History

 Welcome to Friday... one of my days off.  Yesterday, we had a lot of rain.  We've had April showers on and off for several days now, however yesterday the rain was steady.  There were times when, sitting at the flooring desk, I could hear downpours pounding over head.  Of course, that meant I got to hear the occasional customer complaining about 'all of this rain.'  We've had this showery, drizzly, not quite rainy weather for about 3 days.  If we weren't getting the rain, and their lawns weren't rapidly turning green, these same people would be complaining about 'how dry it is!'  Why do so many people feel the need to whine?

I had an odd night's sleep.  Restlessness.  Not quite dreaming and not quite sleeping.  Politics seemed to play a big part, not solid thoughts I could focus on, and not disturbing at all, more like a silent presence that kept causing me to roll over.  I'm sure part of the reason was my PC.  I have a CyberPower gaming PC upstairs which is between 7 and 8  years old.  In computer years, that's old.  My last PC was a Dell and that worked well for about 6 years... and then died a sudden death.  Prior to that I had an large iMac which lasted 14 months before the hard drive decided to consume itself.  Rather than let that type of history repeat itself again, I've been looking at getting a new PC while this one is still on it's last legs.

And, of course, yesterday another type of history was made.  Ketanji Brown Jackson became the first black woman join the Supreme Court.

I was at work when they vote was held, though I watched later.  One thing that stood out in the joy of that moment: the sight of bitter, white Republicans walking silently out of the chamber like spoiled 12 year-old losers.  They have no decency, no respect for anything they cannot dictate.  History will look poorly on them.  They will clutch and grasp onto the past with their old, dying hands until time buries both them and their beliefs.

Supreme Decisions

 Holy Crap!  It's Monday!  I am not scheduled to work today.  The big orange retailer I work is going to pay me some vacation time.  82 hours needs to be used within the next 6 months, so I'm going to spread them out, using a couple here and a couple there.

I had lunch with friends down in York yesterday and we talked about aging (some are even older than I).  Not one of us feels old.  We do have 'aches and pains' and I have the lower spinal issue, but not of us are the stereotypical 'old folks.'  In fact, I'm fairly certain that if some was to clunk us into that classification one, if not all of us, would have to club the shit out of you.  Attitudes are changing.

Biggie's meds will be arriving tomorrow.  This is whole day he's gone with out his puppy nsaid, so I'm waiting to see how it goes.

I also bought some new sheets.  They looked a lot more purply in the ad.  I took a pic since this is one of the few times there have not been any doggy toys on the bed.

Ketanji Brown Jackson's confirmation hearings begin today.  For those of you who haven't seen the GOP playbook, you need to rut around in your closet until you find their playbook for Merrick Garland:  stall with inappropriate questions; delay as much as possible, hopefully until they get that majority they believe they're going to get this November; vote 'no' if she ever comes up for a vote.  I might be wrong on this, but while the House has black congressmen, the Senate does not.  Yep, I'm pretty sure they are all white.

And, for those who missed it, Clarence (I'm only black on the outside) Thomas is in the hospital.  You may have thought you heard someone nearby farting loudly; nah, that was only the collective horror of hundreds of thousands of Evangelicals.  They need Clarence to keep their politically stacked majority.  I find it interesting that he was admitted on Friday, however nothing was said until Sunday.  Normally, that does not portend good news.  We're being told he has flu-like symptoms that are abating, but it's not Covid.  He's on an IV drip of antibiotics... that implies something serious.  He is expected to be released in a few days.  Did he actually have a mini-stroke?  Or maybe a minor heart attack?  Or is God simply punishing him for being an Oreo?