Written on a Sunday Morning Sidewalk

 First, my apologies to Kris Kristofferson for being inspired by his song title. I have used variations of it several times. 

Probably never written on a sidewalk: Everyone acts like life is a series of perfectly considered and executed decisions. It is not.

It has snowed twice in the last week in Piedmont North Carolina.  A restaurant that I ran for more than twenty years has been closed for two out of the last six days and delayed opening time on the other days. Your ability to be open is directly related to your desire to be open. We were closed two days for snow in the twenty years that I was there. Many view snow days as a time to rest. I view them as a time to provide a special service to customers and make lots of money.  I am always fascinated that people who "can't get to work" on snow days can go out to eat. That must be some kind of "special" four-wheel drive.

We would adjust operating hours on snow days, usually by closing early, but we were always open for breakfast and lunch. The waitstaff found snow days profitable as people tended to tip more when we were one of the few places open. A few other restaurant operators told me that they used us a benchmark on whether to open. If we were closed, they weren't opening either. Today's operators close at a forecast of snow. They need to move to Florida.

Biden is worried that 100,000 Russians are on the border with Ukraine waiting to cross.  Meanwhile, 2,000,000 illegal immigrants have crossed the southern border into the United States in the last year without any action by Biden. Hey Joe! Is this the difference between an "invasion" and an "incursion"? Maybe the Russians can claim to be refugees.

Someone contacted me to ask who Ron Jeremy is. I had mentioned Ron in my last post. I will be kind about this. Get one of your friends to show you how Google works.

In another public display of stupidity, the Democratic Party in Arizona has censured Sen. Sinema for her vote to keep the filibuster. Bad news folks, but Sinema is more of an independent than a Democrat. This is not her first vote where she strayed from the wishes of the cult that is the Democratic Party. They won't keep her in line with a censure vote. The folks in the Democratic Party better pray that she doesn't start caucusing with the Republicans.

In Louisiana, a Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate put out a campaign ad showing him smoking marijuana and advocating for the legalization of it. Let me go ahead and make this prediction. This guy will not defeat Sen. John Kennedy. By November, there will be more entertaining remarks from Kennedy than you can count about this ad.

It's probably just me, but the news coverage of the COVID issue seems to be declining. With the federal government unable to control the virus as liberals told us they could, the media doesn't want to talk about it anymore. The idea that we know all and can control all just took another shot in the ass.  Next up, climate change.

Let's go Brandon!!