Anora

 Well, Thursday has started out all bright and sunny and warm.  Temps are in the mid 70s (F).  Our projected high is in the low to mid 90s (F) and we are under a heat advisory.  Thunderstorms are not in the forecast, at least not until Saturday and Sunday.  This is what summer is:  hot sunny days.

Yesterday was interesting.  I did a short, low impact upper body workout.  Muscles need time to recover. My main goal is to maintain the muscle mass that I have and, possibly, maybe grow a few more muscle cells.  I've seen men in the 90s who look like big babies because they decided to just sit around and let their bodies atrophy with the years.  That's not going to be me.

I also spent some time chatting with an Hewlett Packard tech who finally got my color printer to work.  Something happened when I switched internet providers and I couldn't get the wifi to work.  He had me connect it with a USB cable to my laptop and then remotely went in and reset it.  The printer is still under warranty, a good thing since it took him about 15 minutes.  I watched as he typed different numbers on different screens and truthfully, there is no way I could have gotten it working again.  Now it prints fine.

I watched Anora last evening.  It won the Palme d'or at Cannes, and the Oscar for Best Picture.  It's about a sex worker who meets and marries the goofy, spoiled son of a Russian oligarch.  It's explicit at times, not X rated, but there is plenty of T& A for those of you who appreciate that sort of stuff; believe me, Black Swan was far more explicit, or Beautiful Things.  Anyway, once they get married the movie turns into a sort of slapstick/screwball comedy.  Oh, and there is a love story, but not between Ani and the rich kid.  I liked it a lot.

Also last night, South Park premiered it's 27th season... and it went after the Orange Anus in a big way.  I tried to find the clip on YouTube where Orangie strips down naked and climbs in bed with Satan who rebuffs him.  Orangie's small genitalia are mentioned several times.  I cackled.  I laughed.  I guffawed.  Video clips were all over Threads, so I suppose they're all over both Zitter and Bluesky.  And what makes this episode so great is that there's no mention of the Epstein files.  Nope.  But Orangie in bed with Satan who rejects him is golden.

And, as everyone should have expected, the Wall Street Journal did drop another tasty piece of dirt about the Epstein files.  Tell me, is any body really shocked to find out that Pammy Jo told Orangie his name was in the files back in May.  Of course, most of us already knew he was quite aware of how his name simply permeates those files, so her dropping that bit of info was no surprise to him.  And because Mikey Johnson shut down Congress for the next month the administration is left with trotting out old chestnuts like Hillary's emails.  August is going to be juicy. 

"Take a Felon to Work" day

Holy Moly, the temp was 70 (F) when I got up this morning.  According to the forecasters, we've got one of them heat domes heading our way.  For the past 2 years they've been missing us, moving either to the north or south, but not this week.  I'm not doubting Mother Nature had this entire thing planned, since it's arriving right when summer begins.  

This means window air conditioning units will be a hot commodity.  Sorry, I just had to do that.

 Actually, our temps are only suppose to clime into the mind 90s (F), with the real feel being around 100 (F).  Still, it means I'm going to have to turn on the A/C if I want the upstairs to be comfortable.

And, speaking of the weather, how about Florida?  All that rain?  All that heat?  If those people down there thought insurance rates were high before this summer, I'm betting they're going to be flipping out by the time hurricane season ends.

And I did work yesterday, and, as expected business was slow.  However, when I checked my sales somehow I managed to rack up over $11,000.  Wow!  I also got to work in paint for a bit, which is fun.  

I also changed my availability, knocking off one of the mid-week days.  As of 7/12, I'll no longer be working on Thursdays.  When I get back from Greece, I'm going to change it again so I'll only be working weekends and Monday.  Three days on and four days off.  Sounds good to me.

The writing room is beginning to come together.  I've decided to hide the file cabinet and printer behind the victrola.

And for those who didn't know it, yesterday was take your felon to work day.  How do I know?  Because the Orange Anus was back in Washington speaking to the Republicans of Congress.  One of those present in that closed session said it was like listening to your drunken uncle.  Afterwards, he spit out a short word salad speech and then left, which was rather unusual for him.  

As expected, the Senate voted against in vitro fertilization.  Someone asked why, if these people claim to be pro-life, they can be against IVF.  Well, a lot of it has to do with their Cracker Jack Crazy religious beliefs.  They believe babies should be made the natural way, and not rely on science.  Yep, that's right.  Science is the big bugaboo here.  In order for there to be science, people would need to ask questions, and questions are verboten. For them, it's all about belief.  Sort of like the dark ages, you know?  

Blizzards

 Outside, the weather is a brisk 44 (F) and those individuals who get paid lots of money to forecast heat waves and deep freezes are saying that today's the last cool day for a while.  Tomorrow the temps are supposed to climb up into the 70s (F), and by Friday we're supposed to top off at around 79 (F).  And no, for those of you who are desperately waiting for Indian Summer, this is not it.  As I've said before, Indian Summer only happens after the first frost, of course, now that we're beginning to deal with Global Warming, that might not happen until well into December.

I do get to go in and work today.  Hopefully it will be quiet.

I also get to call the granite people and select my slab.  I have the purchase order number to verify that I'm actually going to have it installed.  The installers will be here tomorrow to measure and build the template.  Then, if things go well, my new countertop will be installed in two weeks.  While a number of things need to be done by then, I don't foresee anything cataclysmic happening.  It's just painting and laying the vinyl plank flooring, which means crawling around.  Believe me, it's not the crawling around that bothers me, it's the standing up afterwards.

And I was down in York yesterday to lunch with my friend Betsy.  It's always Chinese buffet and Dairy Queen, and desert is always a Blizzard.  Yesterday I had a Royal New York Cheesecake blizzard.  It was okay.  I was thinking it would only be chunky pieces of cheesecake and I was wrong.  There was some strawberry sundae topping inside which wasn't to my liking.  I suppose that's because while growing up, my mom only bought two types of jelly, grape and strawberry.  Now I really don't like either.

Since it's now Monday, the clown show in Congress is going to start up again.  We've had enough of an intermission between acts.  Nine names are in the ring and, as far as I know, only one of them is what you might consider a moderate.  Whispers have it that Trump is still pulling the strings behind the scenes.  That wouldn't surprise me.  He represents the authoritarian dictatorship so many of them want.  The fact that he's a lying sack of shit means nothing to them, it's the power they believe he promises.

And, speak of the OA, I believe he's once again back in court today.  Tomorrow, his former attorney Cohn is supposed to testify against him.  I'm wondering if the two of them are going to come face to face in the courtroom.  Trump doesn't need to be there, but if he believes he can use it to bolster his campaign he'll put in an appearance.

  

The Bendy Ankle

 Sunday!  And I don't work!  And the weather is nice, cool, but that's okay.  This is autumn; cool days and cooler nights.  The sunshine is so bright I had to pull the curtains shut to keep it from blinding me while I type.

I got many hours of sleep last night.  When the alarm went off, I let Lily out and the fed her, and then the two of us went back to bed for another hour.  This always happens when my schedule gets changed.  Normally I'd be going in to work this morning, but I'm off, I worked Thursday instead.  I like have my 4 days off in a row, I get more things done around the house which is important with my kitchen renovation.  Not that I don't get things done.  All of the new cabinets have their first coat of paint, next up, a bit of light sanding and then on to coat number 2.  I will probably do 3 coats since paint is a finish, and being in a kitchen where dings and dangs happen, the stronger the better.

Work was exceedingly boring yesterday.  Not that I didn't talk to customers, it's just that the all though our pricing was too expensive.  The new software they've saddled us with is still twitchy as hell.  This is piss poor planning.  They should have rolled this out in mid-January when business is a lot slower and associates would have the time to learn how it work.  Now they're going to be dealing with costly complaints.

I check Facebook every morning to see if everybody I know is still alive.  This morning this pic popped up from 5 years ago.  Isn't it amazing how bendy my ankle is?

And, of course, the Republican shit show in Congress continues.  Now that the little fascist Jimmy Jordan got rejected it seems as though the floodgates of wannabe Speakers has opened up.  The last time I checked I believe there were 10 Republicans vying for the position.   Because there is no obvious choice, the chaos will continue.  Three or four will probably get nominated, however the rules the Republicans themselves set up will require the victor will need to have some Democratic support, and the GOP has decided they don't want to work with Democrats.  Having to compromise means they can't go around shouting "shut up, we're in charge," and that's a stake for every MAGA who bought into the cult.

The Only Thing a Republican is Good At

Well, it's raining in Central PA.  That's the forecast for both today and tomorrow.  I'm planning on going anywhere, except to Giant.  I need milk.  Yesterday the temps got up to 51 (F).  Inside, the temps got up to 73 (F).  This helps save money on the natural gas bill, especially since rates went up.  Wowza.  On the budget plan I used to pay between $55 and $60 a month (heat, hot water, and cooking).  Now it's $82 per month.  Electric rates went up as well.  So did water.  There was a time when utilities weren't so focused on their profit.  Greedy is in.

I've about 20 pages left on the book.  That's right, I'm in the denouement chapter.  In The Body Under Ice, it's not so much as secrets getting revealed, as it is putting the pieces together.  As Eli says, "the dots are coming together.  A picture is forming."  Writing the denouement chapter is always the funnest part of the book for me.

Being that I like my rock and roll, I was glad to see one of my most favoritest groups dropping a new video yesterday.  Fall Out Boy is releasing a new album March 24.  I'm excited.  Here's the video.

Of course, the United States is going to hit its debt ceiling sometime today.  As expected, the Republicans, who had no problem kicking that baby as high as they wanted under the Orange Anus, want to use it to attack Social Security and Medicare.  I laugh because their non-thinking base will go along with whatever the party says, even if it obliterates their future.  The last time the Republicans had this slim of a majority in the House was in 1963.  Times were different then.  They didn't have insurrectionists among their ranks.

But this Congress has a terrible problem: some of its members are under investigation for the January 6 attempted coup.  How do you remove a Republican from Congress?  You arrest him.  This is why Jimmy Jordan put together his anti-investigation committee.  These traitors are desperately trying to find out just how far along the investigations are, if their close to being completed.  Sadly, there's nothing they can do except wait, and create chaos, and havoc.  It seems that's the only thing they're any good at.

 

What the Future Holds

 And so the weekend begins.  Storm clouds are settling over some parts of the nation.  Yesterday, here in lovely Central PA, we had showers, drizzles, and heavy bands of rain throughout the day.  I had planned on relocating the leaves in my backyard to the other side of the fence.  I do this every year, rather than drag them down to the curb for the street sweeper.  I like to recycle the nutrients which go into the growing of leaves back into the ground from which they came.  

I got a phone call from one of my Navy friends yesterday.  It's been many years.  He was very excited.  Originally from Virginia, he has since relocated to North Carolina, and lives in a condo on an island.  He has picked up that southern drawl.  His wife passed away a number of years ago.  One of his sons has developmental issues.  I feel bad for him, that's such a chore for aging parents. A Zoom call is scheduled for November 19.  Hopefully he and a number of my other Navy friends will be there.  Here's a dark picture I took of him at a radar console while on watch.  You can see the outline of the the Tonkin Gulf of Vietnam on the console screen.  You might want to click on it to make it bigger.

And, of course, Mark Kelly won his race to be Senator of Arizona.  Right now the count for Senators is even, each party having 49.  It's quite likely the Democrats will win one, possibly two, more.  That would be nice.  It's not quite as nice as having a majority to codify laws on abortion and marriage, but it's nice.  As for the House, in the past the midterms had the president's party losing 40 to 50 seats.  If Republicans do manage to get control, the number will be small, possibly 10 or less, which is not what they wanted.

Kevin McCarthy, who chose to hang onto Trump's nether region like a starving sucker fish, will never be Speaker of the House.  His decision to shit on Democracy has turned him into not only a failure, but a pariah for those Republicans looking for someone to blame.  The MAGA base has turned on him.  The same thing is true for McConnell.  Their political lives are over.  

It will be interesting to see how the Republicans will proceed if they do manage to wrest control of the House from the Democrats.  I wonder how many of them have come to terms with the fact that America has just rubbed their noses in Trump's shit.  Remember, Republicans in general struggle with their 2 dimensionality. Stefanik from New York is stuck in the past.  She was already Tweeting that Trump will again be a candidate for president.  He's having some sort of flash and bank shit show on November 15, probably to make his announcement.  When he does, that will end the Republican party because he is all they have.

The Surprise

 So, the five hours I spent at work yesterday were more of an inconvenience than anything else.  11 AM to 4 PM really takes the wrong chunk out of my day.  I don't mind being scheduled in the mornings or afternoons but losing the middle of the day really bothered me.  I had no desire to either start or continue a project before I left for work, and the same was true when I got home.  The fact that the five hours I spent at the flooring desk turned out to be uneventful marriage of boring and blasé didn't help.  This happens sometimes.

Temperature wise, we did get up into the mid 90s (F).  Even though forecasters were calling for rain, we had none.  That meant watering my little garden, which has so far produced only 1 tomato and 1 green pepper.  Some of the branches on my peach tree are dying.  Son of a bitch.  

There was, however, one nice surprise.  Two months ago, I had planted an elephant ear believing it would grow large, cutting down the amount of lawn I'd have to mow.  Well, nothing happened.  For two months.  I thought the plant had just died.  And then yesterday morning as I was taking out the garbage, I found this, and while it's only about 5 inches long, it's nice to know it didn't die.

As for politics, we are heading into the summer doldrums.  Congress will be going onto vacation shortly.  Will any legislation get passed?  That's difficult to pass.  I know many are hoping that the Marriage Equality Act gets a vote.  A lot of Evangelical leaders are pushing against it, and they represent a voting bloc the Republicans have courted for years.  However, that little decision the Supreme Court made regarding Roe v Wade didn't sit well with a large majority of Americans.  Roughly 2/3 are pissed.  That same figure wants to change the rules for the court:  mandatory retirement at a certain age, and term limits.  Americans want to get rid of justices having a job for life.  I'm up for that.  

And will Ginni Thomas ever talk to the Jan 6 committee.  I doubt it.  She has a fat mouth and says a lot, but only follows through if she can spread her hatred.  Married to Thomas for 37 years, her womb is evidently barren, or they made a conscious decision that birth control was essential in order for her to avoid giving birth to black children.  I do think that's the main reason.  Clarence Thomas truly does hate his DNA.  

Treason

 Yesterday was the last of the sunny days for a while.  Temps are forecasted to stay in the mid to upper 70s (F), but cloudiness and showers are going to be hanging around.  No long, soaking rains are predicted, of course that doesn't mean the grass is going to stop growing.

My 'saw on a stick' arrived yesterday.  Full extended, it's heavier than I was expecting.  8 pounds weighs a lot less when you're holding it next to your body than it does when it's attached to a pole 10 feet away.  Then you begin dealing with balance, and counterbalance.  Unfortunately, I am the fulcrum and I'm at the end, not in the center.  In between the showers today, I hope to cut a few small branches.  We shall see how it goes.  My friend, 6'5" tall Justin has volunteered to help if any is needed.  

I tried a new white bread recipe yesterday.  This one is a keeper.

Oh, and I have peaches!  Right now, they're about the size of marbles.  They will grow.

And, of course, yesterday the January 6 committee sent out a few more subpoenas. This time those little 'hellos' went out to sitting members of Congress.  And those members of Congress?  They were very, very silent.  These 5 members haven't been indicted (yet), but they have been invited to sit down and talk with the committee before the end of May.  Timeliness is everything, remember?  I was really pleased to see that Scott Perry from PA was one of those to get an invite.  It got me to thinking.  We used to hang people for treason, is that something we still do?

A little reminder that our primaries are on Tuesday.  Save The Date.  The Orange Anus blurted out a criticism of Kathy Barrnett yesterday because she is neck and neck with his candidate, Oz the Incompetent.  Neither one is electable.  All he's doing is auditioning to be on Celebrity Apprentice, and Barnett's extremism is so far to the right she takes homophobia and anti-Muslim attacks to a whole new level.  Had she been a senator on January 6, she would have joined the traitors.

Republican Benghazi

 Well, here we go, once again we are ready to approach that thing some call a weekend.  Small pause while I take my digital temperature...  .... 97.5 (F).  That's a little warm for me, but I've been drinking coffee.

I have a laminate floor sale going through today,  Honestly, I really hate dealing with laminate.  There are so many problems which can pop up, the levelness of your floor tends to be a culprit.  Besides, while I know some of you out there might have it in your homes, I'm not wild about it since I see it as faux wood.  I have real hardwood.  I like hardwood.  With laminate, you have a picture of hardwood on top of a pressed core.  That's why it's less expensive.  

Damn, the battery is going in my mouse.  I hate when that happens.  I have a really nice gaming mouse I might switch to so batteries are no longer a problem.  It was used heavily when I was playing games on the PC.  A little dusty from sitting in a drawer for a couple of years, but it should do fine.

And, of course, the Idiot Jerk was impeached a 2nd time yesterday for inciting his supporters to violence.  Since is Twitter is gone, he's very quiet, which is rather nice.  The word is out McConnell, who had no problem with his supporters until they shit in the halls of Congress, wants him purged from the party.  Like all spineless Republicans, he's going to let that happen after Biden takes office.  Purging the Idiot Jerk means purging his base.   They are already beginning to point fingers at each other.  This is how the GOP splinters.

As time passes, more and more information comes out about Republican Congressmen who may actually aided and abetted the riot.  There seems to have been an increase in Capital Tours in the days prior to the riot, which is odd since they had been restricted because of Covid.  And apparently one Congresswoman Tweeted Pelosi's location.  If that's true, she's going to be arrested for insurrection.  And there are other investigations on the way.  I don't know how many Republicans know this yet, but they're staring down the gun of their own Benghazi, only this is a thousand times worse.

Tick, Tick, Tick

 Can we talk about personal accomplishments?  Jeez!  Yesterday was:  aquarium? (check), laundry? (check), bike ride? (check), groceries? (check) dog walk? (check), bike ride? (check), haircut? (check). 

 About the bike ride?  A really super great improvement Garmin has initiated in their Tacx software is the ability for you to create your own route.  That's right.  Now you can break up a 40 mile ride into what ever lengths you want.  The video starts where you want it to start, and ends where you want it to end.  Now you can create fresh, new rides where ever you want!  

As for The Body in the Loch?  I'm rapidly approaching the denouement, a little chapter called 'All Knives Can Kill.'  

And, of course, I do have to go back to work today.  Can you feel my excitement?  These are the doldrum weeks, those days when you decide to take a vacation because there are better things to do then sit at a flooring desk.  The aisles are fairly empty and the slow ticking of boring seconds can be a monumental weight.  True, there are worse things then being bored, but reminding yourself of this fact while you're checking the time every three minutes as you wait for your shift to end is always difficult in what seems to be one of the most difficult times of your life.  Will it ever end?

There is also what seems to be the eternal wait until the Congressional vote tomorrow brings some finality to the 2020 election.  I have to remind you that does not mean this is going to end.  Sometimes putting the final nail in the coffin is just not enough.  We will still have to deal with the zombies for some time to come...

though I wouldn't be surprised if quite a few of them attempt to follow him as he relocates to... well, right now Scotland seems to be his point of entry into Europe. Don't expect him to stay there.  Damn, those men in kilts will stomp his wannabe tinfoil dictator's ass into smithereens.    

Cycling in the Time of Covid

Remember when days of the week used to count for something?  Or, better yet, remember when we men needed to wear a coat and tie to work?  Is that too far back?  And then casual dress arrived on the scene and jackets were not required.  And then ties disappeared.  I still own ties, but most of them I gave to Community Aid.  In an odd sort of way, this is how evolution works.  Things that are no longer necessary slowly fade away, like your appendix, a worm-like appendage that sometimes has to be removed when it gets inflamed.  Just like the Idiot Jerk in the White House.  Like a really bad appendix, he's about ready to rupture.  An abscess is already forming around him.  He is going to lose the election... badly.  He is going to be treated the way he has treated so many others in his life and his little egocentric brain is about to pop.  It is not going to be pretty.

Congress shot down his silly, little balloon about delaying the election.  His little ploy is going hurt his approval rating.  While his base might want a dictatorship, a vast majority of Americans do not.  We like living in a democracy.  Sometimes things go our way, sometimes they don't, but everything stays Centrist.  The Idiot Jerk's hard core base hates Centrist.  They want to dictate and control.  And they are a minority group who's going to lose their leader this fall.  Yep.  The American people are going to politically cut off the head of the Republican Party.

I understand the Idiot Jerk's campaign has put a hold on buying more TV ad time.  He has been spending money like it's going out of style in Florida, and he's continuing to fall behind Biden in the polls.  I don't doubt for a second one of his smarter kids, probably Ivanka Danka told him he's wasting his buckos.  What's more important?  Getting re-elected or managing to transfer a couple hundred million $$$ into his personal bank account?  There are already issues of his campaign paying 3rd party vendors for services rendered.  I think the proper term is called Money Laundering.  I suspect his campaign money is being secretly transferred into his personal accounts faster than you can say 'shit.'

Finally, I've been playing around with the camera in my new phone... taking selfies, well, my version of selfies.  Sometimes I like what I do, sometimes it gets deleted faster than the Idiot Jerk in the White House can say "I."  There really are not a lot of photographs of me out there.  It's just the way I am.  Anyway, here's one I call Cycling in the Time of Covid.

 

This is reality

Today is Tuesday.  We are now over 1/3 of the way through winter.  The government shutdown continues.  It's day 31.  And, of course, the problem is the Republicans.  You see once again they made a very stupid assumption, in fact it's the same one they made back when Reagan had his landslide re-election.  After the Idiot Jerk managed to get elected (by a technicality), and with control of both the Senate and the House, they actually believed they would rule this country forever. Not only were they convinced this was the Holy Truth, they saw themselves as the lawgivers of the land.  If you didn't like the results of the election they smugly smiled and said "get over it."  However, a majority of Americans looked at their small minded beliefs and said, "shut up," and voted against them in the midterms.  They went from having a 23 seat majority in the House to being a 41 seat minority and this fact shatters what they so desperately want to believe, that they have been chosen.  They are totally clueless when it comes to compromising and the Idiot Jerk president they praise turns out to be the worst deal maker in history.  This is why they fail. Their failures will continue to grow.
I saw this in Towleroad regarding the school of hate run by a diocese in Kentucky.   You know, the one where students are taught to harass people of color, including our indigenous peoples, the ones who were here first.  It seems they also refused to let a gay valedictorian make his commencement speech... perhaps because he wanted to speak out in favor of gun control... or maybe it was because he was gay.  That alone should have educated people as to what type of diocese this is:  a right-wing hate group of the Republican Party.
And, of course, since it's Tuesday, my desk arrives today.  I was told between 11 - 2.  Well, I'm prepped.  The walks are shoveled and free of ice.  The kitchen table has been cleared.  Around 0800 it will be taken apart and placed on the porch for next week's garbage.  I tried giving it away but no one wanted it because it's old and sagging in the middle.  Or, maybe, instead of throwing it away, I might just break it apart and put the wood up on the hill behind my house where mother nature can do with it what she wants.
And finally, yesterday I was making notes about my current project and realized the house was rather silent, so I went looking.  What did I find?  Two dogs and a duck on the bed.

At least they kept the bedclothes kind of neat....

Duck This

Well, it's Saturday.  Yesterday was slow at work.  This is to be expected.  It's that time of year.  While it's not official yet, my department is going to be losing a specialist... and no, it's not me.  Just letting you know if anyone has any interest in applying.
An amusing moment happened while I was typing notes in a customer's file.  One of the store associates was walking by and stopped.  I thought he was going to ask a question so I paused.  He did, "you can type with out looking at the keyboard?"  My response? ".... .... uh, yeah."  Amazing, eh?
Last night, as I was getting ready for bed, Big Seig came walking into the bedroom with the big, fluffy yellow duck the dogs got for Christmas.  I had to smile because he's a big dog and it's a big duck, almost 18" long, and there he was, walking around with that yellow duck in his mouth.  This morning it was still on the bed.

Yesterday, one of our newly minted Congresswomen said, in reference to the Idiot Jerk in the White House "we're going to impeach that motherfucker."  Of course, the all white Republican party freaked mostly because she rang a bell they have been ignoring for years.  I do believe unequivocally that the Idiot Jerk's rectum no doubt spasmed horrendously at those words.  You see, Rashida Tlaib is female, and brown, and Muslim.  She is three nails in the coffin of the white, Republican Party.  Instead of asking themselves how many young, female, people of color joined their party and got elected into office, they did the old 'shriek and shout.'  Instead of trying to understand how America is changing, they have chosen to duck and run for cover.  This is how their party will end, desperately praying that the moral degenerate in the White House will save them...  They do not understand.  They are lost.

Blowing smoke

In case you're wondering, so far the new position is going well.  I did, however, think I'd be learning more about hard wood, you know?  Like how to extend the life of your hard wood.... ain't happening yet.  I did learn quite a bit about carpeting.  Wool is one of the most expensive floor coverings... mostly because of the sheep.  Figure about one sheep per square foot, and if you've got a decent sized room... well, that's a lot sheep.
On the darker side of things, I see the Idiot in Chief is speaking to Congress today.  Be prepared, he's going to blow a lot of smoke.  Trumplodites like that, however.  They like the way it tickles.  And he's very good at blowing smoke; he's done it for years.  Heads are going to roll, we're all going to start making money, taxes are going to drop, a Wall is going to be built... all nothing more than smoke.  I have this sneaking suspicion that his supporters don't really care if he changes anything on not, just as long as he fills their smoke quota.
I mean, if you look at any news source, other than Fox News, the smoke screen the GOP has been hiding behind for years is beginning to dissipate.  The cracks are beginning to show because the only this party has ever been unified about have been their complaints.  Just look at Healthcare.  They have never, ever been able to get their act together in regards to Healthcare.  Ever.  But they could all agree that they hate the ACA.  Now they say they're going to repeal it and put their own plan in place?  It ain't going to happen.  Ever.  All they're ever going to do is blow smoke, just like their Idiot in Chief.

Unfortunately for them, the cigar box is empty.  They are going to run out of smoke.  And as their agenda continues to slow down, more and more people are going to realize this President, and this party is totally dependent upon smoke; no substance at all, just a lot of hate for everything they don't like.  Even now the phrase "smoke 'em if you got 'em," is beginning to cause them palpitations.