Valentine's Day

Today's high is predicted to be in the mid to upper 40s (F).  This is a good thing.  Our snow cover needs to begin melting away so I can clean up the yard.  Forecasts are saying daily highs in the upper 30s (F) to upper 40s (F) are supposed to be the norm for the next 2 weeks.  That doesn't mean another arctic bomb, or whatever they want to call it can't come swooping down from the far north.  If that does happen, the one thing you can count on is that it will be short lived.

Yesterday turned out to be this week's meh day.  I blame it on the neighbors who's fight woke me up in the morning.  After the ruckus was over, I should have gone back to bed, but didn't, and so I was draggy tired the rest of the day.  They, themselves, took a hiatus from scrapping for about 6 hours, however, they started up again mid-afternoon.  The loud spats lasted until around 6 PM, then quiet seemed to be restored.

This doesn't mean that things weren't done, though more things went undone than I would have liked.

I bought a copy of Beginner's Norwegian from Teach Yourself that comes with free audio, so I'm using that as well as Duolingo.  Yesterday, I only did the Duolingo.  Mostly because when the neighbor's fight, I try to hear what they're saying, not so much to be nosey, but to listen for any threats of physical violence.  That's a terrible thing to say, if that happens I'll call the police.

And today's Valentine's Day.  I also work.  This means they'll most likely have lots of candy out for the associates to consume.  Having a granger type personality, I will grange.  This is not Howie, but I can tell you he did get a valentine's bone this morning.

Orangie gave a low energy, campaign style speech at Fort Bragg yesterday.  Both his racism and dementia were visible when he said that the Abrams tank had been named for Stacey Abrams, the Georgia State Representative.  He waited for a laugh after that one and got silence.  He also told those troops present that they needed to vote for him because Democrats are liars, and cheaters, and... well, you should know his hatred routine by now.  His approval rating is at an all time low, 36%.  Don't worry, it's going to continue to drop.

Thomas Massie, the Republican pushing for the full release of the Epstein files posted a Thread saying that he's not suicidal.  He's also said that he has a copy of the full Epstein files.  I posted about that.  I'm sure he's already made several copies.  I'm wondering if today might not be a good Valentine's Day for the Republican party, because I'm not doubting that if something were to happen to Massie, all those files would suddenly be released.

Republicans Were the Party of Family Values

Baby, it's cold outside, though warmer than it was a week and a half ago, in fact, our current low of 26 (F) would have been considered super warm.  If the forecast holds, we will hit the mid 30s (F) today, and tomorrow the mid to upper 40s (F).  This coming Tuesday we should be cruising through the low 50s (F).  This is a good thing.  The snow and ice need to melt so I can clean up the yard.

Yesterday was fairly good.  I got a really nice ride in yesterday afternoon.  New Zealand.  I only rode for 7.5 miles, but the ride was filled with steep hills and low valleys, and when I say steep, I'm talking about a 10% grade.  According to Garmin, the ride is considered Extreme, and I'll admit to not doing the most difficult section, but the hills are good for the legs.

Now that I've watched this season's Fallout, I'm going to be canceling my Prime.  Maybe I'll sign up for HBO Max and watched Heated Rivalry.  Maybe not.  I'm slightly intrigued by the show, but suspect it's really has a not too compelling story wrapped around a lot of soft-core porn.

My neighbors were so quiet yesterday, the silence was almost surreal.  And then this morning a little after 4 AM they had a loud fight.  He's a mail sorter.  My cousin's husband worked for the US Postal service for a number of years once he retired for the Navy.  He told me every one starts off a a mail sorter, but that most people try and move out of that position as fast as possible to get better pay.  My neighbor never chose to move out of that position, so I guess that says something about him.

And the Washington Post has been using AI to research and probably write articles about Americans.  Even though I canceled my subscription, I usually scan the headlines.  This morning there was an article with a graphic about where the lazy people in America live.  It should come as no surprise that they live in Republican states.

Of course, yesterday the Orange Anus reversed the regulatory part of the clean air act. The Guardian said he did it to satisfy billionaire polluters.  I agree with The Guardian.  His plan is, no doubt, to make the richest people even richer.  Of course, he could have also done that to distract from the fact that Dr. Oz is also in the Epstein files.  Remember when Republicans used to call themselves the Party of Family Values?  For those of you who don't remember, that was their kick-off slogan when they started their culture wars.  Now it seems as if you can't get a job with Orangie's administration unless you got at least one visit in to Epstein's island.  Now Orangie is whining about the fact that no one is moving on from the files.  He doesn't like the fact that no one is listening to him.  Was he working with his best friend Jeffrey to traffic little girls and boys?  Every day the answer to that question becomes more and more likely yes.  The Epstein files are breaking apart the GOP.  If I were more religious, I'd say this is a sign from God that Judgement for the party of Family Values is eminent.