Orangie's Heart

 We had another cool night.  The temp was 46 (F) when I woke up, but that was later than normal, around 0700.  Usually I'm up before then, however I don't use an alarm and so tend to sleep until the sun comes shining in through my side window.  The overnight temps might have gotten a bit colder, but not by much.  

My sister's in the hospital, high sugar and low kidney function.  While that sounds extremely serious, I have to admit she's also a sloppy diabetic.  Translation, she doesn't take her meds the way she should and loves to eat snacks; almost every time I talk to her on the phone she's just finished baking something.  My brother called to let me know.  He'd been called by my brother in law, who didn't have a lot of details, so I texted my niece and the details came flooding back.  While the situation is concerning, it's not serious.  My sister just needs to take her meds and cut out the junk food.  She'll change her ways for a bit, and then in a year or two start eating the junk again and wind up back in the hospital.

I get to work today.  It will be interesting to see how busy we are since storms are in the process of moving into the area.  I am scheduled to sit at the idiotic Lead Table from 3-4 trying to get leads for the store.  When I checked my stats I already had 2 leads for the week, so someone must have keyed them under my user ID.

My ballot for the November election arrived yesterday.  It will get mailed out on Monday.  While this is not a mid-term election, there has been a lot of pressure applied from both sides.  We get to voted on whether 3 Democratic Supreme Court Justices are retained for another 4 years.  Of course, Republicans are pushing a "term limit" decision hoping to get them voted out.  These three judges have kept Republican authoritarianism at bay any most Pennsylvanians know that.  I guess you know who I'm voting for.

So, did anyone else hear that the Qatari's are going to be building an air base in Idaho?  Hhhm, though so.  That not too subtle news didn't go over well with the Christian Nationalists.  Ouch!  A Muslim air base in the heart of America.  As soon as I heard that, I wondered if the Qatari pilots were going to be bringing their families with them.  However, that wasn't my first thought.  Knowing that Orangie is a transactional kind of guy, I immediately knew why the Qatari government had given him that jet.  You know it's always been about him first, and even though he says otherwise, America's always been 3rd or 4th when it comes to his priorities.

Orangie also had his 2nd annual physical yesterday because he's so special.  I had to stop reading it when I got to the line that he has the heart of a man 14 years younger.  I mean, where does he keep it?  Is it in a 1 gallon Ziplock bag?  Does he show it off at cabinet meetings that aren't televised?  Can't you picture him lifting that baggie up and saying, "look, I have the heart of a man 14 years younger than me!"

The Birthday Present

 Well, here we are on a bright, cool Sunday morning.  The temps outside are a comfy 40 (F).  They were supposed to drop into the mid 30s last night, I don't think they got that low.  No frost hiding in the shadows.  

My neighbor and her daughter were down yesterday.  I thought Amy lived in NY, actually she and her family live in the Poconos.  They both gave me hugs, possibly because not once did I call the police Mike.  As Amy said, her father was a seriously ill, Bipolar Alcoholic.  The house has been sold, closing in on Wednesday.  The new owner is going to renovate and rent it out.  Karen said she thinks he might be Spanish, but in this area it's more probable that he's Indian.  The influx of Indians and Pakistanis into the area is amazing.  Who know, I might become Hindi.

The patch is coming along well.  The plumbers relocated the drain pipe so simply filling in the hole with a piece of drywall was not an option; there was no place to anchor the 1" x 2" behind the existing drywall, so the patch is on top.  Pictures when it's finished.

Look what's ready to be mailed out tomorrow!  Note the catchy Santa Claus Any Time stamp!  And, as an incentive to all you Blue voters out there, November 8 is my birthday!  Help make sure I get the present I will cherish for the rest of my life!

And, what about Kari Lake getting kicked out of the audience for a what was to be a pre-recorded political event.  In case none of you have realized it yet, Kari Lake wants to be the Marjorie Taylor (no longer Green), of Arizona.  She is a political stuntress, an ex-anchor who wants to be a political star.  For her, damage is something you control, never avoid.

And (#2), in a speech yesterday, Trump claimed that the January 6 insurrection was the largest crowd he ever had.  The sooner he gets indicted and they shut him up, the better America will be.  Many people are ripe with anticipation.  The DOJ has an unwritten rule that they don't do anything within 60 days of an election.  That means November 9 is open.  I wouldn't mind a birthday present that comes a day late.

Essential Scrutiny

Well, here we are... it's Sunday and the first of a 3 day stretch at work.  I'm off for 4 starting on Wednesday.  I can't wait.  While I don't mind working, I can't wait until I can cut it back to 4 days a week.
Yesterday I rode 17.5 miles down Cow Creek.

I have no idea why it's called Cow Creek... I didn't see a single cow, though there is a creek, as well as some serious lumbering.   The record time for this ride is 29 minutes, that's an average speed of over 27 miles per hour.  Mine was 19 miles per hour.  I see a challenge coming up.

As always, whenever I go for a ride, the dogs bark.  Now and then it's because someone walks by the front of the house, though occasionally it's because there's a bunny in the yard.  Yesterday, as I was going over my post-ride stats, they started.  Walking into my front bedroom, I looked out the window and saw Jake Miller getting into his car.  Jake is the Democratic candidate for Treasurer for Cumberland County.  He's getting my vote.  What was he doing at my house?  Leaving me info on all the Democratic candidates for the election this Tuesday.  What he didn't leave me, and what came in the mail was something on Lisa Grayson.  She's one of those phony Democrats I was warning you about.  You see, Lisa is a Conservative Republican who registered Cross Party.  That's right.  When you go to vote Tuesday, Lisa is going to be listed on the ballot as both a Democrat and a mud sucking Republican.  Not only is she a mud-sucker, she's a dedicated supporter of the Idiot Jerk in the White House.  Read the info the Democrats are handing out.  Scrutinize your ballot.  Those lying bastards will use any trick possible to stay in power.

These pretenders are so evil, so much worse than snakes in the grass.  At least rattle snakes give you warning.  Not these guys.  All they want to do is poison the world you live in.