When you hit middle age you really only have two choices: you can get fat and lazy until you roll over and die, or you can can get off your ass and do something, like maybe ride a bike.
Bluntness
I've also been told I have little tact, so if this offends you simply ride on.
Wow! Tuesday! The beginning of a four day stretch for me. Don't worry, as far as hours go, I'll be paying for this time off over the next 2 weeks. Next week I'm scheduled for almost 26 hours and the following week 22 hours. Of course, the hours don't really bother me since they pay me well.
I had breakfast with my brother this morning. He's been offered a position as a part-time minister at a Lutheran Church. He's seriously thinking about it. His one issue is that he believes Lutherans to be liberal (can you hear me laughing?).
There is silence from the house next door. The drywaller loaded up his equipment in his Mercedes this morning. That's right, he drives an old Mercedes which he uses as a truck. There's a large trash truck out front and they're hauling old door frames, doors, windows. New doors and windows have been installed; perhaps not the best, probably the ones they could get on sale at Home Depot. I took this picture of the front window they installed, which is too small for the opening. American Craftsman windows are considered a low quality window that are good for low budget projects. Oh, and it appears as though the front porch roof leaks;.
My apologies for posting a video of Harry Styles that CBS ended up blocking because of copyright infringement.
An amusing thing I'd read about the current miniscule Republican party majority running the House of Representatives was advice to the Democrats. Under McCarthy's leadership, they are already hard a work like an army of gnats attempting to orchestrate a number of outrageous investigations. Their stunted political philosophy adheres to their belief that they do much better when they are in attack mode, even if they are just gnats. With this in mind, now is the time for the Democrats to make Hay because the sun is going to shine on them. America is watching. Americans do no care about Hunter Biden's laptop, and his dick pics.
Well, here we are at Monday, the start of a new week. Isn't it exciting? Every week is a new adventure in so many ways.
I'm planning on doing another little video this week for my YouTube channel. I'm thinking of calling it the Note Tote. It seems as though I'm constantly jotting notes down when ever I'm working on a new project and I try to save most of them in a plastic tote. My hard copy manuscripts are also stored in the tote. So, I'm thinking of exploring the latest tote, the one for The Body Under Ice, and putting some of my notes on virtual display.
There were numerous call-offs at the store yesterday, so I ended up working late... in paint.
Grammy awards were given out last night. I don't watch award shows, especially the Grammys. With over 70,000 voting members often nominations are more about name recognition and popularity rather than quality and talent. Beyonce led with 9 nominations and... oops. Well, she did win the award for Best Electronic / Dance Album. This led some bobo from the Washington Post to claim that the Grammy's, for over 20 years, had ignored talented black women. He evidently missed the fact that Lizzo, a very full-figured black woman, won the award for the Record of the Year. Album of the Year went to Harry Styles. Be honest, how could anyone not like Harry dancing around in his silver, sequined, and tasseled jump suit? For the first time in her life, Cher has some very serious competition. I can only wonder how Bob's going to rate him in his "who wore it best" listing.
And, of course, the Chinese weather balloon still has Republicans totally frazzled. One of their latest claims is that the Pentagon never told Trump about the 3 balloons that flew over the continental United States during his administration. If that's true, I'm betting they knew he'd have said, "just ignore them, we don't want to jeopardize any of Ivanka's trademarks."
What the balloon did emphasize, more than anything else, is just how predatory the Republican party is about everything. They've been confused for quite some time, they don't understand being predators does not put them at the top of the food chain, so to speak. They heard about the balloon and went into full attack mode and as a result, when the 3 previous balloons came to light, shit in their pants. A conservative gentleman I work with was very distraught, and I have to admit I did stay on my good behavior and only repeated, "the Republicans really shit in their pants," only 3 times. Jeez, if Harry had shown up in his silver jumpsuit, it would have been the icing on the cake.
Well, can I get a happy hello for Friday? I know some of you are looking forward to the weekend. Me, well, I just got off the scale and that pecan pie into my corporeal self. Can someone please explain to me how something that weighs... oh, say 16 oz can suddenly add 32 oz to your weight? Do fat cells weigh more than pecans? And sugar?
I watched My Policeman last night. I truly enjoyed. It's a love story of sorts, though more about redemption than anything else. What will we do for happiness? Sometimes it's something as simple as sticking your hand out of a speeding car to feel the air rushing past. It's also about the brutality of the 1950s, and how so many chose the safety found in silence. A lot of people will watch it because of Harry Styles, and he can act. It's free with Amazon Prime.
And yesterday, on November 11, our Christmas trees arrived. Over 250 of them. The outside garden smelt simply wonderful, all of that heavenly pine. Too bad they'll be dropping needles like rain before Christmas.
And the fallout from the dead red wave is still crashing down upon the Republican party. Oh, Joy! I work with several conservatives, one of whom simply can't talk about it because it brings him to tears. That's right, these midterms have cut a 62 year old, a Christian man to his quick. Oh, Joy! And it's quite amusing to hear conservative pundits saying on national TV that one of the things that hurt them so badly was abortion. Pardon me, but how can they be so fucking closed minded and stupid at the same time. Remember in the runup to the elections how some were even talking about codifying an anti-abortion law? So, will any of them learn anything from this terrible rude awakening? When Trump gets indicted, and it is coming, the party will be cut off at their knees. Oh, Joy!
