Gladiator II

 Hello, people!  We have rain.  Lots of rain is coming our way.  In fact, it started last night and has been steadily raining since around midnight.  The temps are warm, in the 50s (F), though they're predicted to drop and by later this afternoon and evening it's supposed to be cold enough to snow... a tad bit; basically flurries will arrive and depart.

My shower was installed about 17 years ago, it's fairly spacious and has a seat which I used when I was experiencing back issues.  About a year ago, I noticed that the door was beginning to stick at the bottom.  No problem, I just had to lift the handle a little and the door easily opened, until 2 days ago when lifting no longer worked.  So, I had to give it a push, and the metal frame along the bottom of the door came loose.  Kneeling to examine it, I realized that the screw that was supposed to hold the frame in place was missing, so 17 years ago the door was installed improperly.  Damn.  Since this late in the game there was no way of fixing it, I took the door off and put in a shower curtain on a tension rod.  It looks better than the door, and is just as functional and is a lot less expensive then spending $7 or $8 thousand on a new shower.  The old, glass door will go out in the trash next week.

I went to see Gladiator II last evening.  It was very good, though, thanks to improvements in CGI, much more violent.  What Ridley Scott has given us is far more realistic to the blood sports which used to take place in the coliseum.  And, even though everyone is talking about the hotness of Paul Mescal, it was Denzel Washington who easily stole the movie.  I can see a supporting actor nomination heading his way.

And I have to say, I feel so terrible for the people of Greece now that Kim Guilfoyle has been named ambassador to that great country.  This woman is dumb as a brick.  She's an embarrassment. Her clown face is befitting the clown circus the Orange Anus is building.  The more I see things like this happening, the more I see the fall of the Republican party.  You can see the signs in all of the cracks that are appearing.  In the shooting death of the United Healthcare CEO, in Elon Musk's ascendancy as the evil emperor of Earth, and in the election of the Orange Anus himself.  You can see it in the desperation of Christians who have embraced Orangey.  There is no benevolence in this party, only greed and selfishness.  The Republican party thought the NRA and the 2nd amendment would arm their party, what they've done instead is arm the American population, and at some point, out of fear for their own lives, Republicans will attempt to take those guns from the hands of Americans.  I suspect their fall will be swift, and probably painful.

   

Zooming in on the Wall

 Can we all say hello to a brisk Tuesday morning?  Temps outside my window are a cool 31 (F), which is borderline cold.  We had snow flurries earlier.  They surprised me by blowing in my face as I opened the back door to let Lily out.  She did her did her morning pee and was back in the house in a snap.  This is what happens when the temperatures drop this low.  Our high today will be in the mid 30s, though tomorrow we're supposed to start a warming trend.

Yesterday was slow in the flooring department, in fact there were only 3 busy departments: Hardware, always a seasonal favorite since every dad wants a Tool; Appliances, this is the best time of the  year to buy that new refrigerator you want; and, of course, Garden.  Artificial trees have been more popular than real trees for some time, and that's true again this year.  I've always like the natural look, but let's be honest, unless you're setting the tree up on a tile or hardwood floor, needle cleanup, when you take it down, is a real bitch, and those decorative skirts you put around the base don't seem to do the job well.

Also, in case you didn't hear me, I climbed onto the scale yesterday morning to see how much damage I could blame on Thanksgiving... Holy Crap!  The time has come to start burning off calories, at least until Christmas, which is a few short weeks away.

Don't know if I told anyone or not, but I signed up for TikTok and amazingly everyday some new sex worker lovely, young woman starts following me, even though I haven't posted anything.  As a result, I've decided to post short videos of my books.  You never know, maybe one or two of those sex workers lovely, young women might have a hidden urge to read.  Maybe, for the first one, I'll zoom in for a closeup of the wall.

Quite a few people will be attending a memorial service for Rosalynn Carter today, including Melanoma Trump.  I was truly surprised to see her name on the list of living first ladies who will be there.  Because of who she is, I suspect there's some sort of grift involved, possibly BOGO pics of her standing next to Laura Bush and Hillary Clinton.

I saw where that antisemite Elon Musk flew to Israel in the hopes of doing some damage control after spouting off in favor of a racist, antisemite conspiracy theory that was debunked decades ago.  True, he'll garner a headline, but nothing else.  It's too late for him to repackage his identity, especially after his debacle with Twitter (notice, I'm not us the X name).  I haven't deleted the app from my phone yet, but I suspect that will happen soon, mostly because I get emails from them saying "this is interesting," and it's all hate mongering.  Twitter used to be entertaining, now it's a shit show overrun by conspiracy theorists, and hate mongers.