Mike and the Pizza boxes

 They're predicting that the temps are supposed to climb up into the mid 90s (F) today.  I don't doubt the forecast, yesterday we got up into the low 90s (F).  Tomorrow?  Rain is on the way and the temps are supposed to cool back down.  Whatever.

My new clock arrived yesterday.  It will be hung this morning.  Tiling was also done in the kitchen.  I've a little more to do before I'm finished.  The glass tiles I used for my backsplash now cover the area behind the stove.  I will need to grout and seal them, but then one more step is completed in finishing of my kitchen.

My neighbor, Mike, died.  Don't ask me when, or why because I don't know.  Tuesday was garbage day, so last Monday his wife took out their garbage cans.  When I got up last Tuesday, their car was gone.  When they hadn't returned by Wednesday, I figured they'd gone down to see one of their kids in Maryland.  Yesterday, I got a card from her in the mail which began with "I suppose you've heard about Mike."  Well, I didn't.  Her husband was not a like able person.  For most of the 29 years I've lived here, I've had to deal with his anger management, and alcohol, and drug abuse issues.  The problems?  Too numerous to list here.  Well, maybe just one.  Twelve years ago, 3 young men rented the end townhouse across the street; they were friendly and funny, and made me laugh.  On weekends, they would have small parties with maybe 3 or 4 friends who parked on the street, sometimes either in front or behind Mike's car.  Mike didn't like this, so he used pizza boxes to try and block off our side of the street.  That's right, he put a pizza box in front of his car and one behind.  Of course, it didn't work for obvious reasons.  This incensed Mike, so he drank all night, and the next morning went over and pounded on their door.  When they answered, he pulled a knife and threatened to kill them if they parked on our side of the street again.  They promptly had him arrested.  Believe me when I tell you this was just one of the things, we in the neighborhood dealt with on a fairly regular basis.  You shouldn't speak ill of the dead, but ever since I got his wife's card all I've been able to do is laugh and think of how big an asshole Mike was.

Here's a bit of a pallet cleanser, my elephant ear plant.

And the fallout from Tuesday's election in Kansas is still dropping like dung on the GOP.  I don't know about you, but I'm enjoying it.

Every senator voted to admit Finland and Denmark to NATO, except for 1, Josh Hawley.  He must think that's the masculine thing to do.

Finally, just a bit about Alex Jones.  His scumbag attorneys accidently gave the prosecution his phone records and text messages over the past few years.  I watched some of the videos.  We can only pray that the worst will happen to him.  I do know a whole lot of people want to get their hands on that information, including the IRS, the January 6 committee, and the DOJ.  I hope they take his passport, because I do believe Jones has suddenly become a flight risk.

Kansas tells Republicans to go to Hell

We're have a mini heatwave here in Central PA.  The temps, predicted to reach the mid 80s (F) yesterday, actually topped off in the 90s (F).  And I mowed my lawn.  There's not a lot of humidity, though, as my friend Tami likes to say, I was 'glowing' with a nice sheen of perspiration by the time I finished.  

Yesterday was busy.  Besides the mowing, I picked up Seig's gabapentin, stopped by the store to buy a container for mixing thin set, prepped the wall behind the stove for tiling, did laundry, wrote almost 1000 words (wow), and beat a boss in Elden Ring.

Today might be just as busy.  I'm going to see if I can squeeze a ride in on the bicycle later this afternoon.

My new clock will be arriving later this morning, or early afternoon.  I can't wait.  I didn't realize, until after the old one broke, how often I relied upon it.  The last one chimed on the half hour and hour, the new one does quarter hours, too.

I don't know if any of you are following the Fetterman / Oz race to replace that scumbag Pat Toomey in the Senate, but it is fascinating to see how easily a strong Democrat can dismantle his Republican opponent... use honesty.  This is why Republicans are scared shitless they're going to lose PA

And, of course, there were primaries yesterday in several states.  In some states, Trump back Republicans won, however, not one of them had a landslide win.  They won by getting 46% of the vote (Kari Lake in Arizona), or 41% (Tudor Dixon in Michigan).  Compare these wins to 100% of the vote (Mark Kelly in Arizona), and 100% of the vote (Gretchen Witmer in Michigan).  This is not the face Republicans want to show the American people, a party that is splintering with about half of their voters still loyal to Trump.

Perhaps the greatest indicator of the problems facing the Republicans comes from Kansas, a state where they believed everyone would jump on board the idea of amending their constitution to outlaw abortion.  A whopping 68% of the voters told the Republican party to go to Hell.  I saw one comment noting that Republicans evidently didn't spend enough time on their knees praying for victory.  The reality is that this party, for so many years, rather than try to read and understand Americans, was far too interested in saying "shut up!  We're in charge!"  This party is in serious trouble and, like the horse that runs back into the burning barn, they are going to push ahead.  To do otherwise would be to admit they were wrong.