come out in me, I could set up the routine so I only have to say "turn on the fuckin' lights."

People who read my books think I'm a lot like Eli, my main character, because I write in first person.  The truth is that while I don't dance, and don't run a porno website, in a lot of other ways I'm a lot like Bobby, my use of inappropriate language  being one.  Unlike Bobby, I have learned there is a time and place for every four letter word.

Where's the profane category?

Because I worked yesterday, I only caught bits and pieces of the 9/11 memorial services held around the country.  We saw a lot of pictures and heard a lot of words.  What surprised many was the speech by George W. Bush, not one of our better presidents.  His comparison of 9/11 to domestic terrorism, while not mentioning January 6, caused a bit of a furor.  I'm sure the skin of many Republicans burned with the criticism.  But don't worry, I'm also sure many of them easily sloughed it off, after all, the orange anus was hosting, or commenting at a boxing match last evening.  I believe every other living president, except the very senior Jimmy Carter, gave a televised speech.  Not that the OA didn't meet with some first responders, but only to get the media involved so he could spread another lie.  Isn't it a shame that this man will prostitute a national tragedy just to feed both his ego and the Big Lie.