Pillion

Our afternoon high might hit 70 (F).  That would be nice.  There is some yardwork that needs to be done.  By next week, we're going to be steamy, at least for a few days.  I'm wondering if I should put the window A/C unit in the workout room, for those days when I'm sweating my but off.

And the lack of listing updates for blogs is... weird.  According to Blogger's stats, I've had over 75,000 hits during the past 7 days, so someone, somewhere, is reading what I write.

I watched Pillion last evening.  It's been called a Rom/Com but even though there were moments of romance and definitely moments of good comedy, I think it was more of a character study of 2 individuals looking for love.  One breaks down the barriers standing in the way, the other either cannot or will not.  The key and the ring hanging around Alexander Skarsgard's neck are important.  The key may be to his motorcycle, or it may be the key to his heart, something he needs to keep safely locked up.  I liked the movie, though probably not for the reasons so many other people did.  By the way, for those who don't know, a pillion is the back passenger seat on a motorcycle.

Oh, and I worked yesterday.  I had a vinyl plank flooring sale, not an install, just a sale to a rather interesting couple.  They were older and whiter.  He asked about getting his military discount and I told him not to worry.  I asked what branch of service, he said Air Force, and went on to tell me that he'd been in Vietnam for only 21 days.  The only 21 days was important to him.  I told them I'd been in the Navy and had spent two cruises in the Western Pacific, most of that time being spent in Vietnam.  One cruise was 8 months long, the other 9 months long.  That impressed them.  She leaned forward and asked what I thought of our current president and the war in Iran.  I told her I thought he was doing a very bad job.  She was surprised.  She said, "don't you know?  He's keeping back the Muslim hoards."  I stayed silent.  Nothing was going to change their minds.  They have no idea how many Muslims work in my store, or how many Hindis.  This couple represents the ignorance of Orangie's base.  They honestly have no idea how the world works.

Tit for Tat?

Well, from everything I've been reading, it looks as though the Idiot in the White House is going to be signing another Executive Order tomorrow, the dreaded Religious Freedom Order.  I have no doubt that this is his Tit for Tat.  I don't even question it because he's such a small minded man.  He's petty.  His budget got kicked to September, the Democrats pretty much dictated what they wanted and... get this... he signed it.  He approved 'no boarder wall.'  In fact, there are a whole bunch of "no's"  in there that he wanted, and in his mind it's payback time.  He's going to make the majority pay by allowing a minority sect of Christianity discriminate against... gays, because they don't like gay marriage.  But rest assured, this order allows them to discriminate against more than just gays.  If you're a devout Evangelical you believe Catholics worship idols... well, this order is going to let you treat them like shit... and get away with it.  If you're dark complected and might a Muslim... "we're sorry, we don't serve you here."  The same thing goes with Hindi's, I mean, holy crap, Hindi's have more than one god!  And you never know, every Asian out there just might be a Buddhist.  Which is why this thing will be signed and then head off towards the Supreme Court where they're praying Gorsuch will give it his nod of approval.

The sticking point for the might be the fact that even though Gorsuch's a social conservative, he's also a constitutionalist, meaning that his interpretation would have to be that "Freedom of Religion" applies only to Christianity.  I suspect this hot potato will be punted back to the courts, which means he's going to resort to more tit for tat.  One of these days the Idiot might understand that America is growing tired of him shaking his sagging, old man boobs every time things don't go his, and that's just going to piss him off more.