Stay Tuned

 Good morning world!  Here in Central PA we've got thick clouds overhead.  The humidity is even thicker.  Rain is on the way.  Our daily high will only be in the mid 70s (F)  One good thing about this weather is that I'll not have to water my raised garden.

Speaking of the garden, I've got lots of tomatoes on the vine and even tiny cucumber or two.  So far there are no peppers.  I will be disappointed if I don't get at least one Poblano.  The eggplant has lots of leaves, but so for no blooms.

My movie buddy Patty used to be a dental assistant, so she and I spent a lot of time texting after yesterday's dental fiasco.  It turns out that the dental work they billed me for is the work that's supposed to be done in November.  I paid for work the invoice lists as being done on quadrants 3 and 30 and those are on the left side of my mouth.  There was a serious communication breakdown.  Because this was their mistake my visit in November will be free.  If they try and charge me, I'm going to have to raise my voice.

Otherwise yesterday was fine.  I was in Bavaria for a nice, if hilly bike ride.  Then I putzed around for a bit before playing Balder's Gate 3.

Since the next book is taking place near the town of Ballymoney, County Antrim, in Northern Ireland, I thought it fitting that I should be listening to Irish folk music.  Right now, this is playing.  And no, there are no Irish dancers in the book... yet.  Maybe when they get to the Iris pub.

Of course, the American State Fair is off to a rocky start.  Honestly, who in their right mind would even think that anything done by the Orange Anus would be a success.  Ten states are not involved, and those that did send something?  Let's see... Alaska sent an area rug.  Illinois sent a small display about corn.  Basically they have a Ferris wheel, boring booths, and no funnel cakes.... Wait!  They're having a state fair with out funnel cakes?  Looking at the pictures reinforces the fact that everything Orangie touches dies.

And it appears that Orangie's blow bro Vlad is having a rough day in Russia.  His military is not happy with him because he took a large part of their air defense away from them so it could be used to protect those military targets the Ukraine keeps blowing up.  Their running low on gas thanks to Ukrainian drones.  Skyrocketing inflation is pissing off the people. And Vlad?  Any change in his plans would mean his calculations were wrong, that he made a horrible mistake. Will there be a coup?  Lots of whispers are swirling.  If there is, will Russia go through a civil war?  Stay tuned.

Simple Genetics

Oh, my, a late morning post courtesy of a dental appointment.  

Right now we  have 70 (F) outside and we have drizzles on and off since I rolled out of be this morning.  Temps are supposed to climb into the low 80s (F).  If the forecast for tomorrow is correct, we will be having rain on and off for most the the day.

Yesterday turned out to be sort of meh day.  I postponed my workout until Saturday because I just didn't feel like doing it.  What truly made it a meh day was my going in to work and discovering that I wasn't scheduled.  Even though I'm part-time, my schedule is fixed... until it isn't.  Because my work days never change, I never look at my schedule.  This week I should have looked at it.  In fact, my next 3 Thursdays are off.  I was told I could stay if I wanted.  🤣😂🤣 So I came home and started working on the next book.

And the dental visit this morning?  What was intended to be a routine cleaning has turned into a fiasco for the dentist.  As I sat down in the dental chair, the assistant told me that my cleaning was scheduled to broken up into 2 visits because it was a "deep scaling," and that we were going to do the right side today.  After cleaning the right my teeth on the right side, the assistant checked to see when I'd be coming in to get the left side cleaned and discovered I was only scheduled for one appointment.  Can you see where this is heading?  Of course, the receptionist affirmed that my dentist had wanted both sides of my mouth cleaned at the same time.  What makes this fiasco even worse is that they cannot schedule me in to clean the left side until November 13.  That's almost 5 months away.  The receptionist is going to talk to the dentist on Monday.  Here's what my teeth looked like before the cleaning.

Of course, yesterday the white conservatives on the Supreme Court once again highlighted their racism.  They really do hate Haitians and Syrians.  Actually, the truth is that they hate everyone who isn't white.  White conservatives have this delusion that they're special.  The white Christian Nationalists believe they are the chosen race.  They totally ignore the fact that white people are a serious minority in the world.  I find it fascinating that these people, who are supposedly Christian, and who believe that God created man, don't understand that if their beliefs are true then God made brown skin the dominant skin color.  I'm not talking heavy duty genetics.  In fact, it is all rather simple.  If a white person and a brown or black person have a baby together, that baby's going to be either brown or black.  White Christians have always had a problem with science in that it gives them answers they don't know how to deal with.