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.