What's in a Noem... I mean Name

 So, it appears that the weekend is going to start off with springtime temperatures with daily highs only reaching up into the mid 80s (F).  That will change as we move into the week, but even then our high temps are only predicted to be in very low 90s (F).  The chance of rain is minimal at best.  If our highs were higher, I'd say this was a normal August, but they're not.  This is good for my electric bill just like last year's cold winter was bad for my gas bill.

Yesterday was mostly unproductive.  I did some chores, only one load of laundry.  I feel I should have done more.  However over 1000 new words were added to the new book, so writing wise, yesterday was good.  I finished the chapter "If you hum a few bars," and moved into the next chapter "reel to reel."  Remember, this is a musical mystery, and I can tell you there will be an "intermezzo time" next up on the writing agenda.  I am trying to keep a good balance going between two stories, one of Eli's mother, who died when he was five, and, of course, the murder mystery.  The idea of having a musical code which needs to be deciphered has been replaced with something more... interesting.

I am scheduled to work today.  

I also tried to find the clip from South Park where Kristi Noem's face falls off, sadly, the only clip I could find was her recruitment video, the one where she shoots the puppies, so consider that a cautionary warning.

My sister called yesterday to ask if I'd seen that the new guy in charge of the IRS is now the old guy, Billy Long, after 2 months.  I hadn't.  Scottie Bessent is now in charge of the IRS.  Billy, who was approved by the Senate, now has to be approved to be the Ambassador to Iceland.  That sounds like a demotion to me.  Perhaps Billy's bribe to the Orange Anus just wasn't big enough for the job he got.  There's also the possibility that Billy just wasn't corrupt enough to suit Orangie... nah, it probably has to do with the fact that he goes by Billy.  Let's be honest.  Billy is not a brass knuckle kind of name.  Nope, it's more of a stealing one of grannies checks and forging her signature kind of name.  Not that Scottie's a much better name, but Scottie's a super billionaire and in Orangie's book, that puts him near the top of the "Billionaires I want to be friends with" list.