Bad Bunny Rocks

Tuesday has arrived.  The weather outside is a bit Fallish.  For some reason I slept late, until close to 0700, and that is unusual.  Normally I rise and shine around 0600.  This is what happens when you don't use an alarm clock.  And outside our temps are cool, sitting in the low 60s (F).  Forecasters are predicting a high in the low 80s (F).  I don't think that will be happening.  Tomorrow's high is only supposed to be in the low is only supposed to be in the low 70s (F), so I'm wagering that those cooler temps will be arriving sooner rather than later.

I always start doing the weeks laundry on Tuesday, and I'm proud to say that my first load is finishing up the wash cycle and ready to head into the spin cycle.  Because there is zero chance of precipitation, I'll be using my drying rack outside for several of today's loads of wash.  I'm going to take advantage of the fair weather for as long as it lasts.

And I did work yesterday.  A large sale went through in lumbar, probably a vast amount of plywood, somewhere around $38,000 worth, so the store had no problem making plan.  That's good news, though that type of sale is a rarity.  Also you need to keep in mind that one single day's sales do not make the week, and that sluggish sales over the next 6 days will still keep you from making your plan.

During yesterday's workout, I did squats, by far my least favorite exercise.  Having your quads scream in pain when you go up and down the stairs is by far the worst part of leg work.  However, I have to admit that so far today the discomfort is minimal, so something must be going right.

And as expected, white conservatives are losing their proverbial shit over Bad Bunny doing the Super Bowl's Half Time show.  Can you hear me laughing?

Now, I will readily admit to never having listened to his music.  This is because I listen to mostly alternative rock and roll, and we do tend to stick with our genres.  However, I did have to laugh at all of the white conservatives with so many of them shrieking he wasn't American.  How can they define their ignorance in such a blatant way?  Puerto Rico is an American Territory, so Puerto Ricans are born American Citizens.  I suspect that a large part of their problem is that he's outspoken about his dislike for the Orange Anus, and has called Orangie worse things than Anus.  Mostly his songs are in Spanish, though he does include English in some of them.  That's a big part of their problem.  I work with people whose own grasp of the English language is questionable at best, still that does not stop them from fuming angrily at others who have an accent.  The truth is that there are some white people who look for a reason to judge someone else as inferior, and skin color and language are two of their top reasons.

And is the government going to shut down?  Let's hope the Democrats have enough of a spine to force Orangie to crap in his diaper.  Republicans don't understand that with Orangie's approval rating already so low, this will end up being a losing ticket for them.  This, while being a bad thing, is a good thing.

Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm going to go dial up some Bad Bunny on Spotify.

Ryan's Hope

We have rain!  And I'm not talking about spritzles, or sprinkles, or heavy drizzles.  We here in Central PA are enjoying the steady soaking rains our parched earth has been clamoring for so loudly.  According to Accuweather this should continue for almost four hours.  This is a good thing.  According to the forecast, we should have a few dry days, and then more rain next week.  Now we need the temps to drop a little, otherwise I'll have to mow my lawn again.

Things were accomplished yesterday, though a few chores on the list were ignored.  They will taken care of rightly this morning.  

I've been painting my bathroom over the past week or so.  The walls are going to be 2 different colors, the top section will be the same color as my laundry room, a pale, very sea-shoreish shade of teal, and the wainscoting will be the light, sand color paint I've used on all of the trim in my house.  I will post pictures when I'm finished.

EMTs were in my neighborhood this morning.  Their ambulance blocked my driveway, and there was also a police car parked across the street.  I wouldn't have known except my neighbor's dog Riley started barking.  They are gone now, so whatever the emergency was has been taken care of.

My trainer and I have been texting back and forth on my adding weight to my squat routine.  I hate squat.  Sore quads are the worst.  Yesterday, know poundage would be added eventually, I have in.  I'm hoping the weight will be low, like around 5 pounds to start.  

And Ryan Walters, the Cracker Jack Crazy Christian, Oklahoma's Superintendent for Education is resigning.

He's the one who was caught watching porn during a meeting, in case you don't remember.  He's also a Christian Nationalist with ambitions.  There's no mention of his porn habits in his resignation though.  Most believe this for the sole purpose of furthering his political career.  It seems Ryan wants to be Governor.  He's another one of those Crazies who doesn't realize that the volume of his base has no direct relation to how popular he is among the general public.  His attempt to put the Trump bible into every class room was not heralded by the masses, in fact, quite the opposite was true.

And even though we all know that polls tend to fair poorly when deeply scrutinized, now and then we must take them into consideration.  Gallup has just come out with a new poll which claims that only 29% of American's voters think the country is going in the right direction.  To give this some perspective, 28% of the country is registered Republican.  That % is probably off, but not by that much.  The latest Quinnipiac poll has Orangie with a 38% approval rating.  Again, all polls need to be taken with a grain of salt, still I do think the way they are trending is also important.  Do not believe Orangie when he tells the world he has the highest polls ever.  He's not only a pedophile, he's a pathological liar.

Lunge into this

 So, I accidently slept in this morning.  I forgot to set the alarm and subsequently didn't get out of bed until nearly 7.  That almost an hour and a half later than usual.  I got over 7 hours sleep, so I suppose I must have needed it.

Outside we have a slow drizzle that's supposed to turn into steady showers which will continue most of the day.  Two of my friends from work are getting married today.  When I was told the wedding was supposed to be outside, I wondered why they'd plan something like that this late in mid-October.  I wasn't invited, which is fine since we're more of acquaintances than friends.  

I bought a plant stand for the side window in the kitchen.  It was so cheap I needed to wear rubber glovers because the stain rubbed off on my hands.  Right now it's wood tone, I'm going to take a sponge to it, clean off as much of the stain as possible and paint it the color of my kitchen cabinets.  

So, I've reached one of those painful decisions we all need consider at some point in our lives as we get older.  After crawling around on the floor working on the kitchen renovation, and knowing there's going to be much, much more crawling around, I've decided that I really need to start doing squats and lunges.  You have no idea how much I hate doing leg work, but I need to work on building up strength in cire muscles and there's only one way to do that.  Merde.

The news from Gaza is bad.  It's only going to get worse.  Unfortunately, the only way to break the power of the jihad is to crush Hamas.  Casualties will be high.

For amusement in this country, we have the Republican party.  I don't believe they understand that their incompetence makes them look... well, terrible.  They put together rules that permitted Matty Gaetz to fire that nincompoop McCarthy without a replacement in the wings.  Scalise was going to try and win the gavel, but he has some form of cancer and Republicans don't like people who are sick.  Now, little Jimmy Jordan has managed to get the nomination, however there aren't enough stupid people willing to vote for that little asshole.  So, what do the Republicans do?  They take the weekend off.  I'm sure they're burning up their phone lines trying to get their act together, but don't expect anything resolution any time soon.  They're going to lose their majority because they simply refuse to work with Democrats.  There was a time when that was not the case.

Squat

 Odd week coming up.  I only work 3 days: Monday, Thursday and Sunday.  The following week is Thanksgiving, and while I work 4 days the hours are short.  We are entering the short hour season. This does not mean there is a shortage of customers, just that they tend to purchase either big ticket items, or the Black Friday stuff clogging our aisles like so much in a bellicose Republican's arteries.

Today is laundry day.  I have numerous loads lining the upstairs hallway all sorted and ready to be popped into the washer.  Fun stuff, eh?

I'm going to try my hand at making some Moroccan spiced chicken meatballs, chicken because around here it's difficult to get lamb, and goat is impossible.  I will let you know how they taste.

The improvements continue in my back.  There are long periods when I'm pain free.  Bending can pinch the nerve, so getting out of the car must be done carefully.  If I need to pick something up that's down low, I squat.  Squats are good for your glutes.  I hate them.  Always have.

This is not me, though I do have a bit of a beard which needs to be trimmed.

I see where Covid cases are beginning to pick up in the North East among the unvaccinated.  Perhaps we should throw a little Covid party and get more of them infected.  For a while I was telling those I know that this virus is like Chicken Pox, if you're not vaccinated you're going to get it, sooner or later.  Now I tell them to not come whining if they get sick and need to be hospitalized.

And there's another new book out about Loser #45 (don't it seem like there's a new one dropping every other day?).  Evidently, Mnuchin and Pompeo discussed removing him using the 25th amendment after the January 6 riot.  The sad thing about all of these books is that MAGA's never read them.  For them, reading truth is like desecrating an Indian Burial Ground, all sorts of evil shit comes out to get them.

Ready Player One, & other stuff

Okay, so I got up this morning to snowfall.  Not much.  Two inches, maybe, and while 2 inches of snow doesn't phase me, I suspect the Idiot Jerk in the White House would be pleased to brag about have 2".
I had planned on riding about 10 miles this AM but my legs are a bit sore.  Squats were on the agenda yesterday - 40 pounds of dumbbells.  Now I'm contending with a wee bit of ache in the quads.  The glutes are fine, firm and supple as ever.  A bit of pain is, however, an after effect of squats.  The stiffness is a good indicator the leg workout was effective.  Micro-tears in the muscle fibers are not bad.  As the cells repair themselves, they will be stronger which is what we want to happen.  They will grow more cells to act as a reinforcement, this is also good.  No one said that building muscle was easy.
And I went to see "Ready Player One," last evening.  I liked it.  Not only a film about gaming, this is a celebration about Pop Culture, about trends that come and go, about popularity that last long enough to create an icon.  Welcome to Trivia mecca.  This is also a movie about people who learn that the "real world is... real."  Depicting the bad side of big business, detailing how if not held in check, corporations will continue to grow and dominate and control "Ready Player One" is about greed and power.  Gaming personas fall apart as people grow beyond their avatars.  And finally, if you like your nostalgia over the top, this is the movie for you - make sure you see it on a big screen!

Oh, and I saw this AM that China has started announcing tariffs on American products... Hello, Trade War.
Here's a pic of the snow this AM, taken from my front porch looking back the side of the house.

Not surprisingly for this time of year, it's melting faster than the Idiot Jerk's ass on a Trade War Hotplate.