PDFs and Perry

Well, the forever flurries never happened yesterday.  Occasionally one or two would dash themselves against my windshield as I drove to work, but other than that precipitation was a bust.  Today, temps are predicted to climb back up into the 50s (F).

My left leg was sore last night.  I don't doubt for a second it's the result of my climb in through the window.  Once I was halfway in, I not so limberly pulled my left knee up and squeezed it between my chest and the window frame.  Believe me, when pulling yourself through a small opening, traction is everything.

For right now, it will only be my eBooks which will be selling through Barnes & Noble.  Their antiquated system for setting up cover art for a paperback is way too cumbersome.  To give you an idea:  you have to turn a jpeg into a PDF, however PDFs have specific sizes, so you need to download software which will let you go into the PDF's preflight tool to adjust the size to fit the page, and then you save it.  After that you need to open Word and bring up the saved PDF as a photo so you can do changes to both fonts and colors because the PDF/x 1.a you created only uses grayscale.  Amazon, on the other hand, not only uses a jpeg for cover art, they will size it for you at no extra charge.

For those interested, this is the window I used to break into my house.

New wise, yesterday seemed fairly quiet, mostly because the Republicans didn't do anything truly stupid.  They seem to be re-evaluating their nonexistent plan.  They were hoping their committees would produce explosive headlines about Hunter Biden's laptop... ain't happening.  They had also been hoping to make hay with the East Palestine trail derailment, however Trump showing up with pallets of 10 year old bottled Trump water sort of put a damper on that.  

There was a bit of sunshine, however, evidently on December 28, a Federal Judge ruled that Scott Perry's defense for keeping his cell phone contents secret was pretty much bullshit.  This means that through out January and for most of the month of February, the DOJ has probably been looking at Perry's messages and emails.  He was evidently heavily involved in the fake elector scheme.  This means Scotty's days in the house may be numbered.

The Window

 We're supposed to have enduring flurries today, my turn of phrase.  Accuweather's Wintercast (winter forecast) has us in a snow event: flurries for 8 hours.  The temps are cold, 29 (F) and are only predicted to top in the mid 30s.  Tomorrow it's back up into the 50s.  The long range forecast has the temps seesawing, but then we're only a little over 3 weeks from Spring.

Every now and then we do things we later regret, such a thing happened to me yesterday.  My backdoor is usually unlocked during the day because the dogs go out, sometimes a lot, depending upon how many bunnies decide to run through the yard.  For some unknown reason, yesterday morning I turned the little tab on the doorknob to lock in the morning.  No problem.  I could still go outside, I just needed to leave the door open.  Of course, yesterday was windy and while Lily and I were out cleaning up dog doo, a gust of wind slammed the door shut.  Shit.  I was locked out.  Both front and back doors were locked tight.  Double shit.  My only access was through an unlocked window.  That meant climbing up on a small storage unit, forcing the window open and pulling myself up 5 feet to clamber in through the opening.  Oh, and I forgot to tell you Biggie was inside.  As I teetered on the window sill, half in and half out, he took advantage of me.  Yep, he gave me a face bath with his rather large tongue.  In spite of my situation, locking myself out and all, I had to laugh.  And, changes have been made so I never lock myself out again.

My entry was through the little window on the right

If anyone had any doubts about Tulsi Gabbard being a Russian asset, they should have been dispelled last evening when she compared Joe Biden to Hitler.  Rumors of this have gone back to the days when she was a Senator from Hawaii.  She changed her party affiliation from Democrat to Independent, though sides with Republican Right Wing extremists.  I don't doubt she's bitter about being a failed politician.  Trying not to be relegated as a 'has-been,' she's chosen a path that will take into the only loving arms that will have her.

An interesting side note about Tulsi:  her sister runs a personal security business that has only one client, Kristen Sinema, another loser trying to give female politicians a bad name.