There's no fixing stupid

 Can we say hello to a cool, crisp morning sun?  The outside temp is 34 (F).  I could see my breath this morning when I took Howie out for his morning "potty outsides."  Our high temps today are going to be in the upper 50s (F), and that's nice.  The warmer the days, the less money I have to pay to UGI (the gas company).  Less $$$ is good.

I bought the new puppy a harness so I could strap him in whenever he was riding with me in the car, whether to his vet, or to Adams-Ricci.  Well, it arrived yesterday and, as I should have expected, it was too small.  I followed the directions on the website to ensure I had the right size and... well, Hell, there was simply no way he was going to fit into it, so I'm returning it.  I'm not ordering the next size up, either.  Because he's still growing, I knew it wasn't going to fit him forever, but I really did want it to fit him for at least a few months.

A Real Pain is the story about to middle-aged cousins who travel to Poland to see their Grandma's house after she's died.  The trailer presents the story as a comedy with drama.  The movie's been getting very good reviews.  I liked it a lot, though it's much more of a drama with comedy.  Kieran Culkin is outstanding as a bi-polar man who is...you guessed it, A Real Pain.  How good is he?  Oscar caliber.

And I did work yesterday, and, as we've all heard that saying before "there's no fixing stupid," well, I got to experience stupid as it sat at the flooring desk.  There was this older couple who were pricing out vinyl plank flooring, and he asked if it was made in China.  I was honest.  Our planks are assembled in the United States, but all the products needed to assemble them come from China.  He turned to his wife and reminded her about the upcoming tariffs and her comment to him was, "well, prices are going to go up, but they'll come down, Trump's good at that."  Of course, I sat there silently.  Inside, I was laughing.  These are the people who voted for Trump because of, what people are saying, "the price of eggs."  They actually believe he has enough beneficence to force corporations to drop prices.  The truth may actually break their bank account.  The truth will break their bank accounts and I will not be sorry for their suffering.