Criminal Songbirds

Well, wasn't yesterday a humdinger?  In many, many ways.
I talked to the scheduler about those vacation days she's over riding.  She's singing a different tune now, lots of sour notes, not the warbled melody I heard several months ago.  What's change?  They combined the Decor and the Flooring departments.  The hours she needs to schedule for the one combined department have increased.  The scheduling system dictates the number of hours needed in the department every day.  I threw a lame excuse at her about my Social Security (it really doesn't matter at this point) and she said she'd try and schedule me shorter days.  That would work.
And what about Rick Gates electrifying testimony?  Ramifications are exploding in all sorts of dazzling directions!  Let's be honest here.  These are the men the Idiot Jerk in the White House puts his trust in daily.  And you think this is bad... wait until Michael Cohen starts chirping.  My money says he's going to sing better than Brittany on one of her better days.

And then there was the Idiot Jerk.  First there was "no collusion."  Then there was "collusion is not a crime."  Then that fat, orange crow started Tweeting something about Donnie Jr.  In his mind, self-preservation means every one is expendable.  It should come as no surprise to anyone that it was just a matter of time before he started singing some ragged lyric about "Throwin' Donnie under the bus...." and backing over him once or twice.  Tire Tread Donnie didn't say much of anything, no doubt because there are not a lot of 'I's and 'Q's bouncing around between his ears.
Oh, and I did wack the hell out of my weeds yesterday when I got home from work.  The temp was 91 (F).  The humidity was rank.  But believe me, it was nearly as criminal as those fools aligned with the Idiot Jerk in the White House.
The only really bad thing to happen to me in a while was a mosquito bite on the side of my knee.  It too will pass.

Cut This

Well, here it is Thursday.  I am a finger click away from ordering the new laptop.  I did my income tax and I know I'm getting a refund that will pay my car insurance for 2018 and almost all of the laptop expense.  My out of pocket costs will be about $180.  As I said, right now it's only a click away from being shipped.
I had an interesting experience at work yesterday.  We have rolls of carpet on rolls that we sell.  A customer comes in and says "hey, I want 10 feet of that one," and we cut off a 10 foot section.  Well, yesterday and contractor comes in, probably in his mid-twenties, and tells me he wants to pieces, one 10 feet long and one 3 feet long.  So John, one my fellow associates and I rolled out the 10 foot section, however our cutter is a little slow, so about halfway through the cut it slowed down and Jay gave it a push.  As we pulled off the carpet, I looked down and asked, "hey, John, is that a piece of your finger down there?"  We laughed because you can't really cut off a piece of your finger.  However, the contractor spoke up.  "I did that once," he said, "all smoked up on weed.  I cut off the tip of my finger and could flip it back and forth.  Boy did I sober up fast."  And, of course, we laughed.  And after he left we laughed.  How could anybody be that damn stupid?  You'd almost think his last name was Trump.
And, of course, the Idiot Jerk in the White House says he can't wait to talk to Mueller... under oath.  My money says his attorney's have been coaching him constantly, and will, no doubt, give him crib notes that will most like read "I'm taking the 5th Amendment."  I wonder if he's feeling the noose tighten around his neck?  I mean Rick Gates has now hired a high profile attorney who specializes in plea bargains. 

My money says that if he gets desperate, the Idiot Jerk will cut someone else's throat, most likely Mitch McTurtle's since there's buzz out there how McTurtle advised Obama not to go public with the news of Russia's meddling.  But then again the Idiot Jerk might just start swinging that blade blindly and all whole bunch of throats, and political careers might get sliced.