Indiana Jones and the Great Circle

 Yesterday turned out to be nice.  The sun did come out in the afternoon and temps warmed up, so the forecast wasn't far off.  Today, however, clouds are supposed to be moving back into the picture and, again, this afternoon we're supposed to have shower.  Temps will be cooling down until Sunday, when they'll be stuck in the 20s (F) all day before they zoom back up into the high 40s (F) and low 50s (F).

Even though the day did nicen up, yesterday was still a bit of a meh day.  Howie and I went for a walk.  I worked on the book.  This denouement chapter is going to be long, maybe the longest I've ever written.  How well it will go over remains to be seen.  I have shared the first chapter with some people (it's very different).  Their reactions were pleasantly surprising.

I also bought and downloaded the new Indiana Jones and the Great Circle game.  It's a Machine Works game, and they are owned by Bethesda.  Every game has a tutorial section in the beginning where you learn which buttons do what, since every game is different.  For this game, the tutorial section is the opening sequence from Raiders of the Lost Ark, you know the one I'm talking about, the one with the big ball that nearly crushes him.  I got crushed once.  Having seen the movie many times, I thought it was a lot of fun!  The tutorial, however, is just a flashback, and the story jumps ahead a year to the time after the Ark incident.  And yes, if you're interested, you do need to use the whip.

So, if you live in America, how are your food prices?  Mine are going up.  Eggs are 8 cents higher.  Here in Central Pa, a dozen large eggs is going to set you back $4.07, they're going to blame it on Bird Flu.  Roma tomatoes?  2 months ago they were $1.99 a lb., now they cost $2.49 a lb., and it ain't because of the Bird Flu.  I went grocery shopping yesterday and mostly what I did was look at people's faces.  No one was happy.  There were a lot of seniors in the supermarket and I felt really bad for them, many live month to month on their Social Security, and God knows how many Christian Conservatives hate Social Security.  These people are going to have a rough time ahead, especially if our morally degenerated president succeeds in privatizing Medicare.  People who don't have to pay for insurance, should never be in charge of creating legislation that forces others to pay for the same benefit.  I have to admit that I do find it more than a little satisfying that health care stocks across the board are experiencing a down turn.  What a joy for so many rich people to lose money.

There's no fixing stupid

 Can we say hello to a cool, crisp morning sun?  The outside temp is 34 (F).  I could see my breath this morning when I took Howie out for his morning "potty outsides."  Our high temps today are going to be in the upper 50s (F), and that's nice.  The warmer the days, the less money I have to pay to UGI (the gas company).  Less $$$ is good.

I bought the new puppy a harness so I could strap him in whenever he was riding with me in the car, whether to his vet, or to Adams-Ricci.  Well, it arrived yesterday and, as I should have expected, it was too small.  I followed the directions on the website to ensure I had the right size and... well, Hell, there was simply no way he was going to fit into it, so I'm returning it.  I'm not ordering the next size up, either.  Because he's still growing, I knew it wasn't going to fit him forever, but I really did want it to fit him for at least a few months.

A Real Pain is the story about to middle-aged cousins who travel to Poland to see their Grandma's house after she's died.  The trailer presents the story as a comedy with drama.  The movie's been getting very good reviews.  I liked it a lot, though it's much more of a drama with comedy.  Kieran Culkin is outstanding as a bi-polar man who is...you guessed it, A Real Pain.  How good is he?  Oscar caliber.

And I did work yesterday, and, as we've all heard that saying before "there's no fixing stupid," well, I got to experience stupid as it sat at the flooring desk.  There was this older couple who were pricing out vinyl plank flooring, and he asked if it was made in China.  I was honest.  Our planks are assembled in the United States, but all the products needed to assemble them come from China.  He turned to his wife and reminded her about the upcoming tariffs and her comment to him was, "well, prices are going to go up, but they'll come down, Trump's good at that."  Of course, I sat there silently.  Inside, I was laughing.  These are the people who voted for Trump because of, what people are saying, "the price of eggs."  They actually believe he has enough beneficence to force corporations to drop prices.  The truth may actually break their bank account.  The truth will break their bank accounts and I will not be sorry for their suffering.