Cool Cloudy Humid

 It's a welcome break in the heat today, but rain chances are mediocre. It'll be really hot later this week. And just as I predicted, Israel is sabotaging the "peace deal", which was probably a delusion to begin with, by bombing Beirut suburbs. And the top turd is such a spineless piece of shit, he won't stand up to Israel. How can he? He's OWNED. He's property. He's senile. He's anything but strong. He's feeble. And, he's corrupt. Again, par for this dismal course. Bombing Israel would have been more productive and more rational than bombing Iran. We really ought to be at war with Israel. In my humble opinion. But the cause is lost, hopeless, the USA is in its terminal phase. Soon to be death throes. And so it goes. We enter our 250th year as a failed state. In serious decline with no pathway back to sanity-- such as it was. Actually never very sane, and never really very great. RIP.

Yes, I know, I'm a pessimist. In my book, pessimism equates to realism. 

The human animal is actually quite a good example of the sort of weird creature evolution builds. I would liken the human brain to the bony plates on the spines of stegosaurs. A grotesque adaptation. 

This is actually the 40th fake peace deal! But magas don't notice. They have trouble remembering where their buttholes are located, from one day to the next. 

Any Peace Deal

 Any peace deal will prove to be illusory. Short-lived. Sabotaged. So don't hope for that. I'd love to be wrong, but I believe I understand what forces are at work, and there is no hope. 

We are set for drastic changes in our weather pattern, but they will be brief. A few days of much milder temps and really cool mornings with perhaps a lot more rain will be better than nothing. The last half of this month looks to be hot and humid. A nasty combination, that. No bees. Flesh eating screwworms instead of bees. I can think of a lot of people who should be devoured by flesh eating screwworms. I can think of other people who probably ARE flesh eating screwworms disguised as human beings. 

Daniel Davis for a bit of common sense:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEGIZkZ-_pM

Another Fake Peace Deal!

 And this fake peace deal comes right on the heels of a fake bombing campaign and a series of empty threats. Somebody counted and this is the 35th fake peace deal. The maga morons eat this shit up. I'll tell you what really worries me: no bees. By this time I should have swarms of bees but I have not seen one. If this is an early warning, of human extinction, well, human extinction can't arrive too soon for me. My daily mantra goes like this-- fuck the human name and fuck the human game. At least we got more rain. Yes, after sunset, ominous clouds, and then thunder and lightning and wind driven rain. It won't be all that hot today, but the humidity will be uncomfortable. Another odd thing is that I have not noticed very many mosquitoes. I don't think the city has done any spraying, either. 

More Of The Same

 What else is new? Well, the weather here now is decidedly hot and rather humid. But storms are possible, and rain is possible, and some pattern shifts are possible. But by and large it is more of the same. I'd sure like a cool morning. Maybe later. A deep dive in the jet stream would be appreciated. I wonder how the flat earth morons explain the jet stream. Whatever. And the war goes on, and on, and on, until God and hope are gone. May the farce be with you. Take heart, for the farce is there! Everybody enjoys a good freak show. A freak show in an outhouse, with an abundance of depraved geeks! The sheeple are entertained and all is well. 

Why, this freak show is run by the freaks themselves, the lowest of the low, the dumbest of the dumb, the most craven and depraved from the lowest depths of depravity! Alcoholics and methheads and career criminals! Competence is a crime! The art of sucking up is perfected! The common man is vindicated at last! The shit has found its way to the top! What's not to like??

Is It Over Yet?

 Obviously not. Cloudy and humid this morning. And it is supposed to be a very hot day. Temps go up and down. No rain clouds last evening. Maybe the air is a little drier. I think we have pretty good rain chances for the weekend though.

I remember when Texas Tech's great claim to fame was ICASALS. I never hear anything about that anymore. We used to have an astronomy department and a telescope in a small observatory but the telescope is long gone and TTU might not have an astronomy program anymore. I haven't bothered to check. Lubbock is no longer the City of Mums. How that got started I never learned. The ABC rodeo is still around, I think, but I do not believe that it is the BIG DEAL it used to be. The Panhandle South Plains Fair is still around and it is still an attraction every September. Been there and done that and I see no reason to do it again. SOSO. I prefer the memories. I guess, even though we are Israel's puppet state, with both major political parties controlled by AIPAC and billionaire Zionists, not much will change on the surface. Endless war in the cesspool that is the Mideast is guaranteed, but endless war has been the norm since WWII. And most of those wars were pointless. We lost in Vietnam, decisively, but nobody wants to tell the truth about that. Afghanistan was a bloody waste, and another loss, but I think if the right people profit then it doesn't matter. As long as someone is making money, war is OK, whether we win it in any sense or not. SOMEBODY wins, SOMEBODY is going to be richer. And that seems to be the point. That big fat aircraft carrier, the Gerald R. Ford was a piece of shit from the very beginning. It turned out to be worthless. But the right people made lots of money on it, pocketing taxpayer dollars, so it was all OK. Who cares as long as the Epstein classes get richer, eh? America is a joke at this point, a total farce, a clown show. Those old stars and bars don't mean shit. Or so it seems to me, a bitter and disenchanted old man with a grudge against almost everything. Almost. 

As far as I'm concerned, you flag waving "patriots" can take your red white and blue and shove it. Go kiss some Zionist ass. If they'll let you, since they would probably consider you unclean. If I'm not mistaken, goyim is equivalent to dog. So be a good dog. Sit and beg. 

Unusual!

 The weather is unusual. It is very humid, very cloudy, and each evening there is a thunderstorm near us. Last evening it was stormy north of us. Heavy clouds and thunder. This evening it might be on top of us. The day is cloudy enough, and humid enough. Anything could happen. Temperature swings from day to day have also been rather dramatic. Is it El Nino, then? Or is it the arts? I was up before sunrise again, not even 5 in the morning and I was up and about. But I was in bed by nine. That works for me. I like the early morning. 

You know, it is even cloudier today than it was yesterday at this time. As much as it has rained, the playa lakes are still not as full as I would like to see them. I like to see them on the verge of overflow. I remember when they DID overflow, and flood surrounding streets. Those were the days! I think it has been about a dozen years since that happened. We would sometimes have epic rainfall. It would be nice to have epic rainfall this summer. It might be the last time I get to experience such a thing. 

Why don't we all hold our breath, and pray for rain? A LOT of rain!

It's Beyond Doubt

 Zionists OWN this country. Celebrate that this July 4th, if that's what you want. Got a pro-Israel pastor? You've got a traitor posturing behind that pulpit. Or so it seems to me, and to many others:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnwkC2sIMQA

What, if anything, you do about it is up to you. It seems to be a done deal. On to the weather! Muggy morning! It feels tropical out there. It'll be a hot day. All I want to do is hold things together in my own backyard, figuratively and literally. And that is sometimes quite a struggle. 

Maybe accept reality and start learning Hebrew? You can do it if you  try...

Yet More Rain

 We actually had a thunderstorm shortly after sunset and it rained again, quite a lot of rain. If we weren't soaked before, we are certainly soaked now. But now the trend is toward drier air and scanty rain chances and higher temperatures, and I'm ready for that. Too humid lately and I'm tired of the rain. Yes, too much of a good thing. 

It's interesting that this week the rain chances do not go to zero. And we'll avoid the triple digits. 

Wow! 100 days of war, and we haven't won 1 fucking thing but humiliation, a dead aircraft carrier, a lot of money down the toilet, Russia and Iran making a deal that will guarantee Iran keeps its nuclear program, a dozen or more downed aircraft, at least 400 US casualties, and who knows how many dead because nobody's talking, apart from spinning tall tales and outright lies. Way to go. No end in sight. Oh say can you see? But don't worry! It'll be over in a few more days. Just as it was over a few days ago, and a few days before that, and a few days before that, and a few days before that--- because Marco "Mutt" Rubio said so. Over and over again, since the war began, 100 days ago. Dream on. 

So Much Rain!

 So much rain this morning! The best yet. I suspect that playa lakes will now be in good shape. Sunday we begin to have a change to warm and dry conditions, with much lower humidity and higher temperatures. It was quite cool this morning as well as very wet. We are soaked and really need to dry a bit. It's been cloudy for a long time, too, and it will be good to have a bit of sunshine.

When I Was A Child

 In my childhood I frequently enjoyed pork chops, whizz cheese and baloney sandwiches with a glass of milk, and to this day I like pork rinds splashed with hot sauce. And a glass of milk. Yes, and I sometimes have a craving for a thick slice of salami topped with pepper jack cheese, and a slice of red onion, lots of mustard and mayo, and lettuce, on Jewish rye bread. And a glass of milk. So tasty. Oy! Already I make myself hungry. I once rented a nice little apartment from an oil man and we became friends and played many games of checkers together while his wife watched. He was a demon checker player and it made me proud when I could play him to a draw. I gave him once a beautiful inlaid checker board and some hand crafted wooden checkers. He was worth millions and sent checks to Israel. He thought that was a good thing to do. When he died it was very sudden and he died happy. Was that his reward? I doubt it. He knew not what he did, and in that respect he was much like the rest of us. But he was rich, and in that respect he was not like the majority of us. He was also horny as a stoat but that's another story. Again last evening there were heavy clouds and lightning and thunder but I had no rain. I had entertainment but no rain. About five miles east of me they had rain. We have one more good shot at rain Saturday, and then it turns hot and dry again. This morning I worked outside, early. TGIF! I have not worked for anyone in over twenty years, but I still have that TGIF feeling. Even that ONIM feeling, despite one day like another, with only few exceptions. 

When I look out this big window I see no UAP, no green fireballs, but lots of green growing things but they are earthly plants and not BEMs, and it is cloudy and looks like rain. But I don't think it will this morning. I am getting a little tired of this humidity and the general sogginess of it all. Some heat and dry air will be appreciated. 

Gee Whizz!

 It is yet another cool and wet morning. Just as the sun rose a shower of rain came down. Not a heavy shower but a desultory one with big heavy drops falling straight down, a treat to see. No wind or breeze of any kind. Lacrimosa if that's the right word, from the sky. And still we have no green fireballs or mystery booms. But that mix of rain and bright morning sunshine was prodigious enough for the likes of us. What is happening in the backyard is phenomenal. The growth! The green of it! Outside the big window in this office, it really has become a wall of green. This house is in a development at what was once the very edge of town, and it is still close to the edge of town, if town signifies "development", and it was a custom build with features no other house in this neighborhood has, like the big windows, double pane of course and well insulated, and a rather elaborate fireplace and mantel, and so on. At any rate, in this office there is an old, heavy, and quite large desk. No dinky thing is it, and it has real age to it and it is a joy to see such a thing, of real wood, and no plywood or composite material . It must weigh 500 lbs. I'm glad I wasn't the one who moved it in here. I can't even imagine how that was done. My wife told me what a task it was to get it in. The desk belonged to her father and was part of his estate. I should try someday to do something serious and consequential at this desk, because it deserves it. This blog, although gratifying, is not a serious or consequential task, alas. I am probably not capable of performing any form of serious or consequential task, am not now, was not then, and never shall be. So be it. 

And frankly, I don't give a shit. 

Storms Overnight

 Overnight storms were not severe and brought much needed rain. This could be a wet day, and the morning is rather cool. Rainfall amounts do not appear to have been very substantial. A heavy rain will leave a high water mark of debris in the driveway but I did not see that this morning. We were under a flood watch yesterday evening but that might have been a bit optimistic! I have yet to check today's forecast. I've been reading old journal volumes lately. I've kept a journal since 1980, on a regular basis, and sporadically since about 1974 but not much of that early material survives. It interests me to read about the challenges I faced then, the things that occupied me and became matters of concern in those days. Fascinating. I still keep a journal, but I have little to record since one day is so much like another. I like it like that. Stability is very important now. I wish to maintain the status quo. 

Years ago there were storms in my life. I hope there will never be such storms again. Enough. 

Rain Is Likely

 It began sunny and it has become more and more cloudy. It is warm and humidity is high. Flash floods are possible again. I was up just before 5:00 AM because I had things to do and wanted an early start but I'm having trouble staying awake now. But I know that if I try to take a nap I won't be able to sleep, or if I do sleep the rest of the day will be "off". There is a nice breeze today. Mosquitoes have so far not been a problem and that is rather amazing. Bees have not made an appearance and that is troubling. I usually have a lot in the backyard by this time. I've never been stung. I have always been able to move through them very easily. I hope they will show up. I have not seen skunks or possums or the racoon around in the early morning hours for three mornings in a row. Which makes me wonder about them. I bought two forty pound bags of black oil sunflower seeds today from Tractor Supply, which ought to last two weeks. I continue to sustain a colony of house finches, and any other birds who want to use the feeders are welcome. I fill them at least three times per day. The grackles get dry pet food. Of green fireballs we have had none, nor low grade green shit or green furballs or mysterious "booms", sonic or otherwise. No UAPs or flying saucers or orbs or any other mysterious objects in the sky. No wonder I'm having trouble staying awake. 

Good Thunderstorm!

 Hot yesterday but it got cloudy in the late afternoon and in short order we experienced a very good thunderstorm. Plenty of thunder and lightening. More rain this time, but still not enough. However, we have good rain chances almost every day this week. It was beautiful on the patio last evening as the clouds gathered and we began to receive cool outflow winds from all the storms around us. 

"First do no harm." That could be a great starting point for an ethical system. And it might be wise to view all creatures as victims, all suffering from the curse of sentience, which might be likened to a disease, and in our dealings with others see them as fellow sufferers and treat them as a physician would. Actually, "First do no harm" is not part of the Hippocratic Oath, but as a guideline one might try: "The physician must... have two special objects in view with regard to disease, namely to do good or to do no harm." And if we take the view that we ought to be each other's "physician", then with regard to others our objectives ought to be: to do good, or at the very least, to do no harm. Those others, of course, amount to all creatures, human and non-human. 

Random thoughts on a random day...

Rain Midweek

 60% chance. Big words. Some changes here and there. Iced coffee on the patio this morning. Very nice. It's a jungle out there. Just the way I like it. It returns every year and never is it the same. Always surprises me. Lots of critters. Skunks, possums, a racoon. Box turtle sometimes. Mocking birds, Bluebirds, Finches, Pigeons, Sparrows, and the occasional Cardinal. Lots of Grackles. All are welcome.

Why Not Again?

It won't be too much, will it? Can one have too much of a good thing? And this IS the weekend, so this could serve as the official reveal. And speaking of reveals, gender reveal is one of the stupid things people do, one of many, and it's a rather conformist thing to do. We really need more nonconformity, more independent thought, more critical thinking, more literacy, more math literacy, more of an anti-herd mentality going on. Follow the herd and your destination might be a slaughter house. If it's popular, that means a lot of people are doing the same thing, and you have to wonder where those people are placed on the normal curve. You should strive to be among the very smartest people, and those people are not prone to do the things or think the things, that are popular. Popularity is frequently the result of some sort of manipulation, a kind of social engineering. Think of all those Tic Tac challenges. Nefarious, dangerous. You really don't want to be part of a "peer" group of half-wits. You really do not want to be "average". With that sage advice, I present, again, my shaving mug, brush, and soap. I do not present the razors because they are cheap Walmart branded, generic, double-edged disposables but they provide a great shave and they are cheap and actually last a long time. I buy store brands whenever I can find them. Frugality is an excellent habit. Frugality is simple and easy if you have high self-esteem and really don't care very much what other people think or do. 

 Ooooo! Ahhhhh! I think I should get in the habit of making my words big. And how about an update on the endless clusterfuck of a misbegotten war!  Daniel Davis/Deep Dive

What The Heck

 Here it is. The jokes wear thin, even for me. All I expect anyone to see is a simple improvisation that works quite well, for what it is. The brush is very old, acetate plastic, real hair. The mug has a lot of soap in it, and at my age, that'll probably last the rest of my life. 

I know how to find satisfaction in simple things, and that's the bottom line.