6-26-26

 W: 318.2            BS: 104            BP: 134/76

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This year I am FINALLY doing the trimming and tying I always said I would.

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6-25-26

 W: 316.0            BS: 150        BP: 154/85

Good for me to sweat a bit I think.

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The butter bread recipe, without the butter.  Substituted a few tablespoons of EVO, and added 1/4 cup old fashioned rolled oats.  Added a few more rise/fold sessions too.  Brushed with egg wash and sprinkled everything seasoning on before baking.

Now THIS is bread we could eat every day.  3/4 of the loaf vanished to people munching on it.  I'll try making toast in a few minutes.

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Reported that Trumpster is losing patience with the Tribe of Stupid in the battle against the Tribe of Evil, even though they are the same tribe.  Maybe because they are the same tribe?

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The Postmaster General says he will follow orders, till Judge Autonegator rules that he shouldn't.  Then they all wait on various other judges to weigh in until the boss judges shoot down Judge Autonegator yet again.  Meanwhile, the rot keeps eating and eating.

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I wonder...

Perhaps an old man's memory has a 'Facebook' feature where it pops up stuff that happened on this day back in.....

I recalled this morning.... Explaining to a customer their new car's engine oil needed service on a regular schedule or their warrantee would be voided.  Said customer responded "Why should I pay to take that oil out and put other oil in?  Oil is oil".

I remember thinking "Well shit is made of food so why buy food when you can just eat shit?"

Which is what I DID NOT say.

I'm not sure if there is a certain percentage of idiots everyplace, or they were just attracted to that shop for some reason.

Things that deserve a 'Hmmm.....'

 

Grocery store chain has in their weekly ad circular a 'Bonus Buy' of sweet corn on  the cob.  6 ears for $4.  Eight dollars a dozen.  More than twice what every other store in our area is charging... and that's a 'Bonus Buy'?

Hmmmmm......

This brings to mind the concept of 'Crap Meter', which I usually explained to my students.  It goes like this;  One makes a measurement of say 23 volts at the battery of a typical vehicle.  At the point your 'Crap Meter' should peg out and go BING in your head, because the only way to measure 23 volts on a 12 volt battery is if it's the process of exploding.  Obviously the meter is malfunctioning, or something incredibly bad is happening.  

What happens is the brain is taking what it see's, hears, or touches and compares it to the stored memory of certain events or known facts.  Then, judgement is made.  Does that observation fall within acceptable, or even possible, parameters. If not, the rest of the brain is notified that something is off.  The measurement is 'Crap'.

What I think is happening with this Giant sales flier is someone in the process has a non-functioning Crap Meter... OR.... they are counting on their customers to have non-functioning Crap Meters.  Either one is a fair bet.

Either way, it's crappy.

6-24-26

 W: 316.2           BS:  164          BP: 119/62

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6-23-26

 W: 313.2        BS: 164          BP: 141/70

Slept good.  Real good. Makes up for most, if not all.

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Butter bread, with double cheddar and garlic.  Very Soft, but lovely flavor.  Note to self: Butter bread does not have the structure to carry additions in loaf form.  As buns, maybe. For loaves, delete the butter and add a couple tablespoons olive oil with the additions. 

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As of yesterday the zucchini, tomatoes, and peppers are fruiting up.  Probably do salad for lunch, from the garden, with HB eggs from the hens.  Shaping up nicely.

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I have heard many times something I will paraphrase here, not knowing the exact quote.  'If every Nazi squad sent to arrest Jews had been met at the door by their victim holding a rifle, even with only one cartridge, they would have quickly run out of Nazi's willing to arrest Jews'.

Perhaps this same logic should be applied to authorities attempting to arrest citizens in order to censor their speech.  If every Brit bully squad sent to arrest some old man for his Facebook posts was met at the door with nothing but a load of buckshot, the dastardly oppressive Brit regime would instantly run out of willing bullies.  Surely it's safe to assume the politicians would never have the fortitude (Bravery) to enforce their own decrees.

I assume it's safe to say the same about our American side.  I need not assume, but am certain, American politicians do not have the integrity to enforce what they demand of we the peasants.  Witness their desperate and duplicitous attempts to disarm their intended victims.

Dangerous words, I believe, but honest and true. Then again, some would-be regimes cannot abide or even survive honest and true words.

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6-22-26

 W: 319.2            BS: 154            BP: 157/79

Only a few hours sleep, but any is better than none.  Weight is up, fluid is up.  Extra Lasix today. BP is up too, and not pleased with that.  BS is up as well.  Time to contact the doc as BP and BS have seen med changes.

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Two Tier Kier is stepping down as his party demands of him.   It's a good thing for the Former Great Britain, but only in the way closing a porthole on the Titanic as it sank would be a good thing.  The creepy socialistic villains hiding in the wings waiting to take over are every bit as bad.

But... why should I care?  Britain has zero meaning to my life.  My family escaped that cesspool at the turn of the last century, or earlier.

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Seems a fair appraisal.

6-21-26

 W: 318.0            BS: 147            BP: 155/80

'Appy fodders day to me.  I bought meself a stainless double wall coffee mug on A-zon.  I think I'll engrave 'Hands Off' on it so maybe this one doesn't vanish.

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The definition of how Father's day is seen:

Giant Foods has a 'Father's Day Sale' of stuff DAD can buy and cook for OTHER people.  Expensive stuff like steak and crab legs and such.  The kicker is, not only is the food not 'on sale', in some cases the prices are higher than normal.  Basically, a quiet little Fuck You to fathers everywhere.

Yeah, that about how it goes.

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6-20-26

 W: 317.4            BS: 157            BP:  157/80

• Woke from a really bad dream.  Classroom chaos. It ended when I quit.
• Found cat vomit in the hall.  The hard way.
• Made coffee, checked health numbers.  ALL bad. Everything up.
• Checked bank account.  $3 from overdrawn.  Whole bunch of 'surprise' Amazon hits. Surprise to me, anyway.
• Many, many hurts, for no reason.
• Had to re-run the dishwasher after discovering the dishes still dirty.  Loaded wrong.  I'm not saying a word.  At least somebody tried.

All within the first 20 minutes of the day. The universe is trying to tell me something about today.  I think I will listen.

Some days you can't win, and the only way to not lose is not to play.

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Rando chicken just wandered in.  I think from the neighbor 
slaughter barn. 

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Giant Foods.... sneaky sneaky bastiches.

 

Here we have a screen shot of my shopping today at the Giant Foods website.  Their weekly sale sheet shows chicken thighs or drumsticks at .99 cents a pound.  Cool.... BUT.... look again.   I put one pack of thighs into my cart.  It shows up at regular price (top right corner), not sale price.  Giant does this a lot. Some 'sale' items every single week will do this.  It means one must check the actual price on every single item one chooses.

In this case there was a hidden coupon that was not available anyplace except if one RE-clicked on the item AFTER it was in the cart, and then the coupon showed up.  Still had to click on the coupon to get the price.

I.T. moronicity or devious thievery?  In any case, I do most of our food shopping with Walmart now.  They never seem to play games like this.

SpaceX value peaked at 2.9 Trillion, then settled down a bit.

Here's a tech reporter writing about SpaceX and it's valuation compared to Amazon.  His point seems to be Amazon makes a profit, and SpaceX has not made a profit yet.

Umm..... what does that matter Mr. O'kane?  You have not only missed the point, you didn't even make it to the right ball field.

• SpaceX does space stuff.  Amazon sells consumer stuff.  That's not apples to oranges.  That's squirrels to watermelons.  The only thing the two companies share is selling stock on an exchange.  O'Kane chose them because they have similar high valuations.  That's pointless comparison.
• SpaceX literally IS the future.  Not only have they surpassed every human record in launching technology to space, they have an unlimited future ahead of them.  For SpaceX, the sky is NOT the limit.  The entire solar system is.... at the moment.  That might one day be the entire galaxy.
• Amazon, on the other hand, has pretty much reached it's limits.  There can be fine tuning left ahead, and maybe a few new ventures to swallow up, but Amazon already sells pretty much everything they can.  Their market might grow, but the fractious nature of national politics has become their limiting factor.

Some day in the future may find Amazon shipping toothbrushes and spatulas to Mars, but they will travel on a SpaceX ship, arriving at Tesla spaceport.

Stick a fork in them, the frogs are finished.

 

MEMES! Many memes (and cartoons).

 

6/18/26

 W:  314.0         BS: 64        BP: 127/64

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6-17-26

 W: 316.4            BS: 124        

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Gun CONTROL fascists are all about 'Only Police and Military'.
Forgetting who murdered the most people in the last couple centuries.
Or... maybe that IS the point?  They want people killed off?
 

This is going around strong, and many like it. Seems reality may be overriding the 
"Spend YOUR money the way I demand you do!!" folks.

This bears thought, if energy stability and supply concern you.

My own experience with people of that ilk is limited, but 
significant to me.  I can be friendly, but do business?  Never.

The USA has never had a stronger crowd of sycophants and power hungry people
rooting for it's downfall and demise.

Track and observe your congresscritters financial shenanigans....

Go HERE.

Read more HERE.

Corn Salsa.... Mama Says 'Make It'.

Corn salsa, when corn is in season because it takes fresh stuff.

Two cups roasted corn, cut off the cobs.

One cup chopped onion of choice.  They all work.  Red works best. Yellow is good.

One cup chopped peppers.  Green, red, yellow, Jalapeno if you have it.

Two tables spoons chopped garlic.

Three tablespoons vinegar of choice.  I use red wine. White balsamic works great.

Three tablespoons olive oil

Three tablespoons white sugar.

Juice on one lime.

One tablespoon kosher salt.

Lots of fresh ground black pepper.

One tablespoon powdered jalapeno.

One tablespoon sweet Mexican spice blend of choice.

One tablespoon Mexican oregano.

Cilantro, if you are one of THOSE people.

Mix it all, breaking up the cut corn from the cob. Put it in a serving bowl that can be covered. Refrigerate at least a day before eating.  Stir occasionally to keep flavors melding.

6-16-26

 W: 315.6            BS: 108

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So very seldom we get a good political cartoon from the left.
Whoever did this, I wonder if they did one for the White 
House pride carnivals?