Trouble in Paradise

 Hearing different things.  Travis Kelce's Mom doesn't like Taylor Swift.  They ain't wealthy and had to fly coach.  T. Swift thought their dresses looked cheap.  Travis himself wanted to get married on a private island but Taylor insisted on MSG.  They have a white dog.

It appears ICE has taken up their killing ways again with deadly shootings in Houston and Maine.  Must be a prerequisite for the job to like killing folk.  What happened to the days when they just quietly deported people?  Oh that was Obama.

New pipe smoking method gaining ground among the devotees known as the breath method.  Less work I find than the constant drawing.  Tobacco stays lit better.  You don't have to get the pipe cleaners out that much.  Better flavor.  Bowl less hot.  To each their own.

Left work late afternoon today.  Sky a weird color.  Thought it was gonna rain.  Oh Canada we sing your praises and thank you for the poor air quality.  NYS and most of New England under the haze for the next couple of days.  Faint campfire smell.  Crack out the marshmallows?

The GOP Health Crisis

 Republican Senator from SC Lindsey Graham dead at 71 after a sudden and brief illness according to reports.  Is 84-year old Republican Senator from KY Mitch McConnell dying?  More mystery than answers.  The 80-year old POTUS Donald Trump's brain rotting from the inside out unless you're a fan.  Ancient folk still working.  Also Iran has vowed to assassinate Trump.  He couldn't just bomb Iran he had to take out their Supreme Leader.  How many assassination attempts can Trump survive?  After a while the odds turn against you.  This is the real world not a John Wick franchise.

WTF are we doing?

I kind of like the environment

 

We have enough malls ya know?  People passing you on the escalator instead of enjoying the ride.  Gosh I don't even remember where this was exactly.  From an old photo album.  Got salamanders in my backyard.  No obvious water source.  I'm thinking aquifers.  The occasional deer too.  The wilds of Yonkers. 

But as always discuss what you like.  It always comes back to Trump. 

Take a walk on the feral side

 Northern Water Snake - Rye Lake, Harrison NY

Common Snapping Turtle - a back road by the Muscoot Reservoir in Somers NY

Both have rather cranky dispositions.  Don't mess with 'em.  Fishing years ago from a rowboat in Rye Lake and got fairly close to the serpent with a Pentax.  Only film back in the day.  The Snapper I saw crossing the road sometime during the summer.  Must've been the breeding season.  They do that.  Probably not good for your tires.  Some public beaches in the area when a snapping turtle is spotted in the water lifeguard yells "everybody out!"

Part of my amateur herpetological journey.

Dealing with a MAGA-ite

 Friend keeps saying on our drive home aren't you glad Trump is president.  I guess I come across as less than enthused these days.  He says he's disappointed though Trump didn't take out the Iranian regime.  I had to school him on the Strait of Hormuz situation.  He doesn't drive.  I'm the one who has to pump gas into my car.  Republicans facing the midterms.  Trump is a businessman.  Geopolitics is complicated I said.  Also he told me Sean Hannity is training to be a martial artist.  The things I learn.

The Marriage.  I try not to get caught up in the latest pop culture crap.  Friend and I both said there's gonna come a time in the marriage when Travis wants to try something different.  They'll be in bed together and he'll try to slip it in option #2.  Taylor: "What are you doing?"  Stepping outside your comfort zone.  He has to drop subtle hints around the dinner table and make it sound like it's her idea.  Olive oil. The beginning of problems/issues.  TMZ will pick up on it.

Everybody's in such a big hurry these days.  People passing you on the escalators instead of enjoying the ride.  The mall rats seem a little tense.  Thoughts on mortality.  Nobody knows how much time they have.

Ancient folk still working

 A labor trend I've noticed for quite some time now.  Not talking about the recently retired who have decided to come back for 20 hours a week which is allowed but the group I'm talking about if they passed away a week from now it wouldn't shock.  Could be a combination of factors from the usual can't afford to retire to they just love the work experience so much and like being around other people.  Some of them come back as consultants.  Consultants on what old age?

Just drop your 2 cents in the fountain.

They'll get divorced after a few years and she'll write a revenge song about him

 That's how she rolls.  Most other artists - Olivia Rodrigo, Dua Lipa, Sabrina Carpenter, Olivia Dean et al. - do their thing but don't court this kind of attention.  Taylor Swift takes things to another level.  Most of us can't afford to get married at Madison Square Garden.  Hell many of us can't even afford to go to a Knicks or Rangers game.  Special event being held at MSG from today through July 4th.  Several blocks closed in midtown Manhattan to accommodate the nuptials although the New York Post reports Swift and Kelce have already married in private.  Getting married some old-fashioned way NOT.  I was never a Swiftie and now feel fully vindicated.  A mountaintop is too good for them?  She thrives on cheap publicity.  It's like oxygen to her.

What saith Trump?