So, we survived last night without major incident. The wind was banging stuff around the Compound for a good part of the night and even with the heat on through out the house it was about 64 degrees inside. Of course, at 7am it was -12 degrees by the thermometer outside Camera Girl’s kitchen window. So, I’m guessing it really was at least -15 degrees in the depths of the night. It’s up to 10 degrees outside now and the middle floor is up to 65 degrees. I haven’t had the courage to go downstairs where my gym equipment is. I’ll bet it’s in the thirties down there. Maybe I’ll get up the courage to work out later but it’s a daunting thought.
I’ve been reading the news items on the Chinese balloons. I have to say our country really has descended into farce. In fact, I think this is another marker showing how much we’ve decayed. Our rivals now send spy equipment over our ICBM silos with impunity. What’s next? Will China annex Hawaii? Considering what a pathetic figure we cut I really couldn’t blame them for trying.
Well, we’ve made it past Groundhog Day and now we’re headed for Valentine’s Day and I’ll have to think of something nice to do for Camera Girl. The malicious part of me, the part that belongs in a strait jacket, wanted to present the new toaster oven I got her yesterday as a Valentine Day present. Luckily my better angel got the upper hand. I think I’ll take her out for a meal instead. She’s been making all these great soups lately and I really should show my appreciation.
So, I finally got my “blue check” on Twitter. It hasn’t seemed to make any difference to my visibility but at least now if I’m banished, I’ll have the consolation that they won’t get my eight bucks the next month (or whatever amount it is).
There may be a special event happening on the site tomorrow. I had a notification about it but I’ll wait to see if it pans out before I go into detail. The site has been livelier lately with more people participating in the comments and some new guest contributors coming aboard. And that suits me. I’d love to get to the point where my contributions were in the minority. Does that make me a proponent of diversity. Well, probably not by the definition that the Left uses. But maybe by the one that should be used.
So, things are going well. Next week is going to be a kind of busy week in the real world but I’ll do my best to keep the site active and heaven knows what madness Dopey Joe and his merry band of morons will be cooking up for us. The State of the Union speech is coming up and I can’t make up my mind whether I want to bother to watch it or not. I figure Ilhan Omar and the rest of the banshees might come wearing striped prison uniforms, manacles and leg irons. I wouldn’t want to miss something like that but listening to the Moron in Chief gassing on and on for hours would be more than I could tolerate. Maybe I’ll wait for the blooper reel.
Well anyway, enough of this. Enjoy your weekend and stay warm!
Re: The Balloon
Things have definitely gone downhill since my days in SAC. When I was at Minot we’d have had a flight of F-106 interceptors on that thing as soon as it crossed the Canadian border, if Alaskan Air Command hadn’t hit it when it crossed the 12-mile limit off the Alaskan coast.
Ghu forbid we should offend delicate Chinese sensibilities
I think the Chinese are now trolling us. When you elect a disgrace like Biden as president you have to expect to be mocked.