Bliss

 Friday.  The temperature was 29 (F) when I got up this morning, and that was early, around 0530.  Why so early?  Well, my alarm went off and I couldn't get back to sleep.  This is how it happens sometimes.  And it wasn't as if I frittered away the time, I booked my trip to Greece through a company called Explore.  Treaders has used them and speaks well of their trips.  Thirteen days, starting September 1.  I wanted to go later in the summer hoping to avoid some of the heat.  Greece can get hot.  Perhaps that's why they wore togas.

Yesterday was pretty much blah.  I did go for an 11 mile ride on the bike.  Did a little cleaning.  Made a fish chowder for dinner.  The house is so quiet; I don't like it at all.  And, as all of you with pets have said, it's rare for a dog person to not have a dog, so I have begun looking.  Nothing small.  Nothing hairy.  My movie friend Patty said I could have her dog Reggie if I wanted, but Reggie is both of those, small and hairy.  I'm thinking some sort of pointer might be nice.  When I told her I was thinking about getting a male Vizsla and naming him Howard Hawkes she asked why I'd curse a dog with such a name.  I like Howard Hawkes.  The director Howard Hawkes turned out classics like To Have and Have Not, Bringing up Baby, and that little Marilyn Monroe vehicle, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes.  For those of you who don't know what a Vizsla looks like, here's one.

Now, I have to ask, am I the only one who's not surprised to discover that Donald Trump is broke?  I suspected for quite some time that he's been living on borrowed cash, using the revenue from his real estate ownings to make payments on his constant indebtedness.  How deliciously humiliating for him to have the world laughing at him as more of the truth gets uncovered daily.  He posted another All Cap shriek on Truth Social about how he has the money to pay for the bond in order to appeal the $464 million judgement.  Making all of this even sweeter are all of the clips out there of him bragging about his wealth.  There's a tasty one from 2015 of him boasting about using $600 of his own money to fund his presidential campaign.  This loser is so wealthy that donations to the RNC are going to go to pay off his legal bills before anything else.  Just think about all of those Republican Senators and Congressmen up for re-election having to fund their own campaigns without a dime of assistance from the RNC.  This is almost like bliss.

Bankrupt? Again?

 I do believe today is Wednesday.  I have not quite hit my hump day... that happens tomorrow.  I am looking forward to my approaching 3 day weekend.  Balancing that, however, is the fact that after that 3 days, I'm scheduled to work 6 days.  Bah.

I'm scheduled for an eye appointment for Monday.  I'm going to cancel.  Yeah, I know I pissed and moaned about the VA cancelling my previous 2 appointments, there is a 'however'... however.  You see, my Mom went to The Leading Edge eye clinic.  Twice I took her to appointments.  Neither time was I impressed.  My Mom liked the doctors, mostly I think because they catered to her.  They also convinced her to set herself up for the monthly purchase of an eye care supplement, something she was told would help with her Macular Degeneration... except my Mom didn't really have the serious Macular Degeneration which steals your sight.  She had old age.  Instead of just telling her this was part of the eye's aging process, they wanted her to spend some of her fixed income on a supplement.

AstraZeneca has put their vaccine program on hold... someone got sick.  Woah.  This is not what the Idiot Jerk in the White House wants to hear.  Nope, not at all.  Not that he really cares is people get sick from a vaccine rushed to market so he can improve his sinking chances of re-election.  He is desperately trying to keep America from firing his blighted ass.  Not that he has ever demonstrated any concern for human life.

And that lie of his about using his own money to fund his campaign?  Only the brain dead of his base will believe that.  He will do what he's always done when he finds himself in a money losing situation... cut his losses.  Six bankruptcies, remember?  He's a failed businessman.  He will borrow as much as he can from his Russian friends.  The only one he is loyal to is himself so at some point he will weigh the cost.  As always, he will save his own ass at the expense of others.  His maybe the first campaign in the history of American politics to file for bankruptcy.

Shelve this

Oh, my... I smashed through my single day off as though it were nothing... maybe it was.  Now I'm on my second stint of 4 days in a row.  I really hate having single days off, I like them to be back to back.  When I have just one day off I tend to eat more and do less physical activity. I also, for some odd reason, tend to take two or three short catnaps.  I don't do this when I have a weekend, even if my weekends are Wednesday and Thursday.
I saw that in the 10 years of tax returns that have been made public for the Idiot Jerk all he did was lose money.  Speculation is that this is why he's so hostile about releasing more recent returns, and why he's no doubt constantly getting audited.  Even though he claims to be as wealthy as Croesus, he is always losing money... at least on his tax returns.  Back at the beginning of his campaign, I remember reading that just one of his 'bankruptcies,' if claimed the right way would have kept him from paying any income tax of 20 years.  The Idiot Jerk has had what?  Four bankruptcies?   At least that what he claims.  Shit, if he stacked those babies together and claimed them as loses, the Federal Government might actually be giving him a refund.  Holy Shit!  This moron is either the most incompetent business man in history... or one of the most corrupt.
For those who are interested, not only do I have peaches... I have nectarines, too.  If I had space I'd put in an apricot tree as well.
And yesterday I did put in a shelf below the TV for the gaming consoles.

I did this to remove some of the clutter in my living.  There was a small, overloaded table to the left of the chest.  That's now gone... well, it's actually outside on the veranda between two chairs. 

Idiots: bread for thought

We had about 2 inches of snow last night.  I think they're calling it a teaser snow... just a little tickle, tickle, tickle of what's on the way.... well, maybe.  Yesterday they were calling for  2" - 4" and today they calling for possibly 5" but they're also saying wet and sloppy.  We all know, there are those out there who would be happy for 5" of wet and sloppy.  Me?  I'd rather have 9" of light and fluffy.
I hooked up my 'Set Top' box from Verizon yesterday.  Two of the local channels I get are Crazy Christian.  This morning, sometime, I will set up my favorites.  Those 2 channels will not be included.  I had one on the TV for about 40 seconds and couldn't help but feel sorry for regular viewers, and we all know there are regular viewers.  They're a lot like heroin addicts getting their fix.
I saw where Mike Pence and his wife were 'deeply offended' by the complaints of her new teaching job.  They are so in love with their self-righteousness they have no clue as to what will happen if they open that Pandora's Box, but then they both no doubt relish a good persecution.  Their beliefs make them incapable of understanding the human condition as they idiotically pass judgment on everyone who fails to meet their narrow minded criteria.
This morning I saw this little snippet about two white Republicans meeting with an Alt-Right White Supremacist.  This guy named Johnson has published comments stating black people have a 'violence gene.'  He says the same thing about Muslims.  Of course, the two Republicans Idiots are claiming they didn't know Johnson was wacked out on White Supremacy, that all they talked about was DNA...  I'm serious.  That's what they said.  They talked genetics with some dick (sic Johnson) who believes in a black violence gene.  These guys are walking, talking proof of a 'White Republican Stupidity Gene.'
Oh, and the Idiot Jerk in the White House says Nancy must fly commercial if she wants to visit the troops.  I don't believe his letter to her has been published, not that I would have read it, but supposedly it is filled with sarcasm.  For two years he had a White Republican House that cherished his racist views.  That's changed in a big time way.  The truth is this shutdown is hurting both him and his party... and he doesn't care.  He never learns.  Six times his LLC holdings went into bankruptcy because... he never learned.  Six times he was given the opportunity to educate himself, and six times he chose to ignore the lessons.  What else would you expect from an Idiot.
And what will I be doing on this pre-storm day?  I'm thinking of baking bread.

Sucking through London

Well it's Tuesday, the first day of my weekend, and the weather is supposed to be nice... very, very nice.  Tomorrow is supposed to be more of the same.  I am going to enjoy.  I am going to enjoy these wonderful temps with... yard work, a bike ride, and then more yard work.  I need to get the weed wacker out and wack away on the outside of the fence on the far side of the yard.
And I'm playing this game Vampyr - what a hoot.  At first I was cautiously curious, playing the part of a vampire, a man named Dr. Reid.  The location is London during the Spanish Influenza epidemic and the city is broken down into districts, Whitechapel being one.  Each district has a 'Citizen Menu' (cute) listing a number of characters and the experience points you earn by sucking them dry.  Funny, huh?  If you're good at sucking you can become very powerful, if you're bad a sucking you will fail.  Also, you need to control yourself.  You don't want to suck everybody dry.  If you do that the story is going to falter.  Yes, there is a story.  There is a reason why you are sucking your way through 1912 London.

Citizen Menu for Pembroke Hospital

Anyway, Wall Street did a bit of a tumble yesterday.  That's been happening a lot here lately.
Harley-Davidson is moving jobs to Europe because of the tariffs - duh.  Steel is cheaper in Europe, so that's where jobs will go.  This announcement started the Idiot Jerk shrieking on Twitter.  You see, he wants Harley-Davidson to just suck it up and deal with the higher price of steel.  For him, this is a business decision.  He's using the same rationale that led his companies to file 4 bankruptcies... wait, I need to correct myself, his companies have actually filed for Chapter 11 protection 6 times.  Filing Chapter 11 wipes out your debt.  The Idiot Jerk has wiped out billions and billions of dollars in debt created by his bad deals and flawed decisions.  He has actually wiped out a lot more debt than he is actually worth.  This is, no doubt, why Harley-Davidson has chosen to point a finger at a certain part of their corporate body and say "suck this."  That pisses off the Idiot Jerk.  He would rather shit away jobs and livelihoods rather than learn a lesson.

The Water Barrier

Okay, so I got on the scale this morning and the damage wasn't as bad as I was expecting, a gain of 2.9 pounds.  To off set that I jumped on the eliptical and burned off 364 calories.  It's all give and take, you see.  There's a price for everything.
Big Seig is out barking at Mrs. Puff's granddaughter, who's busy putting garbage out on the curb.  He'd be much quieter if she'd just walk over and pet him on the head.  That never happens though.
I also get to back to work today as well.  For 3 days, and then I'm off again for 2.  I have a fixed shift, now if only I could get a fixed schedule, well, that would be ducky.
This week will, I suspect, be tumultuous for the Idiot in the White House.  The problem with Conservatives is that he will have no problem if the country runs out of money.  How do I know this?  Four bankruptcies, at least I think that's how many he's filed.  If they don't give him what he wants, he'll just let the country go broke for a day or two.  He has even planned a weekend getaway to Harrisburg, which is way too close to me, as the crow flies, about 2.3 miles.  Luckily he'll be on the East Shore and a very wide Susquehanna River will create a water barrier.  There will be protests, of course, and if things don't go too well for him this week, I suppose they will more raucous than ever.

I actually live in the upper left hand corner, on a very high hill and the Idiot will be on the right hand side, near those white buildings.

My only worry is that those Crazy Conservatives will cave and give him what he wants.  Of course, that will make them look bad to their constituents, and would, pretty much, represent the defining moment of failure for their party.  Just imagine, American taxpayers saddled with paying for a fence only a bunch of racists want, and a health care package that everybody knows is bad.  Because it's not about what's good for America, it's all about the Idiot getting his way.