The Admirals and Generals are Unimpressed

 We had a chilly night in Central PA.  One down and more to come.  While I didn't rise and shine at the crack of dawn, the outside temp when I climbed out of bed was 54 (F).  Our daily highs for the next several days will be in the mid 70s (F).  That's fine.  Weather forecasters are even predicting that we'll be warming up a bit, with daily highs climbing up in to the upper 70s (F).  As long as I can save money on the heating bill, that's fine with me.

And for a Tuesday, when I usually spend my time decompressing from working the weekend, was a good day for getting things done.  Three loads of laundry, though I have to be careful with what gets hung outside since Howie likes running around the yard with one of my T-shirts in his mouth.  Shopping was done, including a trip to BJs, where I bought another 20 pounds of rice.  I'm not set for rice.  I also picked up walnuts and oatmeal.  The generic oatmeal at my neighborhood Giant supermarket is $4.99 for 2 pounds.  The cost for name brand oatmeal at BJs was $9.99 for 5 pounds.  This is a good thing.

I also got a 12 mile ride in, which pleased my trainer.  Will I be losing fat and gaining muscle?  Only time will tell.  I'm signed up for 3 months.  I probably won't renew since the routines should be pretty much ingrained by then.

Oh, and the fratboy Secretary of War gave a speech yesterday.  It did not go well for him.

This is because he thought he was talking to a bunch of beer drinking fratboys who were simply gaga about seeing him in the flesh.  Instead, he was prancing back and forth in front of an audience of 800 plus Generals and Admirals, many of whom have Master's Degrees and Doctorates.  He failed to comprehend that they are not only well educated, but well versed in military command and who have, most importantly, sworn allegiance to the Constitution of the United States.  If you get a chance, watch the conclusion of his speech, where he's expecting a rousing college cheer of support and gets stony silence.  As someone else said, it's so satisfying to watch the light fade from his eyes before he turns and walks quietly off the stage.

He was followed by Orangie who speech was long, rambling, low energy, perhaps because he, too, was expecting Petey to get a rousing round of applause.  During his hour of trying to create blunt force trauma, Orangie whine and complained about Biden, wanting the Nobel Peace Price, and suggested using American cities as training grounds for American troops.  I don't doubt that in his addled mind this speech was supposed to overwhelmingly unite the United States military behind him, a dedication of pure loyalty that would stun the world.  His failure in this was utterly complete.  He wants the military behind him.  Yesterday Orangie discovered that is not going to  happen.

With this is mind, is it any wonder he sent out deepfake videos of Democrats as his party shut down the governmnet?