Failing Badly

We're on the slightly humid side this morning and I'm blaming the torrential rains we had last night.  Torrential rains, you ask?  Wowza!  From around 9:30 PM till nearly 11 PM, here in Central PA, mother nature put on a dazzlingly spectacular light show accompanied by window rattling booms and crashes. We've been getting one of these thunderboomers so frequently, I'm beginning to believe this is a part of climate change.

As planned, I got my haircut yesterday.  I usually got Great Clips, a barber/styling salon that was cheap and quick.  You might want to blame it on the Navy, but I truly hate getting my haircut.  That being said, a senior haircut now costs $18.  I consider that rather expensive for 7 minutes of snip, snip, snip... oh, and having to deal with the babbling chit chat from a 50+ year old stylist with purple hair.  I did not need to hear that her boyfriend, who works in Montana and who lost 250 pounds, was coming home and that they were going to play disc golf.  Still, the haircut was decent, so I endured.

Later on this morning I'm going to be renewing my driver's license.  This will entail showing an employee from the Department of Motor vehicles my passport (to get my real ID) and then having my picture taken.  If you've been reading me long enough, you might remember that the last time I had my license renewed there was a woman who kept having her picture taken, over, and over, and over again because she wasn't satisfied with the way she looked.  Can't you just hear the police officer saying, "ma'am, I'm going to ticket you for driving 85 mph in a 35 mph zone, but that is a stunning picture of you."

After 286 days at sea, the USS Abraham Lincoln is now docked at Laem Chabang Port, Pattaya, Thailand.  This is embarrassing. I cannot imagine what this ship is like on the inside.  Hegseth is failing badly.

And in their attempt to stay in power, Republicans in Texas have shut down 30% of the polling stations in Tarrant county.  This is a prime example of utter stupidity.  These fools think that making Democrats drive farther to vote will keep them from the polls.  Their tiny brains also believe that Republican voters are different, and will have no problem driving any distance, no matter how far, to keep the Republican party in power.  If obtuse is a point, these Republicans are making it.  They don't understand that most seniors, those people in their 70s and 80s, those people most likely to vote Republican, will stay home rather than drive for 45 minutes in order to stand in line for 3 hours to vote.  Because the party of selfishness and greed is unable to change, they will punish their most loyal base out of sheer stupidity.  This party deserves to fail... badly.

Mandatory Retirement

The temp outside is a nice, almost toasty 74 (F).  This afternoon we should be hitting the low 90s (F).  Originally, the forecast had them hanging around for a few days.  That's changed.  Tomorrow our high will be in the upper 80s (F) and Thursday it will be a few degrees cooler as more seasonable weather moves back into the picture.

I paused my Trainwell subscription yesterday.  I was going to cancel, but chose to pause it for the time being.  I did take screen shots of the routines and print them off, so I'll still have the structure for the next few weeks.  At some point I'll have to decide if the expense balances out with the daily contact I get through texts and the occasional videos.  

The husband of the woman who returned that tiny bit of carpet was in yesterday to buy padding.  I nodded to him, he didn't nod back, but then he didn't glare at me either.  As I mentioned to Treaders, one of the big reasons we have problems with returns is that our corporate office has an algorithm that predicts if a customer is likely to shop with us again.  Refusing a return drops that likelihood a small %, and every teeny, tiny bit is a step towards failing to make our projected growth.  

Today's going to be fairly busy.  One of the things on the to do list is to get a haircut.  Tomorrow, I'm getting my picture taken for my driver's license and that means looking civilized.

And I have this pretty, white flowery thing growing along the top of my fence.  Last year Howie chewed most of it away.  This year he's left it alone.  I guess it doesn't taste good anymore.

 

I saw where Steve Scalise, a big supporter of the Orange Anus, was talking about the Supreme Court and how the Republicans like the fact that there are  only 9 justices, and that this are lifetime positions.  In fact, Republicans are so enrapture with the way things are set up, he's going to initiate a constitutional amendment to keep the Democrats from changing anything.  There are a bunch of MAGA yokels out there who have no idea how difficult the job is to amend the constitution.  His statements are aimed at those louts.  Also keep in mind that there is also serious concerns among Republicans that should Democrats get enough votes in November, they might just add a judge or two.  This is most likely the reason Alito, who had said he was going to retire, has put off his retirement.  Though, if the Democrats do get in power, they don't need an amendment to the constitution to set a mandatory retirement age for Supreme Court Justices.  Retiring Alito and Thomas would change the makeup of the court until more judges could be approved, and a majority of Democrats in the Senate would keep the Orange Anus from putting in a real loser.