When you hit middle age you really only have two choices: you can get fat and lazy until you roll over and die, or you can can get off your ass and do something, like maybe ride a bike.
Bluntness
I've also been told I have little tact, so if this offends you simply ride on.
Right now in Central PA, we have overcast skies and drizzle. The temp is sitting at around 40 (F). Things will warm up... slightly. Tomorrow our temps might make it up to the low 50s (F). Keep in mind we're still 8 days from the start of Spring. Our temps are normal for this time of year. But don't worry, only 100 days until summer.
Yesterday was sort of a meh day and yet not. There was that dental appointment in the morning. A cleaning appointment has been set up as well as an appointment to have that right back molar extracted. On the extraction, they asked if I wanted to be anesthetized. I'm not a big fan of anesthesia. I have had it done three times, for the tonsils, the hernias, and the colonoscopy; that is more than enough to realize I don't like it. So, I suppose they're going to end up numbing the hell out of my gums.
I did get a decent little workout in. Then in the afternoon I had lunch with friends. After lunch I didn't really want to do much of anything. For dinner, I finished off the fries I'd bought for lunch. And then I watched a movie on Netflix. War Machine. It was filled with testosterone entertainment, and Alan Ritchson. There's a lot of action and a giant, killing war machine. Oh, and did I mention Alan Ritchson?
And does anyone have any idea what the price of Brent crude is today? I'd heard it was over $100 a barrel. I'm guessing that isn't making Wall Street too happy. So much for you 401ks. And the idiot in the White House? He's doing what he's always done, or at last trying to, and that is move on to something else. He will never, ever take responsibility for any of his actions. Everything he does is calculated to make him look stronger, more powerful, and better. He has absolutely no consideration for anyone else in the world.
And what about Keg Breath Hegseth banning photographers because their pictures make him look bad. Actually the word by so many sources is unflattering. Damn, we have a Secretary of Defense who's more concerned with how he looks on camera than doing his job. Heggy is truly a terrible human being. A religious fanatic, he will put so many others in harm's way while never letting himself be put in danger. He's a coward who hides behind alcohol and phony faith.
What is so amazing to me is that the Republican party is so out of touch with America, that they simply refuse to even try to understand how a majority of the population is turning against them. But, I suppose this is always the case with wannabe authoritarians.
Well, our outside temp is in the mid 50s (F) and it will warm up today. Sometime this afternoon we should reach the mid 70s (F), then, however, the storms are going to roll into the area. Overnight the temps will drop back into what is considered more seasonal, with afternoon highs being in the low to mid 50s (F). This is fine.
The new phone arrived yesterday. Howie embarrassed me by jumping up on the UPS delivery man. I apologized. Howie's okay with most people, the he's always excited when the UPS man comes a knocking at the front door. Yesterday was no different.
As for the new phone. I thought I'd get it up and running in about 45 minutes. Well, it took that long to transfer the data. All the apps were there, however none of the apps recognized the phone. This meant signing into every single one of them. Some needed to uninstalled and then reinstalled before I could sign in because they were attached to the old phone's IP address. Over all, it took me most of the afternoon. I was scheduled to do a cardio and that got canceled. I texted my trainer and his comment was that getting a new phone was as bad as having to change a credit card. I haven't had to do the later, but I'll take his word on it.
This morning I went to the dentist. I have a molar that cracked. There's no help of saving it. I can remember a time when, if you needed to have a tooth pulled, that would happen in the office. Now I have to go to an oral surgeon. He said I could replace it with an implant for around $4500. I said no. At my age I can think of much better things to do with my money than to pay for a molar implant. He then said I use that tooth for only about 2% of my chewing anyway. Why does everything have to be about greed?
And evidently Israel's Iron Dome is good when all it has to deal with are the small rockets shot at the country from a fairly close range. Those missiles Iran is shooting at them? A different story. They are getting through. Some of them have cluster bombs attached. Even Fox Entertainment is reporting this. Of course, Israelis are beginning to ask "where's Bibi?" For those who don't know, 12 days ago he took a long flight out of Israel. Some thing he might be in Florida. Believe me, this spineless man is as far away from the war as he can possibly get.
Americas casualties are worse than Kegsbreath and his Department of Defense want to admit. As of yesterday, the number of injured was somewhere around 150. Even Karoline Leavitt admitted this. But then she also said that the Orange Anus took us into this war on a hunch. Just let those word swirl around in your brain for a bit. Remember the saying Everything Trump touches dies? Well, those things he touches are all hunches. Oh, dear me. I think we as a country should be very concerned.
