Bad Bunny Rocks

Tuesday has arrived.  The weather outside is a bit Fallish.  For some reason I slept late, until close to 0700, and that is unusual.  Normally I rise and shine around 0600.  This is what happens when you don't use an alarm clock.  And outside our temps are cool, sitting in the low 60s (F).  Forecasters are predicting a high in the low 80s (F).  I don't think that will be happening.  Tomorrow's high is only supposed to be in the low is only supposed to be in the low 70s (F), so I'm wagering that those cooler temps will be arriving sooner rather than later.

I always start doing the weeks laundry on Tuesday, and I'm proud to say that my first load is finishing up the wash cycle and ready to head into the spin cycle.  Because there is zero chance of precipitation, I'll be using my drying rack outside for several of today's loads of wash.  I'm going to take advantage of the fair weather for as long as it lasts.

And I did work yesterday.  A large sale went through in lumbar, probably a vast amount of plywood, somewhere around $38,000 worth, so the store had no problem making plan.  That's good news, though that type of sale is a rarity.  Also you need to keep in mind that one single day's sales do not make the week, and that sluggish sales over the next 6 days will still keep you from making your plan.

During yesterday's workout, I did squats, by far my least favorite exercise.  Having your quads scream in pain when you go up and down the stairs is by far the worst part of leg work.  However, I have to admit that so far today the discomfort is minimal, so something must be going right.

And as expected, white conservatives are losing their proverbial shit over Bad Bunny doing the Super Bowl's Half Time show.  Can you hear me laughing?

Now, I will readily admit to never having listened to his music.  This is because I listen to mostly alternative rock and roll, and we do tend to stick with our genres.  However, I did have to laugh at all of the white conservatives with so many of them shrieking he wasn't American.  How can they define their ignorance in such a blatant way?  Puerto Rico is an American Territory, so Puerto Ricans are born American Citizens.  I suspect that a large part of their problem is that he's outspoken about his dislike for the Orange Anus, and has called Orangie worse things than Anus.  Mostly his songs are in Spanish, though he does include English in some of them.  That's a big part of their problem.  I work with people whose own grasp of the English language is questionable at best, still that does not stop them from fuming angrily at others who have an accent.  The truth is that there are some white people who look for a reason to judge someone else as inferior, and skin color and language are two of their top reasons.

And is the government going to shut down?  Let's hope the Democrats have enough of a spine to force Orangie to crap in his diaper.  Republicans don't understand that with Orangie's approval rating already so low, this will end up being a losing ticket for them.  This, while being a bad thing, is a good thing.

Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm going to go dial up some Bad Bunny on Spotify.

MAGA Attack

Outside, our temperature is 64 (F) and the skies a blazing with morning sunshine.  Yesterday, the temps did climb up into the mid 80s (F) and while that's not unusual for this time of year, I do think all these days of 80 (F) temps are more than a little foreshadowing for the approaching climate change.  I am curious as to how warm we stay this coming winter.  Last February and March were cold, will this year be a repeat, or will we go back to the warmer winters we've been having over the past several years.

Work yesterday was slow.  There was plenty of food since it was the last day of our bonus weekend.  I don't doubt that there will be leftovers waiting in our lunchroom this afternoon when I punch in.  Surprisingly, I didn't graze as much as I usually do, perhaps because I was saving room for desert.  There was ice cream.  I had a vanilla ice cream sundae with fudge brownies and chocolate syrup.  Scrumptious.  I had thought of getting a banana split but then, once I saw how large they were decided against it.

Of course, most of social media was talking about the Maga Attack on the church in Michigan.

For anyone not living in this country, any vehicle driving around with two American flags attached is the definition of Ultra MAGA, a person so deep into Orangie's cult that reality is barely a faded memory.  Last night Orangie spit out some sort of trash about there being "another attack on a Christian church."  That's pure and simple horseshit.  While his tweet might get some to nod their heads in agreement, I can tell you that the super vast majority of MAGA cultists do not seem Mormons as being Christian.  I work with an associate who has ridiculed and mocked Mormons.  This was not an attack on a Christian church, this was a MAGA attack on religion in America, on the diversity of Faith many Americans hold dear.

In fact, the only thing that stopped the MAGA cheering was the announcement that Bad Bunny was going to be the Super Bowl Halftime Show.  Holy Crap!  Not only is Bad Bunny Puerto Rican, and if that wasn't enough to rattle every MAGA heart in America, he also sings in Spanish.  The instant the announcement was made, their attacks began.

Portland Will Outlive Him

We have a dense fog advisory in effect for the next hour or two.  Looking out my window, I have to say the wisps I'm seeing have less to do with density and more to do with mistiness.  This is because we had on and off showers throughout yesterday afternoon, and overnight the temps dropped down into the mid 50s (F).  Supposedly they're going to climb up into the mid 80s (F) this afternoon.  We'll have to wait and see on that.

Yesterday was pretty much a meh day.  No workouts are scheduled for the weekend.  I did get some nice wordage done on the new book.  Oh, and I also had to spend time at the flooring desk.  Things were slow.  I did talk to a few customers, but none of them were in the buying mood.  One of my associates spent about an hour and a half with a wife and husband who are in the planning stages for a new kitchen and bathroom floor.  Believe me, they can be the worst because "planning stages" usually means they're going to waste your time.  This is play acting for adults, comparing different styles of backsplash tiles to different colors of flooring.  Pictures will be taken for future reference.  I mean, what better way to spend a drizzly, rainy afternoon than dreaming of what you might what your kitchen and bath to look like.  Just don't mention the probable $30,000 price tag for all the improvements they're thinking of doing.  That's a real spoiler.

So, while my fellow associate did that, I got in my steps.

And everybody was talking about the warzone Portland had become.

Well, maybe not.  Mostly people are talking about the Orange Anus reaching a decision to send troops to a peaceful, northwest city because he saw a hit piece on Fox Entertainment.  There's also his loss to Jimmy Kimmel, I'm sure that has his blood seething like boiled over ketchup through his veins.  Let's be honest here, Orangie lost in a very public way.  He doesn't take humiliation well, and that is what happened.  He was all "braggadocios" about shutting Kimmel down only to have his loss smeared all over the front page of every Main Stream Media website.  

Some have pointed out his sending troops to Portland might be another attempt to change the topic of conversation away from the Epstein Files, especially since more names were released on Friday.  While that might be a part of his decision making process, I'm thinking Sinclair, and Nextstar, and Tegen going against his will really torched his ire.  Either, Or, this is just him once again farting into the wind as a way of distracting from his multiple failures.  You know it's bad when Karl Rove is on Fox Entertainment telling America that 70% of both Republicans and Democrats think Orangie is taking the country in the wrong direction.

Sinclair Caves Big Time

 Saturday.  Today, if the forecast is correct, might just be last hottest day we have this summer.  The temp is predicted to climb into the mid to upper 80s (F).  You could say we're in a mini-heat wave for the next few days, then Autumn returns with cooler daily highs.  I can deal with that.

Being that we are in the weekend, I'm scheduled to work.  Because today's is supposed to be sunny and warm, I'm not expecting the store to be busy.  Now I know some might be questioning that statement, but you need to realize that the time for curb appeal is out of season.  That happens in the spring, not fall.  And while there will be those who are out looking for Halloween decorations, because the economy appears to be slip, sliding away, their numbers will be lower.

There will be food, though.  This weekend is our bonus weekend.  Our bank accounts are a tad bit fuller because of our miniscule bonus checks.  Though, mine was nice.  I used part of it to buy a new game, Borderlands 4.  It's what's called a looter/shooter.  A first person shooter with lots of fancy weapons, and ammunition tucked away all over the place so you never run out of bullets.  It's entertaining, meaning that it will help fill the gaming time until something more interesting comes out.  And since I'm probably a little better than average playing first person shooters I'm not disappointedly dying every few minutes.   Sometimes I play stealthy, and at others I run in guns-a-blazing.

And Kimmel's back on all stations.  Now tell me, wasn't that fun?  Punching Orangie and his henchman car in the face?  I saw a clip of Just Dancin' Vance and he was not happy.  He was spewing some sort of garbage about affiliates should be allowed to censor that which Orangie doesn't like... well, those weren't his words exactly, but that is the gist of their meaning.  The problem Republicans have always had is they have this seriously flawed belief that if they're in charge they can dictate and America will simply bow their heads and do as they say.  They just learned that belief was terribly wrong.  Will they learn anything from this learning experience?  Absolutely not.  That would mean everything they believe to be true is a lie.  Ouch!

And Elonia is in the Epstein files, so is Petey Thiel, which is a bit odd since Thiel, being gay, is not into little girls, and I don't recall there being any mention of little boys.  In fact, while Orangie and Randy Andy may have been going for the pedophilia, I'm wondering if there might not have been some other shenanigans going on.  We know Petey Thiel owns Just Dancin' Vance, so who's to say this wasn't the beginnings of Project 2025.

Rockin' the Crazy

Our outside temps are in the low 60s (F).  Not bad.  We might hit 80 (F) today, that's fine, too.  Weather forecasters are calling for sun and fun... (I added the fun bit).  We do seem to be in a nice weather pattern for the next few days.  Tuesday things are going to take a turn for the chill, with daily highs only climbing into the low 70s (F).  I can live with that.  We are in Autumn, after all, though I have to tell you the leaves around my house haven't started to change color yet.  In fact, everything is quite green.

Yesterday was interesting.  I had a nice chat with my neighbor from across the street.  She has squirrels in her attic.  Instead of setting a trap up there, she's going through this complicated process of putting some sort of gate in front of the hole the squirrels use as an entrance.  They can exit the attic, but they can't go in.  So, she's got scaffolding set up across the front of her house, and a bright orange rope anchored at the top so she can climb up the steep pitch of her roof.  It's all very complicated and has been in place for several days, but this is how she wants to deal with the situation.

I got a nice 10.71 mile ride in yesterday.  It was a cardio day for Trainwell.  Today is strength day with bands and dumbbells.  Then I have the weekend off, of course I work, so there's that.

And the blonde, conservative bimbette Meg Kelly seems to have decided the witches of Etsy are to blame, or at least partially to blame, for the death of Charlie Kirk.

Personally, I think been rockin' the crazy for quite some time.  At one point she was considered a legitimate journalist, but then she was canceled by NBC after making inflammatory comments about blackface.  That was in 2018 and her settlement was huge.  Always on the right wing fringe, since her termination she has been steadily moving deeper into conspiracy territory, and while she hasn't completely bought into the Mar a Lago face, you can see the direction she's headed simply by looking at her cheeks.

I see Orangie has decided to bail out those farmers his tariffs are crushing.  Yep, he's planning on using the money those tariffs are sending to the US Treasury to help those his idiocy has hurt.  Don't worry, things will get worse.

And there's now an Executive Order raising tariffs on kitchen cabinets.  American cabinet makers are upset because you can walk into any home improvement store and buy a ready made kitchen cabinet for a lot less than a cabinet you'd need to order.  A lot of Do It Yourself people choose this way because a special order cabinet can run from several hundred dollars to several thousand.  

Finally, James Comey has been indicted.   Remember Jimmy?  He was the Attorney General who decided 2 weeks before the election that Department of Justice was going to take a deeper look into Hillary Clinton's emails.  Well it seems Orangie's pissed because Jimmy didn't stop an investigation into Russia's election interference. So, in an odd way, this is Jimmy's Karma.  

Ryan's Hope

We have rain!  And I'm not talking about spritzles, or sprinkles, or heavy drizzles.  We here in Central PA are enjoying the steady soaking rains our parched earth has been clamoring for so loudly.  According to Accuweather this should continue for almost four hours.  This is a good thing.  According to the forecast, we should have a few dry days, and then more rain next week.  Now we need the temps to drop a little, otherwise I'll have to mow my lawn again.

Things were accomplished yesterday, though a few chores on the list were ignored.  They will taken care of rightly this morning.  

I've been painting my bathroom over the past week or so.  The walls are going to be 2 different colors, the top section will be the same color as my laundry room, a pale, very sea-shoreish shade of teal, and the wainscoting will be the light, sand color paint I've used on all of the trim in my house.  I will post pictures when I'm finished.

EMTs were in my neighborhood this morning.  Their ambulance blocked my driveway, and there was also a police car parked across the street.  I wouldn't have known except my neighbor's dog Riley started barking.  They are gone now, so whatever the emergency was has been taken care of.

My trainer and I have been texting back and forth on my adding weight to my squat routine.  I hate squat.  Sore quads are the worst.  Yesterday, know poundage would be added eventually, I have in.  I'm hoping the weight will be low, like around 5 pounds to start.  

And Ryan Walters, the Cracker Jack Crazy Christian, Oklahoma's Superintendent for Education is resigning.

He's the one who was caught watching porn during a meeting, in case you don't remember.  He's also a Christian Nationalist with ambitions.  There's no mention of his porn habits in his resignation though.  Most believe this for the sole purpose of furthering his political career.  It seems Ryan wants to be Governor.  He's another one of those Crazies who doesn't realize that the volume of his base has no direct relation to how popular he is among the general public.  His attempt to put the Trump bible into every class room was not heralded by the masses, in fact, quite the opposite was true.

And even though we all know that polls tend to fair poorly when deeply scrutinized, now and then we must take them into consideration.  Gallup has just come out with a new poll which claims that only 29% of American's voters think the country is going in the right direction.  To give this some perspective, 28% of the country is registered Republican.  That % is probably off, but not by that much.  The latest Quinnipiac poll has Orangie with a 38% approval rating.  Again, all polls need to be taken with a grain of salt, still I do think the way they are trending is also important.  Do not believe Orangie when he tells the world he has the highest polls ever.  He's not only a pedophile, he's a pathological liar.

The Raving Lunatic

 Weather wise, we here in Central PA are supposed to living through a reprise of yesterdays weather, temps in the upper 70s (F), though this time they're guessing that we might actually have rain.  Yesterday we didn't.  And even though they said that yesterday there would be far more clouds than sunshine they were wrong with that as well.  Right now our cloud cover is fairly dense and according to the weather radar there is a large cloud mass moving our way.  Let's hope when it gets here there's still rain associated with it.

And yesterday, for a Tuesday when I usually slough things off, was fairly productive.  Four loads of laundry were washed and dried (inside because of the threat of rain).  I mowed that patch of grass that was tall and weedy.  I also completed a 7.2 mile bike ride which included a 3 mile climb, with an average heart rate of 133 through the entire ride.  Not bad.  And baked a salmon loaf for dinner.

First off, a big correction.  Our local ABC affiliate is not WTPA, that call sign disappeared a long time ago, but is in fact WHTM.  Sadly, it is owned by Nextstar and because of this it did not air Jimmy Kimmel last night.  Approximately 20% of ABC affiliated stations, including stations owned by Nextstar, Tegen, and Sinclair chose to air some sort of other garbage instead.  If your local ABC affiliate is owned by one of these groups, grab a pen and pencil and note down the advertisers during their news hours.  Then call or email these advertisers to complain.  The more complaints they receive, the more pressure they will put on your local affiliate, which needs their money to survive.

And Orangie gave a speech at the United Nations yesterday.  A very long speech during which he said that the countries of European leaders were going to hell, because only Orangie knew what he was doing.  He also talked about the merchandise he was selling, like hats that said  he was right all along.  I honestly expected some of them to leave, none did, though more than one claimed afterwards that he's a raving lunatic.

And he wasn't happen about Kimmel's return.  He again threatened ABC/Disney, claiming they'd already paid him $16 million.  This guy's an idiot.  That $16 million was not a win for him, rather it was a teensy weensy bribe to keep him out of Disney's hair.  A lot of corporations gave Duffer Don these little bribery gifts when he won, and now they're finding out they were a waste of money.  Orangie wants more than money from them.  He wants them to genuflect just before they bow down to him.  Unfortunately, Orangie doesn't understand there is a big difference between the $16 million he was gifted and the $4 billion Disney lost.  Orangie doesn't understand that all corporations will put their greed and self-interest first.  Not one of them will genuflect and bow down.  And as for Sinclair, and Nextstar, and Tegen?  I understand their contracts with Disney will expire in 2026.  Just guess who might lose Monday Night Football?

  

Sinclair: The Extortionist

Again we had a morning in the low 80s (F), and again the forecast is for partially cloudy skies, though the chance of rain has increased to 65%.  Tomorrow, if the forecast is correct, our chances of ran will climb to 95%.  We do need the rain.  However, looking the window right now, we have more sun than we do clouds.  The only issue I have with the weather is that today's one of my laundry days, so instead of hanging clothing out to dry, I'll be using up electricity by using my dryer.

I got an nice upper body workout in yesterday morning.  One of the exercises was a reverse fly done with bands that didn't work.  My legs are short, my arms are long, and, as a result my flying never really got off the ground.  We're going to change that one out.  Otherwise, I will admit to being a bit sore this morning. That's fine.  

The dance bit I was talking about writing was writ yesterday.  I think it's fine.  This is, however, the first draft and as any one of you who writes will tell, first drafts are subject to change.  Everything depends upon the whim of the muse, if you know what I mean.  Just because a scene has been integrated into the story doesn't mean it's integral.

I did work yesterday.  I even made my measure goal, though I'm fairly certain it's not going to sell.  It's an office that used to be a one car garage.  The customer wants to put down vinyl plank flooring, however there are already several layers of vinyl there including sheet vinyl that's been glued down and a layer of VCT (those are the vinyl tiles they used to put in schools).  All that vinyl will need to be removed and that's costly.  

And for those who missed the announcement, Jimmy Kimmel is back.

Unless your ABC affiliate is owned by the Sinclair Group.  They are the crackerjack crazy conservative group who want Kimmel to make a sizeable donation to Turning Point USA, the faux Christian organization founding by Charlie K.  Kimmel is refusing, so Sinclair is refusing to air his shows.  So, if  your local ABC station is owned by Sinclair, watch it for a half hour to see who the local advertisers are, and the complain to the advertisers.  You have to wound Sinclair where it hurst the most, and that's their wallet.  Our local ABC affiliate, WTPA 27, is owned by  Nextstar, one of the groups initially responsible for this conservative fiasco.  The routine is the same for them if they don't air Kimmel.  

And yesterday the Orange Anus blamed Tylenol for autism.  This harkens back to those Covid days when he asked if we could inject bleach into our bodies to kill the virus.  Orangie is dumb as a brick.  I'm sure Tylenol's attorneys are already hard at work prepping their lawsuit.

Sword of Truth

 Today's weather will be a mixture of sun and clouds with our temps climbing into the low 80s (F).  We're on track to have pretty much the same mix of sun and clouds tomorrow, however there will be the added risk that rain will start to fall.  While the forecasters are unsure as to how high that risk will be, I'd recommend that you take an umbrella with you if you go out.  I have one, but mostly it stays at home.  I learned a long time ago that I'm not made of sugar, so I'm not going to melt if I get a little wet.

I worked a full shift yesterday, being that it was Sunday.  In spite of business being slow, I sold 2 measures, which gives me 3 for the week.  As far as measures go, last week I was better than gold.  I failed everything else, no credit cards, no leads, and my sales were in the toilet.  This happens.  Up until yesterday business in the store had been good, but yesterday there were not a lot of customers.  Blame it on football.  This is always a seasonal thing, especially if the Pittsburgh Steelers or Philadelphia Eagles are playing... Philly especially.

The new book is coming along fine.  Technically challenging, creating music without the sound, especially when some of the songs are over 45 years old.  And, as always, I like to tease things.  So, here's a question.  Does one of the regular characters who happens to have an inoperable bullet lodged in his brain and an uncanny ability to dance, dance to this song?  And if this character does, how does one write it down?  Dear me... screaming guitars!

And, for those like me who missed it, the Republican National Committee had a convention yesterday.  Charlie Kirk's memorial service was more memorable for the politics rather than a celebration of Kirk's life.  If you still want to remember everything it shouldn't have been, you can still purchase your Charlie Kirk Memorial Service souvenirs.  Yepper, the grift of selling merch had a definite presence.  Bibles, crosses, pamphlets, brochures, programs.  You know, you won't know the songs if you don't buy a program, or the acts, and there was a lot of political acting and posturing.  An associate at work was watching it on her computer and I, as usual, made a comment she didn't approve of.  In case you were wondering, she is a white Christian who always wears her Pinocchio cross.  She's also a big Joel Osteen fan, and once, when I pointed out his greed, she walked away.  Truth can be a terrible sword.

You'll notice that I didn't bring up the pyrotechnics.  Let's be honest, nothing sets off off the somber tones of a funeral than fire shooting out of the stage...  or wait, maybe that was a preview of Hell.

And just a reminder.  The Rapture happens tomorrow.

Rapture Incoming

 And will are chilly.  Overnight, the temps stayed in the 60s (F) which was fairly nice sleeping weather, but skies are going to remain partly cloudy keeping the warmer temps at bay today.  Rain is in the forecast for later this week, as well as much cooler temps.  We are officially in Autumn now, so I guess those goal posts are gone.  That's fine.  Leaves should begin turning color around here, but they've already started falling without changing, so that may not happen around my house.

I worked yesterday.  And, I got a measure!  Though, honestly, I don't think that will keep management happy.  The measure goal for the department is 14 and as of yesterday we had a total of 4.  In spite of this, the department is hitting it's sales goal, but not with installs; mostly it's Do It Yourself customers saving themselves the expense of having us do the work for them.  That is a sign of how poorly the economy is doing.  If customers can afford it, they'll have us do the work, if they're concerned about expenses, they'll do it themselves.

For those who don't know, Howie's a bit particular about what he eats.  For years I've fed my dogs Beneful.  Well, Howie doesn't like Beneful.  I did try to get him to eat it, but no, he prefers a more expensive Purina Chicken kibble.  And Spam.  And cheese.  I do believe he's spoiled.

And, almost like clockwork, yesterday this story broke.

Let's be honest here, did anyone ever really doubt that Tommy Homan was a crook?  This unscrupulous loser has been an in our faces asshole from the very beginning.  He's cut from the same fabric as Orangie, a lying, duplicitous, pull the wool down over their eyes textile that's so loosely woven $50,000 fell through it.  And there's a video to prove it.  Better than audio, is the video of the money drop into his hands.  And Orangie's Department of Justice buried this bit of bribery.  You expected anything less?  

Another bit from yesterday was Orangie accidentally posted a Direct Message to his Truth Social account that was meant for  Bimbo Bondi.  It was copied by sooooo many people and posted all over the place.  So much so, that even Main Stream Media is reporting it.  With his deteriorating mental capacities, don't be surprised if the frequencies of his public screw ups pickes up speed.

Finally, for those of you concerned.  There are a bunch of Cracker Jack Crazy Christians who believe that The Rapture is going to happen Tuesday.  I am not sorry in the least bit that many of them are going to be disappointed.

It's Being Reported

 Our outside temp was 67 (F) when I got out of bed this morning.  Temps are predicted to climb into the upper 70s (F) today, not that I care much.  Today's Saturday.  I work.  Rain is in the forecast for at least one day this week, but who knows how much we'll get.  So far the rain showers have been piddling. 

I am going to have to get out the lawnmower and trim the grass out front on one of those days.  It's just a small area 3 feet wide and 10 feet long.  The rest of my front yard stopped growing a few weeks back.

And yesterday was sort of a day of accomplishments, and, well sort of not.  I did get a loaf of bread baked, and that's yummy. And I got my workout out in.  There were 2 new exercises done with 40 pound bands which needed to be adjusted.  I did the same exercises with 70 pounds, so I let my trainer know and now we fixed the pound issue.  He also has me doing squats.  I don't like squats.  Still, I'm paying for a trainer so I'm going to do what he suggests.  There was a bit of discomfort after the first routine, however, that seems to have faded so they don't bother me... much.  I looked ahead and he has me doing what I think of as dancing squats, where I take 3 steps to the left, and then 3 steps to the right.  This means I'm going to need find some dancing music.  

My next workout isn't until Monday, so I have the weekend off.

Here's a pic of the bread.  I'm planning on take a thick slice to work today for a snack.  Yum.

And there are a lot of "reports" being posted on line.  So many, in fact, I think we should have a veracity index because, to put it simply, so many people simply make things up.  Some times they do this on purpose, at other times these posters will see or hear something and their brains will pixilate it into an unverifiable assumption they regard as truth.  With that being said:

It's being reported that Jimmy Kimmel's attorneys have had a meeting with Disney's attorneys.  This may be true, but there's a lot of inuendo being posted from his suing Disney, to his turning down a return offer.

It's being reported that the DOJ can find no link between Tyler Robinson and any Far Left Groups.  This might be much higher on the veracity index simply because it's going against the line the administration is pushing.  It's another one of many reasons Orangie wanted Kimmel off the airwaves for pointing out that Robinson was MAGA.

It's being reported that there will be no Bureau of Labor and Statistics jobs report this month because...  it is just that damn bad.  This is most likely very high on the veracity index.  This lack of information implies that the job news is so bad that even a well worded lie would fail.

The Lessons Republicans Fail to Learn

We had nice weather here in Central PA yesterday.  Our temps were supposed to climb up into the mid 80s (F) but that didn't happen.  I think we might have reached 77 (F), which was fine.  Today is supposed to be a repeat of yesterday.  As always, when it comes to the weather, we shall see.  

I'd like to say that yesterday much was accomplished.  Nope.  That didn't happen.  I did get my cardio completed, 7 miles in Sardinia.  I was not impressed by the ride.  There was nothing to look at because, except for two right turns, the route was straight.  There was a hill with a 6.7 % grade.  That was okay.  But, overall, I'll probably neve ride it again.  I also had a bit of a problem with my HRM.  And another first for the ride was the music I listened to:  Hosier.  Meh.  The only good thing was that my riding stats finally started moving over into Trainwell.  Garmin Connect doesn't import automatically, so I have to link through Google's Health Connect, and for some reason, it needs to go through my phone.  I tried syncing the apps on my tablet and it was a no go.

For those who don't know, I prefer rock and roll over the very floofy pop song currently being played today.  It's not that some of the melodies are decent, a few of them are, what's wrong are the vocals.  There is a reason we have a voice box and way too many of the trendy singers simply don't sing.  The modulate every tone and nuance until their songs are as bland as Velveeta cheese, which is fine if you have undiscriminating ears.  For those who've forgotten what a singing voice sounds like, here's Rainbow Kitten Surprise performing live at Red Rocks.

And to be honest, mostly what I wasted my time on yesterday was perusing social media following the Jimmy Kimmel atrocity.  There are actually 2 reasons he was canceled, the first being the deal I mentioned between Nextstar and Tegen (spelled wrong yesterday), and the second being that the Orange Anus has terribly thin skin.  Orangie, the pedophile from Hell, does not suffer comedy well, especially if the joke is about him.  Here's a quote from him yesterday afternoon.

He refuses to understand having comedians poke fun of him goes with the job, unless your Vladimir Putin and you live in Russia.  Orangie is an idiot.  I'm old enough to remember Johnny Carson and believe me, on more than one occasion Johnny made rather glib comments about the sitting president.   Orangie is older than me, so he should remember, too, but for that to happen he'd need to have a brain.

Every time the administration does something like Kimmel, Orangie's approval rating drops.  It does not go back up.  And when his approval rating drops, so does the approval rating for the Republican party.  Because they are a minority party the further they move towards authoritarianism, the less likely they will survive American wrath, and they do not have a good enough understanding of the country to learn that lesson.

 

Cancel Disney

 If you live in Central PA and believe today is going to be cool, you're wrong.  Even though our outside temp is a comfortable 61 (F), weather forecasters are predicting that your thermometers will end up in the mid to upper 80s (F).  Knowing how frequently the weather forecasters have actually under predicted our temps, I'm betting we will probably be hitting the low 90s (F).  We shall have to wait and see.

I got my first workout in yesterday and I was pleased.  The sequence of doing the exercises is dissimilar to what I've done all of my life, and that caught me off guard.  Instead of doing three sets of, say hammer curls, and then three sets of squats, before moving onto the next exercise, you do one set of each.  This sequence is then repeated three times with a 25 second rest between each exercise.  The workout is designed around different segments: strength, core, and then stretching.  You end with a yoga pose.  I found it a really good alternative to what I'm used to doing.  Today I ride bike!

In the afternoon I had lunch with my friends Tami and Ann.  I've known them for decades.  There is a good thing to have friendships that last for many years.  They add stability as we age.  In these disruptive times it's nice to have anchors of regularity we can rely on.   Of course, I ate too much.  But this is fine.  We laughed a lot, and, as some of you might expect, shared our negative opinions of the bloviating shitbag in the White House.

This also happened yesterday.

Last night I did cancel my subscription to Disney.  So what were the Kimmel's comments about Kirk that the FCC found so offensive?  Nothing.  It seems the FCC is tying itself up in knots because Kimmel went so far as to say that MAGA cultists were deliberately going out of the their way to prove Robinson, the suspected shooter, was anything but a Republican.  Wow!  Being honest, that's far from the most inflammatory thing I've heard since Kirk was assassinated.  This makes one wonder if there just might be an ulterior motive.... (Can you hear me laughing?)  Of course there is a completely different reason than the one given.  You see Nextstar, which owns a number of small market TV stations across the country, wants to by Tegen, a company that owns a number of middle market TV stations for $6.2 billion.  For that deal to go through, Nextstar needs FCC approval, and to get the go ahead on that deal, they're canceling Kimmel.  This is basically the same thing that happened to Stephen Colbert, canceling a comedian who's critical of the Orange Anus to get a deal approved by the FCC. Kimmel's getting canceled doesn't have a damned thing to do with Kirk.  In a sad way it's rather appropriate that Kirk, who, after spreading racial hatred for so many years, is now nothing more than a tool.  Now Disney is dealing with canceled subscriptions which, is not good for Nextstar which  means their revenue will fall.

Texting LOL

Good morning world!  Our temps here in Central PA are sitting at 61 (F) and they're not going to get a few degrees warmer.  Skies are supposed to remain cloudy and the occasional showers will be pervasive.  If you're local and this is giving you climate dispair, fear not, tomorrow our temps will be warming back up into the low 80s (F).

I had the first call with my trainer yesterday and things went well.  He seems like a nice guy, very knowledgeable.  He's been doing this for a number of years, so I would expect him to be very personable.  The idea is to keep people engaged enough for them to stay involved for more than just a few months at a time.  He sent me my first weeks workout plan which includes dumbbells, bands, and the kettlebell, and it looks quite do able.  He even has me doing planks.  That will be interesting.

Otherwise, yesterday was just another laundry Tuesday.  

This morning Howie brought the remains of one of my pepper plants into the house.  That's right, he's big enough to pull it out of the bucket which is sitting over a foot off the ground.  I did try and take another selfie with him sitting on my lap.  We're getting better at the posing.  Now, all we have to do is get both of our heads closer together.

And wasn't yesterday a potpourri of smorgasbord bullshit?  Let's see:  Patel testified before Congress, Tyler Robinson's supposed texts were revealed, and reporters began asking the Orange Anus some tough questions he didn't like.

Ah, the idiocy of Kash Patel was on full view.  This man is inept.  He dabbed on lip balm, adjusted his tie, and got into shouting matches because of his incompetency.  At one point he said that Epstein didn't traffic in little girls and there was no list.  He followed this up by telling the Senate that Pam Bondi had used 1000 FBI agents to scrub Orangie's name from over 100,000 pages in the Epstein files.  Where this had been rumored, yesterday we got concrete proof of how much Orangie is included in the files.  Not a good thing for Orangie.

Utah's Attorney General released pages of texts supposedly between Tyler Robinson and his roommate and nobody, and I mean nobody, thinks they're real.  Even Caturd, a vulgar Orangie loyalist with a massive following on Zitter calls them bullshit.  Seriously, I spent a good hour laughing out loud at all of the hilariously negative comments.  Even Grok complains the texts are nothing but poorly written dialogue, possibly by some AI software which hasn't been updated lately.  One of the things pointed out by so many people is that there are no abbreviations.  No IDK, ICYMI, no BRB, no LMAO, or even an LOL.  The texts use full words with correct punctuation, and have been frequently compared to something one of the Bronte sisters wrote.

And ICYMI, several reporters, one of them from ABC News asked Orangie questions he didn't like.  The result were several mini-meltdowns.  What a Joy! 

Reaping the Rewards of Hatred

 So, our weather seems to have edged into a cooling pattern... sort of.  Our outside temps are a mite cooler today, and our high is predicted to climb into the low, low 80s (F).  Tomorrow things are supposed to be more on the chill side, but only for a day.  Thursday we should be heading into another mini-warmup.

Yesterday was slow.  I didn't get any workouts in.  Words were written, but not many, and I did work.  As I expected, my supervisors did give me my monthly mini-review.  I hit none of my goals for last month.  Of course, now I'm also working less hours.  Of course, the big heads in corporate don't see that as a workable excuse.  There is no excuse.  In fact, I hit none of the goals they had me set.  I told her that reaching goals is dependent upon customers, if there isn't any foot traffic in the department, goals are simply not going to be reached.  Her only comment was a thin, sarcastic smile.  She, at 60+ years has ambitions to get into management, so she will tow the company line.  This is something I simply cannot comprehend, trying to climb the corporate ladder so late in life.  Not that there's anything wrong with having the ambition, however the older you get the more you want to reap the rewards of your earlier ambitions.  At 60+ years she should be anticipating her salad days, not a salaried, 50 hour a week schedule.

For those interested, this is what the oregano on the window sill in my kitchen looks like.

Yesterday Just Dancin' Vance was in charge of Charlie Kirk's podcast and, as expected, he made inflammatory remarks.  Even Stevie (I play with dolls) Miller got into the act.  They are going to crack down far left organizations.  These losers need to take advantage of every situation presenting itself to them to spread their anger and hatred.  They believe the rewards they reap from vilifying every one who disagrees with them will be great.  These people are so stupid, but then this has always been the case with far right.  They have never been able to read the room.  Take for example the Turning Point USA podcast.  There are approximately10 millions followers worldwide.  Should I repeat that for you?  Approximately 10 million followers worldwide.  Taylor Swift has more followers.

Even though his comments did make national headlines, Just Dancin was basically only singing to the choir.  Interestingly enough, Nicky (glug glug 9000) Fuentes was on his podcast almost simultaneously telling all of his Groyper followers that Just Dancin was a big, big problem.  That's right, the far right was being attacked by far, far right.  These people simply do not understand that in the scheme of things, that although they might have big fins, they are very small fish.  They will truly reap what they sow.

Splintering

 Well hello World!  Morning temps here in Central PA are a comfy, cool 57 (F).  The forecast is, again, for them to warm up into the 80s (F), though just passing the borderline, keeping them on the low side.  Tomorrow we're heading back into seasonal temps.  The long range forecast has us again popping up into the pesky upper 80s (F) for a day.

I'm wondering how long summer will be stretching its presence out until we do finally hit our first frost.  I don't know why, but for some reason I feel we should be later in the year than we already are, like maybe something happened to the calendar and we're actually a month behind the times.  Perhaps this is because barely a day goes by without breaking news disrupting the smoothness we want for our daily lives.  We prefer stability, and I do think all of us would enjoy going through at least twenty-four hours without some idiot rocking the boat.

I do get to go to work this afternoon.  Will today be another five hour episode of chitchat with fellow associates, casual conversation passing the time between those rare customers who stumble into the flooring aisles?  Probably.  I do know my supervisor will be there and anticipate her giving me my "One on One."  These are mini-monthly reviews that are supposed to assess my continued progress as a sales specialist.  We will go over the goals I failed to reach for the month: measures sold, leads generated, and credit cards applied for.  Corporate seems to think this pressure applied monthly will increase revenue.  Blame needs to be placed somewhere if the store is not making plan.  These One on Ones are just a waste of my time.

If you go to the movies as often as I do, you probably realize that the movie never starts at the showtime listed because the theater has sold 20 - 30 minutes of ad time you need to sit through before the trailers start.  Obviously people have been complaining because this warning now appears on the AMC website.

There was some sort of memorial service for Kirk at the Kennedy Center and Orangie was a no show.  Why would he go somewhere to hear people talk about someone other than himself?  Or, perhaps that was past his bedtime?

I'm sure many conservatives are concerned about the future of Turning Point USA now that Charlie's gone.  He was the charismatic glue holding the organization together, and let's be honest, his wife Erika doesn't have those adhesive qualities.  This doesn't mean she isn't going to do everything she can to keep herself in the spotlight.  You can't grift if people forget who you are.  As for Turning Point?  I can see it splintering and falling apart since there was, as far as I can tell, no second in command.  Charlie was the only one.  Some of his followers may swing towards Nick Fuentes, but mostly I suspect they will wander aimlessly around in disarray.  What we really need to be concerned about are those who are like the alleged shooter, individuals who are delving into the dark side of the internet.  For these people, there is no Left or Right, there is only depth and darkness.  They have been weaning themselves off of normalcy for years.  They are being radicalized not because they are victims, rather I think it's because they enjoy being different.  In their world, they are the cream of the crop, and the more disruptive they can be, the more important they feel.  

  

Docking

Today our high temps are predicted to climb into the high 80s (F).  Yippee!  There's absolutely nothing wrong with a little fall warmth.  We're also supposed to be enjoying full on sunshine.  We have the same forecast for tomorrow.  The only difference is that our temps will only be climbing into the low 80s (F).  After that our temps will become cooler and more Fall like.

I did work yesterday.  The store is not making plan.  In fact, soon the Flooring department will not be making plan.  How do I know?  No one is getting measures.  As of yesterday, only 2 measures had been sold.  Two others had been booked through our online service.  My goal was 2, I have zippo.  The full-timers?  Each has a goal of 5 measures.  The total goal for the entire department is 14 measures, and we have 4, two of which were set up online.

Otherwise yesterday was mostly boring.  I did buy a sample mosaic tile for the bathroom wall.  Leaning it against the bathroom wall, I realized it simply didn't work, so I'll be returning it for store credit.

And, of course, the Charlie Kirk feeding frenzy continues.  It appears that most of the people posting comments on social media are bots, individuals with 17 followers scurrying around spreading their hatred with some very unsuccessful results.  And much smarter people are responding, like this retort here.

There are also a lot of comments claiming Nick Fuentes (that's the Nazi, Nick Fuentes) has mastered Glug Glug 9000, which appears to be some form of super erotic fellatio.  Interesting.  While Orangie appears to be solely focused on the ballroom he's building, I understand those in his administration with a qualifiable IQ and concerned since his was Chuck Kirk who hustled all those young, white voters in 2024 to vote for Orangie.  Without his hawking white supremacy, there's fear those hostile votes will be lost. 

Do feel sorry for Lance Twigg, Tyler Robinson's roommate.  MAGA cultists have seized upon an old picture of an animated game character Twigg posted to say he was transitioning, even though there is absolutely no evidence that this is true.  These cultists are desperately trying to create a phony connection between Robinson and the, as they call them, Radical Left.

Groyper War!!

 Our high temps for the next 3 days are going to be in the Upper 80s (F), noticed I capitalized the U, since we are about a week away from the official start of Autumn.  There is also a slim chance we might get a passing shower or two, but that is slim, as in it's probably not going to happen.  Most of my lawn is still rather brown, except for a small strip in the median between my front sidewalk and the street.  I'm not going to get out the lawnmower just to cut it back.  This late in the year it can just grow  wild.

Yesterday was a good day, many things were done.  The painting of the bathroom continues.  A large shelving unit was moved, the window was cleaned well for the first time in about 3 years.  I've decided on a natural stone tile for behind the mirror; I will be doing the tiling myself.

Also, a number of words were written.  Calliope Jones has finally made an appearance.  One of the original backup singers with Grantham Pass, she has worked very hard to ensure she will never be in the background again.  She also has a problem with red headed men, so there will undoubtedly be friction between her and Max (oh, joy!).

And I hired an online trainer.  A gent named Dante.  An hour after I hired him, I received a welcoming video, this is, no doubt, standard procedure.  We have a scheduled meeting on Tuesday morning.  Here's a screenshot of his profile. Clicken to embiggen.

And even though we all should have been expecting something like this knowing the anger and hatred the right wing embraces, the knowledge that Charlie Kirk's suspected assassin is a Groyper did come as a bit of a surprise.  I am not up to date on the slang used by right-wingers and neo Nazis, but this article from Vanity Fair helps, especially in regard to engravings on the bullet casings.  Tyler Robinson appears to have been a follower of the self-proclaimed Nazi Nick Fuentes.  Do you all remember Nick?  He's dined with Orangie at Mar a Lago.  He also got into some serious trouble when he said "your body, my choice."  In fact, that got him doxed by a number of people.

Evidently Nicky has (had) a problem with Charlie, reportedly saying he wasn't extreme enough.  Even more important is the fact that Laura Loomer was with the Nicky Fuentes crowd; Tyler Robinson was a follower of both.  Since the middle of July, Laura has been posting a number of hate comments about Charlie.  Since one of the bullets in the suspected shooter's gun took out Charlie's carotid artery, she has changed her tune.

Last evening, wearing more make-up than Orangie, released a statement saying his death was a Battle Cry.  It seems as though she's planning on taking on his mantle and will continue to spew anger and hatred, albeit with blonde highlights.  Will she direct her revenge at Nicky Fuentes?  I would hope so.

Buffoonery

 Good Morning World!  I don't where you all are, but here in Central PA the forecast looks good for the entire day.  Sunshine is already abundant, and the afternoon temps are predicted to be in the low 80s (F).  As I said earlier, we are heading into the a warm spell, with the afternoon highs predicted to climb into the mid 80s (F).  This is nice.

There are those who, with these warmer temps, feel the sudden need to rush out and buy a window air conditioning unit because a few of their neurotransmitters confuse autumn with summer.  They simply do not understand that after this week temps are going to continue to cool down.  These are also the same people who will buy a unit, take it home and install it in one of their windows for a week or so and then realize they've made a mistake.  They can, however, no longer return it to the store.  The big orange retailer has initiated certain changes to their return policy.  Certain items, like window A/C units can not be returned if they have been taken out of the box and used for... oh, say 2 weeks, until temps drop.  You see, there is a certain group of people who like to rent for free.  They like to buy something, like a power washer, or a paint sprayer, use it once and then return it because they're never going to use it again.  Do you see what I mean by saying rent for free?  Well we're finally cracking down on these people.

As I said, I'm thinking of hiring an online trainer.  There's a company called Trainwell who I've sort of been working with; I fill out the form and the recommend a trainer.  I've rejected the first 2 because, as someone who once worked in Human Resources, I didn't think the fit was right.

And for those who didn't see him, Orangie went to a 911 Memorial Service yesterday looking an awful lot like he'd just experienced a TIA (transient Ischemic Attack) or, in the words of a layman, a mini-stroke.

Did you see what I did there?

I did see a humorous headline in The Washington Post this morning asking how Orangie was going to heal the nation after Charlie Kirk's assassination.  Can you hear me laughing?  The announcement had barely been made public before Orangie was pointing a finger and placing blame.  This is how his addled brain has always worked with everything. Point and blame, no matter how obviously he is in the wrong, has always been his credo. Now, because he wanted loyalty over qualifications, he has Kash Patel running the FBI.  Tiny, little Kash is in way over his head and, in order to prove his loyalty to Orangie, has weekend the FBI.  They did release a video of someone jumping off the roof of a building and running away from the campus this morning asking for assistance.  Unfortunately, the supposed perpetrator is so far away he (she) is miniscule.  Oh, and they have a sneaker imprint; a very popular brand that most likely 20% of the people on campus wear that brand.  The buffoonery of this cloak and dagger approach is embarrassing, I mean we're talking about the FBI here.

Now Orangie is saying there is a high degree of certainty they have the suspect in custody.  Knowing this administration, I doubt if that's completely true.  I don't doubt his administration has pulled a page from the Russian playbook and parade someone around who will justify their attacks on Centrist America.

 

Charlie Kirk... International victim?

It looks as though we have another sunny day in store for us here in Central PA.  We are into a warming trend and by next week our daily highs will be in the mid 80s (F).  FYesteror those who don't know, this is standard weather for September, though it isn't Indian Summer, that happens after the first frost.

Yesterday was a pretty good day.  Many things were accomplished.  I'm always pleased when I can look down at my plate and see that it's wiped clean.  Several loads of laundry were done.  The first coat of paint was applied to the bathroom walls.  Painting the bathroom is something that I wanted to do for a long time.  Now it's going to be the same color as the laundry room.  The only unfortunate thing I'm going to have to deal with is I'm going to need to go out and buy another gallon of paint.  That's fine.  Things will look so fresh and clean when I'm finished.

I also signed up for and than canceled a fitness app named Dose.  I was still in the free trial time period, so I didn't lose anything.  Why cancel?  Claims were made about the app which weren't true.  Late last night, not being able to sleep, I decided that I'm probably going to hire an personal trainer on line.  While I do get my workouts in, they are something I have no problem sloughing off.  A trainer would force me to adhere to a regime that works, rather than allow me to make excuses I know are as puffy as cotton candy.

And, of course, Charlie Kirk was assassinated yesterday.  I did, unfortunately, see the video when the bullet hit home.  Damn, that thing was all over social media.  That was graphically violent, so here's a pic of Howie!

As for Kirk?  He was an unpleasant human being who made a lot of money spewing his racist, bigoted, and white supremacist propaganda. He was besties with Orangie.  That should tell you more than you need to know.  One of his famous statements was that if he was flying and he saw that one of the pilots was black, he'd seriously wonder if he was qualified because of DEI and reconsider taking that flight.

Just before the bullet took out his vocal cords, he was telling his audience that transgender people are responsible for most school shootings. Imagine, the last thoughts going through his brain were filled with hatred.  When I read that, I thought to myself, well, maybe God finally decided to shut him up.

Of course, the sniper has not been apprehended, which begs one to ask if this was the reason Kash Patel was put in charge of the FBI?

I did see something this morning about the possibility of this being an international sponsored killing.  I was texting my brother and told him they need to look at who benefits the most from Kirk's death.  Let's be honest, it does create a decisive wedge Orangie could use, I mean he's already having government flags lowered to half mast.  Putin wants to see the United States completely destabilized, so I'm sure he sees this a step in the right direction.  What I am sure of is that he wasn't gunned down by some crazed Democrat, we're much too smart to do something that stupid.

Wednesday

We have an almost balmy 57 (F) outside.  There's not a lot of sunshine and, if the forecast is correct, we're not going to see much today.  Our high is again predicted to be in the mid 70s (F), however that is supposed to be changing.  We've got a mini-heatwave moving into the region.  Tomorrow's highs are supposed to be in the low 80s (F)...  well, I did say it was a mini-heatwave.

Usually Tuesdays are slow for me, being that they are the first days off after working the weekend.  However, that wasn't the case yesterday since I had that nasally, sore throaty thing going on for the past week, and didn't work Saturday.  As a result I got more accomplished than I expected, including several loads of laundry, a nice dumbbell workout, words getting written, and New England Clam Chowder being made for dinner.

One of the things I've never been able to judge about myself is body temperature.  There have been times when I thought I was running a fever only to discover I was not, and at other times I've felt what I consider normal only to discover my temperature is hovering in the low 100s (F).  The only indicator I ever get that I was (past tense) running a fever is a cold sore or two.  Well, I have one.  That means at some point last week I had a fever.  Well, that's news to me.

Last night I watched the last episode of Wednesday.  This second season was much better than the first, which was much darker with a lot less humor.  This time around the entire Addams clan got involved and it was funny.  There were a lot of high points, including Thing's back story.  I don't think Tim Burton's been this creative in years.  I was glad for those who survived, and those that didn't?  Well, who's to say if their part in the story has truly died.

As we all should have expected, just about everyone in the world is talking about Epstein's birthday book.  Nothing is going to make this Republican nightmare go away any time soon.  I wonder if Orangie's saying that the birthday book is a "dead issue," might not be Karma busy giving us a little foreshadowing.  The fact that he has everyone in his administration lying, saying the signature is not his when he, himself, chose to sign everything simply Donald is ludicrous.  Back in 2003 he worked to set himself apart from all the other Donalds in the world by attaching The to his name.  He was The Donald.  His ego designed his signature and he used it everywhere.  His own ego is screwing him over.

And his blow bro Vlad flew drones over Poland last night and 5 countries from NATO scrambled to get jets into the air.  The drones were shot down.  Putin most likely decided to fly a test balloon to see what Europe reacted.  If this was a balloon, the answer he got was not at all satisfying.  A unified, angry Europe is not something he wants to deal with because NATO will end his war for him in no time flat.

At the Barricades

 So our outside temp was 47 (F) when I got up at 0545 this morning.  I has only warmed up one degree since then.  I'd say we're in for a cool day, but our afternoon high is supposed to be in the upper 70s (F).  That's fine.  We're supposed to have sunshine, so I will be hanging out 2 loads of laundry to dry.  Save on the electric bill.  I've used quite a bit less this summer than I did last summer.  That should help when electric rates go up, and they will go up.

The lower electric bills will help offset the higher natural gas bills.  Last February was cold, and even though I kept the house temp at 70 (F) I used a lot of natural gas.  This year, for the first time since I set myself up on the budget plan, I had to pay more.  Usually, my final payment is less.  Natural gas rates have gone up, too, as have water rates.  American Water, UGI, and PP&L always use the same excuse: the extra cost is to update their system.  Still, they're stockholders are still getting paid decent dividends.  Corporate greed does not care how much the little people suffer.

I made coffee this morning and there is still a distinct hint of that flavored coffee I used yesterday.  Blah!  Now I will have to scrub everything down, perhaps even run it through the dishwasher.

When I got to work yesterday I saw that changes had been wrought at self-checkout overnight.  Where the area around it had been open when I left work on Sunday evening, by yesterday the entrance had been barricaded with shelving.  This is to stop people from loading up a cart and just pushing it through self-checkout and out the door.  This is also a strong message that self-checkout is not going away.  In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if they expand it; one cashier costs way less than four cashiers.

For those who missed it, the Epstein estate handed over his birthday book to Congress yesterday, and in spite of all of Orangie's lies, his page is definitely one of the highest of the low points.  As expected, Orangie is denying the artwork is his and that the signature is a forgery.  His team doesn't even mention that this vulgarity is in a bound book.  From what I've been seeing, this is birthday present to Epstein is really just the tip of the iceberg.

One of the things I find interesting about this administration is their belief that they can ignore public sentiment and do whatever they want because they're in charge.  They seem to think they can ignore the fact that Orangie's approval ratings are so low, even in areas thought to be his strengths, like crime and immigration.  When even the Main Stream Media starts waving their hands in alarm, they should re4alize there is a serious problem, however, they don't.  I suspect this is because most of the people Orangie has surrounded himself with have bought into his deceits, like the fact that elections have been stolen, and that he won in 2024 by a landslide.  Take the terrible numbers put out by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.   When they look at them, his sycophants chorus "they're fake."  Because their hearts tell them all bad numbers are lies, they fail to grasp the fact that a majority of Americans truly despise this man.  And as his numbers continue to worsen, his lies will become even richer.

US Open This

 The chill days of Autumn have begun to arrive.  Here we are heading into 0800 and the temp is still in the mid 40s (F).  Today's high's supposed to be in the low 70s (F)  That's fine.  We are going to be heading into a warming trend with daily highs climbing into the upper 70s (F) with possible a day or two with them reaching the low 80s (F).   Still, this cool nights are making me think the time might be now to break out another blanket.

I did thoroughly clean out Howie's ears.  I suspecting his scratching is the result of gnat bites.  As I've said, for some reason they seem to swarm around my house.   While is fur is thick, the underside of his floppy ears might be good eating for gnats.  If it isn't the gnats, he might have an allergy, but that would most likely mean he'd be losing fur and that's not happening.

The last time I received my order from The Lancaster Coffee Company they included a sample of flavored coffee, apple cider something or other.  I don't do flavored coffees, still, I thought since they'd sent it, I might as well try it.  Blah!  I don't know what some people see in them.  Of course, there are also people who can't drink their coffee without a ton of sugar.  Blah!

And when I went in to work yesterday I discovered that during my absence Halloween had arrived.  That scarecrow is 18 feet (5.5 meters) tall.  I simply don't understand why you would want a Halloween lawn ornament so big unless you're someone who has size issues.  

Of course, the Orange Anus did show up at the US Open yesterday and, as usual, there was a shit show.  First of all, he arrived almost half an hour late.  If you're thinking that was so he could make a grand entrance to cheering crowds, you're wrong.  Very few people were allowed in before he arrived, so the stadium was virtually empty.  This allowed certain networks to avoid the boos, and hisses, and cat calls directed at him after the spectators were allowed to take their seats.  So, Orangie arrived late and a half an hour into the first match, there were still thousands still waiting to get into the stadium.

And did he get booed?  Oh, my yes.  Every time his face appeared on the jumbotron boos erupted from the crowd.  And even though the United States Tennis Associate request that networks not televise the booing, ABC, ESPN, and a number of other Main Stream Media groups ignored them.  Maybe that's why Orangie was such a Grumpy Gus sitting in the stands, he knew that so many people from around the world were hearing the jeers.  To make matters worse for him, Sinner (real last name) the player he was routing for lost to Alcarez.  

Phillies Karen

 And we have a cool start to the day here in Central PA with our morning temp sitting at 58 (F).  A cold front passed through the area and for the most part our skies were cloudy yesterday, oh and there was that occasional drizzle, but not the amount of precipitation to write about.  In fact, the only thing to really say is that I'm amused Accuweather notifies me that the rain will be stopping shortly when in fact it isn't raining.

The cold (if that's what it was) is now pretty much out of my system.  Up until yesterday my routine was get up, write the blog, and then nap.  Then after the nap, I'd putz around the house a little bit and feel the need for another nap.  I napped all day on Friday and then got a solid 8 hours sleep on top of that.  Today my nasal passages are clear, though I still get the occasional dry cough.  This means that I'm going in to work today.  Oh, joy.

Things were accomplished yesterday, including a mini workout and many words getting written.  

One of Howie's ears is all red, so later on this morning before I go to work I'll give both of his ears a cleaning.  For some reason the area around my house has lots of gnats and mosquitos during the summer, perhaps because I'm so close to the river, and both of us get bitten.

One of the things that stole the media away from the Orange Anus this weekend was the tawdry tale of Phillies Karen.  

This woman, whether she wanted it or not, got her 15 minutes of fame and then some.  You see, a Home Run was hit into the stands at a Phillies game and Phillies Karen wanted it... badly.  It landed close to her, however the father of a young boy got to the ball first.  And Karen, in true Karen style, followed the father back to his seat demanding that he give her the ball because it landed closer to her, than to him.  And Karen was loud!  And she was pushy!  And what she didn't know was that the stinky scene she was causing was being played on all of the Jumbotron's in the stadium.  So not only was everybody at the game watching her, everybody watching the game on TV saw her meltdown.  The father gave her the ball and the fans began to boo.  Now a decent person would have realized their mistake and given the ball to the boy, but not this Karen.  She took her ball and left the stadium.  However, this tale does have a happy ending, for Phillies management gave the boy a bag of balls, each one autographed by Phillies player.  And to give you an idea how big this story got, the above picture is from the Hindustan Times, so Karen was making news in India.