Jonathan Bailey

Our outside temp was 48 (F) this morning and today's projected high is going to be in the mid 60s (F) again.  This is nice.  Tomorrow, our high is going to be up around 70 (F).  That will be nice, too.  I don't work today or tomorrow, so this is fine by me.  If the long range forecast is correct, next week we should be in the upper 40s (F), though we all know how far off long range forecasts can be.

Yesterday was okay, meaning it was better than being so, so.  My VPN was down again, so I told the IT people from Panda that if it happened again I was canceling, and that meant I was going to want a refund.  I know that part of the problem is that while most people use only one search engine, I use both Microsoft and Google.  Believe me, results are different.  For some reason, using bookmarks in both Google with Windows creates a bit of a complication.  Verizon had a built in VPN, the T-Mobile I now use doesn't.  Windows will let you add a VPN, but it wants you to stick with Microsoft.  At least, that's how it's been explained to me.

I'm on both Instagram and Threads.  I don't have a lot of followers, and that's fine.  Fans mean having to post something regularly, if not daily, then every two or three days because you need to keep your fans involved.  That is too much of a both for me.  My life is not exciting, and I like it that way.  I just checked and, this too may surprise some of you, I only follow 251 people on Instagram.  This is far different from some people who need to constantly know what someone else, usually a celebrity, is doing.  Not me.  Mostly I use Threads for commenting and Instagram for messaging.  My comments get a lot of reactions.  My messages, not so much.  This doesn't mean I don't get comments back, I do, and some of them are surprisingly nice, and it's even nicer when they have that blue check attached.

And Jonathan Bailey is People's Man of the Year.  What a hoot!  He is their first Man of the Year who is both Gay and Out.  How sad for all of the women with their lusty loins ogling him with licentious thoughts.

The news that Dick Cheney has died left me quite dry-eyed.  While his daughter Liz seems to have some form of conscious, he was soulless and power hungry.  What I find interesting is that while old school Conservatives might morn his passing, Orangie's MAGA Cultists couldn't give a shit.  This is probably because even with all his lies, he didn't lie enough, and wasn't corrupt enough.  They do like to wallow in their immoralities. 

Today is election day.  This means you need to go out and vote, unless you're a Republican, then you should stay home and sit on your hands.  I believe the Democrats will be out in force.  This means we Blue people need to prepare ourselves because the Cultists are going to flip out if they lose badly.  Of course, there is the possibility that too many of them will be flipping out at People's first Gay Man of the Year to even notice.  Something tells me that the GOP is going to be drowning in their own torrential tears.

The Heel of Democracy

 So, what's in store for Central Pennsylvanians today in the weather department?  Pretty much the same as yesterday.  We should have a high in the upper 80s (F) and we have a 50% chance of precipitation.  The sky did manage to squeeze out some minor showers yesterday afternoon, barely enough to wet the ground.  This means I'm going to have to go out and water my veggies later.

Nothing much happened yesterday.  I had lunch with my cousin and her husband at a Russian restaurant called Tatyana's.  It was way over-priced.  The presentation was nice, but the food was in no way distinctive.  We will not be eating there again.

I tried moving the walking pad over behind my writing desk onto the hardwood floor.  House that are over 120 years old usually don't have level floors and my house is no exception.  The difference is much, perhaps 1/8 inch, however it was enough to lift the back of the pad off of floor so when I walked you could hear a bumping sound.  The walking pad has now been moved back onto the carpet.  When it's open, this is what it looks like.

While I do occasionally look at Bluesky, mostly I comment on Threads.  One of the people I follow is Governor Newsom of California.  I have to tell you, his offices is doing some Grade A trolling of the Orange Anus.  He seriously mocks the hell out of that 79 year old pedophile by posting Threads like this:

So, because today is a day ending in Y I'm betting the Orange Anus is going to have another press conference this afternoon.  I was talking to my sister and she said "Dave, he's on every f*****g day!"  This is just like those dark days during Covid, when Orangie gave daily updates, when he suggested possibly injecting bleach into someone's vein might cure the disease.  While he didn't make a lot of sense back then, the truth is he makes even less sense today.  As in those Covid days, he always has several ass kissers backing him up, individuals who are no doubt tranquilized to keep their expressions minimized, no eyerolls please.  They stand their like mannequins, neither nodding agreement nor frowning in distaste as he talks about things like... grass.  He says he knows a lot about grass because he owns golf clubs.  Everything is self-gratification for him.  And every day his dementia dances in front of the camera so critics can cut out sound bites to mock him.  He is, by far, the worst president this country has ever had, and for that he and his party need to be ground into the dirt by the heel of Democracy.

The Big Reveal

 Good morning!  Our temps today are once again predicted to climb into the low to mid 80s (F).  Yesterday?  Well the forecast was kind of off, we had mucho grande clouds.  We even had drizzles in the afternoon and early evening.  Today, supposedly, cloudiness is predicted to be at a minimum, there is bright sunshine outside at present. 

So I actually used the walking pad yesterday.  I like it, however, there is one teeny problem.  Where as the treadmill had all of the controls in front of you, the walking pad has an app.  They want you to download it into your phone.  Not me.  I'm a bit funny about which apps are in my phone: nothing financial, no apps with Chinese above the English wording.  You know, those apps that might provide access to the slim amount of personal data I already have in my phone.  So, I put the app on a tablet.  The max speed on this pad is 6 miles per hour, that's a jog not a walk.  I hate jogging, so that will never happen.  Those with max speeds of 4 mph are less expensive, take that into consideration if you're thinking of investing in one.

I did file a complaint yesterday about the probably fake account I was direct messaging, not that I think it will do any good.  The account has "no content available," which means it was either deleted or Threads shut it down for breaking community rules.  I did send a message to the person, however since he doesn't follow me on Instagram, it went into his "message request" folder where it will sit for 3-4 weeks unless his PA either reads it or deletes it.  He is not known for his social media presence.  And, since this is turning into a nothingburger, I've decided to post the first part of a conversation that went on for almost week, one that was totally focused on Eli and Max.

So, I saw this morning where the Orange Anus wants to have another census in order for Republicans to cheat better.  This is a timely process and if it does happen in say, oh... 11 or 12 months a majority of Americans will know the numbers have been fudged.  The biggest problem for conservatives is that they simply don't realized that in a country that is armed to the teeth they need to have a majority of the people behind them.  Right now Orangie's approval rating sits at 38%, that's every Republican.  About 10% of that number is stupid people.  And now his tariffs are upon us.  Higher prices will continually erode his approval rating.  Any moment now he's going to say "let them eat cake," and we know what happened the last time those words were spoken.

Big Balls

Our skies are overcast and our morning temp is 70 (F).  If the weather forecasters are correct, we're not going to break out of the 70s (F) today.  The chance of precipitation inches up a few degrees, but is still negligible.  Both temperature and humidity will be slowly climbing over the next few days.  By Sunday, we should be in he high 80s (F) and the dew point also be high.  By Tuesday, however, rain should be moving into the picture.

Yesterday was... different.  I don't usually follow celebrities on social media since most of their posts are done not by them, but by their personal assistants and are in one way or another promotional.  However, back on July 24 a celebrity posted a bit about a project he was involved with which I found interesting.  Even for non-celebs I always click on their profile to check their bona fides.  There were direct links to both this person's Instagram account and the project he was involved with, so I followed.  Two days later, I received a direct message to my Threads account from someone in this person's organization welcoming me, asking for my preferred pronouns, and where I was located.  I provided the correct pronouns, the same generalized location I give everyone (Central PA), and added a bit about the Eli  and Max mysteries.  Over the next few days a number of direct messages went back and forth concerning Eli and Max, and then the messages stopped.  I waited a day and sent another message, no response. I clicked on the account and found out that it has been entirely deleted.  Wow.  While there is no longer an account, I still have the DMs.  I've taken screen prints of them and emailed them to myself.  Was this a fake account?  Might someone working for this celebrity be on a fishing trip?  The messages all revolved around Eli and Max, how interesting it was that they were together for 19 years, and that they solved murders.  There were no questions about personal information, no requests that I call a specific phone number.  I'm actually enjoying the mystery part of this.  Either today or tomorrow, I will DM this celebrity's profile on Instagram and detail what happened.

Anyway, my walking pad came yesterday.  It folds up nicely.  Now all I have to do is decide in which downstairs room I'm going to put it.

And for those who haven't heard yet, Big Balls was assaulted.  You all remember Big Balls?  The 19 year-old who worked for DOGE?  The one who had access to all of our data?  It happened around 0300 in DuPont Circle.  For those who don't know, DuPont Circle is a prominent gay neighborhood in Washington, DC.  Did I tell you that the police response was at 0300?  Supposedly, 10 black youths were attempting a car jacking.  That's right, there were 10 of them.  Supposedly, a woman was involved and Big Balls pushed her into (?) the car and told her to lock the doors... must have been a very old car.  Anyway, when the police arrived there was no sign of the youths, just a shirtless Big Balls looking like he may have been smacked in the face.  Oh, and the youths stole his IPhone.  IPhones are extremely difficult to sign into without the password.  Did I tell you DuPont Circle is very gay area of DC known for it's bars and bath houses?  Did you also know that DuPont Circle is also considered to be one of the safest places in DC?  Could it be that this group of 10 black youths might just have been after Big Balls?

The More, the Merrier

 Happy day after Christmas!  It's cold here in  Central PA, but not cold, cold.  That means the temp is below freezing (F), but it's not down in the 20s (F) or teens (F).  In fact, this afternoon our temp should be up in the lower to mid 40s (F).  Oh... and rain is on the way.  Looks Saturday, Sunday, and Monday we'll be in Rain Land, with a total accumulation of about 1 inch

Yesterday was... a day just like another here.  Well, almost.  My new neighbors had 2 shouting arguments in the morning.  Part of at least one, maybe both, maybe have been because of me.  You see, on the afternoon of Christmas Eve she decided to blare her music while she cleaned.  2.5 hours of rumbling bass.  We share a connecting wall.  My TV is on my side.  They put the sofa against their side and complained that they could hear my TV.  Out of consideration, I either used headphones or kept the volume low.  On Christmas Eve?  I did neither.  My TV has been against that wall for the 32 years I've lived in this house, so this is not my problem.

Dinner was ham.  It was tasty.  I talked to my sister for a while, though had to send a text to my brother to get a Merry Christmas.  Being a devout Christian, he used to be a huge Trump supporter.  For some reason, I don't think he's to appreciative of Orangey's move into the position of Vice President.  Of course, this might have something to do with it, too.  Social Conservatives desperately want a socially conservative authoritarian government, the one Orangey is setting up is perhaps not what they had in mind.  But then, you do have to remember that the Republican party is focused totally on Selfishness and Greed.

Of course, there's always the possibility he's not too pleased with the fact that Orangey's charging $100,000 to join him in a prayer service.  If this isn't what social conservatives were expecting, then it's their fault for not paying more attention.  The guy's been grifting off Jesus for a long time and that hasn't bothered them.  

It seems as though world emperor wannabe Elonia Musk is upset social media is not giving him the respect he's convinced himself he deserves.  His bot makers are releasing many, many bots on Threads and Bluesky.  If you make a snarky comment about Elonia, one of them is bound to pay you a visit.  I've gotten 3 visits so far.  They all have some variation of his first name underscore and his last name with the message that he wants to talk to me personally and a link.  They all have zero followers.  They all get blocked immediately.  I don't doubt that this is the reason I'm seeing so many snarky comments about Elonia.  The more, the merrier, and the sooner his brain falls apart.

Indian Jones and the Dial of Desitny

 Well, the end of the work week has arrived.  This means I am scheduled to work tomorrow.  Yippee.  

For the past 2 days the weather has been hot, or perhaps I should say rather warm since both Wednesday and Thursday our thermometers have climbed into the low 90s (F).  They're nothing like what they have down south where the temps are in the low 100s (F).  Of course, we're just at the beginning of summer, things will probably start cooking when we get later into July and August.

I finally got in a decent dumbbell workout (53 minutes) and bike ride (14.02 miles) yesterday and felt so much better.  I find that when I get the workouts in I feel much better.  When I don't I tend to want to take naps, not a good thing.  Don't get me wrong, I have nothing against taking a nice nap, it's just that they need to be taken in serious moderation.  I have no plans on sleeping away the rest of my life.

Last evening I went to see Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny and I liked it... a lot.  I'm sure many of Harrison Fords action shots were done by a stunt double, but for an 80 year old man he was rather impressive.  I suspect one of the problems some people might have is seeing people they consider to be old staring in an action movie.  Get over it, people. The storyline was good.  Mads Madsen played the villain well, smooth and slick, and slimy.  

One thing I found fascinating about the movie is that there really is an Antikythera though I doubt very much if it was built by Archimedes, and though only one has been found, I suspect there were more in the ancient Greek world.

And probably the only really big and very joyful news is that Elon Musk is flipping out about Threads.  While I'm not wild about Mark Zuckerberg, I have no problem seeing Musk's ruination at his hands.  One thing I am seeing, and hope you are, too, is people posting good advice about the haters.  Be certain that Libs of TikTok will show up in your feed.  When they do and try to incite you with inflammatory comments and videos do not respond just mute them.  The fewer responses they get, the more they find themselves muted, the less often they will show up.  This is how you use the algorithms to your benefit.

Very... interresting.

 Well, yesterday the weather was rather warm, we hit the low 90s (F), and I did not mow my lawn.  That will need to be done later this morning, or possibly in the early afternoon.  Forecasters are predicting a repeat today.  The heat doesn't really bother me.  Lily does, however, so her morning walk is shortened; we only go around the block if the temps are too warm.

Yesterday turned out to be one of those days in which I was really productive in one way, I worked on the big fish tank, and unproductive in others, no workout, no ride, and no time spent on the treadmill.  I had wanted to do one of my little videos for the channel and didn't, but at the same time added over 1000 words to the new book.  Hopefully, I'll get to throw something together this morning, maybe with a little Prokofiev for background music.

I did sign up for Threads since I already have an Instagram account.  I'm going to have to change my password since evidently someone signed into my account from New Jersey yesterday.  In case you're wondering, I was not in New Jersey yesterday.

Oh, and I baked a quiche with leeks, ham, and Swiss cheese.  It's very tasty, but way too rich.  Most of it ended up being frozen for later.  

Lin Wood, one of Trump's most loyal legal supporters suddenly up and retired yesterday in Georgia.  Permanently.  He can never practice law again, if that's what you can call his stop the steal antics.  Many are wondering if this might be the result of some sort of plea deal.  Looking at how so many are crumbling around Trump, I'd say that's rather likely.

And I saw where Mark Robinson, the seriously overweight Lt. Governor from North Carolina, defended the Mom's for Liberty in using a quote from Adolf Hitler.  This very large man who loves to push around his faith in an attempt to be a very large authority evidently doesn't know that Hitler was not a Christian.  In fact, he evidently called Christianity a Jewish plot, and saw God as an impersonal force who really didn't care about humanity.  He also believe in the superiority of the Aryan race, which God had evidently chosen.  Someone should tell Mr. Robinson that he doesn't fit the Aryan picture being both very large and black.  Oops.