Rockin' the Crazy

Our outside temps are in the low 60s (F).  Not bad.  We might hit 80 (F) today, that's fine, too.  Weather forecasters are calling for sun and fun... (I added the fun bit).  We do seem to be in a nice weather pattern for the next few days.  Tuesday things are going to take a turn for the chill, with daily highs only climbing into the low 70s (F).  I can live with that.  We are in Autumn, after all, though I have to tell you the leaves around my house haven't started to change color yet.  In fact, everything is quite green.

Yesterday was interesting.  I had a nice chat with my neighbor from across the street.  She has squirrels in her attic.  Instead of setting a trap up there, she's going through this complicated process of putting some sort of gate in front of the hole the squirrels use as an entrance.  They can exit the attic, but they can't go in.  So, she's got scaffolding set up across the front of her house, and a bright orange rope anchored at the top so she can climb up the steep pitch of her roof.  It's all very complicated and has been in place for several days, but this is how she wants to deal with the situation.

I got a nice 10.71 mile ride in yesterday.  It was a cardio day for Trainwell.  Today is strength day with bands and dumbbells.  Then I have the weekend off, of course I work, so there's that.

And the blonde, conservative bimbette Meg Kelly seems to have decided the witches of Etsy are to blame, or at least partially to blame, for the death of Charlie Kirk.

Personally, I think been rockin' the crazy for quite some time.  At one point she was considered a legitimate journalist, but then she was canceled by NBC after making inflammatory comments about blackface.  That was in 2018 and her settlement was huge.  Always on the right wing fringe, since her termination she has been steadily moving deeper into conspiracy territory, and while she hasn't completely bought into the Mar a Lago face, you can see the direction she's headed simply by looking at her cheeks.

I see Orangie has decided to bail out those farmers his tariffs are crushing.  Yep, he's planning on using the money those tariffs are sending to the US Treasury to help those his idiocy has hurt.  Don't worry, things will get worse.

And there's now an Executive Order raising tariffs on kitchen cabinets.  American cabinet makers are upset because you can walk into any home improvement store and buy a ready made kitchen cabinet for a lot less than a cabinet you'd need to order.  A lot of Do It Yourself people choose this way because a special order cabinet can run from several hundred dollars to several thousand.  

Finally, James Comey has been indicted.   Remember Jimmy?  He was the Attorney General who decided 2 weeks before the election that Department of Justice was going to take a deeper look into Hillary Clinton's emails.  Well it seems Orangie's pissed because Jimmy didn't stop an investigation into Russia's election interference. So, in an odd way, this is Jimmy's Karma.  

Majority Rules

Well, shall we all say hello to Thursday?  For some of you, the day is half over, for us living on the eastern seaboard of the US, the day is just beginning, and for those of you still sleeping farther to our west, don't worry, morning is coming your way.

Today is a workday for me.  6.5 hours.  That means I have a lunchbreak.  I'm taking rice and meatloaf, with lots of tomatoey sauce.  Yum.  Also, 2 bananas for my fresh fruit supplement.  

I have plans to go down to York, PA on Sunday, so I'll probably bake a peach cobbler tomorrow.  And, in case any of you are wondering about my nectarine tree, well, this will be the 3rd year without any fruit.  Not that there weren't any nectarines, it's just that the squirrels have been eating them.  They must find the green, unripened fruit tasty.

As most know, I enjoy Alternative Music.  Some call it Rock, as in rock & roll.  I rarely listen to old music; I've already lived through it once.  Unlike a lot of people, I feel very little need to regularly dance down memory lane.   Give me fresh and new.  The 1975 was founded in 2002, so that means it is not a new band for some, but to me it is.  Any band that can work the word ejaculate into a lyric is pressing the boundaries.  This song is great!

And Lyndsey Graham is trying to quash his subpoena.  Whatever he's hiding must be scaring the shit out of him.  Good.  He's gone to Federal Court to keep from having to lie under oath.

Remember when, after Biden won, all of the pundits, and many, many in the media said the midterms were going to go Republican?  Easy, peasy fact, they said, the winning party always loses in the midterms.  Well, it turns out that they were wrong. the midterms races are closer than Hell.  Oops.  Ain't that a pisser if you happen to be a Republican?  And it also turns out many voters want to upend the system.  They are not happy that a minority party managed to steal the Supreme Court.  They are not happy with having their votes nullified by gerrymandering.  They are fed up with the Electoral College deciding the presidency.  They are sick and tired of their congressmen and congresswomen over riding what they want in order to push party politics.  Basically, a large majority of Americans what to satisfy the majority and put Americans first.  And mostly, it seems, they blame conservatives.  This is not good for a minority party who so desperately feel the need to say, "shut up, we're in charge."

The Damned Squirrels ate all my Nectarines!

That's right, every single one of them.  The boughs are empty!  Stripped Bare!

There.  Now that I've gotten that out of my system, things are a little bit better.  Not much, since now I have to buy my nectarines.  I believe there netting you can buy to keep to keep the damned squirrels at bay.  This, I will have to look into.

Presently, I am fasting.  Blood work this morning.  At 0715.  That means I'm drinking my morning coffee black.  They prefer you only drink water, but I like mine flavored and enhanced with caffeine.  Because of Covid 19, everything has gone high tech, except for the drawing of the blood, of course.  I send them a Text when I arrive and they will Text me instructions.  This shall be interesting.

I saw where the Idiot Jerk Tweeted out a picture of him wearing a mask saying those who do likewise are being patriotic.  Boy, did he come to the party late or what?  Oh, and he's going to do a briefing tonight... stop laughing... did you hear me?  Stop Laughing!  This is what desperation looks like, in case you were wondering.  Someone should tell him, you can't change stupid.  And at the same time, he wants to eliminate funding for testing and tracking.  You see, he believes if you don't test, you'll never know how many are infected, and if you don't know how many are infected Covid 19 will go away.  Because in his teeny tiny mind it is no worse than the flu.

Here's another bit of hilarity.  The McKloskey's, those MAGA heads who waved guns at a peaceful protest, have had charges filed against them.  Supposedly, they are both attorneys... with a terrible sense of fashion,  I mean, she got the stripes right, they're just going the wrong way, but the stretchy black yoga pants?  With thighs like hers?  Dear Lord, what was she thinking.

 

When the Squeaking Stops

Well, it's Wednesday and I have to go to work today.  My daily work schedule is... shall we say rather exotic right now.  I work 2 days, then I'm off a day, I then work one day and am off for 3.  This doesn't really bother me since I'm only working 32 hours per week.  That will change soon enough.
I disconnected my Steam controller from my upstairs TV this AM since I never use it.  The original idea for the purchase had been for me to be able to play PC games downstairs on the big TV, however Big Seig chewed up the wifi dongle.  The only way the controller would have worked downstairs would have been for me to run a direct line from the TV to my router... well, that wasn't going to happen.
And, speaking of Biggie, his Christmas beaver stopped squeaking so he's cast it aside in favor of a Purple Squirrel.

I guess this is his way of saying beavers are no longer fun when they stop squeaking.

And I was reading this AM on my Bloomberg Technology feed that if your PC or laptop is over 5 years old, they are recommending that you update it with something newer, not because it's outdated (even though 5 years old is pretty old), but because the patches that are going to be coming out to fix the Intel chip problems are going to slow it down... a lot.  They suggested a Lenova laptop which starts at about $1300, which is a bit squirrely if you ask me.  There's no way I'd spend that much.

There was some other squirrely news this AM - evidently there have been a number of other people form the Idiot Jerk's regime that have already talked to Mueller; something that's been kept under wraps, so to speak.  Now we know why Ultra Conservative (and bad hair of the year nominee) Trey Gowdy 

Now wouldn't he look so natural in a Nazi Uniform?

is trying to shut down Mueller and his team.  Desperation, you know?  Because this loser is so squirrely, I'm wondering if Biggie would play with him, or just take a big chunk out of his ass before he sends him running home.