Would You Care for a Little Whine with that Cheese

 The temp was 36 (F) when I got up this morning.  The forecasters are saying we should climb another 20 degrees, but clouds are going to move in bringing showers with them.  Tomorrow, of course, temps are supposed to climb up into the 70s (F), but only for a day.  Then they are going to come crashing down.  We have a cold front moving through, and by next Wednesday our overnight low will be in the high 20s (F).

Tuesdays are usually meh days for me, a time for me to relax after working the weekend.  Not yesterday.  Much was accomplished.  Besides cleaning the big aquarium, I began dismantling the treadmill.  A friend asked why I didn't try and sell it.  The answer is simple.  No one wants to buy a used treadmill, and because they're heavy, they are quite difficult to move.  It's easier to just take it apart and throw it out into the trash.  And while everything is getting moved around, I'm going to replace the area rugs in that room.  They're both old, one of them went through Gertie's puppyhood, that was15 years ago.

My Amazon music was also cancelled.  I'm now using Spotify.  This is all part of my shift away from everything Bezos has a finger in, including changing the credit card which gave me points for shopping on Amazon.  The new card has a lower interest rate, not that I ever have to pay interest, so I guess the higher interest on the old Amazon card was actually paying for those Amazon points I thought I was earning.

And, of course, last evening this happened.

Can you imagine how mortifying it must be to spend over $20+ million on an election to lose by 11 points?  And this was after Cory Booker's record breaking 24+ hour speech.  And in Florida, even though the Republican candidates won, neither came close to the 30 point victory claimed by the Orange anus.  In Illinois, a MAGA cultist lost to her Democratic opponent in a mayoral contest.  In fact, it was a good day for Democrats.  The Republicans?  Not good at all.  

On top of all that was going down, Mikey Johnson dismissed the House of Representatives for the rest of the week because he lost on proxy voting by mothers who'd just given birth.  I wonder what they're going to be doing on this mini-vacation.  

And today Orangie's tariffs are supposed to kick in.  Will he cave... again?  If he does, I don't think it will be by much.  His caving would cause people to think he did so because of the elections yesterday.  That would make him look weak.  It would tell the world that he really hasn't mastered the art of the deal.

Catering for Clicks

Hello Tuesday!  We have a seasonably Spring day in store for us here in  Central PA.  Temps will be in the mid 50s (F), which means somethings can be done outside. A full day is planned.

Because yesterday was another calorie intensive day at work (leftovers galore), I didn't count my calories.  Today's a new day, and the counting begins. 

A full day is planned.  Chores are listed.  Now, all I need to do is see how many I can complete.

Howie brought another rock into the house this morning.  He got a swat and was told that rocks are a no, no.  Should he accidentally swallow one, expensive surgery would be require to remove it.  I know someone who's dog did the same thing.  $$$$ followed.  Someday he'll learn that stones are out.  The sticks he brings in?  Those are easily bribed away from him with a puppy peanut butter cookie.  Also, for those interested, he's a little over 40 inches (102 centimeters) long, and 70+ pounds *32+ kg) in weight, and he's still growing.

This is how the Greek oregano is coming along.  The last 2 glasses aren't doing to well, so I may plant dill in them.

A writer named Michal Savage was lamenting in The Guardian this morning on people not turning off the news.  The article is interesting, however he fails to touch on what I believe to be the most prominent reason people are leaving the Main Stream Media and turning to other sources:  their favoritism for the sensational over the real news.  The Orange Anus stated something about a 3rd term and MSM is beating that deceptive ploy the same way Republicans beat a dead horse.  Not one of them, at least as far as I know, pointed out that he said this in order to get people talking about something, anything other than the Signal chat scandal.  In my mind, this is the main reason people are seeking and finding better reporting in things like substacks.  People will return to the MSM if they stop catering for clicks.

There are elections today in both Florida and Wisconsin.  The returns will be a good indicator of how pissed off Americans are with Orangie's authoritarian administration.  I'm interested in finding out if Elonia's money can buy another 2 elections.