Appearances

 Today's starting out a little on the cool side, as long as you definition of cool is in the mid 40s (F).  There are drizzles hanging around, but if the forecasters are correct they will pass leaving this afternoon sunny.  Temp wise, it looks as though we'll be hanging around in the mid 50s (F) to low 60s (F) for the next few days.  I can live with those temps.

Yesterday, because it was the last Sunday I worked an 8 hour shift was a day of none accomplishment.  That's right, except for writing my daily entry in Riding On, I did virtually nothing... literally.  Well, I did go to work.  I did have a nice carpet sale to an ex-employee, a little over $5000.  Her husband signed up for a store credit card.  His credit must not be that good, since his limit was low.  Customers with decent credit usually have a limit of $8000, he maxed out his limit and she put the balance on another card.  She also told me they were going on a cruise in June:  Italy, Greece, and Turkey.  I'm betting they're deep in debt.

I've been listening to Lady Gaga's latest.  If you like her music some of it's pretty good.  However, the videos are rather odd, none of them likeable enough to watch more than one time.

And I think I'm about played out with Skyrim.  There are a number of endings and depending upon the choices you make during the game, you can have a good one, or a bad.   I had a happy ending this time, one a previous playthrough I had to deal with a terrible war.  Now I'm debating whether I want to download Avowed, another RPG from Obsidian, a studio that is owned by Bethesda.  Here's the trailer.

I understand that the Orange Anus is caving on some of his tariffs again, this time in the form of waivers to certain groups, one of which, I believe is the auto industry.  This means that his April 2 deadline is off again, sort of, while still being on.  Pharmaceuticals are still included... possibly... at least for now.

Also, we're evidently going to be importing eggs from Turkey, among other countries.  I'm wondering if the Federal government is going to be paying the import fees, if not, the price of eggs will still be high.

Elonia is trying to buy a Supreme Court seat in Wisconsin.  He's offering voters $100 each if they sign a petition against activist judges, and he's doing this in order to put an activist judge that will give him what he wants on the bench in Wisconsin.  I'm hoping the voters there force him to pound sand.

In Virginia, Governor Youngkin had to deal with boos, hisses, and catcalls.  

In Philly, at the NCAA wrestling championship both Orangie and Elonia were booed mercilessly.  You'd think this moron would learn a lesson and avoid making public appearances.

Monster

So, I stepped on the scale this morning and found that I managed to knock off 1.9 pounds (.86 kg).  This drop in weight will be normal for the next 5 or 6 days as I work off my thanksgiving gains.  It's all the carbs I eat.  Carbs are not bad if you exercise, however I went 4 days without a bike ride; that's never good.  I went for an 11 mile ride last evening.  The only thing bad was my choice of music:  Tales from Topographic Oceans, by Yes.  This is one of my all time favorite albums - not so good for pace setting.  Two nights ago, when I rode 19 miles I listened to Smoke and Mirrors by Imagine Dragons.  That album includes this song from 2013.

If you're a Lady Gaga fan, you'll recognize Monster since she covered it on her Fame Monster album.
And, speaking Monsters, what about the Idiot Jerk's trip to the UK.  I understand he and BOJO met, sans pictures of course, not that they didn't take any snaps, they just can release them to the public since they might lose BOJO votes.  In fact, this trip to the NATO summit is much different than the past 2.  In the past, all the Idiot Jerk had to do was hold out his hand and say "Big Mac me" and lo and behold, a fast food burger was handed to him.  Every time he does that on this trip he finds out someone has handed him a shit sandwich instead.
I understand this whole impeachment thing is on the verge of skinning him alive.  He's never had a problem doing this to others, but now that the tables are turned... different story.  His base is clotting together to from a big scab around him.  They need to protect him from the truth, which proves him to be so much worse than a Monster.
Oh, and finally, what about Jared the Joke Boy?  Has anybody ever heard anything about that great Mid East Peace Plan he spent millions of taxpayer dollars working on?  They keeps saying they're going to release it when the time is right.  Evidently all he came up with was the same tired joke.  Rather than say he's an incompetent jokester, he's been moved to the Trade Table.  Isn't that frightening? 

Facebook Flap

Evidently there is a big flap going on right now about Facebook's decision to enforce a rule they've had for some time - you need to use your real name for your personal accounts.  I can understand the concern some in the gay and lesbian community might have for this.  I also understand that one of the reasons for this rule is to curtail predatory behavior.  This is a bit of a dilemma. What I do find amusing is drag personas clamoring about how this rule does not seem to apply to all people.  One of the names they throw out is Madonna's.  I looked at Madonna's page and it's identified as a fan site and fan sites are allowed.    What makes this even more amusing is that Madonna is her real name, not a stage name.  She's not really Ruthie Ciccone (sp) from Detroit, she's Madonna Ciccone (sp).

aka Madonna

They've also bandied about Lady Gaga, and her's, too, is a fan page.

Now I'm not saying this isn't a problem for a certain group of people, but there is a bit of a difference between safeguarding your privacy and dealing with an ego inconvenience.