When it rains, it pours

We had thunderstorms overnight.  I heard them... vaguely, so the thunder must have been loud since I can sleep through most noise.  I haven't checked the buckets out back yet, so I've no idea how much rain fell.  Our high today is supposed to top off at around 88 (F), and except for a spotty shower this morning, no rain is in the forecast.  The rest of the week is another story.  As the month continues, more and more it's looking like a replay of the last 2 years, the April showers held off until May.

Yesterday was busy.  Much was accomplished.  

I've begun disassembling the sofa which has a recliner on each end.  I was worried about how easy it was going to come apart, but everything seems bolted together.  I should have one of the ends totally removed by the time I head in to work today.

I also got a 12 mile ride in on the bike yesterday.  It was a new ride, in Kansas, which is flat, and very boring.  I'll probably not ride it again.  It's on a big screen TV and I want to be able to see the scenery, yesterday, there was nothing.  It might be a good ride if you just want to work on speed.

It seems as though one of the school board members at the Cumberland Valley High School has resigned.  He was one of those who voted against having Maulik Pancholy talk about bullying and was upset that the school board voted to reinvite him to speak.  There was a public meeting and many, many parents showed up and complained about their original decision.  He doesn't believe that parents have any business telling the school board how to do their jobs.  While I didn't check his political affiliation, I'd bet money on his being not only a Republican, but a white Evangelical as well.

And while it didn't rain here yesterday afternoon, it did in a New York City courthouse.

Can you hear me laughing?  She was rather explicit in her testimony, so much so, that the judge seemed to seriously consider a mistrial.  That would be a bad thing.  While we all want to listen and laugh at the salacious details of her one night stand with the Orange Turd (her words, not mine), her answers need to be specific to the question being asked.  Verbal asides may be funny, but they do need to be pertinent to the case.  Still, I'd say those Americans following Trump's election interference case, were quite satisfied to see his nose publicly rubbed in his own shit.

Other things that popped up yesterday was the fact that the Orange Turd now has a campaign event during his son Barron's graduation.  Wow.  Like is that any surprise?  Remember the big stink he raised about not being able to attend.  In the eyes of the voting public, I suspect this hurts him worse than Stormy's testimony,.

Also, in the Indiana primary, Nikki Haley took 22% of the vote.  Those people who cast their ballots for her will not be voting for Trump in November.

Oh, My Gosh!

 Outside, the temp is 34 (F).  Our expected high here in Central PA is  51(F), but I'm wagering we're going to top off a few degrees above that, possibly 55 (F) or more.  That's been the case, even when it's predicted to be cold, we're a few degrees above the low high temperature... or should that the the high low temperature?  Golly gee whiz, that's almost a song!

Yesterday work was really boring.  Oh, my gosh!  I did cut rolled carpet and vinyl sheeting for customers.  I talked to a few non-customers, the ones who haven't yet decided to climb up onto that fence of indecision.  One of my fellow specialists dealt with a woman who wanted a "ballpark" estimate on what it would cost for blinds.  We get this frequently, people who are sticking the teeny, tiny little toe into the water and come to us completely unprepared.  You know there are going to be problems when the customer says it's "your standard window."  There is no such thing as a standard window, there are always variations which is why shims are used during installation.  This customer did that "standard window" comment one better.  When asked for the dimensions she said, "oh, I don't know, but I took a picture."  Oh, my gosh!  A picture might be worth a thousand words, but it does not provide dimensions.

My new pack and suitcase arrived yesterday.  The suitcase is a bit larger than I had been expecting, but it will be fine.  I'll be able to pack a lot of underwear, shirts, and shorts.  Here's a pic of the pack. 

Of course, the Orange Anus had his $464 bond reduced to $174 by a sympathetic appeals court.  Immediately afterward I began seeing shouts of "rich white privilege," appearing on social media.  In his tiny brain, he sees this reduction as a win.  In the broader scope of things, while it may please his tightly wrapped base, most Americans going to see it as a rich guy really being able to get away with what ever he wants, and it will hurt him.  People are getting fed up with seeing "talking head" billionaires (or wannabe billionaires) having courts define just how privileged they are.  While this may have gone his way, his porno trial date is now set for April 15.  Shortly after, the Spawn of Satan spit out an incoherent word salad of hatred.  I don't know which media outlets aired it, probably Fox noise, but CNN started to and the cut away.  

There is also a growing amount of evidence that his campaign is seriously falling behind the Biden campaign in the fundraising department.  People just are donating their hard earned $$$ to a loser.  One thing you can bet on, no matter how much he lies about donating his own money, it'll be a cold day in Hell before he uses one thin dime of his own lack of wealth to pay for his campaign.  That debt belongs to his cult.

You've got to be Kidding Me

 It's sunny here in Central PA.  The temps are a bit cooler than yesterday.  Our high today is only to reach the mid 60s (F), and the highs will continue to decline as the days move on.  Keep in mind that for the next few days we are still in winter.  Spring arrives on the 19th this year because it was a leap year, but don't expect it to bring a big change in the weather.  We are a degree or so warmer than we were last spring, and that will most likely continue into the foreseeable future.

I didn't really do too much yesterday.  A bit of this and that.  

Mostly, what I did, was observe Lily, the lady of the house, and she's not nearly the invalid she plays.  Her biggest problem is that thing I call a boobly cyst on her wrist.  It was something that was more of an inconvenience than anything else, something that didn't need to be surgically removed because of her age.  Now, however, over the past few days it's become swollen, filled with fluid, and it is causing her pain.  She has no problem drinking, and her appetite is strong, she just doesn't want to walk.  My Vet recommended a Mobile Vet, however they are on vacation until Monday, in fact it seems as though the few other Mobile Vets in the area are also closed and getting her into the car is virtually impossible.  As I said, she has no problem eating or drinking, just in using stairs or walking for an extended period.  This means, as you might expect, the floor of the writing room is covered with pee pads.

Quick update on the Vet situation:  Mid State Vets sent me an email, they do not service my area, so I'm going to need to load Lilly into the car and take her to the Vet on Monday or Tuesday.  You've got to be kidding me.

Anyway, while I was out back with invalid yesterday, I snapped a picture of these.

And you've no doubt heard that the Orange Anus has had his porno trial delayed until April because the Justice Department only recently turned over around 15,000 additional documents which may have little to no impact on the case.  You've got to be kidding me!  For quite some time people have been throwing out excuses for our Attorney General, saying that Garland is just being cautious, that we're not aware of things going on behind the scenes.  The more this happens, however, the more I'm inclined to believe that he is just incompetent. Now, I don't know about you, but I've always felt he got the job not because of his superior qualifications, rather it was compensation for not getting a vote on being a Supreme Court Justice.  If that's the case, then this his appointment was a terrible miscalculation.

The Oafish Lout

 We have 2 days of cool weather forecast for here in Central PA.  Notice I said cool.  Highs are to be in the low 40s (F), which for you in the Celsius world is about 5.5, and that's only for the next 2 days, after that we're going to be warming up again.  That's not bad since we're halfway through February... oh, wait, it's a leap year, so we'll be halfway through in another few minutes.  This means we have just 33 days until spring.  My, wasn't that a fast winter?

So, I went to PetSmart yesterday and left snailless.  This means I'm going to have to take a trip down to That Fish Place next week for snails and fish. I don't mind some algae on the statuary since the green sort of gives it that "deep sea" look.  The new statue will go into the tank tomorrow.

Oh, and yesterday was Valentine's Day and, since it is one of those artificial Hallmark holidays, I don't really celebrate. Let's be honest here, if you need to set aside one day to officially remind yourself to tell someone that you love them, you're pretty much of an oaf.   And, if the only time of the year you get told you're loved is on Valentines Day, you're in a relationship with a lout.  Wow!  How's that for vocabulary enhancement?

For those who don't know, back when I was in college, I was involved in theater.  One of the things I did was set design for several of the shows.  This is part of the set that I built for Damn Yankees, a staircase that's used 3 times in the entire production.  At no time did the director ask me if I thought we really needed this staircase.  While I will admit to being naive back then, I will freely admit that I was neither an oaf or a lout.

One of the funny things from yesterday was seeing Mikey Johnson, faux Speaker of the House, telling the world that Tuesday's special election was not a bellwether election.  That's a "ho ho" funny if I ever heard one.  

The Orange Anus is back in court today, up in New York, I believe.  If I'm right, this is the case regarding the money he paid to Stormy Daniels to keep her quiet during the 2016 election.  And Stormy is, I think, going to bring her cloudy weather into the court room to publicly rain on Donny T's parade.  You can tune in if you want, but I'm fairly certain he's not going to do his Streisand impression.

October Surprise

I get to go back to work to day.  Oh... shit.
I also climbed on board my scale... Holy Shit!  Now I will be the first to admit I've grown lax in both my cardio and my free weight training.  Some of this has to do with my shift change.  I used to get all of my workouts done before I went to work.  Now I need to get them done when I get home.  Some days the laziness just takes over.  I've been working to break these bad habits and slowly, I've been turning myself into an evening person rather than a morning person.  Changing years of routine is difficult.
Yesterday I put a down payment on a new car.  A Subaru.  And I'm buying this one.  For the past 16 years I've leased my vehicles.  Leasing is a nice way to get a lot of car for not a lot of money.  Of course, there is always a car payment when you lease.  I'm tired of car payments.  The real curse of leasing is that you have no trade-in value.  Well, maybe about $100, depending upon the model car you've been leasing.  There's not much there to knock down the price, which means you need to have a fairly decent down payment.  I do.  So yesterday afternoon I stopped in at my bank and transferred money from one of my IRA's into my checking.  The agent I talked was obviously Pro-Lease.  Her comment was "well, if you can afford it, leasing is great for those who want to avoid upkeep."  I said nothing, even though sharp retorts in spite of the flashing, neon objections almost blinding my thought processes.  Why would you want to be indebted to a car company for the rest of your life?  is buying a set of tires every three or four years that terrible?  Or was she just suffering from fiscal laziness?
I saw the stock market failed to rebound yesterday.  That's not good for your 401k's. 
And Stormy Daniels had her defamation lawsuit kicked out of the court system.  What Stormy needs to understand is that her role in dethroning the Idiot Jerk in the White House is now over.  She needs to move on and stop trying to profit from her experience.  She needs to be thankful for her book royalties.  She needs to stop saying "what's in it for me."  Move on, Stormy, move on.
The midterms are approaching.  We have not had our October Surprise.  There's is always an October Surprise.  Like Comey and the Clinton emails.  We've only 3 weeks to go.  I can hardly wait.

TMI

Well, today's Friday and for once this is actually the end of the week for me.  That's rare in retail.  Weekends tend to be our busiest times, especial going into spring. Tomorrow will be busy - lots of customers stopping in to buy tulips, or daffodils, or iris', for Wives, and Moms, and Grannies.  That's fine with me, I'm not working. 
My sister-in-law is doing some sort of Easter family thing tomorrow - I'm going to text her my apologies.  I'm going to my sisters on Sunday (picking up my Mom first) and that will be enough.  I need at least one day off during the weekend to get things done - chores, you know?  Things like dusting, and vacuuming, and cleaning up the yard ( I have big dogs, remember).
I did ride a bit over 10 miles this AM - about 5 miles in I had to pause for about 30 seconds to reposition... let's say there was a private pinching going on behind the spandex.
There was an interesting article on the Idiot Jerk and his staffing his administration.  The gist of the thesis was that loyalty is what he looks for, a candidate can be as inexperienced, uneducated, and incompetent as hell and none of that matters.  The only thing that counts is loyalty.  The Idiot Jerk is only interested in people who will suck the gas from his ass.
Sunday is both Easter... and April Fools Day.... just think about it.
A friend of mine sent me a funny and so I thought I'd share it with you.

The only problem I'm having with it is the big tits bit.  That is... well... way TMI about the Idiot Jerk.

Muscles

Today is Tuesday, March 27, any my deluxe edition of Far Cry 5 has downloaded into my Xbox One.  I also get to work today - one of those little things I still need to do.
So, would you like to take on the Alt-Right?  That's what you get to do in Far Cry 5 after an Alt-Right Crazy Christian group takes over Hope County, Montana.  Can you think of anything that might be more dear to a Liberal's heart?  Of course, this is all fiction, a video game, and those on the Right don't like it one bit.  They look bad, but then most people know they are bad.  I'm the one with the beard, of course.  Facial hair, you know?

Oh, and that's not Big Seig with the hunting rifle in his mouth, Seig's more interested in farting pigs.

I guess a lot of people are taking abut Stormy's 60 Minute interview... not me.  I'm glad she's fighting back, but the last thing I want to hear about is the Idiot Jerk in the Missionary position.  Let's be honest here, she didn't have sex with him because he was attractive, rather, she was expecting some sort of reimbursement.  He's been paying to have sex for years because... well, that's the only way he can get it.  Now, I'm going to have to change the subject before I vomit up my morning toquitos.

Free weights were on the agenda this AM.  I did a total of 340 reps, total poundage lifted was 6417.  This is all being done with 12, 15, 20, and 25 pound dumbbells.  I like them better than using the bar.  They take up a lot less space.  Right now my shoulders and arms are really swelled.  When I look in the mirror I have to laugh.  Who ever would thought that my having muscles could be funny.