The Amateur

 Today's temps are predicted to climb into the mid 80s (F).  As might be expected, I have to work, though not until this afternoon, so some yardwork should be accomplished this morning.  After today, a cooldown is expected, though for this time of the year that means day time highs in the mid 70s (F).  I can live with that.

And yesterday, even though the weather was wonderful, ended up being a rather meh day.  I did do a little yardwork, but just a little.  I did learn a valuable lesson, though.  On Tuesday I had planted the bean seedlings that I'd started in peat pots, well Howie likes to run around with those same peat pots in his mouth.  For him to do that, he had to dig them up, so out of 6, only one remains.  If I'd desperately been hoping they would come to harvest in order to eat beans, I'd be upset.  But they really are only beans, and all I need to do sis pop some in the ground sans peat pots.  None of my tomato seeds sprouted, but the green pepper seeds did, so I've got to Howie proof those seedlings when I plant them out.

I went to see The Amateur last evening.  Remi Malek stars as a nerdy computer guy who works for the government whose wife is killed in a terrorist attack.  So, yes, it is a revenge movie, though in a very nerdy way.  People do die, but not in your standardized revenge movie fashion, where the hero pumps them full of bullets.  You see, Remi's really smart and is not really a killer at heart.  Lawrence Fishburne is a killer who, sort of trains Remi.  Both are extremely good in this movie.  I liked it a lot.  It was goo to see a fresh take on a revenge film that doesn't included bloody violence.

And the on again, off again, on again, off again tariffs are, I think, on again... maybe.  Most of the media outlets are reporting that China played the Orange Anus, not that he'll feel humiliated, he'll do what he always does, blame someone else, probably Biden.  Some of his cultists are saying he's playing 4D chess.  Wrong.  He's not even playing checkers.  He is, as some economists are saying, creating an economic catastrophe because he's incompetent.  Is he using negotiating tactics for the 1950s?  That might be too much of a complement.  Orangie's biggest problem is that he played a successful businessman on a reality TV show for 6 years and believes his own bullshit.

You know he's failing when Fox Entertainment tells his cultists his approval rating is the lowest of any president in history, even lower than his first term.  Their only problem is that they said it's at 44%, which, like everything Fox Entertainment says about him is bloated.  Right now his approval rating is between 40 and 41%, an the only direction it can go is down.