Being sick can be a pain in the ass. Literally. For real. Last week I felt good. This week horrible. Can’t win.
I developed butt sores. Considered serious. I had to purchase a special ointment Calmoseptine. Must be rubbed on every two hours. Cannot lie on my back. Ass must not be flat on bed. Must lay on my side or sit up.
Sitting up yesterday resulted in gout. My ankles and lower legs blew up big time. An example of not being able to win.
Normally I would have watched TV all day. Not yesterday. I inadvertently spilled a half bottle of water on my TV unit that operates everything. So much for TV yesterday. I sat around all day. Nothing to read. My books are all in storage. I use the TV for reading purposes these days.
A boring day! Ankles and lower legs getting more and more painful.
Fortunately Corey was helpful. I called him when the spilling occurred. He said turn the unit upside down and leave it off.
Corey came by last night. He played with the unit for a minute or two and Voila! it was working! Thank God! Corey is the best!
Nevertheless sleeping was difficult. It was another night of little sleep.
A Rhode Island federal judge ordered Trump to fully fund SNAP benefits by Friday. There is all kinds of idle monies in Washington to do so. The Trump administration threatens to appeal.
Interesting while fat Donald and other similar Washington types care not that 42 million U.S. citizens will lose more weight. Trump and his friends should go on an anti-SNAP diet. What is good for the goose is good for the gander.
Last week I watched the entire of a Winston Churchill movie involving Churchill’s decision making process and Dunkirk. Churchill’s words to the House of Commons about fighting rather than surrendering will live forever in history. Worthy of being shared with you today:
“We shall go on to the end. We shall fight in France and on the seas and oceans; we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air. We shall defend our island whatever the act may be; we shall fight on beaches, landing grounds, in fields, in streets and on the hills.”
We will get 300,000 British off the beaches and return them home.
A great result. In effect, a victory!
The shutdown seemingly affecting flights. The FAA is cutting 10 percent of today’s flights. If necessary, it will cut more. Forty airports involved. The largest shutdown in years, perhaps ever. Involved are roughly 4,400 flights today.
Trump says pardons signed by Biden using autopen are invalid and should be nullified. Trump claims the pardons are “worthless.”
Trump full of “shit.” He should check the law. Any type pardons signed by a President or authorized by him are valid. A President merely has to authorize the action.
A further consideration is the legal consensus by legal scholars and Justice Department memos, dating back t0 1929 and 2025, indicating the Constitution does not require a President’s physical handwritten signature for a pardon for the executive action to be valid. The big factor is the President’s intent and authorization for the action.
Abraham Lincoln was the tallest U.S. President at 6 feet 4 inches.
Napoleon did not speak French till he was 9 years old. He was not born in France. He was born on the island of Corsica where most people spoke Italian. His Italian accent continued even when he was the great Napoleon and had conquered most of Europe. The Italian accent was obvious even when he spoke French.
Laundry shuts in homes were a dying breed between the 1930s and 1960s.My Utica home had one. It was a 4,000 square foot plus home built in 1922 by a doctor. He brought workers over from Italy. Took them 2 years to build the house. They lived on tents on the property which was 5 acres plus. I purchased the home years later. The laundry shut ran from the master bedroom to the first floor living room to the cellar. It was constantly used.
A woman thought she had kidney stones. No kidney stones. She was pregnant. Gave birth to a healthy baby girl.
Women’s Day. Women’s recognition time. Marie Curie was born this day in 1867. Jeanette Rankin became the first woman elected to Congress this day in 1916. Former first lady Anna Eleanor Roosevelt died this day in 1962.
Earvin “Magic” Johnson a star athlete: “Talent is never enough. With few exceptions, the best players are the hardest workers.”
Some of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s words of wisdom today.
-I guess they all voted No Kings.
-Trump says he could send “Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines” into U.S. cities “if it was necessary.” This isn’t just about suppression of protests, it’s about ending democracy.
The eagle once depicted on U.S. coins was a real eagle named Peter. Peter’s time was the 1830s. Unfortunately Peter caught his wing in a coin press and died a few days later.
Nevertheless, Peter’s friends and colleagues did not want to say goodbye. They hired a taxidermist and placed his stuffed remains in the Philadelphia Mint. His remains today are in the current Philadelphia Mint building in its entrance way.
Nancy Pelosi is retiring after almost four decades in Washington. Sad. One of the best elected U.S. officials ever.
Enjoy your day!