The Conservative Aberration

 The temp was 49 (F) when I got up this morning.  Right now my thermostat is registering the temp inside the house at 68 (F).  This means I'm wearing sweatpants and a sweat shirt.  It's still a little too early to turn on the heat, but I figure that day is fast approaching.  As long as the daytime highs are in the mid to upper 70s (F) that will be fine.  Once it gets too chilly willy the heat will be turned on.

So, while much was accomplished on Tuesday, yesterday turned out to be a not-so-productive Wednesday.  Only one load of laundry.  I did get over 1000 words written.  That was nice.  Research for this book has not only led me into the world of feng shui, but also caused me to make a small foray into contracts within the music industry.  It seems as though everyone wants as much credit as they can legally get because that translates into royalty payments.  Take the lawsuit regarding the song Every Breath You Take by The Police.  Both Stewart Copeland and Andy Summers feel they are owed money for their contributions to that famous song and so they are taking Sting to court.  If you want a good chuckle at pettiness, take a look at this lawsuit.

And the orange retailer I work for has decided that I'm going to start working Thursday afternoons, at least for the next few weeks.  This meant changing my workout schedule since normally I get my cardio by riding my bike on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons.  So now we're changing that up and I'm doing my cardio on Tuesdays and Fridays, with a break on Thursday and strength on Saturday morning.

So the laundry I did yesterday was bed sheets.  Since Howie sleeps on the bed, I have it covered with his "special" sheet.  Yesterday it fell out of the dryer and he thought we'd have a nice game of chase and grab.

And so the shut down continues into day 2.  So, how is it going for the Republicans?  Not good.  How do I know this?  The Washington Post, which is owned by Orangie's crony Jeff Bezos, lead headline was "Most Americans Blame Republicans."  The Washington Post as been at the forefront of sane washing everything Orangie does, so this headline is horrible for the GOP; no one is being kind to them.

Orangie is meeting with Russel Vought, the architect of Project 2025 to discuss what Democratic jobs to cut.  This, in itself, show just how out of touch Conservatives are with the American people.  They are simply refusing to read the room.  The truth is that Conservatives don't care.  They are a group of people who only love power and control.  Taking that away from them is the only thing they will understand.  Keep in mind, understanding for them does not include learning a lesson, in fact, if anything punishment for their atrocities only makes them more determined.  This means normal humans will have to deal with this conservative aberration every few generations in order to keep them in check.

 

The Admirals and Generals are Unimpressed

 We had a chilly night in Central PA.  One down and more to come.  While I didn't rise and shine at the crack of dawn, the outside temp when I climbed out of bed was 54 (F).  Our daily highs for the next several days will be in the mid 70s (F).  That's fine.  Weather forecasters are even predicting that we'll be warming up a bit, with daily highs climbing up in to the upper 70s (F).  As long as I can save money on the heating bill, that's fine with me.

And for a Tuesday, when I usually spend my time decompressing from working the weekend, was a good day for getting things done.  Three loads of laundry, though I have to be careful with what gets hung outside since Howie likes running around the yard with one of my T-shirts in his mouth.  Shopping was done, including a trip to BJs, where I bought another 20 pounds of rice.  I'm not set for rice.  I also picked up walnuts and oatmeal.  The generic oatmeal at my neighborhood Giant supermarket is $4.99 for 2 pounds.  The cost for name brand oatmeal at BJs was $9.99 for 5 pounds.  This is a good thing.

I also got a 12 mile ride in, which pleased my trainer.  Will I be losing fat and gaining muscle?  Only time will tell.  I'm signed up for 3 months.  I probably won't renew since the routines should be pretty much ingrained by then.

Oh, and the fratboy Secretary of War gave a speech yesterday.  It did not go well for him.

This is because he thought he was talking to a bunch of beer drinking fratboys who were simply gaga about seeing him in the flesh.  Instead, he was prancing back and forth in front of an audience of 800 plus Generals and Admirals, many of whom have Master's Degrees and Doctorates.  He failed to comprehend that they are not only well educated, but well versed in military command and who have, most importantly, sworn allegiance to the Constitution of the United States.  If you get a chance, watch the conclusion of his speech, where he's expecting a rousing college cheer of support and gets stony silence.  As someone else said, it's so satisfying to watch the light fade from his eyes before he turns and walks quietly off the stage.

He was followed by Orangie who speech was long, rambling, low energy, perhaps because he, too, was expecting Petey to get a rousing round of applause.  During his hour of trying to create blunt force trauma, Orangie whine and complained about Biden, wanting the Nobel Peace Price, and suggested using American cities as training grounds for American troops.  I don't doubt that in his addled mind this speech was supposed to overwhelmingly unite the United States military behind him, a dedication of pure loyalty that would stun the world.  His failure in this was utterly complete.  He wants the military behind him.  Yesterday Orangie discovered that is not going to  happen.

With this is mind, is it any wonder he sent out deepfake videos of Democrats as his party shut down the governmnet?