Vote, Vote, Vote!

 We have a nice, chilly 52 (F) outside and, thanks to a minor cold front that went through last evening, we ain't going to get much warmer.  This is what we should all be expecting for another 3 or 4 weeks.  Cool and rainy doesn't mean you can't plant your garden, it just means that you might be a little uncomfortable while you're transplanting your seedling, or sowing your seeds.

Yesterday was nice.  I got a lot done, including a ride in Germany.  

One thing that was fairly high on the "to do" list, was upgrade my VPN.  I have Panda anti-virus, and it works well, however the VPN that comes with it was.. bad.  Many times it wouldn't connect and occasionally it would block certain websites, like Blogger, or Joe, My God.  Some might ask, "why use a VPN?" well, mostly because I don't want someone decided that I should be tracked.  At present, we have some serious wack-a-doodles in the world, and not all of them are in our government.  Panda has a lot of servers, however some of them are in China, I don't see that as being an advantage.  Even worse, they also have servers in Russia.  So I dropped their VPN and signed up with NordVPN.  Nord has an outstanding reputation.

There's no workout scheduled today.  I like the fact that now all of my workouts are scheduled during the week and that I have the weekends off.

And this came in the mail yesterday.  It will be filled out and mailed this morning!

I went shopping yesterday and was shocked to see that Roma tomatoes went from $1.99 a pound to $2.99 a pound.  Damn!  That's a bit of price hike, isn't it.  Smucker's jelly is now $4.59 for their standard, 17 oz jar.  Prices are only going to go higher.  And, in case you're wondering, Orangie flew down to Mar a Lago this weekend to go golfing... again.  This is his standard modus operandi; shit posting during the week and golfing on the weekend.  In case some of you haven't figured it out yet, he doesn't like America, but then it seems as if he doesn't like any country with the exception of Russia.  Since he doesn't like America, he's not going to do anything to really solve the problems inflation is causing.  Being part of the 1%, inflation doesn't effect him and if it did, he would simply find some what to write it off on his taxes.  

With approval ratings as low as they are, you'd think the Republican party would at least make the attempt to appease the growing anger against them.  Nah.  Rather than attempt at mollifying the general public, they're going to throw as much conservative shit against the wall and hope some of it survives the midterms.  They are totally clueless.  They're fairly certain they're going to lose the House of Representatives, and quite probably the Senate, too.  The likelihood of Orangie being impeached on day one are fairly high, they're hoping that there aren't enough votes in the Senate to remove him from office.  Since they don't learn lessons, I do suspect they're going to be punished so severely by the American people the midterms might be an extermination even for the Republican party.

Jonathan Bailey

Our outside temp was 48 (F) this morning and today's projected high is going to be in the mid 60s (F) again.  This is nice.  Tomorrow, our high is going to be up around 70 (F).  That will be nice, too.  I don't work today or tomorrow, so this is fine by me.  If the long range forecast is correct, next week we should be in the upper 40s (F), though we all know how far off long range forecasts can be.

Yesterday was okay, meaning it was better than being so, so.  My VPN was down again, so I told the IT people from Panda that if it happened again I was canceling, and that meant I was going to want a refund.  I know that part of the problem is that while most people use only one search engine, I use both Microsoft and Google.  Believe me, results are different.  For some reason, using bookmarks in both Google with Windows creates a bit of a complication.  Verizon had a built in VPN, the T-Mobile I now use doesn't.  Windows will let you add a VPN, but it wants you to stick with Microsoft.  At least, that's how it's been explained to me.

I'm on both Instagram and Threads.  I don't have a lot of followers, and that's fine.  Fans mean having to post something regularly, if not daily, then every two or three days because you need to keep your fans involved.  That is too much of a both for me.  My life is not exciting, and I like it that way.  I just checked and, this too may surprise some of you, I only follow 251 people on Instagram.  This is far different from some people who need to constantly know what someone else, usually a celebrity, is doing.  Not me.  Mostly I use Threads for commenting and Instagram for messaging.  My comments get a lot of reactions.  My messages, not so much.  This doesn't mean I don't get comments back, I do, and some of them are surprisingly nice, and it's even nicer when they have that blue check attached.

And Jonathan Bailey is People's Man of the Year.  What a hoot!  He is their first Man of the Year who is both Gay and Out.  How sad for all of the women with their lusty loins ogling him with licentious thoughts.

The news that Dick Cheney has died left me quite dry-eyed.  While his daughter Liz seems to have some form of conscious, he was soulless and power hungry.  What I find interesting is that while old school Conservatives might morn his passing, Orangie's MAGA Cultists couldn't give a shit.  This is probably because even with all his lies, he didn't lie enough, and wasn't corrupt enough.  They do like to wallow in their immoralities. 

Today is election day.  This means you need to go out and vote, unless you're a Republican, then you should stay home and sit on your hands.  I believe the Democrats will be out in force.  This means we Blue people need to prepare ourselves because the Cultists are going to flip out if they lose badly.  Of course, there is the possibility that too many of them will be flipping out at People's first Gay Man of the Year to even notice.  Something tells me that the GOP is going to be drowning in their own torrential tears.