Saturday 12/03/2022
Quote of the Day: Democracy is the art and science of running the circus from the monkey cage…H. L. Mencken.
Part 1…Books!
Current reading and listening list: Reading- The Boys From Biloxi by John Grisham, When Darkness Falls by James Grippando, and The Sunflower by Richard Paul Evans. Listening to: Mosaic by Michael Grumley, From Below by Darcy Coates and No Plan B by Lee Child while walking and City in the Sky by Glynn Stewart while in my office.
Part 2… What Happened Today?
(3 pink dandelions) 12871 steps yesterday.
| Up at 5:00 AM. Made a pot of vanilla-flavored coffee. Took Gizmo outside. 64 degrees. Cool. Updated my daily Goal Sheets. Talked with Jason. It’s fun to listen to his stories about his new baseball career. Library Day!! Watched the US lose to the Netherlands in the World Cup. (Around 6:20 AM, I went for a 60-minute Feather Sound walk. After I arrived home, I took Gizmo for a 20-minute walk.) Completed yesterday’s journal. Updated the Blowout Forum regarding new members. Around 2:30 Pm, I helped Kay and Yvonne move the furniture in the living room to better display the Christmas tree. We watched a movie…Troll. Then we watched episodes of Wednesday. Part 3… Trump Former President Donald Trump called for the termination of the Constitution to overturn the 2020 election and reinstate him to power Saturday in a continuation of his election denialism and pushing of fringe conspiracy theories. Part 4… China Beijing has set up more than 100 so-called overseas police stations across the globe to monitor, harass and in some cases repatriate Chinese citizens living in exile, using bilateral security arrangements struck with countries in Europe and Africa to gain a widespread presence internationally, a new report shared exclusively with CNN alleges. Part 5… OPEC OPEC and its allies decided today to stick with their existing policy of curtailing oil output, just hours before new Western sanctions on Russian crude exports come into force. Part 6… North Carolina An extensive power outage affecting nearly 40,000 customers in North Carolina’s Moore County is being investigated as a “criminal occurrence” after crews found signs of potential vandalism at several locations, authorities said. Part 7… World Cup Lionel Messi scored in what was the 1,000th game of his storied career as Argentina beat Australia 2-1 on Saturday to advance to the World Cup quarterfinals. |