Filling up the Gas Tank

Our outside temp is in the low 50s (F).  This afternoon's high will be in the low 80s (F).  I'd say we're moving into another warming trend, however these temps are going to begin sinking tomorrow.  After today, we'll have at least a week of daily high temps in the mid 60s (F).  The forecast is also calling for showers.  Showers are good, especially as we head into growing season.

Yesterday was a decent day.  Laundry was done in the morning.  I also got in a good workout.  In the afternoon, I had lunch with proofreader Don at Dockside Willies.  Their menu is large and it's basically a sit down version of fast food.  I had what they call a stax, chicken on top of french fries, it was decent, however, I ordered peanut butter pie and it definitely tasted as though it had been mass produced.  Unfortunately most of the restaurants around here, even those considered up scale, outsource their desert making.   Don also let me borrow this.  Tick Tock, tick tock.

I received an email from the state, my mail-in ballot should be arriving within the next 7 days.  That baby is always filled out and returned ASAP.  

Yesterday, after lunch, I picked up some things at my local Giant supermarket and then filled up my gas tank.  Giant lets you earn bonus points on your purchases which can be deducted from the cost per gallon.  Yesterday, had I not been able to use those points, it would have cost me $55 to fill up my tank.  Because I don't drive a lot, that fill-up will last me at least 2 weeks.  There are people who don't shop at Giant, who don't get discount points, and who drive much more than I do; their gas expense must be downright exorbitant. 

I understand the Orange Anus read some sort of Bible verse in which the thought he was talking about himself.

Rumors are swirling that he's going to pardon Ghislaine Maxwell.  Isn't this what all pedophiles do?

Finally, his approval rating is down to 33%.  That's the Republican cultists plus about 5% of voters who are wacked out in the brain.   Don't worry, it will keep going down.  Nothing can save him now.  The question is will he get down to 25%?  George W. Bush was that low.  I think that's a doable target.

 

Virginia

So, Central Pa is heading into a warming trend, at least for the next few days.  When we cool off, and we will cool off, temps are not going to be as cool, with overnight lows down in the mid 40s (F).  As I look at the long range forecast though, it seems as though this year is going to be a repeat of the past few years in that the April showers that bring may flowers are going to be arriving in May... again.  It doesn't really matter when we get the spring rains, as long as we get them.  

And yesterday wasn't a bad day.  Much was done.  Dusting and cleaning up the Howie hair can take quite a bit of time.  He does shed a lot.  Sometimes, when you rub his back, his hair seems to just fountain off.  None of my boxes ever shed like this.  Howie's shedding is pervasive.  

Anyway, that was my yesterday.  Clean.  Do laundry.  Dinner was leftovers, so there was no cooking.

I did, however, take a bike ride that suffered from a computer glitch, and a rather weird one at that.  There's a ride in Corsica that I like.  It's stage 4 of a 6 stage ride that is, with all 6 stages, over 120 miles long.  Stage 4 is a moderate ride having some difficult, smaller hills.  Twelve minutes into stage 4, the small GPS window in the top right  corner of the screen accelerated into this super fast mode while the main screen flashed on and off.  This was the glitch.  When the flashing and the acceleration stopped, my ride had been changed.  I was now at the beginning of stage 2, a difficult ride, facing a 4 mile hill with an average grade of 6%.  Being a trooper, I continued to ride up that hill for another 28 minutes.  This is that hill.

And if you go to an open door or window and cup your hand around you ear and listen, you can hear the hypocritical screams of raging MAGA cultists.  While they had no problem gerrymandering Texas, and Missouri, and Ohio in an attempt to maintain their grip on power, they're having a horrible time accepting Virginia's decision to let the voters decide on whether to redistrict or not.  The voters said, "yeah, let's put the screws to that Orange shithole in the White House."  Texas, Missouri, and Ohio were gerrymanders by authoritarians, Virginia was done the democratic way.  Statistically speaking, had Orangie and his asswipes would have had a better advantage if they'd not decided to gerrymander.  Now they've shit in their pants, or, as in his case, shit in his diaper.

And Orangie extended the ceasefire with Iran yesterday because it was TACO Tuesday.  However, the Strait of Hormuz is still closed.  Iran is going to put the screws to us.  Where as Orangie failed at regime change, the Iranians are going to be successful.  Many polls have Orangie's approval rating at either 32% or 33%.  Main Stream Media may have it around 35%.  That's their attempt to put a psitive spin on it  Americans hate him.  That hatred is only going to grow as prices continue to climb.  In the end, the GOP is going to face the terrible truth at all their gerrymandering was a waste of time.