Locked and Loaded

 Well, it's Tuesday morning and the first load of laundry is in the washer.  The outside temp is 64 (F), and the weather's supposed to nice today.  All sun, no rain.  Our high is supposed to register no more than 82 (F) on the thermometer.  Speaking of thermometers, doesn't anyone still own one?  I don't.  Mostly, I rely on my phone to find out how hot or cold it is, even though I know it isn't as precise.  Honestly, I haven't watched a weatherman or woman in year.  Why should I waste 5 minutes listening to someone forecast the weather when I use all of 15 seconds to glance at the forecast?

I'm thinking of buying a kettle ball. 

One of the workman at the house next door implied that it's nearly ready to go on the market.  It will be interesting to see how fast it's sold.  The gent who bought it told me he's going to be asking $180,000.  That's a lot of moolah.  If he gets what he's asking, it's good news for me.  I paid $61,000 for my house 29 years ago, which means that I probably have tripled my original investment, or will have when I finally decide to sell.

Paul Reubens died yesterday.  I was surprised at his age, I guess because I thought Pee Wee was almost immortal.

Here's a pic of some of my roses.

Devon Archer, Hunter Biden's business partner, talked to members of the House yesterday in what you might want to call a closed hearing.  Republicans were not happy because he told them the truth, they're seeing a fire when there isn't even any smoke.  Of course, the Republicans are the party of retaliation.  Trump was impeached twice, so they desperately need to impeach Biden, their only problem is they can't find any wrongdoing.  Not only is this the GOP kicking a dead horse, it's also the only thing they can do to distract from the lord and savior's legal issues.  Am I the only one who can remember the times when they were constantly complaining that the Democrats were nothing but smoke and mirrors?

Fanni has said the she's locked, and loaded, and ready to go.  Her indictments are supposed to begin in early August, and... well, we're in early August.

Tasty

 Now, isn't this exciting, the weekend has arrived with all of its coolness, ie the temp outside was 52 (F) when I got up this morning.  In fact, looking at the long-range forecast, most nights the mercury will be dropping.  For those of you who don't know, that's a reference to when they used mercury in thermometers to tell the temperature.  Even those thermometers you put in your mouth.  That's right, before digital thermometers, we had to put thin, glass tubes into our mouths to see if we were running a fever, and, a long, long time ago, when I was a child, those thermometers had mercury inside them.  You know what I'm talking about, the heavy metal, shiny, very poisonous mercury.  Those were the dark ages of modern medicine.  During the time of Covid, the great orange retailer I work for gave all associates a digital thermometer.  I have no idea what I did with mine, probably threw it away.  Taking my temperature so many times a day was truly a pain.

I made homemade ice cream on Wednesday.  French Vanilla.  Or, as some say, Custard, since it's lots of eggs, sugar, and cream.  Believe me when I tell you, this stuff goes straight to your arteries.  Of course, if you've ever had homemade French Vanilla (Custard) ice cream, warnings are useless as it is tasty as Hell.

Of course, Ronnie DeSantis was trafficking in humans yesterday because he's a smart ass.  He sent them top Martha's Vinyard.  Ronnie is trying to make points with the MAGA base.  He was rewarded by seeing them shriek with joy.  They saw this as an attack on the liberals, especially those who live on Martha's Vinyard, like Alan Dershowitz.  Remember Al?  He's the screaming liberal who defended Trump during his 2nd impeachment.  And Al's not alone.  What those foolish MAGA brains fail to understand that Martha's Vinyard represents wealth more so than it does Liberalism.  But then Ronnie's more interested in making points with the MAGA base rather than making points with wealthy, conservative donors.

And Trump's personal judge Cannon appointed a Special Master.  By now, most Americans with a brain understand she's been bought and paid for by Trump.  While certain % of Republicans are happy with her decisions, many also realize she's doing more to damage their midterm chances.

 

Taking the temps

 And so today I reach the end of my 4 day work week as many of you begin yours.  Ain't life odd sometimes?  My lunch / dinner is cooking in a small crockpot: chicken, with olives, tomatoes and basil.  I threw in a handful of white grapes to give it a bit of pizazz.  And yes, if you're wondering, I cook my lunch everyday, and always with fresh vegetables.  

Today the mercury is supposed to climb up to 94 (F).  I don't know if anyone says that anymore, but that used to be a rather common phrase.  There was a time when people used mercury in thermometers, even the ones in stuck beneath your tongue to take your temperature.  Once, when I wasn't feeling well at school, I bit one and broke it; the school nurse was not pleased and had me spit out the pieces.  Now, just sit back and imagine that, me, with mercury in my mouth and having to spit it out.  For those who don't know, mercury is poisonous.  And we used it in thermometers.

For those who don't know, the Tour de France in now racing it's way through France.  Interestingly, I learned about the big crash on Day 1 from people at work coming up to the Flooring Desk and asking if I had heard about it.  Two associates gathered around as I pulled up the videos on my PC.  Until I began talking about the race, and watching it, they wouldn't have given the Tour a wit of thought.  The crash everyone was talking about was caused by a fan, shoving a sign bearing the name of her town out into the peloton.  her stupidity raise the temps of  the Tour's racing officials and now they're going to sue her ass.  More power to them.

And a Republican committee in Michigan rebuked The Other Guy and his Big Lie.   That's right, they found no fraud, saying he lost fair and square, not that the truth is going to sit easy with his base, or that they'll even consider it.  Nope.  Their hatred is hot.  The truth is Republicans have always been rotten losers.  Always.  This is why 'voter fraud' has been their favorite whine for years.  It's easier for them to believe that then the fact that Americans really don't like either them, or their politcs.