The Eyes Have It

 I get to work today, and of course the weather is supposed to be nice, climbing all the way into the 60s (F).  Tomorrow I'm off and rain is in the forecast.  If I'm remember correctly, this weather pattern is similar to the ones we've had over the past couple of years.  Whereas they saying is April shower bring May flowers, our rains have been starting more than a few days before April.  With the temps as warm as they are, my flowers will be popping out in April.  It's almost as if we're going through some sort of climate change 😎😎😎.

I had ordered glasses through Zenni since my prescription changed ever so slightly.  I gambled on a different kind of lens, one that has what they call Blokz, which is supposed to protect your eyes against UV rays.  Well, they arrived yesterday and I don't like them.  The Blokz adds a yellow tint to the lens to they almost look like very weak sunglasses.  After putting them on, I looked in the mirror and thought, oh, hell, I look like Sonny Bono.  Well, not quite, he was a lot shorter and had longer hair.  When I wear them, everything has a faint yellowish tint.  So, this morning I ordered a new pair, without the Blokz.  I will wear the old, new pair when I'm working in the yard, or planning on spending more than 5 minutes outside.

March Madness has started.  That has something to do with basketball, not the antics by the zany Republicans acting crazy in the House of Representatives.

There was an article in Newsweek this morning proclaiming that 1 in 4 Republicans believe the 2020 election was stolen.  That's actually down.  At one point it was closer to 1 out of every 2.  Time is dealing a harsh truth to the Republicans, something they will never understand.

Evidently there's a Trump appointed judge who will decide if one of the two medications used to provide non-surgical abortions should be taken off the market.  This is just one more example of how that minority group, the Conservatives, are jamming their middle finger into the faces of a majority of Americans.  They were hurt badly in the last election cycle because of their anti-abortion agenda.  They will never learn.  All they want to do is dance around singing, "Ha, Ha, we're going to force our beliefs down your throat."  Things are only going to get worse for them and I'm going to enjoy it.

Yesterday

 Well, it's Thursday and I have to work today.  A full 8 hour shift.  After so many short shifts, this will almost be an endurance record for me.

Yesterday was so, so.  One thing that's nice is that I have a free Capital Blue Cross account, part of my Medicare package, that provides me with a debit card that's loaded with $200.  This is supposed to help me purchases things throughout the year.  Yesterday it paid for my omeprazole.  I figure the card should cover about 8 months worth.  That's money not coming out of my pocket.

They're working on the house next door.  Yesterday, they carried in sheets of dry wall, and ripped out the suspended ceiling.  The pile of junk in the yard has become amazingly large.  The side yard is filling up fast, too.  Everything that was in the kitchen has been dumped there.  From what I understand, they haven't even gotten to the attic yet.

Yesterday, I experienced a bit of fitness tragedy.  My treadmill.  I always start it a 3.4 mph and increase the speed and incline slowly.  Yesterday, when I pressed the start button, the speed hit 3.4 mph and continued to increase to 12 mph.  My friend Steve might run that fast, I don't.  I updated the software, and the problem continued.  The speedometer can read .5 mph, and the belt is traveling at 12 mph.  I sent Horizon tech support and email.  Not good.  There was no automatically generated response letting me know they had received my query and would be getting back to me shortly.   I will call them later this morning to see what's going on.  I have a bad feeling about this one.

What's under the hood

Many terrible things are being said about the Republican party and all of them are true.  An important one is that they never learn.  Take Nancy Mace, a Republican representative from South Carolina who made news yesterday by saying her party's not learning from past mistakes.  She was talking about their anti-abortion stance, a position which caused many, many women to vote against them during the midterms.  After talking to several media outlets about this problem, what does Nancy do?  Well, the Republican majority in the House floated 2 anti-abortion bills yesterday and reliable Nancy voted for both.  That isn't the only stupid thing Nancy has done.  Yesterday, she also floated a bill requiring Pete Buttigieg to fly commercial until the problems with the FAA computers are fixed.  You simply cannot make this shit up.