When Smoke Gets in Your Eyes

Our outside temp is sitting at 25 (F).  According to the forecasters, by this afternoon that number will have doubled.  That's right.  They're saying we should be in the low 50s (F) this afternoon.  That's a big increase to the original "low 40s (F)."  The long range forecast has our weather pattern to snap back to colder days sometime next week, meaning that the chilling event for later in the week has been put on hold.

Yesterday was a good day as far as accomplishments go.  I got a nice workout done in the morning.  Using both dumbbells and the new piece of equipment, they run about an hour..  Cleaning was done.  Several loads of laundry were put through the washer and dryer.  I spent time working on my Spanish.  Overall, I was pleased.

My Cuisinart combo coffee bean grinder and maker is in the trash and I'm back to using the Krupp's brewer I used for years.  I did keep the stainless steel, insulated coffee pot, however, to use as a carafe.  The first cup is always great, however, coffee sitting in a glass pot on a hot warmer will soon begin to cook.  Cooked coffee is bitter, so after brewing, I pour the coffee from the glass pot into the stainless steel, insulated carafe, where it will stay warm for hours.

I have a lot of vinyl.  While I did give some albums away over the years, quite a few remain and every now and then I will pull a record out of its dustcover and pop it on the turntable.  This morning I listened to Roberta, by Jerome Kern.  There are many versions, some sung, others simply instrumental.  Here's an instrumental version from the year I was born, danced by Gower and Marge Champion.  It's rather nifty.

And while the shit show in Washington continues to take place, more and more we're beginning to see Orangie losing over and over again.  His administration has always lost court cases, but here of late that number seems to have picked up speed.  Where his losses were happening once a week, now the courts seem to be ruling against him daily.  This is all very good, because Orangie hates to seen as a loser.  The more he loses, the more his anger twists and burns.  We are also beginning to see more Republican Senators and Congressmen stand up to him, possibly because we are in an election year.  Instead of comprehending just what they're doing wrong, they are bullheadedly plowing ahead.  The subpoenas against Jerome Powell by the 74 year-old wino Jeannine Pirro and one of Orangie's favorite fascists, Bill Pulte, have struck a nerve among a number of Republicans.  Wall Street was not happy.  Can you hear me laughing?  Remember, Orangie is a bad loser, and these nutjobs prove him to be just that, a loser.  Orangie is in the process of wracking up so many losses, and I'm betting that more than smoke is getting in his eyes.

Pirro Wine

 Last night was great sleeping weather!  When I woke up this morning our outside temp was 58 (F).  Today's high is once again only supposed to climb into the low 80s (F)  No rain is in the forecast, or I should say we have a 1% chance of rain today, tomorrow, and a 4% chance on Wednesday.  Thursday it's up to 6%.  This means I will be watering my little garden, which is down to just tomatoes.

I did manage to get in an upper body workout yesterday before I headed off to work.  A small one.  I did something to my lower back about a week ago and it was in a really cranky mood for several days.  That has now passed.

A new Walking Pad was ordered, it will be arriving Tuesday.  Because it folds, I'll be keeping this piece of exercise equipment downstairs.  It will fit in quite nicely under the futon in the living room.  The thought had occurred to me that I might walk and play video games at the same time.  That might be interesting, especially in combat situations.

The increase for my car insurance came in the mail yesterday.  As expected, my rate did go up with the  new car.  A nice surprise was that the cost only went up by $13 a year, which is $1.08 a month.  Both the insurance agent and I were surprised.  I was expecting a much higher increase and evidently so was he.

And Jeanine Pirro is now the interim US attorney for DC.  This calls for a glass of wine or 10, depending on if you're happy or not.

For those who don't know, Jeanine is another Orange Anus pick who comes from Fox Entertainment; Rupert Murdoch must be pleased to no end with his ability to influence American politics.  Anyway, Jeanie's a wino, a conspiracy theorist whom Fox actually took off the air for a bit because of her insane views, and a wino.... oh, wait, I already said that.  Every Republican voted for her.  

The many facets of 'duh'

Well, it's Saturday morning and I had the alarm set for 5 AM... and the dogs got me up a little after 4...  this is how it goes sometimes.  They don't realize that when I leave the house for work I'm not going to some cushy place to take a nap, which is precisely what they will do.
One of my fellow flooring associates had a family emergency in San Diego.  That means today it's just going to be... me, on a Saturday, our busiest day of the week.  Don't that make my day?  Tomorrow I'll have a part-timer helping.
The Mueller investigation is complete, for those who have been living under a rock.  The big news?  No new indictments, but then you can't indict a sitting president.  He needs to be out of office for that to happen.  Interestingly enough, Kellyanne's husband says this is the real reason the Idiot Jerk is running for re-election.  The second our new Democratic president is sworn in the Idiot Jerk's head is on the chopping block, as are the heads of his spawn.  Prepare now for a massive exodus.
And, of course, everyone is laughing at Devin Nunes... that asswipe.  This guy needs to be exiled to the "Forest of No Return."
A couple of writers at the LA Times have started wondering if both the Republican Party and Faux News are beginning to realize they have entered a morally degenerate place.  Believing their thesis depends upon whether you accept the Senate's rebuke on the Idiot Jerk's national emergency and the suspension of that racist Pirro by Faux News as events of substance.  They might be... on the right track.  I suspect both the GOP and Faux News are beginning to understand something is wrong, unfortunately at this point they still think their problems are superficial.  They are really good at swallowing their own lies... they've been doing it for years... and years.
Today they're going to be bringing lots of food in to the store as part of our Success Sharing.  They started handing out our checks out yesterday.  I have Direct Deposit so mine will go right in the bank.   However, there were four who desperately needed to get their hands on their check.  Not surprisingly, they also voted for the Idiot Jerk in the White House.  Greed, you know?  One of them complained about the taxes.  Because I am who I am, I responded by saying, "if you know what you're doing, you will get that tax back in the spring."  He sat there, a clueless look on his face, the look of someone who voted for the Idiot Jerk in the White House.  More and more we seem to be seeing that look so easy to summarize in one word:  "duh"

Shaving it off

I slept late this morning.
And then I went downstairs and did... nothing.  This is one of those do nothing days.  Later this afternoon I will turn my brisket into something delectable.  No, I don't use cabbage with my corned beef.
The report is back on my little mole.  They call it a papule.  They don't think it's anything I need to worry about, but they want to biopsy it anyway.  That's right.  They're shaving it off.  That's how they put it.  When I called to make an appointment to have it shaved off I was told that the request is still pending and they will most likely give me a call tomorrow.  I have no doubt that they're going to want to shave it off next week, when I'm supposed to have Jury Duty.  Prepping for such an event, I've already sent the Jury Duty contact an email.
Boy, didn't the Idiot Jerk in the White House flip out yesterday over Jeanine Pirro's suspension?  He loves his racists, you know?  He desperately wants the world to know how much he hates Muslims... unless they happen to be Royal and are very, very wealthy.  The New Zealand shooter likes the Idiot Jerk's view of Muslims... though said he's a terrible leader.  Isn't it funny how the White House is trying to put as much distance as possible between the Idiot Jerk's comments and what happened in New Zealand, while at the same time defending Pirro's anti-Muslim rant.... 
My cardio yesterday was super.  How good?  They look at your average heart rate and give you a recovery time.  My recovery time was 22 hours.  The stronger your heart gets, the lower your recovery time.  That's why it's called Cardio.

Barking like a dog

Wednesday... and my sort of hump day... but not quite.  I have off tomorrow, then 2 more days of work followed by 3 days off.  That's fine with me.
I had to sit down with the new scheduler yesterday and rework my 'jury duty' schedule.  She had me working.  Can't do that.  You get scheduled off for the entire week.  If I'm only there for 1 or 2 days, then she gets to put me back on the schedule.  She's new, and as someone who did her job, it's very, very complicated.  Right now she's prepping for Spring hiring.  For those of you who don't know, Spring hiring is when someone flips a rock over and the bottom dwellers come out and apply for jobs.  Back, when I was doing her job at the Carlisle store, we hired a young man with a moderately low IQ for a loader / lot attendant position.  Little did we know he had a bad habit of barking like a dog.  That's right... woof, woof... bark, bark.  He didn't go over well with customers.  He was a nice kid, otherwise.  I felt bad when he got fired, but you can't bark at customers while you're loading their mulch.
I think it's funny how advertisers are either pausing or stopping their ads on both Tucker's and Jeanine's racist, right wingnut shows.  Faux News says they will not let these two outspoken voices be censored.  Faux News needs to learn this is not censorship.  Advertisers don't just whimsically drop their advertising, a lot of their decisions are based on their 'target' audience.  If that 'audience' complains, or even worse, begins to turn off shows where the talking heads bark every time the Idiot Jerk snaps his fingers, advertisers are going to spend their money elsewhere.  There was a time when such controversy drew an audience, not any more.  Those viewers who stay loyal will be those who are best described as white, racist, misogynistic, supporters of the Idiot Jerk in the White House.  They will always bark when he snaps his fingers...
And what about those celebrities, and sports figures who were paying for their kids to cheat their way into what might be considered an 'elite' college.  It wasn't just celebrities and sports figures who were forking over the cash, anyone who could afford the buckos was cheating their way in.  Tells you a lot about their kids, doesn't it?  Not too smart, or lazy as hell, or most likely both.  Just because you managed to buy your kid a degree from an 'elite' school doesn't mean he's going to stop barking like a dog.
For those who aren't aware, I know a little bit about barking dogs.  I have 2.  They bark to scare the evil bunnies from the yard.  They bark at the stranger who walks down the street.  They will have to go outside.  Sometimes Big Seig will stand in the middle of the back yard and bark.  He is telling the world "I am here, and I am Big Seig."  However, my dogs never bark when I snap my fingers.  They are much too intelligent to do that.

Stretch this way

So, I got up this morning to discover an escort service had left a comment on my blog, you know what I'm talking about, call girls.  From India, of all places, with about 10 links to different websites.  Don't look for it, I deleted it... permanently.  What's funny is that we all know there are dumb shits out there who would click on those links...  These are the same dumb shits who 'like' things on Facebook without knowing, or caring, that those 'likes' are sent to everyone of their 'friends.'  This means that if my friend Brandon 'likes' stretchy jockey shorts that wick away perspiration (he does), everyone is going to know that, because if Brandon 'likes' them, you should 'like' them too.

They're only talking about the underwear

Anyway, I paid my taxes yesterday... that was fun... well, maybe not.  I don't rally mind paying them, they're not that high because East Pennsboro has a lot of large businesses which supplement our tax base.  I keep telling people to move here.  My suburb has the lowest taxes, the lowest crime rate, and one of the best school districts in the area.  For years no one listened.  Now, new housing is Expensive, because people want to move here... except there's only so much land in the district.

The Idiot Jerk in the White House dropped his phony budget yesterday.  No one is taking it seriously. Domestic spending is cut in order to provide money for his racist WALL.

And I saw that Jeanine Pirro shit in her pants with her Anti-Muslim rant.  One can only wonder if she wears the 'stretchy' underwear.  She got a 'rebuke' from Faux News.  I don't think Jeanine understands that Evangelical Christians really don't like Catholics... at all.  They see them as phony Christians and if they ever do take control of the country she will be persecuted beyond belief.

More Tucker Carlson audio recordings have emerged...  Not good.  His problem is that he settled for Tommy John underwear, they only stretch one way and have a serious problem of climbing up your ass... well, his ass at least.
Finally, I do like Nancy's comments on the possible impeachment of the Idiot Jerk in the White House.  She has a really good point.  While impeaching him would create much needed relief, weaponizing him against the Republican Party would do so much more.  I'll be honest here, they create a lot of perspiration in my 'nether' regions and right now I'm looking for something stretchy, which will fit my needs, and will wick that sweat away.