They Look Away

 It's Saturday, and I'm not in a park, and it's definitely not the 4th of July.  Outside, there is rain.  This is what we call a soaker.  A slow steady drizzle that's going to hang around most of the day.  This is Spring weather.  They used to say "April showers bring May flowers, however last year we had showers throughout March, April, and May with the sun finally putting a regular appearance in June.  I can't wait to see how it plays out this year.

Yesterday was pretty meh.  I did get a nice fast walk in on the treadmill.  

My neighbors were loud most of the day.  She warned 3 times after they moved in that they were loud, and since there is no insulation in the wall separating our 2 houses, I hear them.  Sadly, they don't like it when I'm a little loud, and this past Thursday evening I watched Halo and while the dialog is quiet, the action sequences are loud.  They will just have to deal with that the same way I deal with her playing the radio loud when she cleans, or them yelling at each other.  This is how life works.

As I go through The Body in the Tower to prep the manuscript for audio, I find that I'm editing it once again.  Some of the changes are small, words get changed to give a more precise meaning, and some things are being excised because they just aren't needed.  Once this is done, I will republish the updated version; ebook in Barnes & Noble and Amazon, paperback in Amazon.

And I saw this and thought it very appropriate.

One of the things that does piss me off is the way the media picks up on every slip of the tongue that Biden makes, while ignoring the incoherent word salad spilling from Trump's mouth.  The Guardian reported that Biden confused Gaza with the Ukraine, that was one of their headlines, yet they totally ignored Trump spewing out about languages coming into this country.  He does this quite often, sputtering out nonsensical gibberish because his mind has lost focus.  Trump does this frequently, and too often the media looks away, especially the print media.  There seems to be a terrible lack of responsibility in their reporting.  A day doesn't go by when they aren't publishing some sort of poll and the sad thing is that many Americans still believe polls. The New York Times is having big problems with this, thinking that headlines regarding Biden's age are going to generate subscriber interest.  They don't.  Almost everyday I go into Threads and see that someone has cancelled their subscription.  If they don't stop looking away, and Trump manages to get elected, it will too, too late for them.

Boots on the Ground

 The weekend is almost upon us, meaning I'll get to go sit at the flooring desk for 3 days beginning tomorrow afternoon.  Can you feel my excitement in the air?

The temps outside are on the chilly side, 28 (F) the last time I checked, however that was a bit ago.  They might be warmer by now.  Our high to day is predicted to be in the lower 50s (F), in fact for the rest of the weekend temps are supposed to climb.  Am I the only who thinks that these warmer winters portend to even warmer summers?  Possibly not here in Central PA, but down in Texas, and Florida, and the rest of those southern states?  I wonder how hot they'll have to get before the understand that Global Warming is an issue.

I didn't get any workout in yesterday.  Instead, I attempted to make a giant chicken patty and was not too successful.  The thing tastes okay, but isn't something I will ever cook again.  Lily doesn't care.  All the skin and things I don't want to eat are going to her, so last evening's and this evening's meals are going to be feasts for her.

The tank in the living room got a good cleaning yesterday.  The black algae is back, which means I'm going to need to start up frequent water changes again.  Not a problem.  I don't think the fish like it too much.

And did you know some people will do anything for a free pair of shoes?

I did see a juicy tidbit yesterday which might possibly explain the Supreme Court's decision in delaying Trump's immunity case, and, not surprisingly, it makes sense.  This means it's probably not true, and is just another conspiracy theory, but let's be honest, it sounds logical.  That tidbit is:  they are delaying the immunity hearing because they do really want Trump to win in November because...  Clarence Thomas, age 77, and Samuel Alito, age 73, want to insure that they are replaced on the court by Federalist Conservatives, something Trump would do to keep his orange ass safe.  This being said, I think this is more conjecture than anything else simply because lose so many perks when they retire, and for Thomas that would mean no more Sugar Daddy sweetness for his bank account.  And Alito?  He can do more evil sitting on the bench than anywhere else.