The Not So Happy Reels

So, we have an overcast sky overhead, and drizzles are in the air.  Our temp is a chilly 42 (F).  We will be warming up today, with our afternoon temp reaching into the low to mid 70s (F).  Tomorrow will be warmer, but then the temps on the old thermometer are going to be dropping again.  In anticipation of the warmer temps to come, I've taken the woolen blanket off the bed and packed it away for next year.  

I di work yesterday.  Those 5 hours were bothersome.  Our store is hosting a Store Manager meeting to day for the manages of several districts.  That meant every one was supposed to be working to make the store look spiffy diffy for today.  While these managers will walk around, they will be much too busy talking on their phones to actually scrutinize our store.  The few breaks that they get will be spent dealing with the constant issues each store manager handles daily.

There was good news.  Our supervisor, who was not not too good at supervising, is being moved to another department starting Monday.  People are joking that the associates in her new department will soon be asking for transfers.  I'm sure she's disappointed since she's done all of the necessary training to get herself promoted.  That will never happen.  Her problem is that her idea of leadership involves constant criticism.  This is a big problem for a lot of wannabe managers and is why many of them get stuck on a lower rung of the ladder of success.

And, of course, yesterday Pam Bondi was removed from her post as Attorney General.  She will always be remembered for refusing to acknowledge some of a Epstein's victims.

Todd Blanche, the Assistant Attorney General is now the acting Attorney General.  Orangie will keep him as acting AG to avoid having him go through the nominating process.  The hard core cultists are upset.  They believe him to bee a RHINO.  

Other names are also supposedly on the chopping block including Nutlick Lutnick because he's jut not scum sucking cruel enough.  Even though he's a rotten apple, he's just not wormy enough for Orangie.

And Hegseth has gotten rid of so many high ranking military officials control of our military is on the point of foundering.  I understand this started off with his refusing to promote women and people of color.  This drunkard needs to go before he causes the deaths of thousands of young men and women in our military.

Finally, word is leaking out, as it always does, that some of Orangie's staunchest allies are seriously concerned about his only being shown the happy reels of his war with Iran.  These sycophants need to understand he only wants to see the happy reels and refuses to watch anything that proves he's made the worst mistake of his sorry life.

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Tanks

There's a chilly day in store for Central PA.  Our outside temp is sitting at a moderate 51 (F) and if the forecasters are correct, we will only get around 5 degrees warmer.  Tomorrow, however, we return to summer... in April.  Highs for Friday and Saturday are expected to be in the mid80s (F).  That's too hot for this time of year.  The grass is growing, the trees are budding, and more than daffodils are in bloom.  Late June temps in very early April is not a good indicator for the approaching summer.

Much was done yesterday.  I feel good.  A decent workout was done in the morning and some cleaning.  The biggest accomplishment, or perhaps I should say partial accomplishment, was the the aquariums.  The bad tempered tiger barb has passed, so began the elimination of the large 50 gallon aquarium in the writing room.  All of the fish from the bigger tank have been moved.  The smaller 30 gallon tank got a better light.  About 20 gallons has been removed from the larger tank.  Draining it will take a bit.  I used a hose to fill it, but I will need to empty the water using a pitcher.  Then the gravel will have to be removed.  I'm going to spread that around the back yard.  The tank, itself, is made of  plexiglass; it weighs less than regular gas, but cost much more.  It will be recycled.

Here's what the smaller tank looks like so far.

One the big things that happened yesterday was the launching of the Artemis rocket.  Man is again going into space.  This time farther than we have ever gone before.  I'm truly excited about this!  There is a new space race on.  Will the Chinese land men on the moon before we do?  The only bad thing about it was that it happened under the current administration.  What is almost as amazing as the launch was that Orangie spit out a bunch of lies on TV last night and didn't take credit.  Everyone knows that his mind is slipping.  There was supposed to be some big announcement.  That never happened.  He just stood in front of the camera and lied.  Oh, wait, he did say that because of the war the country can not afford Medicare.  Oh, and I do understand that because of his speech S&P Futures on oil dropped as the cost of Brent Crude oil went up.  

I did see an interest note from CNN this morning, that in spite of main stream medias attempt to sane wash the Orange Anus, he is still one of the most despised humans in America.  

Finally, the GOP caved on funding DHS, though no money for ICE and the CBP.  Their are dying.

Fashion This

We have 65 (F) outside and light rain, in fact Howie got drizzled on because I didn't know the morning showers had started.  Thunderstorms are expected this afternoon.  Once the pass, we will have more seasonal temps with daily highs climbing into the mid to upper 50s (F).  Warmer days are on the way.

Yesterday was a good day.  In the morning, both my furnace and central air conditioner were serviced by Berkheimer HVAC.  This will now be a yearly occurrence.  Both units are fine.  The tech asked about bees since there were wood bees hovering around the front porch.  He's allergic.  I asked him if he had a pen with him, and he told me it was in his truck. I told him I get wood bees every year.  I spray, and then they're gone.  Howie was very good.  I used a tiny gate to keep him in the kitchen, and he just sits there and quietly watches.

I also got a 9.4 mile bike ride in on Achill Island, Ireland.  It was very nice.  I've ridden this route before, so I made it one of my favorites.  

Some time was also spent watching a Blender tutorial.  Blender is animation software that I can run on my laptop.  

And something truly odd is happening.  Back in January I went to check the mail and found a Wine Spectator magazine in my mailbox.  I can see by the label that someone must have signed me up for a subscription, since it expires in 12/26.  Yesterday I found a print copy of GQ in my mailbox.  At the top of the mailing label it says "Welcome to GQ."  If someone is gifting me subscriptions, they evidently don't know me to well.  While I will page through the Wine Spectator before putting it in the recycle bin, but GQ?  Fashion?  I don't even have enough curiosity to page through it once.

As many expected, the Orange Anus signed an Executive Order attempting to limit voting by mail, even though he votes by mail.  The administration wants a list of all registered voters so they can decide who exactly is eligible to vote.  This morning the Washington Post said it's "probably unconstitutional."  They used the word probably because Orangie gave Bezos that super tax break.  Orangie said he will defund the states that don't give him every voter's name.  Hhhm, makes one wonder what he's going to do if the states stop paying the Federal Government taxes.  

In fact, Orangie had a very bad day yesterday.  His ballroom was canceled, at least until Congress votes to build it.  As the judge said, Orangie "is the caretaker, not the owner."  Another judge said Orangie can't defund NPR and PBS.  And more European countries have said that the United States fly over their airspace to bomb Iran.  This pissed him off royally.  No matter how much he shrieks, they are not going to kiss his ass.

Just one more bit.  Because there is some serious dissatisfaction in Russia over so many things, Putin has decided to start shutting down sections of the Internet.  He's also actively shutting down VPNs because apparently many Russians use them to get around his propaganda machine.  Someone should tell him that's only going to exacerbate the situation.

 

The Five Alarm Fire

 I slept in a bit this morning, jumping out of bed at 0646, that's very late for me.  At that point the outside temps were 53 (F).  They have climbed to 60 (F).  I'm already wearing my day shorts; why not enjoy the heat while it's here?  Overnight the temps are going to be dropping back to what's considered seasonable, but only briefly.  Friday and Saturday we will again have daily highs in the 80s (F).  While there's a cooler forecast in the future, as with all weather predictions, we will have to wait and see.

And I did work yesterday.  The store was slow.  Last week I hit three of my goals, I failed on credit.  I don't have a problem with that.  The first thing my supervisor said to me when she saw me was to tell me there is a Store Walk on Friday.  Not a word about my last weeks performance.  But regional people are going to be in the store on Friday and they want things to look spiffy diffy.  My response was to shrug.  I don't work on Friday.  Besides, I've been with the giant orange retailer long enough, and in high enough positions, to realize that these walks are never intended to be anything more than show.  If the store is doing well they signal a sign of approval, if the store is doing poorly they're an indicator that you need to do better.  These people don't walk down the aisles saying "problem, problem, problem."  That's well below their paygrade.  They are symbolic at best.

Otherwise, yesterday was pretty much meh.  They still had loads of ice cream at work, so I ate 2 bowls:  blueberry pie, and peanut butter cup.  I guess the only other important thing to happen was that the stitches around my extraction site (I like the way that sounds, extraction site), have disappeared.  The healing process is going along well.  At this point, I'm eating just about anything I want.

Of course this happened yesterday as well.

Someone needs to tell Blondie Locks that it's not just this illegal war, it's Everything.  It's Everywhere.  And it's all at once.

In a new University of Massachusetts poll, the approval rating for the Orange Anus has dropped to 33%.  In response, Orangie posted some dipshit comment on his failing Truth Social platform that damned our allies for turning against him.  Oh, and he also posted about the Trump Library which is to be in Florida, the land of hurricanes.  As phallic towers go, this one is super tall, and there will be graced with two giant, phallic statues of him.  There was nothing about an alter for sacrificing prepubescent girls, though I'm sure one is detailed in the plans somewhere.

One of the big headlines this morning is that the average price of gas is now at least $4.00 per gallon.  The last time it was this high was in 2022, which was when Biden was trying to fix the broken economy left over from Orangie's first term.  For those who ride bikes, pump up your tires because it's going to go higher.  And as gas goes higher, so does everything else.  This is why Meg with her phony hair extensions is shrieking five alarm fire.  

Those surrounding Orangie know what's going on, that's why reports of numerous shell companies being set up with offices in the Cayman Islands are beginning to surface.  They know this five alarm fire is going to take out their cash cow, so they're going to steal as much as possible, as fast as possible.

The World Economy

 And so begins another week, and another mini-heatwave. At sunrise this morning, our outside temp was 43 (F).  We'll be climbing up into the upper 60s (F) today.  Forecasters are predicting that tomorrow our temps will crest in the mid 80s (F).  That's warm.  I don't doubt that the store will see a mini-run on window air conditioners.  This is early enough in the season to k=look for one if you need to buy or replace one, though the selection is not going to be that great.  I'd recommend ;you check out what's on line before trundling you but into the store to look at the 2 or 3 models we have in stock.

Yesterday was a bit of a disappointment.  We were supposed to have breakfast all day, but the associate who was scheduled to man the griddle call off.  She's been sick for about a week, so it's not as if she just picked yesterday to call off.  So, instead of having lots of breakfast delectables for me to graze upon, we had Italian Ice and ice cream.  Even though I love ice cream, I was disappointed at not being able to consume sausages, and pancakes, and French toast.  Though, I will have to admit I did make good on the peanut butter ice cream.

Otherwise the day was boring.  I got in my laps, and another measure.

This is the 7th day since the extraction.  No discomfort.  I'm eating real foods.  This is a good thing, since it won't give me an excuse for eating a half gallon of ice cream.... not that I really need an excuse.

And who, you might ask, could rack up better numbers on Spotify than Bad Bunny?  The answer is Clair Obscur, Expedition 33, a video game about a mother's grief for her young son.  Give it a listen.

As we've all come to expect, the Orange Anus started the new week off with a little market manipulation, by posting that negotiations seemed to be going better than expected.  Of course, this is bullshit.  The only reason for this post is to make Wall Street grow momentarily.  We all know that it's going going to fall again, but Orangie needs to give the billionaires another reason to cheer for him.

He's also posted a flippity gibbet screed about birthright citizenship because it appears the Supreme Court is going to rule against him and white supremacist conservatives.  The more often things go against his dictates, the more likely his head will explode.  

I don't think people understand how his 4 week war with Iran is going to upset the world economy.  His actions will most likely crash the American economy, ant that will have resounding effects on the price of rice in India.  People need to begin developing a "world view."  This idea of "I'm only going to think about it when it effects me," is going to break a lot of people.  When this break happens, and these people complain, make sure you tell them this is what happens when you only think about yourself.

 

What's Good for the Goose

Our outside temp is 30 (F). The forecast is for a high today in the low 60s (F), which would mean a 30 + degree increase in the next 10 hours or so.  That's big.  We're moving into a rather significant warming trend.  By Tuesday our high temps will be in the low 80s (F).  This is rather unusual.  In the past, we've had warming trends in early Spring, but they rarely got this warm.  There are a lot of people out there who are going to jump to conclusions and think that these days of summer-like heat portend to a very hot summer.  Only time will tell.

I worked yesterday and because we are celebrating our Success Sharing (and bonus checks) there was food galore.  Catered by Carraba's Italian Grill, we were served, pasta, pasta, and more pasta, with grilled chicken.  One of the deserts was mini cheesecakes.  Delicious.  I grazed a bit, but not a lot.  I'm still watching what I eat because of the extraction... oh, wait, do you really think a little hole in my gum is going to slow me down.  Today they are serving us breakfast all day, and custom made sundaes for desert.  I'm just hoping I don't break the scale tomorrow morning.  

Retail wise, I sold and install that was set up online, that means I'll get some of the credit.  I got a interior shutter lead, as well as a blind measure.  I should be set for the week.  If not... well, it's not going to bother me too much, after all, we have breakfast all day today.

Of course, yesterday there were No Kings marches all over the country.  In Harrisburg, our local Fox station WPMT 43 was live.  Yes, I said Fox.  Social media was flooded with pictures and videos.  This was not a small gathering of people stomping their feet.  This was big.  One of my Navy buddy's wife, June, was at the march in Ellington, CT, and posted a lot of pics.  I liked this one:

I'm hearing rumblings that many of the idiots Orangie has surrounded himself by are scared that they're going to be put on trial once his administration is over.  I believe these trials will happen much sooner than that.  I also believe these arrests will extend far beyond his cronies and sycophants.  Individuals like James Comer, and Jim Jordan, why even Mikey Johnson will either have to flee, or spend time in the Big House.  I wouldn't be surprised if so many of them run they will create a vacuum that will suck many MAGA cultists with them to some god forsaken land, where they will be treated the same way they love to treat immigrants.  You know what they say, what's good for the goose is good for the gander.

  

Spikes

Good morning.  We have a chilly start to Central PA's No Kings Day!  Temps are predicted to be in the mid to upper 40s (F), so it will be brisk, but there will be abundant sunshine for all.  Our temps have begun a climbing stage and by Tuesday our afternoon high will be in the low 80s (F).  Sorry, that's summertime weather and way to warm for very early April.  When I sit and think about this forecast, I wonder how high temps will be in June, July, and August if we're getting heat spikes like this so early in Spring.

Yesterday I had lunch with my cousin and her husband.  I enjoy these get togethers.  She is 3 months older and than me.  That makes her the first born grandchild.  However, I was the first boy born, and back than boy babies were more important than girl babies.  This doesn't mean the problem doesn't still exist, it does, though it's not as bad, it does, especially among desolate Christians who tend to see girl babies as nothing more than future vessels.

To my surprise, I learned I was part of a class action lawsuit against the great orange retailer I work for, having to do with forcing associates to have testing done during the times of Covid when they were off the clock.  As far as I can remember, this never effected me, ;however I'm still getting part of the settlement.  If approved I'll be getting a whopping $20.82.  Half of that will be included in my gross wages and will be on my W2.  For the other half, I'll be getting a 1099 for tax purposes.  Go figure.

And here's a pic of Howie I took this morning.

And there are No Kings marches planned for today.  One of the headlines in the Washington Posted asked if they will do anything, and I had to laugh.  Since the owner of the WaPo is Jeff Bozos, and he wants as many tax  breaks from the Republican party as possible, he has aligned himself with the Orange Anus.  Expect nothing remotely critical of the current administration from a news agency that was once considered one of the best in the world.

And the House of Representatives thought they'd let Orangie spike the ball in a bid to bring his ratings out of the gutter, and failed.  What did they do?  Well, the Senate passed legislation funding TSA, and FEMA, and a several other groups, in fact everyone except ICE and CBP, and Orangie said he'd sign it.  The House, seeking to glorify their glorious leader, voted this legislation down.  Seconds later Orangie proclaimed that he'd sign an Executive Order to pay the TSA.  However, Orangie doesn't have the authority to do that.  I do not doubt that this administration believed this would resound with Americans and help to improve Orangie's poll numbers.  It didn't.  More and more people are realizing that everything around this fool is a con, so his intended spike failed.

In Profile

 Our temp is sitting at 47 (F).  It's not going to change much during the course of the day.  A thunderstorm went through the area last night, and temps didn't drop much.  The wind, and we do have wind, is make it seem much cooler outside. o\Our overnight low will be down around 30 (F).  Tomorrow it should be a little warmer, but we should have lots of sunshine for all of those Central Pa marchers.  We are also headed into another warming trend.  Next week our temps will once again be in the upper 70s (F).

I did work yesterday.  I sold some cellular shades to a couple form Tennessee who have homes up here and down there.  They were very pleased.  She gave me a hug.  That was really odd.  They selected shades from our Home Decorator's Collection.  The choice of colors is limited.  So they should be made and shipped shortly, which is good since they're leaving for Tennessee on the 16 of April.

For some odd reason I thought the discomfort from having molar 31 extracted would be minimal.  This is not the case.  I've done some research this morning, and I'm at the stage where the swelling will start decreasing.  It looks like I've got another 3 to 4 days of taking naproxen.  I have reached the point where I need to eat just pudding, scrambled eggs, and over cooked pasta.  This is good because I'm having lunch with friends this afternoon.

Here's a profile picture of Howie I took while he was sitting on my lap, and yes, he does, on occasion, sit on my lap.

And Orangie's not only going to have his face on gold coins, his signature is also going to be on paper money as well.  This has never been done, since this is what countries do when they want to celebrate their king.  We should have expected this.  Republicans have wanted to lionize a sitting president ever since Reagan.  This has nothing what so ever to do with whether he is a good individual, but everything to do with being able to say "shut up! we're in charge!"

And  not only did Orangie cave on Iran yesterday, he also cave on funding DHS in order for TSA agents to get paid.  Funding for ICE has been removed from the legislation and will be dealt with separately.  He said he'll sign it.  The Senate has approved it.  Now all we're waiting for is the House of Representatives to break as well.

I'm hearing whispers that it's the Saudi government who is really pushing the war.  They want to reset the middle east in their favor.  However, it seems as they want to do this with American lives, rather than Saudi.  They have been playing Orangie since day one.  They will continue to play him, and he is too stupid to understand this.

Day 3

Well, we have a warm day ahead of us.  Our high temp for this afternoon should be in the low to mid 70s (F).  Overnight another cold front is going to move through the area which will lead to cooler temps tomorrow.  Rain will move into the area as well.  This is fine.  We are in Spring.  

And yesterday was either good or just meh depending upon the time of day.  Exercise is still out of the picture because of the extraction.  So I pretty much lazed through the day, doing laundry and other small chores.  Regarding the laundry, I've moved the drying rack from the laundry room into the bathroom because there's a heating vent there.  This is a good thing in that clothes dry faster, however, it's also a bit of a nuisance thing in that Howie now has an assortment of different clothing to turn into toys.  One of his favorite games is sock chase, followed closely by T-shirt chase.  The only option I have is to keep the bathroom door shut.  

Today is the 3rd day since the extraction of tooth 31.  My jaw was achy.  I did a search to see how long this minor discomfort was going to last and was surprised to see that day 3 is usually the worst.  Day 3 is when the swelling is at its peak.  Hhhmmm.  Interesting.  The biggest problem I'm having is not the discomfort, it the loose thread from the stitches.  It feels as if there's a piece of food floating around near the socket and I keep want to move it, and probe it with my tongue.  I find it amusing that the biggest problem I'm having is with a 1/4 inch piece of thread.

The Body in 4:4 Time is finished.  It's getting sent to the first of my editors this morning.  Now the fun begins.

There's a No Kings march/rally this Saturday.  I'm sure numbers will easily be in the millions. 

So, evidently Pamie Jo Bondi released information regarding Jack Smith's investigation of Orangie's theft of Secret Documents... accidentally, of course.  We now know the reason he stole them: to sell them for his own personal gain.  When I saw that, my first thought was "no shit, Sherlock."  Why would anyone have thought otherwise?  This loser lives for self-lenrichment.  He has loyalty to only one person, himself.  His corrution has no bounds.  There's a reason many call him Don the Con.  The only thing he finds sacred is his own bank account.

These marches are not going to go over well with the GOP.  Anything that rattles their land of delusion is bad.  The good thing is that so many of them have such short term memory problems these marches will be forgotten, by most, by Monday.  Of course, by Monday Kegbreath may have started a ground invasion in Iraq.  As I've said before, the country has reached an invection point.  There will be no stopping what happens to this administration and the Republican Party.

Brain Salad Surgery

Our overnight temps stayed about freezing.  That's a good thing.  Today's high is predicted to be in the mid to upper 50s (F), and that also a good thing.  Spring is slowly beginning to spring upon us.  Tomorrow forecasters are saying we'll be hitting the low 70s (F) again, but, as often happens during the changing of the seasons, we're going to chill off again.

And, as should have been expected, yesterday was meh day, what with the tooth getting pulled.  That, in itself wasn't bad.  One thing I found interesting was that my dental assistant was a man whose name was Jesse.  That's a first for me.  Other than the dentist, he was the only other male I saw as he led me from the lobby.  

There was an amusing moment in in the lobby while I waited to be escorted back to the extraction room.  The receptionist was on the phone attempting to order pizzas for lunch and there was an issue.  She wanted to place the order for pick-up, however she was going to pay cash rather than put the charge on a credit card.  The pizzeria evidently didn't want to take the order with out payment.  There was an easy solution, of course.

And the extraction went well.  More time was spent numbing me up than in pulling the tooth.  Truthfully, I was expecting it to take much longer, but then my previous extraction experience was with difficult teeth, 4 wisdom teeth and another molar that had cracked in half.  I was going to take a picture of the tooth lying on the tray, but thought that might be a little gross, so here's a pic of my panoramic x-ray.  In a way, I can see an odd connection between it and Emerson, Lake, and Palmer's Brain Salad Surgery album cover.

The X-ray

Brain Salad Surger

In the Orangie news of yesterday, his dementia was in full view as he told reporters we'd won the war and that Iran had sent him a present that was very big and worth a lot of money.  Even Main Stream media is wondering just what this big, bold, beautiful and very expensive present is.  No answer from Orangie's team.  Iran, on the other hand, called this bullshit.  They called Orangie a liar.  You know it's bad when most of the people in the world are taking Iran's word of that of the president of the United States.  

And Democrats flipped two more seats Blue in Florida, of all places.  This should have Republicans shaking in their boots because the Dems didn't win because Republican voters stayed home.  Nope.  The Democrats won because Republican voters themselves voted Blue.  Orangie's own district went Blue.  

On top of that, Orangie's approval rating has dropped to 36%.  I'm betting it's a lot lower.  

Extraction

Depending upon where I looked this morning, the temp was just below, right at, or just above freezing.  Either way you look at it, the temps outside are chilly.  Sunshine is supposed to be abundant today.  These are seasonal temps, just in case you're thinking this is a little cool for Spring.  My furnace is still running, though not nearly as often as in February when the temps were truly cold.

Yesterday I got my workout in.  I'm upping the weight on the Romanian Deadlifts.  For those of you who don't know, in this exercise you bend over at the waist and then stand up.  I'll be doing it with 20 lbs in each hand.  This is a good exercise for the lower back.  That puppy needs to be kept strong to avoid back issues down the road.

Retail was terribly slow yesterday.  One of my fellow specialists called off, so it was just me.  I found out this morning that his older brother died, so I sent him a sympathy note.  Still, yesterday was terribly boring.  I did get a measure for a carpet install.  And I did have to sit for over fifteen minutes listening to a gentleman complain about his daughter-in-law.  His son died 6 years ago, and her money was beginning to run low, so she told him and his wife that she was going to move in with them.  As he talked, I sat and nodded, providing him with the obligatory nods and shakes of the head.  He gave me way too much information.  I have no problem being a friendly ear, however a friendly ear is not going to solve his problems.  That's something he will need to do himself.

I'm getting a molar pulled later this morning.  Woo! Hoo!  It's the one in the back.  The wisdom teeth went long ago.

So, the Supreme Court heard arguments yesterday about voting by mail.  Even though he votes by mail, the Orange Anus hates it.  I vote by mail.  I love it.  The GOP doesn't want ballots received after election day to be counted.  This will disenfranchise many citizens and military personnel living overseas.  This is odd because a large number of the men and women serving in our military tend to voted Republican.  The Republican party doesn't care.  Here in the states, 36.8% of voters over 65 vote by mail.  Again, older voters tend to either be Republican or vote conservatively.  People over a certain age prefer voting by mail, they'd rather drop a ballot into a mailbox than stand for an hour or longer at a polling station.  Taking away that choice or limiting that ability will result in lower conservative and or Republican votes.  The Republican party doesn't care.  They feel it will effect Democrats worse than it will Republicans.  They are terribly wrong.

Eggs!

Right now our outside temp is sitting at 48 (F).  That may be our high for the day.  Temps are on their way down.  I woke up early this morning, around 0500, and at that time the temp was 52 (F) so our temps are definitely on their way down.  Yesterday we popped all the way up to 82 (F).  I didn't work, but I'm wondering if there was a run on window A/C units at the store.  That always happens at this time of the year.

And yesterday was not quite meh.  This were done, which is always a good thing.  I had hoped to feel as though much more had been accomplished other than frequently going outside to enjoy the weather.  Howie and I played ball for a bit, but just a bit.  He has a bad habit of not wanting to give the ball back to me so I can throw it.  He'd much rather have me chase him around the back yard.  He gets so much enjoyment out of me running after him.

I'm out of whey. I use it as a source of protein when I finish a workout.  Since eggs are a great source of protein and a good alternative, I made red beet eggs yesterday.  Some people call them pickled eggs.  Here in Central PA, which is in PA Dutch country, we call the red beet eggs.  They're delicious.  

This afternoon, I get to work.  Supposedly, this week they are going to be switching supervisors around.  Everybody in specialty is curious as to who will be taking over the our current supervisor, who's not been the most successful.  She's 67 and want to be promoted.  That will never happen.  She will, most likely, be moved to another department. not because of her age, but rather because of her performance.  She spends too much time focusing on the minutiae.   She is a broken record.  Two years ago corporate decided associates needed to greet every customer by saying, "welcome to the Orange Retailer."  Nobody says it, especially to a customer pushing around a shopping cart that half filled with merchandise, nobody except her.  Whereas the successful supervisor understands flexibility, she does not. 

Here's a pic of my red beet eggs!

Today's going to be a momentous day for all of the wrong reasons.  Firstly, ICE is going to be moving into airports.  They're not going to help with the TSA issue, nope, they're going to be checking IDs because the Orange Anus and the Republican party hate immigrants.  There is a rumor abounding that when this happens a lot of TSA agents will simply quit.  The Democrats have sponsored legislation to get these people paid, but the Republicans have voted down every attempt so far.  This is because that fat, Orange Anus in the White House wants to be a dictator. He wants the SAVE act tied to any and all legislation that makes its way through Congress.  I suspect air travel is going to get much worse.

And at 7:44 PM the 48 hours Orangie gave Iran to open up the Strait of Hormuz is up.  This moment's burning question is to TACO, or not to TACO.  The Orange Anus and those he has surrounded himself with, has put himself into a extremely perilous position.  He he doesn't follow through with his threats, he will appear weak, and if he does start bombing infrastructure, as he said he would, Iran's going to start taking out desalination plants across the region.  While this is not the worst of all possible worlds, it's a pretty bad one.

Evil

We may reach a record breaking high today if the temps get as warm as they forecasters are predicting.  Another day in the upper 70s (F) with overcast skies and drizzles is what they're saying we should expect.  As long as it saves on my heating bill, I don't care.  Of course, tomorrow our temps will be falling to what is considered a normal range for Spring.  This is fine, too.  Summer will arrive soon enough and this one might be a real cooker.

I did work yesterday and wow was it slow.  I easily got in my steps.  I easily made my sales for the week.  Two more of my installs sold yesterday, as well as the $11,000 job that went through on Tuesday.  

Plans had been made to go down to York today, so I took the day off (with pay, of course).  They changed last night when I talked to my friend Betsy, she has a cold.  When I get a cold, I have a runny nose and sniffles for maybe a day.  She gets sick, sometimes with a fever.  So, the York trip for today is off.  That's fine.  I can spend that time on other things... things I've been putting off, like getting out the vacuum and sucking up some the Howie hair that's nestling in the corners of the staircase.  

And Robert Mueller died yesterday.  I'd heard that he'd been suffering from Parkinson's for some time.  Every one of our living presidents, Democrat and Republican, gave tributes to him.  Everyone, except the Orange Anus.  He posted this on Truth Social.

This comment is pure evil.  Why is Orangie being so hateful?  Because Mueller, as head of the FBI, investigated the Russian connection between Orangie and Russia.  He came to the conclusion that there had been undue influence by the Russkies in getting their asset elected.  We all know how Orangie hates both transparency and accountability.  His cultists celebrated his comments, but then they've also sold their souls to the Spawn of Satan.

How are the gas prices in your neck of the woods?  Here in Central PA on average it's $3.99 a gallon.  People don't believe me when I tell them that it's going to go higher.

And Orangie just posted some shit comment to Truth Social stating that with Iran dead, the last great evil in the world was the Democratic Party.  I suspect that Iran is going to have a few words about him thinking they're dead.  What he's attempting to do is incite anger towards Democrats in order to get his cultists to stop talking about how his war in Iran is an abject failure.  Remember, everything Trump touches dies.

The Iranian TACO

Well temps are in the 40s (F) and we're going to end up somewhere in the mid 50s (F).  We're going to have mostly sunny skies, too, which is what I call a decent spring day.  Tomorrow we'll get warmer, but we'll also have a much greater chance of rain showers.  That's okay.  This is Spring.  We are in a transition period between the bitter cold of winter and the stanky hotness of summer.  This is a season we should enjoy.

Yesterday was productive.  Lots of little chores, the ones I am constantly putting off were scratched off the list of "things to do."  I'm pleased with that.  I got a decent ride in on the Isle of Corsica.  My trainer's happy.  If I get the strength workout done today, it will have been 5 consecutive days of working out. Last time the routines were broken up:  3 days on and 1 day off, 2 days on and 1 day off.  Honestly, 5 days in a row is easily doable. 

A retail workout is on the schedule for today.  I'm getting an increase in pay, though I don't know how much.  Last year they called me back two days before payday and gave me a little slip of paper indicating how much of a raise I was getting.  Rumor has it that these raises will not be processed until April, if that's the case, then every employee is working 13 months at the same rate of pay.  This wouldn't surprise me.  That would help cut back on the payroll expense for this fiscal year and expenses are a very high priority for corporate America.

Someone had a busy day yesterday.

I'm hearing that the Orange Anus would like to TACO us out the war with Iran that he started.  Some one should tell that idiot that wars don't end that simply.  Still, at the same time we are being told that American troops will soon be on Iranian soil, that's if they can make it through the troop carrying ships can make it through the Strait of Hormuz.  This is what happens when you put a dementiated old man in the White House.  

And in and desperate attempt to keep gas prices from going through the roof, oil sanctions have been dropped against some of Iran's oil.  Yep, nothing spells out stupidity like trying to buy the oil and gas from the country you're at war with.  Unfortunately, Iran seems to have the upper hand here.  It's not just stupidity, it glaring incompetence.  And people are growing more and more furious at Orangies fratboy drunk trying to run the Department of Defense from a pulpit.  Telling people they should be down on bended knees praying to God to help our troops?  Someone needs to tell Bourbon Breath that prayer has never, ever worked.

And did you hear about he FEMA director who rolled his car into a ditch and found himself teleported to a waffle house a few hours later.  This is also called driving blind drunk.

Donald Trump's Heresy

 Our temps are on the rise.  Currently we're sitting at a cool 34 (F), but by this afternoon we should be up in the low 60s (F).  There is drizzle in the forecast, but that's okay, we can always use a little rain.  One thing to take note of is that because our planet spins, what happens on the west coast tends to move east.  This means that all of that heat the westies are suffering through now will slowly move east.  

I had a nice workout yesterday.  I'm up to 70 pounds on my leg extensions, that's per leg, and I'm pleased to say I have no soreness today.  I've also increased the weight on the lat pulldowns to 40 pounds.  This is good stuff, since at this point in my life I'm focusing on muscle maintenance and growth.  And yes, for those of you who are wondering, you can still build muscle as you enter your senior years.

Retail was very slow yesterday.  However, to my surprise, I did make sales for the week.  One of my installs sold for the second time.  Yeah, the second time.  When it originally sold everything seemed fine, but then there was a problem.  The install was canceled and my credit for the sale was debited off.  Well, the problem, whatever it was, is now fixed, so the install is on again.  Wednesday they again credited me with an $11,000 sale.  

And the flooring specialist they hired is gone.  He got another job.  Even though he did give a two week notice, but then he ended up calling off every day this past week.  That would have been fine if he had personal time on the books, but he didn't.  This means when the process his termination, there will be a note added making him a non-rehire.  He will never be able to work for the orange retailer ever again.

The Washington Post revealed the $250 gold coin the US Treasury is going to be minting for the Orange Anus.  I had a WTF moment the instant I saw it.  In fact, that moment is still continuing.  This is the coin Orangie wants put into circulation.

You'll notice that the Orange Anus is directly above the words In God We Trust.  Yepper, Orangie wants to be seen as God.  I do believe this is heresy.  This man has done more to damage Christianity in the past year, than anyone else in the history.  Everything Trump touches dies.

Yesterday, for those of you who missed another one of his atrocities, with the Japanese Prime Minister sitting next to him in his gaudy as hell oval office, he joked about the Japanese bombing Pearl Harbor.  This man is an idiot.  Sadly, there are wack job cultists out there who laughed at his terrible joke.  The Prime Minister was not amused.  Shortly afterward, she glanced at her watch, an obvious signal to wrap things up.  I honestly don't know why foreign dignitaries sit through these events.  They are only meant to give Orangie fifteen to twenties of grandstand time on camera.

Inflection Point

Our outside temp was above freezing this morning.  That's nice.  For the past 2 days people in Central PA were waking up to more than a little lite frost on the windshields of their cars.  Even though today will be warmer, don't look for it to be sunny.  Clouds are going to be hanging over our heads for the next 2 days with s potty showers.  Spring officially starts tomorrow, so we can begin gauging our weather on the new season.

Yesterday was... not quite meh.  I got things done.  A loaf of cinnamon raisin bread was baked.  This is one of my favorite desert breads.  Special icing was made for the top.  In fact, extra icing was made to be used rather than butter.  Who care about the killer carbs? Not me.

A decent workout was finished.  I have a rower which I was using as a warm-up, however, it's grown out of favor.  My trainer added some dynamic exercises as a substitute, one of which is called  "inch worm," (honestly, I'm not making this name up."  Anyway, the inch worm is basically a burpee, which is an exercise I've hated since high school. 58 years ago we didn't have people hired specifically to be gym teachers.  Nope.  We had math teachers, and biology teachers, and history teachers who also managed gym classes.  They were also the coaches for sports.  One of the math teachers was also the basketball coach, and the home economics teacher was in charge of girl's field hockey.  Well, my faux gym teacher specialized in 2 activities:  rope climbing and burpees.  I hate burpees.  So, the inch worm is being replaced.  Dante said there are so many other good exercises.  Now, isn't that nice.

And, for those who've been living under a rock, gas prices are going up.

Natural gas prices are going up to, and that means food prices will go through the roof.  Prices are going to go up all over the world.  So many are going to be blaming America..., no let me correct that, Americans are going to suffer, but the real hatred is being directed at the Orange Anus.  America has become the villain of the world because 77 million people either couldn't vote for the Harris, or they were stupid enough to be the lies spit out by the pedophile in the White House.  Here's some news for the MAGA cultists, America was great, you were not and you never will be.  However, these people do hate change.  The entire world is going to suffer because of their inability to adapt.  

What's truly terrible about this world chaos is that the pedo and in the White House, and the Republican party keeping him there, are more concerned about losing power than they are trying to make things right.  I find it rather pathetic that conservatives are so out of touch they thought that the American people would just sit back and let them take over.  The Republican party is dying.  Like most cowards, those in charge are going to take what they've stockpiled away and run.  I'm thinking Orangie will be gone by mid-terms, or shortly thereafter.  Those who don't run will be arrested.  Some may turn State's Witness to escape truly terrible jail terms.  And some, may well be executed for treason. We are going through an inflection point.

The Slice and Dice Period

Woah!  It was a chilly one this morning!  Our outside temp was 22 (F) when I got up this morning.  After today we will be warming up to more Spring like temps.  I talk to a lot of people, no one has said they were sad to see the Winter temps go away.  I will be happy for the sunny days of Spring and Summer.  In the bathroom, my heating vent is about 3 feet off the ground, one of the few good things about this winter was that I could set my drying rack in front of it.  Believe me, it works just as good as the dryer and is a lot less expensive.

I got a nice ride in yesterday on Achille's Island, Ireland.  It had the right amount of low grade hills that get my heart pumping.  Good cardio.

My two aquariums are going to be combined as one.  I'm going to keep the 30 gallon in the living room and get rid of the 50 gallon in the writing room.  This will happen as soon as the last tiger barb in the 30 gallon tank dies.  He has some serious air bladder issues, so I don't think he'll be swimming around too much longer.

While talking to my sister on the phone, she said she told my brother in law to get a job.  He abruptly retired back in November without any plan for how he was going to occupy his time.  Now he sits around the house doing nothing.  He retired abruptly back in November and now just sits around the house.  There are a lot of people like him wasting away the rest of their lives.

And evidently a Federal Judge is... skeptical of the Orange Anus's plans to add a new ballroom and Convention Center onto the White House.  

Wow!  It doesn't seem as though anything is going right for this dictator wannabe, does it?  He starts a war with Iran and then asks for help and all of our former allies tell him to eat shit.  Woah!  They say there are off ramps in place to end this war, but you can bet your bottom dollar he'll not take one of them.  That would mean he made a mistake.  As a result, he will send America's youth to die there, all the while ignoring the fact that American hatred for both he and the Republican party is growing almost exponentially.  

His SAVE Act is dying in a very public manner, with Republican Senators openly saying that there are not enough votes to pass this crappy piece of legislation.  

And every day his dementia becomes more and more apparent.  

And then yesterday Joe Kent, a staunch follower and major MAGA cultist broke away, saying that Israel strongarmed Orangie into invading Iran.  MAGA world is entering the slice and dice period, a precursor the inevitable downfall of the Republican party.  The blades are out for Orangie, himself.  Do not fret for him too much.  You know he's finding solace in a Big Mac and an order of fries.

The Singers

Holy Shmolly, we had snow flurries galore last night.  Seriously!  I'm talking about near white out conditions.  There was some wind as the cold front went through, just enough to have the snow fall horizontally.  How bad was it?  Howie went out and did his Tweedle Dee against the recycling bin and then ran back into the house.  He doesn't usually care about the weather.  This morning all that remained was a light dusting, and only on some areas of the lawn.

I got a text from Dental Specialties, they're the oral surgeons who are going to extract my bad molar, in which they sent me a quote.  The cost?  $163.40 after insurance.  I am so glad I renewed my dental insurance this year, otherwise I'm certain that cost would be rather prohibitive.  One thing I'm not going to be paying for are the new crowns and bridges my dentist wants me to buy.  I can think of better things to spend my money on.

We had a specialist who retired a few months back.  About six weeks ago they hired a replacement.  I found out yesterday that 2 weeks ago he gave his notice.  Now he's going to need to be replaced.  That probably won't happen for a month or so.  I did change my hours a bit, mostly because I wanted to go in later to ensure I got my workouts in, not that I think that's going to help with coverage.

Last night, I watched The Singers, the short film that won the Oscar for live action short.  While there is drama in it, mostly, it's sort of like a musical comedy... sort of.  This is evidently Sam Davis' second nomination and first win.  Sam's the cutie Bob spoke about, by the way.  I liked it.  It's a bit different.   But different can be very good.  It's only on Netflix, so if you subscribe, watch it.

And Cuba is going through a full out blackout because of the Orange Anus.  I was thinking about this and couldn't stop myself from shaking my head.  This asshole has initiated a war in Iran, and while his administration is saying there are "off ramps" in place, I can't help but think that they're lying.  The Pentagon is saying that we've had at least 200 injured. Knowing how much this administration is trying to put a good face on this terrible screwup, you know this number is a lie.  And now Cuba.  We used to be the good guys on the block.  Now no atrocity is bad enough for Orangie's Gang.  For those idiotic Republicans who prayed and dreamed about being in charge of an authoritarian government, this is what it's like.  The rest of American is trying to grab onto the reins, yelling woah!  Hold your horses!  And the GOP, instead of listening, is too busy giddily singing, "We're in Charge!  We're in Charge!"  People are dying because of them.  School girls in Iran.  Americans.  And that reality simply doesn't sink in.  It never will.  They have been drinking Desperation Kool-Aid for way too long.  They can never change.  The only choice left to us is to manage them, the way you do any delinquent.

Streisand Sings

There's a storm front that's going to be moving through the area this afternoon.  High winds.  Possibly heavy rains.  They're predicting almost an inch of rain.  This is fine, as long as we don't get it in an hour.  That would be disastrous for low lying areas.  The temps are going to drop a bit too.  Remember, we're still in winter.  The good news is that the warm-up continues.

And work yesterday was... so... slow.  I got more than enough laps to to hit my step goal.  I browsed the aisles, as it were, looking for deals and I found one.  Arm & Hammer laundry detergent: 128 loads for $9.  That's a $4 markdown.  I now have laundry detergent for the next 2 years.  

I also did some research on passports for children.  All American children traveling abroad need a passport, no matter what their age.  So, if you're planning on taking your 10 month-old to France, he's going to need a passport, and that passport is only good for 5 years.  Honestly, you'd think there'd be a way in which you could simply update the picture every year.

And the Oscars were on last evening.  In spite of some sound issues, I enjoyed them.  One Battle After Another won 6 awards, including Best Picture.  It's definitely anti ICE, starting off with immigrants who've been arrested, being rescued.  I laughed a lot when I saw it since it's more of a comedy than a drama.  Michael B. Jordan won for play identical twins with different personalities in Sinners.  He deserved the award.  Timmy Chalemet lost all around because not only was he nominated for Best Actor, he was also one of the producers for Marty Supreme, which was also nominated for Best Picture, and Best Director.  And the high point was 83 year old Barbra Streisand's tributed to Robert Redford.  She sang live, and that brought a tear to my eye.  

Back in the real world, the Orange Anus is peeved that none of the countries that used to be our allies in NATO want to send any of their ships to help us open the Straits of Hormuz.  They know that the longer it stays closed, the more he's going to look like a dumb bastard for starting a war on a hunch.  People around the world are going to hate on America because of him.  

Gas prices are going to continue to climb.  The Orange Anus has evidently opened up the reserves trying to bring prices down and that, so many other of the things he does, failed to work.  MAGA cultists, those on the lower rungs of the financial ladder are beginning to complain.  Perhaps if they hadn't been so gullible, if they hadn't wanted to believe that a man who speaks like he's 12 years old was actually more mature than a... 12 year old.

And finally, RFJ Jr's team put out a video of him wrestling a Twinkie.  This administration has fallen so far.

Five Finger Bibi

 We have a warm day in store for us here in Central Pa with a high in the mid 50s (F).  Tomorrow, if the forecasters are correct we might even hit the low 702 (F).  Sadly, I will be working.  On Tuesday, my day off, the temps are supposed to drop again.  This is normal Spring weather, so even though we've not officially hit the midpoint between Winter and Summer, I'd say that Spring has arrived.

I did work yesterday.  I got a measure.  That will please management.  I also had a nice vinyl plank sale, which will please management even more.  Today I'm going to sell an installation.  That's nice.  Keep them smiling.  The new flooring specialist who was hired about 2 months ago told me that he's given his notice.  He's going to work for a sound system company.  He's a nice kid, though his news didn't really surprise me.  He's smart and very affable, but at 24 years of age, he's already had quite a number of jobs.  Wisely, he gave notice, rather than just quitting.  This means we're going to be looking for another flooring specialist.  Anybody interested?

The Oscars are on tonight.  Because I go to the movies a lot, they're the only award show I watch.  As usual, I have my favorites.  Unlike so many others, I'm not going to give any predictions.  What I will say is that there are 2 big favorites for best picture.  Sometimes, when this happens, voters will cancel each other out and another film will win.  This is also true with the best actor category, though Timmy may have danced himself out of the competition.  Two actors from the same film are nominated for the supporting actor and that's never a good thing.  One thing to remember, no matter who wins, no one is going to get gypped.  These films and actors nominated are all very talented.  Simply getting nominated is a boost to their careers.  I've seen a number of these nominated films and every one of them is outstanding.

And now on to the burning question of the hour.  Is Bibi dead or alive?

Numerous five finger no thumb pictures have been posted.  People are beginning to wonder why he hasn't made a statement in over 13 days, especially since he likes to be in the spotlight almost as much as Orangie.  Reports are coming in that he was killed by a hypersonic missile.  You would think the Israeli government would provide some form of evidence to dispel these so called rumors and so for they've give us silence, and some video clips that many are calling AI.

An honest assessment is that this war is not going to the way the Bibi thought it was going to go.  This is what happens when you put Conservatives in power.  Israeli Conservatives are a lot like the Republicans in this country; they believe once they are in charge they can simply create the reality they want.  That never happens and lives are lost because of their incredible stupidity.

Brenda Carr, the head of the FCC, is frantically beginning to shriek that Main Stream Media needs to report on how well the war is going, yet the only evidence that might prove that is Orangie's shit talk.  Perhaps if he weren't a pathological liar this might be somewhat believable.  However, to quote Gavin Newsome:  Trump just makes shit up.

Grave Consequences

Our morning temps are in the low 40s (F) and this afternoon we should be heating up into the low50s (F).  This is almost Spring weather... but just almost.  Rain is in the forecast.  Depending upon which forecaster your looking at we may get as much as an inch on Sunday.  Then we have a day of cold, with highs only reaching into the upper 30s (F).  But then, as is normal for this time of year, the temps will rebound.

And yesterday was fine.  I got a ride in, though it was short, on Dingle Island in Ireland.  I did laundry.  Went to the store. But most importantly, I connected my Roland keyboard with both my phone and my laptop.  This means I can record again if the mood strikes me.  More importantly, I can play music from either the laptop or my phone through the keyboard's speakers.  That's important.  I do like to listen to music.  I have, for lack of a better term, a shit load of vinyl.  I also have, again looking for accuracy in terms, a shit load of CDs.  Now I can listen to both.

This may come as a surprise to some, but I have an old Alexa.  All I use it for is turning on and off lights.  Years ago when I purchased it, the Bezos empire was in its infancy.  For a while I had two, one upstairs and one down, but I never used them for what they were intended for.  About 2 years ago the one upstairs went into the trash.  The one downstairs is taking the same route.  Not only don't I need to Alexa to turn on the lights for me, I also don't need it listening to me.  And you know, it does that.  It's always on and always listening.  I don't need Jeffie B listening to the conversations I have with myself and others.  So ends a silly era I once thought nifty, the turning on and off of the lights.

For a bit of levity, here's Howie and his wrecking ball.

One refrain I'm hearing over and over again now that the Orange Anus has chosen to sent American troops to Iran is that he is by far the dumbest president we've ever had.  He is a bad businessman who has never learned that his hunches have led to 8 bankruptcies, that's right, he has 8 bankruptcies; he will only admit to 6.  He's a senior citizen with dementia who ego gloats in his deceitful beliefs that he is the most powerful man in the world.  As such, his every decision must be followed, and to do this he has managed to install people who are either more stupid than he is, or have no problem telling him what he wants to hear for their own enrichment.  Some of these billionaire fools are now coming to grips with what their selfishness has wrought.  There is a telling video of Bessent being called from an interview by something urgent in the Situation Room in the White House.  When he returned an hour later he was visibly shaken.  There's a tremor in his voice when he says he would trust his child's life in Donald Trump's hands.  Orangie, the stupid man with cognitive disabilities, has stupidly followed a hunch that is going to have grave consequences for Americans.

The Sum Total of His Failures

What difference a day makes.  We are chillin! with an outside temp of 28 (F).  Yesterday, as the cold front rolled over Pennsylvania, social media was filled with pics of wind, and rain, and snow showers as the temps did their version of a later winter plunge.  As far as I could tell, my neck of the woods didn't get any snow.  To be perfectly honest, I spent very little time glued to my windows looking out for randomizing snow flakes.  Our afternoon high temp will rise into the low 50s (F), which is warmer than was originally predicted.  

Yesterday was rather productive.  Instead of doing my workout in the morning, I spent those hours doing my run-around chores.  The old phone has been shipped back so I can get that nice $500 credit.  A clear case was picked up for the new phone; why buy a nice blue phone if no one can see the blue? Shopping was done.  Bones were bought for Howie.  And a load of laundry set out to dry.  Then, I did my workout, which went quite well.  I know because my inner thighs are little sore thanks to the lateral lunges.

Words were edited.  

I have a bike ride scheduled for this afternoon.

Where does inspiration come from?  I have no idea.  Notes are being jotted down for the next book.  The title is already set, that happened a few months ago.: The Body in the Words.  I can't tell you what it's about because it's secret.  I was looking around for a setting.  Eli and Max have been to France, and Greece, and Scotland, so going abroad isn't a problem.  They've also spent some time in wintery Michigan, and in the ghost towns of Colorado, as well as well as Olde Town, which, for those of you who don't know is Central PA.  Then, this morning a friend was talking about a trip she'd just made and this was one of the pics she shared.  I now have a setting.  Ireland.  Max Sullivan will feel right at home.  What a great place to find a dead body, don't you think? 

And the war with Iran continues.  One of the media giants was talking about how the conflict was dragging on.  You may have heard me laugh at that one.  Russia's illegitimate invasion of Ukraine is dragging on.  I think that conflict is now heading into it's 5th year.  You'd think Putin would have realized the error of his ways by now.

Though, with Orangie's decision to invade Iran beginning to press heavily on the minds of Americans the past week and a half many may think it's dragging on.  I'm betting this must be torture for his demented soul, after all he's a loser who needs to take credit for wins, not losses.  And that's something he simply cannot do.  He can lean on a podium and or sit at his desk and decry that the war is over and that people need to move on, but it ain't happening.  He is reaching the sum total of his life's failures.  He has 8 bankruptcies, but will only admit to 6.  He has more failed startups than anyone in history. He has molested young girls.  Up until he decided to run for president, he was getting away with it all.  But once his ego gave into his greed for power, the shit started slipping through the cracks.  Now that shit has started to gush.  Nothing is going to stop this dam from breaking, and it will wash away the Republican party.

War Machine

Right now in Central PA, we have overcast skies and drizzle.  The temp is sitting at around 40 (F).  Things will warm up... slightly.  Tomorrow our temps might make it up to the low 50s (F).  Keep in mind we're still 8 days from the start of Spring.  Our temps are normal for this time of year.  But don't worry, only 100 days until summer.

Yesterday was sort of a meh day and yet not.  There was that dental appointment in the morning.  A cleaning appointment has been set up as well as an appointment to have that right back molar extracted.  On the extraction, they asked if I wanted to be anesthetized.  I'm not a big fan of anesthesia.  I have had it done three times, for the tonsils, the hernias, and the colonoscopy; that is more than enough to realize I don't like it.  So, I suppose they're going to end up numbing the hell out of my gums.

I did get a decent little workout in.  Then in the afternoon I had lunch with friends.  After lunch I didn't really want to do much of anything.  For dinner, I finished off the fries I'd bought for lunch.  And then I watched a movie on Netflix.  War Machine.  It was filled with testosterone entertainment, and Alan Ritchson.  There's a lot of action and a giant, killing war machine.  Oh, and did I mention Alan Ritchson?

And does anyone have any idea what the price of Brent crude is today?  I'd heard it was over  $100 a barrel.  I'm guessing that isn't making Wall Street too happy.  So much for you 401ks.  And the idiot in the White House?  He's doing what he's always done, or at last trying to, and that is move on to something else.  He will never, ever take responsibility for any of his actions.  Everything he does is calculated to make him look stronger, more powerful, and better.  He has absolutely no consideration for anyone else in the world.

And what about Keg Breath Hegseth banning photographers because their pictures make him look bad.  Actually the word by so many sources is unflattering.  Damn, we have a Secretary of Defense who's more concerned with how he looks on camera than doing his job.  Heggy is truly a terrible human being.  A religious fanatic, he will put so many others in harm's way while never letting himself be put in danger.  He's a coward who hides behind alcohol and phony faith.

What is so amazing to me is that the Republican party is so out of touch with America, that they simply refuse to even try to understand how a majority of the population is turning against them.  But, I suppose this is always the case with wannabe authoritarians.

Expensive Smiles

Well, our outside temp is in the mid 50s (F) and it will warm up today.  Sometime this afternoon we should reach the mid 70s (F), then, however, the storms are going to roll into the area. Overnight the temps will drop back into what is considered more seasonal, with afternoon highs being in the low to mid 50s (F).  This is fine.

The new phone arrived yesterday.  Howie embarrassed me by jumping up on the UPS delivery man.  I apologized.  Howie's okay with most people, the he's always excited when the UPS man comes a knocking at the front door.  Yesterday was no different.

As for the new phone.  I thought I'd get it up and running in about 45 minutes.  Well, it took that long to transfer the data.  All the apps were there, however none of the apps recognized the phone.  This meant signing into every single one of them.  Some needed to uninstalled and then reinstalled before I could sign in because they were attached to the old phone's IP address.  Over all, it took me most of the afternoon.  I was scheduled to do a cardio and that got canceled.  I texted my trainer and his comment was that getting a new phone was as bad as having to change a credit card.  I haven't had to do the later, but I'll take his word on it.

This morning I went to the dentist.  I have a molar that cracked.  There's no help of saving it.  I can remember a time when, if you needed to have a tooth pulled, that would happen in the office.  Now I have to go to an oral surgeon.  He said I could replace it with an implant for around $4500.  I said no.  At my age I can think of much better things to do with my money than to pay for a molar implant.  He then said I use that tooth for only about 2% of my chewing anyway.  Why does everything have to be about greed?

And evidently Israel's Iron Dome is good when all it has to deal with are the small rockets shot at the country from a fairly close range.  Those missiles Iran is shooting at them?  A different story.  They are getting through.  Some of them have cluster bombs attached.  Even Fox Entertainment is reporting this.  Of course, Israelis are beginning to ask "where's Bibi?"  For those who don't know, 12 days ago he took a long flight out of Israel.  Some thing he might be in Florida.  Believe me, this spineless man is as far away from the war as he can possibly get.

Americas casualties are worse than Kegsbreath and his Department of Defense want to admit.  As of yesterday, the number of injured was somewhere around 150.  Even Karoline Leavitt admitted this.  But then she also said that the Orange Anus took us into this war on a hunch.  Just let those word swirl around in your brain for a bit.  Remember the saying Everything Trump touches dies?  Well, those things he touches are all hunches.  Oh, dear me.  I think we as a country should be very concerned.