😷Took a sick day week as it turns out. Between appointments and massive virus attacks to us both, I needed a break. Still not feeling 100%, but oh well, perks of getting older I suppose is to just say F it and take five or seven. Not feeling well helped me rain some bad juju on my next interview as I told him I refused to do 11th hour script changes so meet the deadline or I move on. He met the deadline.
ELEPHANT IN ROOM TIME Couple of things stood out the last couple of weeks. Hard to pick the wheat from the chaff lately, am I right? Anyway:
* Press secretary with a big ass cross around her neck claims we worry more about the color of our pilot than if we will land safely. What church does she attend "The Racist, KKK, Precious White Lady Church of Perpetual Bigotry"? For anyone's information, only a third of air traffic controller applicants get through the first day after rigorous mental, physical, etc., testing so I rather believe they don't care if you come rolling in on your wheelchair covered with scales and seething sores.
* The qualified, career officer Coast Guard Commander was fired from her job for not being aggressive enough with the Southern border. Last I knew we were not being attacked, and few refugees take a boat across. Two weeks later, the three hours to vacate her residence was just icing on the mud pie. Contrasted of course with that totally competent alcoholic, womanizing, sticky fingered Secretary of the DOD (who just ordered $130,000 to remodel his government issued house). Oh yeah, white male.
* A non-vetted or background checked South African foreign agent and his band of high schoolers (one of the teenagers is nicknamed "Big Balls") is privy to the personal data and bank accounts of every American. To what end? So many answers to that. Big bear and panda are waiting nearby for the crumbs.
-- Odd coincidences - the muskie was successfully sued by a black employee for a racially intimidating hostile workplace and was facing a class action suit from possibly another 6,000 black workers. The FAA had assessed penalties for failure to follow its license requirements for two space launches. Funny that the FAA and DEI were demolished immediately-birds of a feather and all that.
* If (marmie) continues to malign, insult, threaten trade wars and mislabel our allies in Europe and Canada a big bear is waiting to be "their friend". If we stop rendering medical and humanitarian aid to folks who need it in Africa a giant panda will be happy to fill the gap. Both know how to wait and swoop in when the time is right, just saying.
* Using DEI and transgender (the 10 trans who actually play school sports) as a rallying cry to the red hats really distracts from the rising costs of food, the chill on hiring, the stock market drop and destruction of the government. Then there is the prohibition on paper straw promotion and turning Gaza into a resort area (ethnic cleansing) while important information on health and weather websites disappears. The shocked look on his Chief of Staff's face was priceless though Netanyahu kept his cool (Gaza surprise).
I'm not saying DEI was the perfect answer and it was pushing people away but I'm not ready to go back to the 50's & 60's when one either never get the chance or had to remain in the background doing the work but not getting the credit. Equal opportunity by merit is great, but we're not there yet until we truly become gender and color-blind. If you don't want single moms in poverty and welfare or minority crime, let "everyone" have a chance at education, decent jobs, promotional opportunities and homes outside of the "red"zone. But why do we always default into more racist?
One positive note. The American public is certainly receiving an advanced course on Civics live and in person....
ABRUBT SHIFT On a lighter note, I confess. I am a huge proponent of porn. Can't get enough. Every twist and turn, spiked heel, velvety shiny texture and color. Shoe porn that is. What did you think I was talking about? Valentine's Day is a perfect time to peruse all those cute little numbers in shades of pink and red. When the question came up on Family Feud of the average number of shoes a man owns-four was the number one answer - pptthh. Sneakers, dress shoes, all-terrain boots and another pair of athletic shoes. Women are just getting started. Though I probably enjoy shopping for shoes more than owning as they never seem to fit once you get them home. I was used to heels when I was working and could go all day. Not so practical when I got an emergency call and no time to change-hence my mud-caked dressy shoes adventure on a construction site after an incident and dress coat and heels on television at the sewer entrance of a near-double fatality.
CHECK THE BIRDS We have a built-in bad weather alarm due to our well-stocked bird feeder. It is absolute pandemonium as 17 birds try to squat where 3 or 4 comfortably fit as their avian radar warns of fun times to come. Unfortunately, English sparrows have invaded driving the biggies-cardinal and bluejay- to the ground pickings. They swarm in mass and knock everyone out. The squirrels are good with it though as they are ground feeders. So far no dead birds as the a-flu picks up steam along with cross-contamination worries. Super Bowl (commercial) time. Don't care who wins. Peace out.💚💙💛
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