Not Christmas Eve... yet

When I got up this morning, the temp was a balmy 47 (F) outside.  That, unfortunately is going to be our daily high.  The thermometer has already dropped by 5 degrees.  We are supposed to warm up on Christmas day, but then temps are going to drop.  Friday is predicted to be a sleeting, freezing mess, at least for the afternoon.  That is just what the retail industry needs, bad whether to keep shoppers away.  Those people getting gift cards are going to want to spend them as soon as possible.  

As I'm typing this, I'm listening to my bread machine die.  Sadly, the paddle stopped turning just seconds before the 2nd knead was finished.  After this loaf is baked, the machine will go into the trash and I'll have to think about buying another one.  Though not right away.  As I said, they've cut my hours back to twelve.  That money will cover my living expenses, my movies, the occasional pricy bottle of wine, and nothing else.  

This also means I'm going to put a pause on my personal trainer for a month or two.  While I like the routine, and my trainer is really nice, I would rather sacrifice that for a few weeks than cancel my subscription to Mubi, Dekko, France Channel, and In Film... and skip that occasional pricy bottle of wine.  I'm making a list of all the exercises he has me do and on which days, so I'll still be doing the workouts, I just won't be reporting them to him.

And today is the day before Christmas.  For those who don't know, this is pre-Christmas Eve.  Eve stands for evening, not morning or afternoon.  This is just a short public service announcement from me to you.

And Orangie was up all night hate posting on Truth Social.  He hosted the Kennedy Center Honors last evening  I did a check on the overnight ratings to see how well or poorly the show did.  First thing I saw was that the ratings were the best they've been in years; the top show on TV last night.  Remember, however, The Kennedy Center Honors aired on CBS and CBS is in Orangie's pocket, and we all know how bad he is with numbers.  Other assessments are coming in and it doesn't appear that the show was everything CBS was hoping for.  Initial reports are that viewer ship was down 9% from last year.  The real barometer, I suspect, for last night's ratings is Orangie's hate postings.  He was pure hate and venom.  He shit posts a lot, but when he gets bad news he hate posts, and he was angrily hate posting last night.  There was one about wishing Colbert would die.  Yikes!  I'm betting Orangie's getting a lot of coal in his stocking this Christmas.

Groyper War!!

 Our high temps for the next 3 days are going to be in the Upper 80s (F), noticed I capitalized the U, since we are about a week away from the official start of Autumn.  There is also a slim chance we might get a passing shower or two, but that is slim, as in it's probably not going to happen.  Most of my lawn is still rather brown, except for a small strip in the median between my front sidewalk and the street.  I'm not going to get out the lawnmower just to cut it back.  This late in the year it can just grow  wild.

Yesterday was a good day, many things were done.  The painting of the bathroom continues.  A large shelving unit was moved, the window was cleaned well for the first time in about 3 years.  I've decided on a natural stone tile for behind the mirror; I will be doing the tiling myself.

Also, a number of words were written.  Calliope Jones has finally made an appearance.  One of the original backup singers with Grantham Pass, she has worked very hard to ensure she will never be in the background again.  She also has a problem with red headed men, so there will undoubtedly be friction between her and Max (oh, joy!).

And I hired an online trainer.  A gent named Dante.  An hour after I hired him, I received a welcoming video, this is, no doubt, standard procedure.  We have a scheduled meeting on Tuesday morning.  Here's a screenshot of his profile. Clicken to embiggen.

And even though we all should have been expecting something like this knowing the anger and hatred the right wing embraces, the knowledge that Charlie Kirk's suspected assassin is a Groyper did come as a bit of a surprise.  I am not up to date on the slang used by right-wingers and neo Nazis, but this article from Vanity Fair helps, especially in regard to engravings on the bullet casings.  Tyler Robinson appears to have been a follower of the self-proclaimed Nazi Nick Fuentes.  Do you all remember Nick?  He's dined with Orangie at Mar a Lago.  He also got into some serious trouble when he said "your body, my choice."  In fact, that got him doxed by a number of people.

Evidently Nicky has (had) a problem with Charlie, reportedly saying he wasn't extreme enough.  Even more important is the fact that Laura Loomer was with the Nicky Fuentes crowd; Tyler Robinson was a follower of both.  Since the middle of July, Laura has been posting a number of hate comments about Charlie.  Since one of the bullets in the suspected shooter's gun took out Charlie's carotid artery, she has changed her tune.

Last evening, wearing more make-up than Orangie, released a statement saying his death was a Battle Cry.  It seems as though she's planning on taking on his mantle and will continue to spew anger and hatred, albeit with blonde highlights.  Will she direct her revenge at Nicky Fuentes?  I would hope so.