La Mulita
13/10/20 07:30
Nancy and I stopped by our local coffee shop yesterday called La Mulita. My Spanish is a little rusty but I think that means, "The Mule." I was looking for a new bag of espresso and I thought they might just have what I was looking for on hand. I'd only been in there one other time and I have to admit to feeling a little guilty for not showing up more often to support the local business.
The owner is a cheerful sort who inquired about this and that while he packaged up my coffee. I didn't have to wait very long this morning for the "mule" to show up. I was three hot sips in when I felt his hooves on my backside. It was glorious!
I had a nice online chat with my brother from another mother yesterday late in the afternoon. We've been messaging each other as of late on everything from futures trading to the antics of democrats involved in the hearings of the latest Supreme Court nominee, Amy Cony Barrett. He shares my politics by and large so we don't have any disagreements that, at least in this day and age, have a way of driving a wedge between friend and foe alike. I don't always understand how people find the other side as acceptable as they do but I'm never intolerant about any of it. I wish I could say the same for the other side.
My chili turned out great yesterday in case you were wondering. I'm never sure how much to make but I tell myself that I can always freeze it if I make too much. I'm the only one eating it so I try to make a reasonably sized batch but that has never made much sense to me since it's a fairly involved process.
If I'm going to do it, and if I'm going to buy all the ingredients, then might as well go whole hog. It's a dish I never get tired of eating although it is seasonal and I can't even imagine having or wanting to make during the summer months. If I had yesterday's batch to do all over again, I might have chosen a kidney bean with a darker red complexion.
Oh, and just for the record, I am not a futures trader and neither is my brother from another mother. I leave that sort of thing to the professionals. I leave it to the people who know what they're doing when it comes to that sort of thing. In the fast and furious world of financial hijinks I'm more likely to be the tortoise rather than the hare and that suits my personality to a tee. I am not risk averse, per se, but I also don't have the nerves or the inclination to get into the trading pit with the carnival barkers where fortunes are won and, more often than not, lost.
I've been going round and round trying to figure out what works and what doesn't when it comes to using headphones, or earbuds, while taking my daily bike ride. Evan gave me some old over-the-ear clip on's that worked okay but they always seemed to be slipping out of my ear at the most inopportune times. Having to continually make adjustments was a distraction that I didn't and don't need while biking. Either Nancy or I finally stepped on the damn things and I wore them anyway convincing myself that having one ear that worked was better than having no ears working. It was a cluster.
Along comes Nancy telling me that Evan wants to get me a pair of ear buds for Christmas. I can't wait that long. Having to dilly with the broken buds I'm now wearing is simply a bridge too far. I was either going to bite the bullet and get what I wanted or suffer endlessly with the buds that I have on hand. Maybe wearing no buds at all would be the better choice. Nancy has always thought them to be an unnecessary and maybe even dangerous appliance given their capacity to block incoming noise from the outside world so there's that. She would not be unhappy to hear that I was wearing no buds at all.
I hadn't considered getting a less expensive pair to bridge the gap so was all ears when Nancy proposed same. These new puppies are not over-the-ear buds but rather inserts of sorts that have little clips that curl around the contour of your inner ear to prevent them from falling out. Now that I've worn them a couple of times I can tell you that they too require additional adjustments from time to time so I'm not out of the woods entirely. I'm also not used to having things inserted into my ears for prolonged periods of times so I'm not sure how that is going to play out. They're uncomfortable but maybe I'm just not used to them yet. We'll see.
I'm hearing a lot about 5G these days. Apple has now come out with a 5G capable phone so it may be time to start paying attention. I think the technology is still in its infancy so I don't feel the need to rush out and do anything to try and stay ahead of the curve. If it means having to replace much of my existing infrastructure then I might be even less open to adopting the technology. Truth be told, I never even considered updating to all things 4K when 1080p resolution seemed to suit me just fine. I think 4K has since been replaced with 8K so I guess I'm falling further and further behind with each passing cycle. Oh, well.
If it takes the likes of a Trump to stave off the left when it comes to winning elections then I have a question. What the hell are we conservatives going to do in 2024 when we don't have a Trump on the ballot? Who else do we have that can harness the kind of enthusiasm that we see night in and night out at his rallies across our great nation?
If I've said it once, I've said it a thousand times. Why does Donald Trump, arguably the most successful president in his first term in the history of the presidency, have to work so hard against the worst candidate (Biden) in the history of presidential politics? And where the hell did all the leftists (Biden voters) come from all of a sudden if that's the case?
Even Hillary Clinton some four years back had more attendees at her so-called rallies than does Sleepy Joe Biden yet we're expected to believe that Joey is ahead in all the polls? If Biden pulls this one out it will render crowd size going forward as a nothing burger when it comes to predictive signage along the presidential pathway.
Looks like the Amy Cony Barrett hearings went so well that they are expected to fast track the rest of the process so everyone can start focusing again on the electoral prospects of Trump and the downstream candidates in the House and Senate. She's a darling of the right and probably the best nominee of any president to come along in a long time. She never tipped her hand as to how she might vote on matters such as the Affordable Care Act and other cases no matter what asinine questions the democrats put to her.
The hearings weren't as hostile as Kavanaugh's hearings but they were just as revealing when it comes to the democrats on the Judiciary Committee and their pathetic attempts to impugn the integrity of this beautiful, poised, intelligent, and sincere woman sitting before them. Be careful, you democrats, the world is watching!
How about that story dropping in the NY Post yesterday about Hunter Biden and Biden crime family? What did Joe know and when did he know it? Seems they have Hunter Biden's laptop that was chock full of pictures, e-mails, texts, etc exposing deep ties to the Chinese, Russians, and criminals in the Ukraine.
We have evidence now that Joe knew a lot more than he is letting on and he has essentially lied to the American public about just how involved he was, and probably is, in the influence peddling game which has enriched the greater Biden enterprise to the tune of a billion dollars or more.
The minute the story popped it was flagged and taken down by both Facebook and Twitter as a story that came from of a "hacked" source and one that couldn't be verified. The FBI and certain senators have some explaining to do since they had the information for weeks now but have done nothing with it. Doing nothing makes them complicit in the cover-up.
We're two weeks out from a presidential election and this might well qualify as an October surprise for Sleepy Joe and his campaign. Not sure how Joe plans to spin this but he has to be careful since he doesn't know what evidence the laptop contains.
Maybe the bigger story is social media's in-kind contribution to the Biden campaign but I don't think so. Neither Does Trump. And how is this for an in-kind contribution: Biden was on a 2-hour televised town hall with Stephy Stephanopolous last night and Stephy didn't ask one question about the laptop or its contents. Are you fucking kidding me? This is what passes for journalism these days?
The owner is a cheerful sort who inquired about this and that while he packaged up my coffee. I didn't have to wait very long this morning for the "mule" to show up. I was three hot sips in when I felt his hooves on my backside. It was glorious!
I had a nice online chat with my brother from another mother yesterday late in the afternoon. We've been messaging each other as of late on everything from futures trading to the antics of democrats involved in the hearings of the latest Supreme Court nominee, Amy Cony Barrett. He shares my politics by and large so we don't have any disagreements that, at least in this day and age, have a way of driving a wedge between friend and foe alike. I don't always understand how people find the other side as acceptable as they do but I'm never intolerant about any of it. I wish I could say the same for the other side.
My chili turned out great yesterday in case you were wondering. I'm never sure how much to make but I tell myself that I can always freeze it if I make too much. I'm the only one eating it so I try to make a reasonably sized batch but that has never made much sense to me since it's a fairly involved process.
If I'm going to do it, and if I'm going to buy all the ingredients, then might as well go whole hog. It's a dish I never get tired of eating although it is seasonal and I can't even imagine having or wanting to make during the summer months. If I had yesterday's batch to do all over again, I might have chosen a kidney bean with a darker red complexion.
Oh, and just for the record, I am not a futures trader and neither is my brother from another mother. I leave that sort of thing to the professionals. I leave it to the people who know what they're doing when it comes to that sort of thing. In the fast and furious world of financial hijinks I'm more likely to be the tortoise rather than the hare and that suits my personality to a tee. I am not risk averse, per se, but I also don't have the nerves or the inclination to get into the trading pit with the carnival barkers where fortunes are won and, more often than not, lost.
I've been going round and round trying to figure out what works and what doesn't when it comes to using headphones, or earbuds, while taking my daily bike ride. Evan gave me some old over-the-ear clip on's that worked okay but they always seemed to be slipping out of my ear at the most inopportune times. Having to continually make adjustments was a distraction that I didn't and don't need while biking. Either Nancy or I finally stepped on the damn things and I wore them anyway convincing myself that having one ear that worked was better than having no ears working. It was a cluster.
Along comes Nancy telling me that Evan wants to get me a pair of ear buds for Christmas. I can't wait that long. Having to dilly with the broken buds I'm now wearing is simply a bridge too far. I was either going to bite the bullet and get what I wanted or suffer endlessly with the buds that I have on hand. Maybe wearing no buds at all would be the better choice. Nancy has always thought them to be an unnecessary and maybe even dangerous appliance given their capacity to block incoming noise from the outside world so there's that. She would not be unhappy to hear that I was wearing no buds at all.
I hadn't considered getting a less expensive pair to bridge the gap so was all ears when Nancy proposed same. These new puppies are not over-the-ear buds but rather inserts of sorts that have little clips that curl around the contour of your inner ear to prevent them from falling out. Now that I've worn them a couple of times I can tell you that they too require additional adjustments from time to time so I'm not out of the woods entirely. I'm also not used to having things inserted into my ears for prolonged periods of times so I'm not sure how that is going to play out. They're uncomfortable but maybe I'm just not used to them yet. We'll see.
I'm hearing a lot about 5G these days. Apple has now come out with a 5G capable phone so it may be time to start paying attention. I think the technology is still in its infancy so I don't feel the need to rush out and do anything to try and stay ahead of the curve. If it means having to replace much of my existing infrastructure then I might be even less open to adopting the technology. Truth be told, I never even considered updating to all things 4K when 1080p resolution seemed to suit me just fine. I think 4K has since been replaced with 8K so I guess I'm falling further and further behind with each passing cycle. Oh, well.
If it takes the likes of a Trump to stave off the left when it comes to winning elections then I have a question. What the hell are we conservatives going to do in 2024 when we don't have a Trump on the ballot? Who else do we have that can harness the kind of enthusiasm that we see night in and night out at his rallies across our great nation?
If I've said it once, I've said it a thousand times. Why does Donald Trump, arguably the most successful president in his first term in the history of the presidency, have to work so hard against the worst candidate (Biden) in the history of presidential politics? And where the hell did all the leftists (Biden voters) come from all of a sudden if that's the case?
Even Hillary Clinton some four years back had more attendees at her so-called rallies than does Sleepy Joe Biden yet we're expected to believe that Joey is ahead in all the polls? If Biden pulls this one out it will render crowd size going forward as a nothing burger when it comes to predictive signage along the presidential pathway.
Looks like the Amy Cony Barrett hearings went so well that they are expected to fast track the rest of the process so everyone can start focusing again on the electoral prospects of Trump and the downstream candidates in the House and Senate. She's a darling of the right and probably the best nominee of any president to come along in a long time. She never tipped her hand as to how she might vote on matters such as the Affordable Care Act and other cases no matter what asinine questions the democrats put to her.
The hearings weren't as hostile as Kavanaugh's hearings but they were just as revealing when it comes to the democrats on the Judiciary Committee and their pathetic attempts to impugn the integrity of this beautiful, poised, intelligent, and sincere woman sitting before them. Be careful, you democrats, the world is watching!
How about that story dropping in the NY Post yesterday about Hunter Biden and Biden crime family? What did Joe know and when did he know it? Seems they have Hunter Biden's laptop that was chock full of pictures, e-mails, texts, etc exposing deep ties to the Chinese, Russians, and criminals in the Ukraine.
We have evidence now that Joe knew a lot more than he is letting on and he has essentially lied to the American public about just how involved he was, and probably is, in the influence peddling game which has enriched the greater Biden enterprise to the tune of a billion dollars or more.
The minute the story popped it was flagged and taken down by both Facebook and Twitter as a story that came from of a "hacked" source and one that couldn't be verified. The FBI and certain senators have some explaining to do since they had the information for weeks now but have done nothing with it. Doing nothing makes them complicit in the cover-up.
We're two weeks out from a presidential election and this might well qualify as an October surprise for Sleepy Joe and his campaign. Not sure how Joe plans to spin this but he has to be careful since he doesn't know what evidence the laptop contains.
Maybe the bigger story is social media's in-kind contribution to the Biden campaign but I don't think so. Neither Does Trump. And how is this for an in-kind contribution: Biden was on a 2-hour televised town hall with Stephy Stephanopolous last night and Stephy didn't ask one question about the laptop or its contents. Are you fucking kidding me? This is what passes for journalism these days?