Rain in Pylos

 Good Morning, people of the world!

I thought yesterday was going to be the last day our temps were going to be climbing up into the 80s (F).  I was wrong.  That'll happen today, if it happens, because we're basically borderline 80s (F).  Sometime this afternoon, the showers and thundershowers will move in and our temps will begin to fall.  That is until we get our yearly blast of Indian Summer.  For those of you who don't know, Indian Summer occurs after the first frost of the year and our temps will zoom upwards for about a week.  

Speaking of rain, when I got to Greece the country was going through a serious dry spell.  Melena, our guide for the Acropolis in Athens told us that olives were normally harvested in December, "but who knows this year because we've had so little rain."  Well, on our last night in Pylos we got rain.  At dinner, we chose a restaurant that had an awning in anticipation, the rain, however, didn't begin until after midnight.  And it did rain.  There was thunder.  It was still raining the next morning.  One of our our group who wasn't prepared, texted our tour leader Christos telling him he was going out to try and find a store that was open in order to buy an umbrella.  While trying to find him, Christos got soaked, only to find that the group member was safe and dry back at the hotel. Anyway, the rain was all everybody was talking about, and how it was going to be raining when we got to Olympia.  I don't know how many times I told them not to worry, "it's not going to rain."  Of course, when we got there the sun was out and the temperature was climbing.  Did they really think the gods were going to let it rain on my visit to one of the best preserved archeological sites in Greece?  For those who don't know, this is Hermes.

Of course, the Mark Robinson scandal is creating serious chaos in the Republican party and the Orange Anus will not take back his endorsement.  Orangie can't.  That would mean he made a mistake, and his ego would never survive such an admission.  This is going to hurt him badly in November, for only the cultists will have no problem voting for a man who's endorsing a Black Nazi.

And finally, what about Sean O'Brien, soon to be ex-president of the Teamsters Union.  First, he shows up at the Republican convention.  Then he releases a fake poll showing more Teamsters support Trump than Harris, telling America the Teamsters are endorsing either candidate.  Then, the Teamsters unions across the nation tell him to screw off and endorse Harris.  Then, his VP, who was in the room the day the endorsement decision is made, goes public, telling America everyone in the room that day wanted to endorse Harris, except O'Brien.  How stupid can you be?

Process This

We had a drizzly day yesterday.  Temps were comfortably cool.  Today they're going to warm up, climbing up to around 84(F), or 29 (C).  Sunny is on the forecast as well, so my first load of laundry is in the washer.  I have off both today and tomorrow, and I'm going to enjoy them.

My late summer cold is still hanging around.  It's not as bad as it could have been, but, seeing that I haven't had a cold in around 20 years, I calling it... somewhat bad.  Very little coughing.  A runny nose.  While I was at the store yesterday to buy milk, I bought some Sudafed to help with my draining sinuses.  Honestly, the only thing I think it did do was keep me from operating heavy equipment. 

I have not ridden the bike, or rowed, or even been on the treadmill since I got back from Greece.  I need to change that.  Perhaps I'll begin to get back into the swing of things by mowing the lawn this afternoon.  One thing I admired about Greece was that most people didn't have lawns, they had olive trees.  I could live with that.  And that does remind me of an amusing moment.  Driving through grove after grove of olive trees, a member of our group said that with all of these trees, she didn't see any processing plants, even though we had passed by a number of them.  She didn't understand that because you only begin harvesting olives in December, there was no need to staff the plants during the off season.  

So, the Teamsters, one of the largest unions in the United States released a statement yesterday saying they were not going to be endorsing either Trump or Harris.  This is the first time this has happened in decades.  The president of the Teamsters, Sean something or other, showed up and gave a small speech at the Republican convention.  For those who don't know what a red flag is, that was a red flag.  One of the things Sean sort of let slip out was that most of the Teamsters supported Trump.  For me, that sounded like a gender issue rather than anything else, since these burly men who drive trucks would feel more comfortable with one of their own gender in the White House.  However, shortly after Sean released his statement, state Teamster Unions began endorsing Harris:  California, Hawaii, Michigan, Iowa to name a few.  Evidently, Sean something or other's statement had been misleading.  And now I'm hearing whispers that his job as President of the Teamsters is not as safe and secure as he might have once thought.  There's also speculation that his presence at the Republican convention might have been bought and paid for.  Ouch!