Killing off his Base

It's Tuesday and once again I have to go work.  I have to admit, yesterday was quieter than Sunday, a nice change.  Still, there were the residual morons who showed up to return a tube of caulk, or a pipe fitting, or a paint brush.  You know what I'm talking about, those essential returns what will make or break your bank account.
Actually, the day turned nice once I got home.  I did some lawn work.  I had ordered Yoga blocks just in case they might prove handy.  Well, the order got lost... at least that's what the email said.  The UPS tracking number provided was invalid.  So, I contacted Amazon and the credited back my points... you didn't think I was going to spend actual money on Yoga blocks, did you?  Anyway, yesterday afternoon they showed up.  Crap.
I also replaced my Debit Card; it was beginning to crack around the chip.  Very easily done, let me tell you.  A few minutes of chat on my computer, and then a pick up at the drive thru at my bank.  Easy Peasy.
We now have a police car sitting in our parking lot, no doubt monitoring how many non-essential customers are actually showing up.  You know who they are, don't you?  Republicans.  Here's a nice little article in The Guardian on how the Idiot Jerk is in the process of killing off his own base.  That's fine.  It's pretty much the same thing as inbreeding, if you know what I mean.  Sister Susie's going to give it to Uncle Andy, who's going to give Cousin Cathy, who's going to give it to Brother Billy Jo when they all get together for the Easter Sunday bar-b-que at Auntie Em's.  Unless they all happen to be living in Florida, then they'll all pick it up a church.
I feel bad about BoJo being put into Intensive Care. I don't care for the man's politics, and am fairly certain he's going through life ass-backwards, but I'm sorry Covid - 19 has put him in ICU.  The man is struggling to breathe.  Unlike our Idiot Jerk in the White House who lies to the American Public every evening in attempt to get his sorry ass re-elected.  He needs Florida to win... have you see what the projections look like for Florida?
Anyway, feeling the need for a sweet treat, I threw together some rice pudding last evening.  I used dried cherries rather than raisins.  Believe me, this is really tasty!

and so much more healthier than ice cream

The Trump Death

Well, golly gee wiz... it's Wednesday. Today is a legitimate day off for me.  Today is also April Fools day and because of the inept handling by the Idiot Jerk's administration during the very beginning of this crisis and lot of Americans are going to die.  Son of a bitch.
I baked Italian bread yesterday, a first for me.  Without loaf pans!  Believe me, it is quite tasty.  The bake time give was 20 - 25 minutes, that was wrong, it's closer to 45 minutes.  I will play around with this one.  I did you a different type of yeast, one from Italy.

Since I don't speak Italian, I used Google translate, and I had to convert metric to imperial.  All being said, I was very satisfied.
I did another Yoga class yesterday and then rode 13.94 miles in Amsterdam.  The ride is flat, so it's more of an endurance thing than anything else.  I do not doubt I will be doing the same thing today.
And, of course, the Idiot Jerk finally let Birx and Fauci talk about the grim reality approaching us.  We are going to be the country that is most devastated by Covid - 19.  There are those out there who think he's been doing a good job with handling this plague.  That will change as the numbers continue to increase.  Who will suffer most?  The poor.  They have no healthcare, no safety net to fall into.  Where will most of the casualties be?  I do not doubt for a minute it will be the Idiot Jerk's base.  They are the ones who thought Social Distancing was a joke.  They still don't grasp the seriousness of this impending catastrophe.  They are still the ones believing the media is blowing this thing way out of proportion and unfortunately for them, they are old with underlying health issues.  You know who I'm talking about, the ones who came into the store wearing their little MAGA hats.  They will feel the brunt of Covid - 19.  That sounds so odd, doesn't it?  Covid - 19.  So clinical.  I would not be surprised if in a few weeks people start calling it by its real name:  The Trump Death
Perhaps if our government had paid attention to how South Korea, or China were handling this thing we might have spared ourselves the worst.  That ain't going to happen.
I suspect sooner rather than later I will start taking all of that personal and vacation time I have on the books.

Yoga and the Dongle

So far a lot of my Physical Therapy has been exercises designed to strengthen my core muscles.  While I don't have a nice, cushy table at home to do them on, I do have a yoga mat I can use to cushion the floor.  Since I tend to be one of the Pro-active people, I've decided to do as much core training at home as possible.  Grabbing ye old yoga mat, I rolled it out on the floor of the weight training / computer room and got down on my back.

Yes, it's purple which is better than pink.

About 2 minutes after I started Seig started sniffing around my ear.  Now he's big for 5.5 months, weighing it at almost 60 lbs.  I said to him "go away," and, of course, still being very much a puppy, he ignored me.  Rather then stop what I was doing, I just closed my eyes just in case he decided to start washing my face.  He didn't.  So, I opened my eyes to see where he was and found that he was now standing directly over my head, sniffing at the weight bench.  This meant that his front feet were on the left side of my head and his rear feet were on the right side of my head... and I was looking directly up at his dongle.  So I laughed and said, "Seig, you got to move buddy, that's a little too close for comfort."