Halloween

The outside temp was 48 (F) this morning when I rolled out of bed.  That's not a bad low temp for this time of year.  Our high today is predicted to be 58 (F).  If the forecasters are correct, everyday for the next week our daily high will be 58 (F), and not one degree higher or lower.  I don't believe that.  I suspect someone in the forecasting office accidently hit the repeat button.

Even though Thursdays are supposed to be one of my rest days, I actually got a little upper body workout in, which was nice.  Words were written.  The dishes were washed.  I also had to work.  I pleased management.  I had a $6000+ install sell.  This means that this week I hit both my sales goal and my measure goal.  The only bad thing about that sale was that the customers showed up at 6:56 PM.  Drats from Hell.  My normal quitting time is 7 PM.  I knew they were coming in late, so I had their order ready to go and... as I should have expected the credit card pin pad stopped working.  I walked the customers up to the Service Desk and (double drats from Hell) the big $$ discount they were supposed to get disappeared.  Mierda!  As a result, I punched out at 7:33 PM.  Sure, I got some extra time, but I like to leave on schedule.

Things are planned for today, including a bike ride.  Here lately, most of my rides have been almost an hour long.  This afternoon I'll see about doing the extra minutes.  I also want to bake a loaf of bread.  And the broken HP laser jet printer is going to get the old heave ho.  I have the Xerox laser printer which works quite well and there's no need for a second printer taking up space.  A few other things are going to end up in the trash as well, including an old Sony sound bar that hasn't worked in years.

And today is Halloween!  It's also Trick or Treat night, and, as is my usual practice, I will make sure that my porch light is turned off to keep any Ghoulaneskis and Goblineros  from knock, knock, knocking at my door.

So, the Orange Anus skipped the very important APEC summit because...?  His handlers were worried that he had already maxed out his energy levels?  Or that his rambling dementia might once again?  For whatever reason, his early departure allowed China's Xi to take command of the summit.  For a hot second I thought he might have handed the reins over to Xi in exchange for those shitty frameworks of deals Orangie was so desperate to brag about.

One of the good things I see happening is that in spite of all of the sane washing Main Stream Media is giving Orangie, his poll numbers are still in decline.  This is great news because it means that more and more Americans are paying less and less attention to MSM is saying.  Because they depend upon ad revenue, one of the worst things that can ever happen to their Market Share is to just have people ignore them.  Not that there aren't those bumble brains who will continue to watch CNN and CBS.  Most of them are old, and have watched these networks their entire lives.  Sadly for advertisers, that age group does not go out and buy, buy, buy, perhaps that's why pharmaceutical advertising has been increasing.