Tomatoes!

Well, our temp is in the mid 60s and we have sunshine.  It's supposed to be a very nice day outside.  Isn't it a shame that I have to go to work?  According to the long range forecast, we're going to be stuck in this weather pattern for the next 3 weeks (at least).  This would be decent summer weather.  These middle of the road temps make things delightful.

Yesterday was a good one.  Many chores were completed, including a mowing of the lawn.  I prepped the wheelbarrow/planter for painting.  The garden was fertilized.  That's a first for me this year, using fertilizer.  Since everything is in containers, I decided that might not be a bad idea.  It has made quite a difference.  Last year the cucumber plant was scraggly, this year it's taking over the backyard.  

The only fly in the ointment was my neighbors.  Around 0130 they decided to play their stereo.  At first it was loud, then their addled brains realized that the volume might be a problem, and they turned it down a tad.  An hour later, they turned off the stereo.  I wouldn't be surprised if that side of the house was haunted, as my old neighbor Mike would occasionally get drunk and play his guitar very loudly for about 20 minutes in the middle of the night.  Oddly enough, the new neighbor's name is Mike, too, so he might be Mike 2.

As I said, my container garden is doing well.  Here's a pic of some of my Italian tomatoes.

In case you missed it, the Orange Anus revealed his Qatari gift plane yesterday, refurbished by hundreds of millions of tax payer dollars, I might add.  This was a personal gift to him from the Qataris, which means he's planning on taking it with him when he leaves the White House.  This got me to thinking about what happens if he not only gets impeached for a 3rd time, but there are enough votes to remove him from office?  Can the government put a lien on his assets as a way of compensating the country for all of the money he's stolen, like the tax payer dollars he's used to fix up this jet?  I don't know.  If we can, how about the government also slapping a lien on Donnie Jr's drone business, the one that borrowed $620 million from the DOJ?  And wouldn't it be great if once the Assholes are out of the picture the government started canceling all of those Starlink contracts?  Maybe we should follow Brazil's lead.

The Art of the Surrender

Okay, so our outside temp is purportedly 67 (F).  I haven't been outside yet, so I'll take that with a grain of salt.  We had some showers yesterday, and then a lot of wind.  For the foreseeable future, our daily highs are supposed to be in the low to mid 80s (F).  This is fine.  It keeps me from spending too much money on the A/C.

So, yesterday's workout was short and I'm blaming Howie.  When I was changing up the weight machine, he walked into the room and asked, "hey, wanna take a 5 minutes nap?"  And since I'm always up for a nap, I agreed.  Well, 5 minutes turned into an hour and 15 minutes.  That meant the workout had to be done in quick time in order for me to leave for work on time.  At least I was well rested when I pulled into the parking lot.

And work was meh.  I did have a $3000 sale go through.  And... as I should have expected, the customers who I sold that tile flooring installation to showed up with questions.  They only want to talk to me... shit.  Anyway, I had to explain that the glaze on their matte finished porcelain tile was not going to make the floor slippery.  There's also an issue with their sink and their toilet.  They want to replace their old toilet with the new toilet, that's not going to be a problem.  The bathroom sink is another issue.  Putting the tile floor under their vanity will raise the level of the sink, so a plumber will need correct the length of the drain.  It's an easy fix, but they will still have to pay for the plumber, our installers don't do that.

I understand that the Orange Anus is coming out with a new book.

I suppose someone finally got through to his dementiated brain as to what he really did when he signed that document in Versailles, because the "peace talks" between the US and Iran in Switerland have suddenly been canceled.  Of course, reality may not have set in and the talks might have been canceled because Israel is still bombing Lebanon, and ending the bombing is a provision.  That's right, Orangie signed a surrender agreement without getting the Israelis approval.  Let's be fair, no one should be surprised by this, as a demi-god he should be able to do whatever he wants. 

In fact, I understand he's been walking around telling people he's the most powerful man who's ever lived, comparing himself to Mao, and Stalin, and Hitler.  Well, this is how insanity works.

And finally, did  everybody get a chance to the pictures of Moscow burning yesterday?  I'm thinking that very shortly Orangie's blow bro Vlad is going to be staring straight into the eyes of a revolution.  Good for him!