Rachel

 They're forecasting a high in the low 70's (F) today, though there will be drizzle and showers throughout most of the morning and afternoon.  I work, so I can live with that. 

I've decided to replace my dahlias with poppies.  Originally I thought of doing a separate bed, planting them among the ranunculus, but whimsy took over, and I'm sure that by now most of us know what happens when fanciful steps onto the stage.  

A fellow blogger opined that many masculine gay men are using their masculinity to hide their true effeminate nature, of course I had to disagree.  That's like saying lipstick lesbians are really hiding their true desire to shave their heads and buy a Harley.

Isn't it interesting that there was a bit of discussion on this blog about Kamala Harris not being in the limelight just a tad bit more, and then yesterday comes the announcement she's going to spearhead the immigration issue.  Damn!

And... of course, yesterday Rachel Levine was confirmed as Assistant Secretary of Health.  Two Republicans voted for her:  Murkowski and Collins,.  Rachel is now the highest ranking transgender woman in the Federal Government.  Can we talk about making history?  Or maybe the topic should be the evolution of America.  The prayers of so many Cracker Jack Crazy Christians that she be denied this position were left unanswered.  In fact, many of their prayers are being given the cold shoulder.  This is a lesson they cannot learn.

As for Rachel?  She's a Pennsylvania girl!  Now ain't that nice!  Let's give Rachel a round of applause!

Sucking through London

Well it's Tuesday, the first day of my weekend, and the weather is supposed to be nice... very, very nice.  Tomorrow is supposed to be more of the same.  I am going to enjoy.  I am going to enjoy these wonderful temps with... yard work, a bike ride, and then more yard work.  I need to get the weed wacker out and wack away on the outside of the fence on the far side of the yard.
And I'm playing this game Vampyr - what a hoot.  At first I was cautiously curious, playing the part of a vampire, a man named Dr. Reid.  The location is London during the Spanish Influenza epidemic and the city is broken down into districts, Whitechapel being one.  Each district has a 'Citizen Menu' (cute) listing a number of characters and the experience points you earn by sucking them dry.  Funny, huh?  If you're good at sucking you can become very powerful, if you're bad a sucking you will fail.  Also, you need to control yourself.  You don't want to suck everybody dry.  If you do that the story is going to falter.  Yes, there is a story.  There is a reason why you are sucking your way through 1912 London.

Citizen Menu for Pembroke Hospital

Anyway, Wall Street did a bit of a tumble yesterday.  That's been happening a lot here lately.
Harley-Davidson is moving jobs to Europe because of the tariffs - duh.  Steel is cheaper in Europe, so that's where jobs will go.  This announcement started the Idiot Jerk shrieking on Twitter.  You see, he wants Harley-Davidson to just suck it up and deal with the higher price of steel.  For him, this is a business decision.  He's using the same rationale that led his companies to file 4 bankruptcies... wait, I need to correct myself, his companies have actually filed for Chapter 11 protection 6 times.  Filing Chapter 11 wipes out your debt.  The Idiot Jerk has wiped out billions and billions of dollars in debt created by his bad deals and flawed decisions.  He has actually wiped out a lot more debt than he is actually worth.  This is, no doubt, why Harley-Davidson has chosen to point a finger at a certain part of their corporate body and say "suck this."  That pisses off the Idiot Jerk.  He would rather shit away jobs and livelihoods rather than learn a lesson.