A Good Thing for the World

 The sky stayed overcast yesterday even though the forecast was for sunny skies.  Temps did stay low, with a high in the upper 70s (F).  Today seems to be a replay, except temps are predicted to  climb into the lower 80s (F).  I'm planning some yardwork for this afternoon, so it's nice the weather is cooperating.

I'm thinking of repurposing my old Weber grill into a planter, I haven't used it in years.  Occasionally I think of getting myself a gas grill, but when I compare the expense to how infrequently I'd end up using it, I always change my mind.  I also have an old wheelbarrow that I'm going to repurpose. 

Yesterday was boring in the specialty retail world.  I did sign up a customer for a shutter lead.  It will never go through.  He's probably a senior in high school or else just graduated.  His father and grandfather were with him, with the grandfather the one telling him to go ahead.  The probably $2000 price tag is going to be a deal breaker.  Of course, you never know.  If he's the first born grandson he might get whatever he wants.

 Something I never knew was that tomato plants are self-pollinating.  That's right, their bi.  If you don't have enough buzzy bugs in your yard, at least according to Google, all you need to do is tickle the flowers.  So, every morning my little, yellow tomato flowers are getting a tickle, tickle.

And, as everyone should have expected, the Orange Anus fell asleep at the Nicks game last night.

The man sitting next to him is James Dolan, owner of the New York Nicks.  Jimmy's a billionaire and a big supporter.  Evidently no one told Jimmy that everything the Orange Anus touches dies.  With Orangie sitting next to him, one can only wonder if he actually thought that his team was going to win?  I wouldn't be surprised of Orange had placed a bet on the Spurs to win, and then put in an appearance just to jinx the Nicks.  Anyway, with all the noise of a playoff game, the screaming fans, the booming voices of the announcers, Orangie decided it was a good time to take a nap.  Oh, and he later posted on his Truth Social account that he was cheered, not booed.  Chees!  Even Main Stream Media aired clips of him being booed.  As for billionaire Jimmy?  You can bet he's going to be blaming everybody else for his team's loss.  

Every time Orangie pulls a stunt like this, he alienates even more voters.  He will continue these stunts.  To do otherwise would mean admitting that he's at fault.  This is a bad thing for Republicans and a good thing for the world.

Lulu

 According to the forecast, today's afternoon high is predicted to be cool, at least that's what they're calling a temp in the upper 70s (F).  Me?  I call that early summer weather.  We'll have to wait and see if we're going to have a day where our temps didn't climb up into the 80s (F).  

And since I worked yesterday, it was pretty much of a meh day.  Management will be happy, I got 5 install measures, which brings my total for the week up to 7.  The big problem with having so many measures is that you need to deal with them.  After the quotes have been built, you need to call the customers and try not to sound like a used car dealer.  I do this by only call them occasionally.  There are also times when I send notes to our measurement services telling them to not harass the customers.  Believe me, this does happen far more often than not.  I could regal you with horror stories of customers who have received email, texts, and phone calls every other day.  In my opinion, this makes us look desperate.  Sadly, I realize that when greed is involved the sounds of desperation get little consideration.

I've mentioned before how people like to bring their pets into the store.  Over the years I've had the chance to meet snakes, raccoons, one blonde skunk, and many, many dogs.  On Saturday, I got to meet Lulu.  She's 27 years old.  Her owner told me that when he got her 2 years ago she'd lost most of her feathers because of stress.  She's in a much less stressful environment.  She said "hello."

Of course, everybody was talking about the ugly meltdown the Orange Anus had yesterday on Meet the Press.  Social Media was flooded with videos of him seething at Kristen Welker.  Even the Washington Post, usually very soft for Orangie, did not try to sane wash the moment.  Their headline:  "Trump walks out of interview when challenged over his false election claims."  Some were saying he stormed out, but they were quickly reminded that at his age his storming days are done and that what he really did was toddle out.  I will admit to being quite pleased, in fact I was cheering her on.  One of the things that did surprise me was that this interview was recorded on Saturday and the decision was made to keep his meltdown in, rather than edit it out.  Could Main Stream Media be learning that they'll get more clicks if they show his vile side?  

And tonight?  If he actually does go to the Knicks game, prepare for him to be booed mercilessly.