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.