Pissing off Americans

Today our high is only supposed to climb into the mid 40s (F), however tomorrow, and for Wednesday and Thursday as well, we will be enjoying the balmy 50s (F).  The snow and ice are disappearing in my yard.  You can see the delight in Howie's eyes as he can now find his beloved sticks.  It's also nice to know that overnight, our temps did not drop below the freezing mark.

Yesterday I worked.  In the flooring department, slow was an understatement.  I did sell some unfinished hardwood to a customer.  But that was really all the activity we saw.  Foot traffic through the store was down.  This is normal in February, and even though the temps are gong to be warming up, in the middled of the second month of the year, no one rational person decides to have flooring installed.

I went into the store scheduling system this morning to request a Sunday off so I could drive down to York for lunch with my friend Betsy.  To my surprise, there were only four reasons I could request off:  Jury Duty, LOA, Military, and Bereavement.  The standard "request off," or "personal day," was not listed, so I chose military.

Cori, the artist who does my book covers, has the preliminary artwork for The Body in 4:4 Time.  I had to explain to her what a time signature was and why there were 3 quarter notes per measure.  It will be interesting to see what she's going to do with the drum beat that's in 16th notes.  Oh, yes, there is a drum beat, kind of like a heart beat.

And this is the Colonial Theater in downtown Lebanon, or I should say this used to be the Colonial Theater.  I saw so many movies there while I was growing up.  When I was 15, I saw Bonnie and Clyde there, by myself, since no one, absolutely no one else wanted to go see it.  Of course, Bonnie and Clyde became a bit hit launching quite a few careers.  In 2000 the city of Lebanon chose to tear down this landmark building rather than invest.  Twenty-five years later, it's an empty lot.  Might the Colonial show up in my next book:  The Body in the Words?

And not only was yesterday Sunday, there was a bit of a lull in the Orange Anus's chaos.  Supposedly he's golfing in Palm Springs.  That doesn't mean that the ugly head of his administration didn't raise its vitriolic head.  Discussion regarding the Epstein files is everywhere.  Cultists are upset because they were told repeatedly that it was the Democrats running the sex trafficking ring and that all their names would be made public.  Now the Republicans who are in charge have decided no more files are going to be released, and even foolish cultists realize what's going on.  Orangie's lies are beginning to fail more and more.  This is a good thing.

They're also a growing movement called NIMBY:  Not In My Back Yard.  This has to do with Organtie's government buying up old warehouses to use as detention centers for immigrants they're round up.  Even Republican senators and congressmen are realizing how bad this looks, so they're saying they don't want these centers in their back yard.  Orangie's group bought two in PA and our governor says they're not going to get the necessary permits.  That doesn't mean that Orangie is going to listen.  If he doesn't like the law, he ignores it.  This, too, is pissing off Americans.

36 Approval Rating

So, our temps went up to 50 (F) yesterday and the snow cover is is retreat.  Over the next few days, our daily highs will be up in the 40s (F) before the once again climb into the low 50s (F).  This is a good thing.  Temps today will be in the mid 40s (F) and there is rain in our forecast. Rain will help to melt the snow, we just don't need a lot of rain while much of the ground is still frozen.

And I did work yesterday.  I got a measure from customers who already have their flooring, they just need it installed.  I only needed to get one measure for this week, so it works for me.  Otherwise my workday was rather boring.  My biggest disappoint was that instead of them having candy for the associates, they pulled out the popcorn machine and made popcorn.  Now, I do like popcorn, but let's be honest here, on Valentine's Day candy would have been better.

The neighbors weren't home when I got home from work, however, when they did get home they once again began curing each other out.  

And how unpopular is Orangie?  Very.

People across the country simply hate him.  Only 9 states are satisfied with his performance.  This is not a good thing for him.  I was texting my brother and told him as simply as possible, that most Americans just want to see accountability.  Orangie has never, ever want to be held accountable.  Every bankruptcy he's had to deal with was always someone else's fault.  It's always the other guy who's to blame.  Orangie never makes a bad decision.  This is why so many of his start-up businesses fail.  During his first term he had people in his administration who acted as guardrails.  This time, Republicans were so gleeful he was elected, they let him do whatever he wanted.  Now his approval rating is a 36 and dropping.  Instead of providing the slimmest sliver of accountability, we were told to be joyous that the Dow was a 50,000.  The people running American are in a delusional world and don't realize that the sky is starting to crash down around their ears.  The fallout will destroy them.