America's Sleeping Giant

 Our temps hit 100 (F) yesterday, for the first time in a long time.  We didn't break any records, so it's a pretty good guess that we've gotten that high before.  I went outside on a couple of occasions.  Believe me, it was a great day to dry clothing outside.  Two loads!  My savings from not running the dryer went to paying the Central Air expense, which seemed to be running constantly.

I got a text from Tammy, the neighbor living across the street, asking me why I didn't go to Eileen's Memorial Service on Saturday.  A month and a half ago she had told me part of the service was to be done at the A-Frame Eileen and her husband had built, and then the group was going to move to a spot near the river for spreading her ashes.  Her and her deceased husband's wedding bands were then supposed to be floated down the river on a tiny boat, and after all of that, people were supposed to meet at Dukes (a restaurant on the river).  I had told her I had no idea where the A-Frame was and she told me not to worry.  On Saturday, Tammy left early without saying anything, and I thought it would be rude of me to miss the service and just show up at Dukes for the food.  It's a lot like skipping the wedding and going to the reception, if you know what I mean.  When I reminded her of this she texted back, "oh, I should have told, there was a change of plans, everybody just met at Dukes, the service was done later."  Holy Crap.  Not that I was really upset.  Eileen was a good neighbor.  She took care of my animals when I went to France, and my decision to go to the service was just a nice gesture.  Still, there seems to have been a lot lacking in organizational skills.

And, as one might have expected, quite a few people are mocking Trump's bandaged ear, especially since this was the first time anyone has seen it.  The joke in this picture is that cultists will wear fake bandages to honor the Spawn of Satan.  Sadly, this turns out to be more than a joke.  They are selling fake mini-bandages at the convention that you can buy for just $5 a pop, bandages you can fold around the top of your ear.  This is what cultists do.

So far, there is still not medical report to prove the bullet actually winged his ear.  I'm betting that's never going to be forthcoming.  

The unity he called for disappeared completely on the second night of the Republican convention as people shouted, "Fight! Fight! Fight!"

However, the decisions made by this conservative Supreme Court have cursed the GOP.  Flipping Roe v Wade is sending millions of women to the polls and they're not voting Republican.  Their decision on presidential immunity, to completely remove accountability has pissed quite a few people off.  There's a saying, waking up the sleeping giant will make the whole world tremble.  That used to refer to China.  But there's a sleeping giant in this country made up of women, centrists, and every kind of minority you can think of.  Republicans simply do not understand this.  They have convinced themselves that all they need to say is "shut up, we're in charge," and the nation will bend at the knee.  They are going to learn what happens when America's sleeping giant awakens, and then Republicans will be gone.

The Official Word

Well, it's Monday.  I have to work.  On the bright side, it's only for today, I'm off Tuesday and Wednesday.  On the darker side, we're supposed to have rain until Thursday.  Yepper, we here in Enola are under a flash flood watch / warning, or something like that.  Originally this weather pattern was only to hang around until tomorrow, that forecast has been changed.  Shit.  I had been planning on mowing the lawn on Wednesday.
If I gave the impression yesterday that I thought the Idiot Jerk in the White House's base was on the verge of abandoning him, I want to correct that.  They will stick to him like flies on shit.  W's approval rating dropped to 27% which was made up entirely of the GOP base.  Nixon's approval dropped to 29%, and that was his base.  The same thing will hold true with the Idiot Jerk.  His Helsinki shtick went over badly with the Centrists.  They will be the ones coming to save the day, as well as massive amounts of democrats, the majority part.  His base will only begin to walk away if the economy starts to slide.
I got on the scale this morning.  Aaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhh.  Weight gain!  I'm blaming it on the new schedule.  This is my 3rd week.  My personal regimes is kind of in place... that doesn't work.  Things need to be more than 'kind of.'  Adjustments need to be made.  I will either need to get up later so I can stay up later and get the exercise in after work, or I'll have to get up earlier and and go to be earlier, reverting to a routine I was used to.
Someone complained about my putting in for vacation days and then not taking vacation pay.  At the end of the year we get reimbursed for vacation pay not taken if we have more than 40 hours on the books.  I don't see what the difference is, getting paid now or at the end of the year.  If you can afford to take a vacation day and not put in for the pay, well, more power to you.  But someone thought it was stinky.  Someone with a hair up their ass.  Ah, well, I'm going to continue to do it until the official word comes down to stop.
Right now the official word is:  Vote Blue

Fjord This

Well, it looks as though the Republicans have dropped the ball again.  Me thinks that the Idiot Jerk in the White House needs to go back and reread "The Art of the Deal," since neither he, nor his party seem to understand the art of negotiation.  This is a party that would rather cut off their genitalia than think about compromise.  They've had a problem with this concept every since Reagan's landslide win.  The only solution will be to vote them out of existence.  The American Freedom Caucus, with its vision of a white, socially conservative America needs to go.  They are a minority party and need to be treated as such.  For way too long America's Centrists and Liberals have played nice with them, demonstrating true values by turning the other cheek.  They need to be held accountable for all of their deceits.  They need to be removed.
Most people don't remember that this same party shut down the government for 16 days back in 2013.  A lesson should have been learned then, that they will sacrifice anything and everything to dictate how Americans live their lives.  We need to shut them up.
Anyway, today's Saturday and I'm off - no work, though there are chores around the house which need to be done.  I have a small bookcase which will get at least 2 new coats of paint.  I'm going to use it in the bathroom to store towels.
I also want to go for a ride this afternoon.  There are those at work who find it funny that I ride a trainer during the winter, who find it amusing when I pull up Strava and show them a ride I took up a fjord in Norway.  They say "isn't that nice."  And I usually sit back, think about my sitting heart rate of 56 bpm, nod and say "yes it is, it's very nice."

Happy New Year

Well, here it is, Sunday, December 31, 2017, the last day of the year, a year that was terrible for Liberals and Centrists because too many of them sat home on their duffs rather than go out and vote on November 8, 2016.  They have learned that believing one candidate has a lock on the election is not an excuse to stay home.  Go Vote!  If you want proof, look at Alabama.  Roy Moore lost by almost 22,000 votes (that's around 880 yellow school buses if you're looking for them on Google Earth).  In  reality, he lost by an even greater margin because another 22,800 voters wrote in someone else's name!  This means almost 45,000 voted against Roy Moore!  This moron didn't just lose the election, he was slaughtered.  In 2018, Go Vote!

The Time as come to Take Back America!

We want to make sure that 2018 is the Happiest Year Ever for a majority of Americans.

The Time has come for us to begin planning our celebration.

Everybody have a Happy, Happy New Year!

And Go Vote!