Downfalls

 Well, it's Monday and that means I have a full day of work ahead of me.  This I don't mind, since these days only happen once a week.  After today, I don't work again until Saturday.  I can deal with that.

Outside, the temps are in the low 60's (F), a sign spring is rushing headlong towards us.  Though we've still got about 2 weeks.  Thursday, they're calling for mixed precipitation.  The night time temps are going to drop down below freezing.  In a few weeks I'll be able to begin planting the summer flowers.

I changed out the water filter in the new tank yesterday morning to the same Cascade filter I use in the bigger tank.  The new light arrives today and the new, glass top arrives tomorrow.  The change over from the 'starter aquarium kit' is moving nicely.

I watched "The Power of the Dog," last evening.  This is an extremely good drama about some very flawed people.  They fall prey to their individual weaknesses, weaknesses which are easily exploited, and for some these weaknesses lead to their own personalized downfall.  Heroes do exist, but too often they fall outside of the standardized definition.  Even bunnies have importance in this film.  I will watch this again because I know I missed so much.

For those of you who didn't hear, there was this big convoy of crackpot conservatives heading to Washington to cause a great disruption.  They were anti - mask, at first, and anti-vax, in fact, they were anti-everything they didn't like.  They were going to drive a slow loop on the Washington Beltway, jam up traffic, create a nuisance for every other driver in Washington... and, well that didn't happen.  Simple Sunday traffic was their downfall.  Now they're going to try it again today.  Their tactics might work on a two lane black top, but they are just not made for a multiple lane express way.

This demonstration of selfishness is in itself a downfall for those foolish conservatives who don't understand how stupid they look.  But then, these are conservatives whose favorite word is 'my,' and who don't have a single consideration for anyone else, unless they, themselves, benefit from the consideration.

The Party's Over

 And another Sunday has arrived.  A slow Sunday, hopefully.  The temps are going to be warm, but rain is on the way.  Lots of rain since the chance of rain today is 90% and the likelihood for rain tomorrow is 99%.  Oh, the temps are going to be super warm - in the mid to upper 70's.  

I scheduled a vacation day for this week, so I only work 3 days.  I do have to use vacation.  Use it or lose it.  The big orange retailer I work for doesn't let us carry it over, not that I've ever done that, at least not with vacation.  I used to do that with personal time.  Never got sick.  However, accumulating personal time is no longer an option.  They do a deposit to your bank account for the days not used.  Me?  I'd rather have the time off.

The new aquarium pump arrived yesterday and will be installed this morning.  I don't have to be to work until 1:15 PM so there's plenty of time to get things done.  I might even get in a jog on the treadmill.

I have daffodils that are ready to bloom.

There are about 1000 truckers waiting in somewhere in Maryland who have come to protest mask mandates... Woah! they came a little too late for that party.  So, I guess they're planning a peaceable protest for all mandates which, I suppose, means most of them are anti-vax.  Covid deaths are still over 2000 per day among the anti-vax group.  It also turns out that they are 3 times more likely to believe The Big Lie.  Hhhmmm.  One can only wonder if they'll even realize the party's over.  Probably not.

And I saw Mikey Pence gave a speech to the RNC on Friday.  He said Putin apologists have no place in the Republican party.  That group includes the, Donald, the Orange Anus, Trump (aka DOA Trump).  That fool has claimed several times "Putin is my friend," or that Putin's "a good friend."  At least that's what desperate Don wants to believe, and feels the world needs to accept it as a truth.  DOA Trump doesn't understand he is no longer useful to his blow bro Vlad.  That's right, his party's over, too.  In fact, the only ones who are going to believe him are the unvaxed group who still believe there's a mask mandate.