On the Pulse of a Morning

 Well, it does seem as if the Arctic Blast has hit us... sort of.  When I woke up this morning our outside temp was 30 (F) and that's cold.  Oddly enough, areas to our geographic south were much colder, so maybe the Susquehanna Valley is in a bit of a bubble of warmness.  Tonight is not supposed to be as cold, with the low sitting around 31 (F).  Yeah, I know, like 1 degree makes that much of a difference.

The cold temps also mean the beginning of oatmeal season.  I usually cook up barley for breakfast, but once the chilly willy mornings begin I switch to oatmeal with peanut butter and honey.  I almost always use honey as a sweetener. It's not that I don't like using refined and processed sugar, which I do think about, but because I like the flavor.  The best honey I've had came from Greece.  Seriously, that was so yummy.

My brother sent me a video on Facebook of Fred Rogers playing a screamin' guitar.  I pointed out the name Soros at the top and let him know that it was AI generated.  I really do dislike AI.  In my mind, AI is for lazy people who are creatively barren.  Self publishers are supposed to notify their readers if they use AI, but you know there's a lot of wannabe pseudo authors that don't.  They have no idea with being a fraudulent human being.

I popped 6 pork loins into the freezer a bit ago.  I'm going to be dehydrating them and nearly frozen pork makes for easier slicing.

And here are 2 more pics of my history.  They are from Bill Clinton's first inauguration.  Yes was there.  I, along with a million other people got to hear Maya Angelou recite On the Pulse of a Morning.  My words of advice to people:  If you ever get the chance to participate in history, do so, those moments will stay with you forever.

And I saw that Orangie is in the process of striking up some sort of deal with Syria.  He began by lifting sanctions, and I seem to remember one of his minions mumbling about some sort of framework being discuss for another Orangie Tower, or Resort.  The funds being funneled into his pockets are no doubt coming from Saudi Arabia as the work to spread Islam.  You can do this when you're one of the wealthiest countries in the world.  

Also, this morning I saw that Orangie is shrieking about the possibility of the Supreme Court overturning his tariffs, ie his personal grift machine.  It seems that all of these trillions of $$$s he's been bragging about seem to... have... well, possibly disappeared?  Or... it does appear that he saying there's no way they can pay them back to the companies individuals who paid higher prices.  Well, Damn!  Isn't this a big blow to our economic pulse and this cold, autumn morning?

To tease, or not to tease?

 Well, here it is, New Year's Eve and so far the neighbors are quiet, of course, they bought themselves a new TV for Christmas so who knows, it is New Year's Eve.  If they get too loud, I'll just reconnect my soundbar.

Outside, the temps are cool.  According to many weather sources, and Arctic Blast is heading our way.  Will there be snow?  It all depends upon where you live.  Here in Central PA the forecast is for a little over an inch, that's barely even enough to shovel.  I guess the big question is: should I get the snow shovel's out of the basement or not?

It is garbage day.  Both of my cans, the garbage and the recycle, are sitting out front.  Neither is full, but East Pennsboro and Waste Management decided everyone needed ginormous garbage cans.  Because both are so large, taking my garbage to the curb only happens every 2 to 3 weeks, and then they are usually half empty.

I did work yesterday.  There were customers in the store, though mostly I spent time talking to associates.  My friend Jon, the Physical Therapist, was working.  He and his fiancé are going to some sort of murder mystery party this evening.  He's very religious, so I told him that if he's the killer, he's going to need to pray with his victims before he kills them.  He thought my comment was... amusing.

Some might be questioning if I'm planning on staying up tonight to see in the New Year.  Absolutely not.  Anyone who thinks 2025 is going to be a good year is sadly mistaken.  We have a Moral Degenerate who's going to be inaugurated on January 20, and a vast number of his supporters are going to be in the "Find Out," stage of their stupidity.  Most of his base was already virtually cracked, now the real cracks are beginning to show as they realized the Orange Anus they voted for not only abhors them, but now sees them as completely useless.  He no longer needs them.  They are finding out he's not going to give them a single thing he promised.  They will continue to find out that the only people Orangey likes are his billionaire buddies and dictators; he will give them their deepest heart's desires.

Finally, people are beginning to understand how deeply involved Elonia is with China, and I'm wondering if he might be partly responsible for the recent hacking of the Treasury by the Chinese government.  You see, Elonia, who's evidently a ketamine crackhead, thinks only of himself and his multiple alter egos. 

With these tidings heading our way, let's all try and think positive thoughts for the coming new year.  With this is mind, you might be wondering if this is a tease or not.

Verizon Sucks

 Oh, gosh, it's Wednesday and I'm scheduled off.  I didn't set my alarm so I slept in, that's turning into a bad habit for me.

I have eggs cooking for egg salad, and later today I'm thinking of making potato salad, sans mustard.  For some reason unknown to me some believe a tad of mustard makes it Amish (pronounced ahh - mish, with the short 'a', not with a long A).  It doesn't.  Believe me.  I grew up in the heart of Pennsylvania Dutch Country.  No mustard.

Later this afternoon I have an appointment at the Verizon Store.  I live 15 minutes away and I know it's much fast to drive there and piss and moan, then wait 45 minutes for a Chat session to open, or an hour and a half on the phone listening to their hold music.  Why am I going to piss and moan?  My rates went up $13.15.  There was no change to any of my services, Verizon just thought it was time to charge me more because the the billions of $$$ they rake in every year will never be enough to satisfy their stockholders.  T-Mobile has wireless internet for $50 a month.  Their tower is 1/4 mile from where I live and my service is excellent.  I've checked the reviews and for what I use the Internet for, occasional streaming of movies, T-Mobile would work well for me.

And what about Texas?  It's cold down in the Conservative Red state.  And Abbott, the governor, is blaming green energy, even though wind turbines and solar energy are responsible for only 16% of the energy on their power grid.  While other power grids are struggling with the Artic Blast, the Texas grid stands out because unlike other states which rely on power from multiple sources, including other smaller grids in other states, Texas stands alone.  They are a power grid unto themselves.  For years Texans have bragged about this, the fact that they rely on no one else.  I do not doubt for a second this is their punishment for voting Republican, for choosing to worship Trump over all other things.