Sven

 Here it is, Monday morning and we have snow.  So far about an inch and a half has fallen.  How much will we get?  That's anybody's guess.  The range is 2 to 4...or 6... or 8 inches.  The forecasters also say that the snow will continue until mid-afternoon.  If this happens, my guess is that we're going to end up with around 5 inches.  That's fine.

I am going to use a personal day, rather than drive the 12 miles to work.  I bought a Subaru because they last a long time, not because they're great in snow.  Were I a bit younger I would make that trek, however, I am old enough and wise enough to know that my reaction time has slowed down.  I also know that the tread on my tires is not what it used to be; they need to be replace for my car to pass inspection next fall.  At my age, I do not want to go slip-sliding across the Interstate.

And I did work yesterday.  It was slow.  Not only was it Sunday, but there was a football game on TV.  Today, most of the customers will be shopping for snow shovels and salt for their sidewalks and driveways.  There will be a few who will come in and buy a snowblower.  Notice I said snowblower.  There are those few out there who believe using the word blower is somewhat offensive, they prefer you call those machines that blow snow out of your way throwers.  That's right, they want you to say snow throwers.  These are the same people who are so easily offended when I say I have a weed wacker instead of calling it a string trimmer. 

I turned on my sound bar last evening when I got home from work.  Even at the low volume of 10 it had a nice deep hum.

Meet Sven.  He is Howie's most favoritist of all toys (for the next few days at least.)

And the Moral Degenerate is being certified today.  This shit show begins.

There was an update on his tariffs.  He is not going to issue a blanket tariff on every product, now it's only going to be on priority products, those essentials needed by Americans.  Remember, Musk and he do not care if Americans suffer.  In fact, the only thing they ever wanted from Americans was their vote and now that the Orange Anus is president, they no longer need that.  I also expect this alliance from Hell wiill go heavy on the H-1B visas.  They will push the greed index to the highest point it has ever been.  Because of this, they will try and force every corporation that uses techies to bring in immigrants at lower wages.  The layoffs will probably begin slowly, since Wall Street would hate for the unemployment rate to explode.  I would not be surprised if they begin with the senior workers, those who have both years and those with a long-tenure; they are the most expensive.  This will lead to unrest as those conservative voters in that group enter the Find Out stage.