Wash, Rinse, Repeat
05/10/20 06:56
It'll be time to spruce up the back deck here pretty soon. Time to put everything away until next Spring. The leaves are pretty much completely off the tree out near the shed and I'm just waiting now for the first frost to come along before tidying up the garden.
It has been a different kind of summer in that we've had the best garden ever, we've used our deck more than ever before, the local Finch population has disappeared to god only knows where, and the chipmunk population hereabouts, which was booming early on in the season, seems to have leveled off now that Fall has arrived.
We never did put our palm plant out on the deck. It seems to have found a spot to its liking just inside the door leading out to the back deck where it gets more than enough of everything it needs. Oh, and I think it's safe to say that we've probably used our clothesline more than we have in years past. I replaced one of the posts early on in the season with Evan's help so that gave me the chance to replace old lines which had become brittle over the years. They should have been replaced sooner truth be told.
I don't know if the finches are ever coming back but I'll leave the thistle feeder out just in case. We might have used the grill more often but I've never been a big grill guy so maybe that shouldn't surprise anyone. Like so many other things, I should plan to do a deep clean on the grill before it gets too cold out to do it. Getting started has been my biggest problem and that seems to be getting worse rather than better. The desire is there but I'm lacking the oomph. Gotta get back my oomph.
I think this is one of those mornings when I tell myself that putting something, anything, down on paper will lead to something better, something bolder, something more enduring. Memorable? Probably not so much. Interesting? Who the bloody hell knows? Nancy is still fast asleep. She has a busy day ahead of her with her stay-at-home schtick. That began as a part time job just to give her something to do. It has morphed into a more time consuming, more involved, and maybe more frustrating job which she never really signed up for. That is unfortunate.
When she starts to go off the rails after a long day with stories of incompetence and other misgivings I try to humor her but more often than not I just add fuel to the fire. It's like listening to a bad dream on steroids and I have neither the patience nor the interest in getting to the bottom of any of it. I know I should just be doing my part to be a good listener but I'll be damned if I'll let her transfer all of that negative emotion and energy to me without pushing back just a little bit.
Mrs G has some dental work scheduled for today so Nancy is expected to lend a hand in the transportation end of things. So she'll be off and I have a few chores to keep myself busy so that's pretty much the morning. I want to load up the car with things for the recycling center that have been accumulating here and there waiting for the bulky items receptacle to open up at the center. It's always a good feeling to get rid of things that no longer serve a useful purpose. They have a new process for dealing with fees for such things so I'll want to show up with a fistful of small denominations.
I''m looking forward to a couple of things in the next couple of weeks. The VP debate is on Wednesday night and the Senate hearings for Amy Cony Barrett begin next week. Both should be barn burners! President Trump arrived back at the White House last evening after spending three days or so at the hospital for treatment of the Coronavirus. The leftist media is up in arms that he didn't die a painful death of the virus that they allege that he referred to as a "hoax." Spoiler alert: He didn't refer to it as a hoax.
It was quite a moment when he returned to the White House only to walk up the long flight stairs unattended and, while standing there overlooking the West lawn, tore off his mask and saluted the servicemen who delivered him to his residence. The financial markets rallied and the American people cheered as their president returned home as a conquering hero of sorts. A man who survived the virus and lived to tell others not to let the virus dominate their lives. He is living proof of what science can deliver thanks to his administration's fast tracking and funding of therapeutics and vaccines.
It becomes clearer by the day that the only hoax perpetrated on the American public is the hoax perpetuated by the Main Street Media (MSM) that Trump is responsible for the Coronavirus and he is the one man responsible for the deaths of the now 209,000 people who didn't have to die. If only Trump had set a better example. If only Trump had done more to stop it all.
Polls show that the American public believe that Biden would do a better job dealing with the virus thing despite everything that Trump has done. If they can only make the election all about the virus and Trump's handling of same, surely they (MSM) can deliver a Biden victory on election day. If concerns about the economy become first and foremost in the minds of Americans when they walk into the polling booths on November 3rd then Trump should win hands down.
What I worry about is the impact of the media's role in the election process in our country. No sooner had Trump been elected in 2016 when the media started turning against he and his yet-to-be named administration. By all reports, the media has blanketed the country with negative coverage of this president day in and day out for four years. Since when is the role of the media to take sides with one political party to the detriment of the other? If Biden wins, the Media will take a victory lap the likes of which should shame each and every American.
The billions of dollars in free press that they have afforded the Biden campaign should be considered an in-kind contribution and the IRS should take notice. How else do you rein in the power of the cable news networks that deliberately fail to report anything of any negative consequence when it comes to Biden and they go out of their way to demonize one Donald J. Trump? Trump gets nominated for three Nobel Peace Prizes and it hardly gets any mention in the MSM. Biden enriches his family with sweetheart deals in China, Moscow, etc., and the media says nothing.
My bottom line is this: We cannot allow the Main Street Media to dictate who wins and who loses elections in our great country. If they are able to get Biden elected, there will be no turning back in the years ahead. They will double down, if that is at all possible, in their vitriol and their targeting of candidates whose policies and politics don't align with their own. That is to say, Republican party candidates will find themselves in an uphill battle in nationwide races against not only their opponents but against the MSM as well.
Meanwhile, Biden is stumping in South Florida where he once again made bizarre comments about young girls dancing and said something to a group of Haitians across town about delivering a coup de grace where Trump is concerned. He knows that means, "kill shot", right? He's just a dumb and demented old fuck.
It's worth reiterating, Biden will not survive for another four years given his current state of declining mental health. He is the Trojan horse that promises to deliver his vice president, Kamala Harris, into the presidency as the first female president in the history of our country. This is the same Kamala Harris that couldn't garner 2% in the polls in the presidential primary and who dropped out before the nation's first primary in Iowa. Let's hope VP Mike Pence drives this home in tonight's debate with Harris. Wake up, people!
No one really knows who the people are behind the Biden ruse and they may or may not come out from behind the curtain right away if and when he gets elected. We think we know who they are and what they represent but precisely which leftist or progressive group will emerge after Biden's supposed win is unclear. That is by design because the American people would crawl over broken glass to vote against them if they knew the truth. The litany of things that can and will go from bad to worse in our country under a Biden presidency is too numerous to mention. We need to kill this in the cradle.
It has been a different kind of summer in that we've had the best garden ever, we've used our deck more than ever before, the local Finch population has disappeared to god only knows where, and the chipmunk population hereabouts, which was booming early on in the season, seems to have leveled off now that Fall has arrived.
We never did put our palm plant out on the deck. It seems to have found a spot to its liking just inside the door leading out to the back deck where it gets more than enough of everything it needs. Oh, and I think it's safe to say that we've probably used our clothesline more than we have in years past. I replaced one of the posts early on in the season with Evan's help so that gave me the chance to replace old lines which had become brittle over the years. They should have been replaced sooner truth be told.
I don't know if the finches are ever coming back but I'll leave the thistle feeder out just in case. We might have used the grill more often but I've never been a big grill guy so maybe that shouldn't surprise anyone. Like so many other things, I should plan to do a deep clean on the grill before it gets too cold out to do it. Getting started has been my biggest problem and that seems to be getting worse rather than better. The desire is there but I'm lacking the oomph. Gotta get back my oomph.
I think this is one of those mornings when I tell myself that putting something, anything, down on paper will lead to something better, something bolder, something more enduring. Memorable? Probably not so much. Interesting? Who the bloody hell knows? Nancy is still fast asleep. She has a busy day ahead of her with her stay-at-home schtick. That began as a part time job just to give her something to do. It has morphed into a more time consuming, more involved, and maybe more frustrating job which she never really signed up for. That is unfortunate.
When she starts to go off the rails after a long day with stories of incompetence and other misgivings I try to humor her but more often than not I just add fuel to the fire. It's like listening to a bad dream on steroids and I have neither the patience nor the interest in getting to the bottom of any of it. I know I should just be doing my part to be a good listener but I'll be damned if I'll let her transfer all of that negative emotion and energy to me without pushing back just a little bit.
Mrs G has some dental work scheduled for today so Nancy is expected to lend a hand in the transportation end of things. So she'll be off and I have a few chores to keep myself busy so that's pretty much the morning. I want to load up the car with things for the recycling center that have been accumulating here and there waiting for the bulky items receptacle to open up at the center. It's always a good feeling to get rid of things that no longer serve a useful purpose. They have a new process for dealing with fees for such things so I'll want to show up with a fistful of small denominations.
I''m looking forward to a couple of things in the next couple of weeks. The VP debate is on Wednesday night and the Senate hearings for Amy Cony Barrett begin next week. Both should be barn burners! President Trump arrived back at the White House last evening after spending three days or so at the hospital for treatment of the Coronavirus. The leftist media is up in arms that he didn't die a painful death of the virus that they allege that he referred to as a "hoax." Spoiler alert: He didn't refer to it as a hoax.
It was quite a moment when he returned to the White House only to walk up the long flight stairs unattended and, while standing there overlooking the West lawn, tore off his mask and saluted the servicemen who delivered him to his residence. The financial markets rallied and the American people cheered as their president returned home as a conquering hero of sorts. A man who survived the virus and lived to tell others not to let the virus dominate their lives. He is living proof of what science can deliver thanks to his administration's fast tracking and funding of therapeutics and vaccines.
It becomes clearer by the day that the only hoax perpetrated on the American public is the hoax perpetuated by the Main Street Media (MSM) that Trump is responsible for the Coronavirus and he is the one man responsible for the deaths of the now 209,000 people who didn't have to die. If only Trump had set a better example. If only Trump had done more to stop it all.
Polls show that the American public believe that Biden would do a better job dealing with the virus thing despite everything that Trump has done. If they can only make the election all about the virus and Trump's handling of same, surely they (MSM) can deliver a Biden victory on election day. If concerns about the economy become first and foremost in the minds of Americans when they walk into the polling booths on November 3rd then Trump should win hands down.
What I worry about is the impact of the media's role in the election process in our country. No sooner had Trump been elected in 2016 when the media started turning against he and his yet-to-be named administration. By all reports, the media has blanketed the country with negative coverage of this president day in and day out for four years. Since when is the role of the media to take sides with one political party to the detriment of the other? If Biden wins, the Media will take a victory lap the likes of which should shame each and every American.
The billions of dollars in free press that they have afforded the Biden campaign should be considered an in-kind contribution and the IRS should take notice. How else do you rein in the power of the cable news networks that deliberately fail to report anything of any negative consequence when it comes to Biden and they go out of their way to demonize one Donald J. Trump? Trump gets nominated for three Nobel Peace Prizes and it hardly gets any mention in the MSM. Biden enriches his family with sweetheart deals in China, Moscow, etc., and the media says nothing.
My bottom line is this: We cannot allow the Main Street Media to dictate who wins and who loses elections in our great country. If they are able to get Biden elected, there will be no turning back in the years ahead. They will double down, if that is at all possible, in their vitriol and their targeting of candidates whose policies and politics don't align with their own. That is to say, Republican party candidates will find themselves in an uphill battle in nationwide races against not only their opponents but against the MSM as well.
Meanwhile, Biden is stumping in South Florida where he once again made bizarre comments about young girls dancing and said something to a group of Haitians across town about delivering a coup de grace where Trump is concerned. He knows that means, "kill shot", right? He's just a dumb and demented old fuck.
It's worth reiterating, Biden will not survive for another four years given his current state of declining mental health. He is the Trojan horse that promises to deliver his vice president, Kamala Harris, into the presidency as the first female president in the history of our country. This is the same Kamala Harris that couldn't garner 2% in the polls in the presidential primary and who dropped out before the nation's first primary in Iowa. Let's hope VP Mike Pence drives this home in tonight's debate with Harris. Wake up, people!
No one really knows who the people are behind the Biden ruse and they may or may not come out from behind the curtain right away if and when he gets elected. We think we know who they are and what they represent but precisely which leftist or progressive group will emerge after Biden's supposed win is unclear. That is by design because the American people would crawl over broken glass to vote against them if they knew the truth. The litany of things that can and will go from bad to worse in our country under a Biden presidency is too numerous to mention. We need to kill this in the cradle.