Interesting Things

 Well, it's Thursday and I'm going back to work.  I was supposed to return yesterday, however I ended up taking a personal day because something cropped up.  Something other than the inauguration.

My new color printer was set to arrive 3 days after I placed the order so bright and early, before I even had a chance to start writing my bog entry, I went to went to my 'orders' tab at Amazon and clicked on my recent order.  To my surprised, the cost had dropped $88 dollars, from $423 to $335.  Wow!  I requested an adjustment from Amazon, who sent my request to the 3rd party seller, Provantage LLC.  An hour later I received my response.  Provantage LLC does not price match after an order has shipped or is considered complete.  I was astounded, but then I work for the largest home improvement retailer in the world and I can say we have no problem price matching an online order as long as the time period is within reason.  So, I processed a return and the minute FedEx dropped that printer off on my porch I threw it in my car and drove it over to the UPS Store.  I also filed a complaint with Amazon about Provantage, and in doing so discovered a number of complaints have been filed against them through the Better Business Bureau.  Ouch.  Now that I've got that bitch moment out of my system... on to more interesting things.

And, as you all might suspect, I did watch the inauguration.  Now, wasn't that simply fantastic!  I must say I enjoyed the lack of pomp.  Simplicity can be very powerful.  We now have a Centrist President who understands the diversity of America.  One party one the election fairly and legally, the other has lost in so many, many ways.  While America anticipates a Biden presidency, do not doubt that their eyes are still on the losers, watching as that party dissolves.

Some things I find interesting:

  Both The Proud Boys and the Oath Keepers have issued statements breaking with Biden's predecessor, citing the fact that he is a failure and a loser.  The Proud Boys have actually issued a statement congratulating Biden saying they are glad to have a president who stands for what he believes in...  I have to admit, that was one of the weirdest things I saw yesterday.  Truly odd.

Those Q people?  Their brains are shredding, half of them understand they've been duped from here to Hell and back while the other half have jellified their thought processes in total disbelief.

Joe Exotic can not understand why he didn't get a pardon.  Right.

Magical Thinking

Honestly, I feel as though I could go back to sleep.  Yes, it is one of those mornings.  Today is my Friday... kind of... so to speak since I am off tomorrow.  Then it's back a day and then off a day.  I don't have consecutive days off until January 26.  Crap.

Yesterday was steady at work.  Typically, this time of year the retail slow down is well under way, not this year.  Looking at our daily sales boggles the mind.  Customers are investing in big ticket items, like new kitchens and decks.  Flooring?  Meh, not so much so.

I ordered a color printer last evening.  I already own a nice little black and white HP printer which is going to be moved downstairs by the desk.  That will be handier for me since I print off a lot of pages while I'm writing in order to note changes I want to make in the manuscript.  This makes editing a lot easier for me.  It's a Canon and I'll be able to print of pictures straight from my phone.  Now, won't that be nice.  Soon my will will be covered with pictures like this!!!

Biggie has a duck in his mouth

I saw in the LA Times a number of publishers have decided not to publish ''tell-all books' written by those who stuck with the Idiot Jerk in the White House for all of his years.  You do know this is what many were planning on doing.  This is how Karma works.

And I saw some blurb about Melanoma firing her agent.

Oh, and apparently rifts are splintering supporters of the Idiot Jerk who stormed Congress.  The white supremacists are fed up with the magical thinking of the qanon conspiracy theorists.  I laughed out loud at the magical thinking.  In a nutshell (and I truly mean nutshell), the Cracker Jack Crazy q's believe there is going to be national blackout for 10 days after which the Idiot Jerk will triumphantly emerge, executing all of the Satanic pedophiles, as well as his enemies, for a second term in the presidency.  You may want to read that twice... or maybe even three times to get the gist of the magical thinking.  Whoever thought the rabid fans of Twilight would move from sparkling vampires into politics.   Believe me, you just can make this shit up.

Buried by Time

Well, we aren't really super pink.  That monster snow storm?  The one where Central PA was the bullseye in the epicenter?  That little pussy cat was anything but epic.  Oh, sure, we did get a lot of snow, but no where near 24 inches.  20 inches?  Nah.  At best we ended up with around 10 inches of light, fluffy snow.  And here I was planning on taking a personal day.  Well, it looks like that's not going to happen.  This is what it looks like from my front porch.

I did get an email from the people delivering my treadmill letting me know there was a possibility of it being delayed.  How could it be delayed when they haven't even called to set up a delivery date.  The location upstairs is ready and waiting, however, I'm betting I'll have to wait until after Christmas, unless they can get it here on Monday or Thursday.

Those qanon Cracker Jack Crazies are so pissed at Moscow Mitch they're threatening to leave the GOP.  Personally, I don't think their numbers are that great, but let's be honest, any loss for the Republican party is a gain for Democracy.  They don't understand their trendy conspiracy theory, the one where their Idiot Jerk is holy will fade.  Time will bury them in obscurity... something they truly deserve.  Four years from now they will be nothing more than an embracing race track on the dirty underwear of the GOP.

And what about all those who don't want to take the Covid Vaccine?  This is how evolution works.  Those who can adapt survive, those run around shrieking "what's in it?"  They'll die off.  Sure it will take a little time, but that's how it works.  Here today, gone tomorrow... or maybe the next day after that.