Mud

 And the rain continues.  The temps hovered in the low 60s (F) yesterday, and today is going to be a repeat.  The forecast called for showers this morning.  What we're really getting is periods of steady rain, with the occasional moments of light, misty rain.  Looking out the picture window in my writing room, I feels as though Central PA has been relocated to the Northern Pacific, somewhere just east of the Olympic peninsula.  Weather forecasters are calling for an end to the rain tomorrow, and Friday is supposed to be nice.

One thing all of this rain does bring is mud, I can vouch for the veracity of that statement because I have a 9 month old Labrador, a water dog, a breed that enjoys digging in the dirt, or, when we have steady rain for 2 days, the mud.  Howie was a real mess this morning; cleanup was both interesting and messy.  One of the smart things I did was buy a large, washable area rug with a brown pattern for my kitchen.  My neighbor, on the other hand, choosing to try and be stylish rather than practical, put a white area rug in her kitchen.  Her family has a Golden Doodle, another breed that given the chance will dig, so I'm suspecting that by now that area rug is fifty shades of mud.

I made a pizza for dinner last evening, or maybe I should say that I made the pizza dough from scratch.  I used to make pizza rather frequently, and as I was putting on the toppings I reminded myself how versatile a meal pizza can be.  You don't always need tomato sauce and pepperoni for toppings.  Anyway, I dumped on too much cheese, but then I like cheese.  My toppings were:  black olives, mushrooms, and pepperoni, and, as I said, a lot of cheese.  Here's what it looked like when it came out of the oven.

So, the Orange Anus is going to keep the plane he's getting from the Qataris.  It's going to cost the tax payers of America a billion dollars to refit it, and he doesn't care because in his mind he deserves everything he wants.  Ben Shapiro is freaking out; this shows how easily the Orange Anus can be bought.  A voice so many cultists listen to is Laura Loomer, she's freaking out.  In a way, this is amusing.  The Qataris knew exactly how upset many Americans would be by their gift.  They want chaos in the United States.  While Americans are focusing on the havoc the Orange Anus is creating, they're running around do what best suits them.

Orangie also signed some sort of weapons deal with the Saudis.  This is the same country that sent most of the attackers on 9/11, of course, it was also announced he was building a Trump Tower there. He's weak, he caves, and he is easily bought off.

Elonia was in Saudi Arabia, too.  He signed some sort of deal with the Saudis to cover their land in Starllink.  Elonia's ketamine junked brain rattles thoughts of him being shrewd.  The Saudis know exactly how his douche brain works.  They know what kind of information he's going to try and steal from their people and they're going to let him do it.  When he's done, they'll shut him down the way he's been shut down in so many other countries.

And, finally, the Republican House is planning or raising the debt ceiling by $4 trillion dollars to pay for a billionaire tax break.  They don't understand that they, themselves, are going to be broken for this.

 

Tom Eats Bad Men

Well, here it is Wednesday, and I get to go back to work for one day.  I'm off tomorrow.  How cool is that?
I saw someone gave "The Body on the Lawn" a good review.  The funny thing is that every time I pick it up I see problems and mistakes.  It's almost as bad as seeing 'dead people.'  They're everywhere.  Fortunately most of them are in my head.
So, Subaru has this thing called Starlink which is their version of Onstar.  I've had the option of purchasing Onstar in the past and never did; the benefits offered did not justify the cost.  I did upgrade the Starlink to their 2nd level package for 3 years.  If at the end of that time I find it was a waste of money, I'll either downgrade or get rid of it completely.
And the new coffee maker arrived yesterday.  Very nice.  Fast.  And the coffee is hot rather than lukewarm.  While the old one hasn't been thrown out yet, it will be shortly, except possibly for the carafe.  I might be able to turn it into an interesting planter.
I saw "Venom" last night.  What a mish-mash.  Tom Hardy has some really good moments as Eddie Brock... however, he's dealing with a symbiot who, over the course of the film, tends to become cartoonish.  Riz Ahmed plays a nice, cool villain even though you never really get a chance to see that spark of insanity which makes him bad. 

The problem here is that Venom is a dark character.  He eats people.  Men are on the menu.  That's right, Tom eats men.  Bad men.  The producers and writers are desperately trying to make Venom into a nice guy.  He has the one-liners people laugh at, not Tom.  Perhaps because Tom, himself, while pretty to look at, is not that important, which is why the movie is called "Venom," and not "Eddie Brock."
And, of course, the Stock Market is in a slow decline.  It loses a lot, gains a bit back, loses more.  I'm waiting for the Idiot Jerk in the White House to tell people they need to look at their 401k's.  The last time I had check mine it had lost about $5 since April.  And he's doing what he always does, what all Republicans have done since the dawn of time, blame someone else.  The truth is he's not really that good of a businessman.  The country is learning this... slowly.