Pummeled

 Our outside temp is 49 (F).  That's chilly.  Our afternoon temp is supposed to climb up into the high 70s (F), possibly hitting the low 80s (F).  I work today, so the outside temps, whether its sunny or not, don't phase me.  I work half a day tomorrow, and then I'm off for 2 days.  On those days, the temps are supposed to be comfortable and our skies will be partially cloudy.  This is good.  There is yardwork that needs to be done.

Yesterday was a meh sort of day.  I didn't really do anything in the morning, other than loll around the house waiting to go to work.  Retail in the flooring department?  It was so slow.  Our garden department is still busy, most likely because the weather is nice.  I think a lot of people might be planting small gardens this year because food prices keep going up.  

There was a time when we could change and add products to installs before they were sold.  Then corporate decided a measurement services team could handle the job better, and hired a large number of people to work from their homes doing exactly what we were doing.  Well, they've decided that idea wasn't working, or that they weren't getting a big enough bang for their payroll expense, so they've shifted that process back to the specialists.  To do this, they gave us new software.  For training, they gave us a printout. So, what we're now doing is wingin' it.  And all of those people who they hired to work from home?  Most of them seem to have been let go.

Howie brought in a bunch of sticks this morning.

Yesterday the wacko in the White House was shit posting from Hell, at least it seemed like that.  This should come as no surprise since he's being forced to take his name off of the Kennedy Center.  Orange is red with rage.  This is a good thing.  His ego deserves to be beaten to a pulp.  And to add insult to injury, everyone one of the performers, except Vanilla Ice, who were going to be part of his Freedom 250 propaganda event have pulled out.  Many are saying that they didn't realize it was going to be political, but let's be honest.  But let's be honest, everything Orangie does is politicized to praise the living Hell out of him.  Rejection is beginning to pummel him from all sides.  This is a very good thing.  We like to see bullies getting pummeled.  

 

I am a Rare Bird

So, it's Saturday.  Temps dropped a bit overnight.  Today's high will only be in the high 60s (F).  We do have sunshine, though, and there is more than a bit of a breeze blowing.  While temps will warm up this coming week, the high temps will barely be scratching the low 80s (F).  These temps are fine.  They could stay this way all summer.

Yesterday was fairly productive.  I spent some time summerizing the house, i.e. I washed and store blankets.  They will sit out the summer store in a tote until the Autumn weather arrives.  I did some house cleaning, as well.  And in the afternoon got in a 9 mile ride in Corsica, which is becoming one of my favorite rides.

I found out this morning that I'm a rare bird, so to speak.  I am one of 2.7 million service members (US Navy here) to serve in the Vietnam War Zone.  Of that 2.7 million, there are between 610,000 and 850,000 of us who are still alive.  And every day there are less of us.  But then this is how life is.  Time never stops.

Today, when I go into work, I'm going to have a talk with management.  On Thursday, one the specialists said he was going to lunch and was seen driving his car out of the parking lot.  When I took my break 2.5 hours later, he was trying to punch in at the time clock.  We are required to take a full half hour lunch break.  If we try to punch in early, the time clock buzzes and tells us how many minutes we need to wait before punching back in.  He got the buzz when he tried to punch back in, and the message he needed to wait one more minute.  This means that he left the property 2.5 hours earlier, came back, and then punched out for his lunch.  Why are people so damn stupid?

As a palate cleanser, here's a pic of Howie.   See how he smiles.

And I guess the only artist who's still performing at Orangie's Freedom 250 concert is Vanilla Ice.  He posted some sort of rigmarole saying it was an honor.  This should not come as a surprise since he has already performed several times at Mar a Lago.  He also plagiarized the bassline in Under Pressure, a case that was settled out of court in which his record company was forced to pay Queen and David Bowie $4 million.  Being that his bona fides include crook and thief, I'm sure he will feel right at home  performing to cultists.

And yesterday was not a good day for Orangie.  He has to take his name off of the Kennedy Center.  A hold was put on his $1.8 billion slush fund.  And his $10 billion suit against the IRS was reopened because it has the stench of corruption.  Oh, and the White House released the report of his physical and everybody laughed.  The bruising on his hands is still being caused by his frequent shaking of hands.  He's still 6 feet, 3 inches tall, and still weighs in at 230 lbs.  This should surprise no one since he has always been bad with numbers.