Hacked

 Good morning, world.  Here in Central PA the temps are predicted to hit 72 (F).  If we do, we'll be breaking a record.  To have such warm temperatures this early in the year might not bode well for the coming summer months.  But... Fear Not.  Our very unesteemed administration has decided to proclaim that climate change is beneficial.  There.  Now doesn't that fix everything?  Anyway, temps will be falling back into the normal range overnight, with tomorrow's high rising into the mid 50s (F)

Even though I signed up a customer for a window treatment lead, yesterday was slow in the home improvement retail arena.  Looking at the clientele shopping our aisles yesterday, and stopping the flooring desk to set up a measure, I can say the fell into one of two categories:  Supporters who have their radios tuned to Newsmax, or Asians who aren't paying too much attention to what's happening on Wall Street.  The former made up the majority of our customers.  They will also be the loudest to complain.

And, as was reported by many media outlets yesterday, Zitter was down, but for the most part, only in America.  Elonia lied and blamed Ukraine, so I'm suspected Orangie's blow bro Vlad is not too happy right now.  Anyway, Elonia did go on TV and talk to Sean Hannity (I believe), a very sympathetic billionaire.  That's right, he threw himself a pity party and whined that they found IP addresses that were located in... you guessed it, Russian held areas of the Ukraine.  Firstly, anyone individual, group, or country capable of hacking into Zitter is smart enough to know you don't leave your IP addresses as evidence.  And then this mysteriously appeared.

Here's another fun fact:  Poland, which holds the contract for Starlink used in the Ukraine, is going to tax tech companies.  America's ambassador to Poland, some dude named Tommy Rose, told the Poles that Orangie was going to retaliate.  The Poles told him to drop his pearls.  It also looks like they're planning on dropping their contract with Starlink and shift to a different platform.  Another ouchy for Elonia.

And the stock market did tank yesterday.  Most likely there will be some sort of recovery today, but don't count on it gaining back the entire 890 points it lost.  Another interesting point is that while the Dow dropped, the European markets, while also falling, had a much better day.  It's almost as if investors are thinking they may move their money elsewhere.

 

The Naked Tennis Ball

 Monday, Our temps are predicted to climb into the mid 60s (F), and it suddenly feels like Spring.  If the forecasters are correct, we'll be hitting 70 (F) tomorrow and many will believe that summer is in the air, and it will be for one day.  On Wednesday, temps are expected to slide down into what is considered seasonably normal territory.  

I arrived at work a little late yesterday because for some odd reason my mind decided that my start time, 0930, was the time I should leave the house.  Of course, half way there I realized my faux pas and decided the best thing to do was shrug it off.  I have no problem doing that.  Foot traffic was on and off, customers wandering through, asking questions, and the wandering off to some other department.  We did our sales plan, but only because a big installation was sold in millwork, probably an entire house of windows and doors.  While that dollar amount was enough to get us over the profit line yesterday, it wasn't near enough to save the week.  

One thing that was nice yesterday, was getting home while the sun was still shining.  I left Howie out, got his dinner ready, and went to the back door to let him in.  Usually, being the hungry puppy that he is, he's waiting.  Last evening, he wasn't, so I went out to check on him and found him standing out front staring down at a dead female cardinal.  It was a bit sad.  I have lots of cardinals in the trees around the house and this was the first time I've ever found a dead one.  In fact, this is probably only the 3rd or 4th time since I've lived here that I've found a dead bird.

Howie did chew the yellow fur off a tennis ball yesterday.  Now you know that a naked tennis ball looks a lot like a plum.

I understand that Twitter was down, or at least certain parts of it.  Elonia looks like he's proving that not only can't he successfully fire a rocket into a low altitude orbit, he's also finding it difficult to maintain a right wing social media platform.

Because I did work yesterday, I didn't pay too much attention to what lies were falling out of Orangie's mouth, though without a doubt, I felt certain they were dropping faster than lead turds.

I think he posted some sort of attack on Poland... possibly?  I'm seeing stuff about that.  If so, it's because his blow bro Vlad is pissed off that the country is aligning itself deeper with the European Union.  I did say where his toy country Hungary is no long allowed to vote with EU, mainly because it's his toy country and they don't no "stinkin' Russian toadies" vote against their own better good.

Also, from what I'm seeing, Orangie's need to drop lead turds from his mouth is exacerbating the chaos in his administration.  Everyone's talking about the cat fight between Elonia and Little Marco.  That must have been one loud hissy spat.  Don't worry, it will get much worse.