Bluntness

I've also been told I have little tact, so if this offends you simply ride on.

Friday, October 21, 2022

Lettuce

 A busy Friday morning is scheduled.  At 0745, the electrician will arrive (*have arrived, depending upon when you're reading this) to build a quote the dryer hookup on the 2nd floor.  At 1000, the insurance adjuster* will show up at my front door to look at the holes in my kitchen ceiling.  Using the Internet, I tried to get a rough estimate on the drywall expense.  I have a nice sized kitchen 9.5' x 15' (easily big enough for a table and chairs), so using the calculations I found on line the cost should run anywhere between $1000 - $2000.  Now, how's that for bad accuracy?

Even though we've been having freeze warnings for the past 3 days, night time temps have only bottomed out in the mid 30s.  That damages my dahlias, but doesn't quite kill them.

I received an email from Barnes & Noble yesterday informing me that they had (finally) accepted my W9.  So, what does this mean?  Starting in January,  those who don't like buying things from Amazon, or prefer their Nook to their Kindle, can buy my books.  They will be loaded in sequence, starting with The Body on the Lawn.  Why January?  Because the first couple were available at something called Kindle Unlimited, where you earn meager cents for every page read, rather than royalties from book sales.  

Here's a pic of Biggie sleeping on the sofa in the writing room.  I try and keep it covered with a muslin drop cloth because the pillows sewn into the back were not made to endure the constant weight of big dog paws.


And what about lettuce outlasting Liz Truss.  I cannot thing of anything more humiliating to the Tories than that comparison.  Even more embarrassing is to have a picture of lettuce beamed onto parliament.  Conservatives around the world are flummoxed.  For them, the solution to every economic problem is Tax Cuts to either corporations or to the wealthy.  Such dumbasses.  Trickle down always fails.


And for those keeping score, Lindsey Graham has lost another appeal to keep from testifying in the investigation into Trump's meddling in the Georgia elections.  Jeez, this guy loses more than Trump.

Finally, more and more I'm seeing that Republicans might hold onto the House.  Voters are buying into their propaganda about crime and the economy.  About crime?  This is a party that wants to be tough on crime yet refuses to do anything about gun control.  Nothing more than empty words.  Ad for the economy?  The entire world is reeling with inflation, not just the United States.  Nothing is going to change that.  Voters who believe the Republicans can solve that problem need to come back into the real world.  Things will probably get worse before they get better.  Well, this is life.  The best way to deal with it is vote Blue.  Save Democracy.  Save America.  Don't vote for lettuce.






10 comments:

  1. Poor Miss Lindsey, though I know she's just trying to hold out until after the midterms and when she can wear her sweater sets to court.

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    1. Every loss for Lindsey is a win for gay rights!

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  2. That is good news about Barnes & Noble. Because as you're aware I despise Amazon. I should check to see if Giovanni's room can get them. Even if they don't carry them they can usually order anything you want. I love patronize in that place.

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    1. The first one will not be available until January 23 (or there abouts), but I do think Giovanni's Room should be able to order it for you.

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  3. I'll be curious to see if Liz Truss accepts her pension as a "former Prime Minister'"! Not bad work for 45 days in office! And please God no to Jeremy Hunt, Rishi Sunak or Bojo (again). There is a new party forming called Reform and I would love to see things shaken up a bit, but I won't be holding my breath!

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    1. Supposedly BoJo is the front runner, now, isn't that funny. This is what happens when the only solution you for fixing the economy is tax cuts for the wealthy.

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  4. While I don't pay that much attention to the goings on of the UK I do find it funny that there conservative PM only lasted 45 days. Too bad our 45 could not refer to his term in office and not his number in the presidential count.

    And, the lettuce must have been iceberg lettuce since it has absolutely no nutritional value.

    Oh, and Biggie is the best. My Duke weighs in at 130 pounds and loves to lay on my bed and destroy the memory of my memory foam mattress.

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    1. Biggie's 114 and Lily is 56 and the mattress is very firm, so there's no memory to destroy. The photo projected on the House of Parliament was of iceberg lettuce.

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  5. I just purchased the Body in the Loch! Good luck with B&N!

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    1. Thanks! That was published with the old editor so you may find a typo or two.

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