Sometimes, they just write themselves?

 Sometimes, I have to think for a while about what to moan and groan about in this space. But once in a while, they just write themselves. Today's post is one of those.

Last week, I was mailing something to my brother, who never mails me anything. Sorry, I just couldn't pass up the opportunity to complain. I decided to go to the Ruffin post office, which is the closest to our house. I knew that the counter was only open from 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM, so we drove up there and arrived at about 12:55 PM. I waited until 1:00 PM and went inside. The counter area was closed.

I waited a couple of minutes and then went outside to let my wife know that I was waiting for them to open. I went back inside and started reading the usual notices on the wall while I waited for the service counter to open. There was a trash can beside the counter in the lobby where the PO Boxes were. I looked at the trash can and realized that it was full. On the top of the pile of trash was a letter from a member of Congress to a constituent.

The letter was from Rep. Virginia Foxx to a local man who had complained about the poor service being provided by the Post Office. I was reading this letter in the lobby of a Post Office that was scheduled to open at 1:00 PM and it was 1:09 PM and it was not open. WOW!! This was like a gift from God for a blogger. I folded the letter and put it into my pocket. 

I looked outside and there was a car backing into a parking space out front. A woman got out and walked across the parking lot. She was wearing shorts that were way too short to be considered proper office attire at any business that doesn't include tipping dancers. She was carrying a couple of items, one of which was a bag from Panda Express. 

As she passed me to unlock the door to the sales lobby, I naturally made a remark about the Panda Express bag. I told her that I liked the Honey Sesame chicken. I can't remember what her favorite menu item was. She took my envelope and weighed it and announced the total. I paid her and headed out the door.

The sign on the door said that the Post Office was open from 1:00 PM until 5:00 PM. I didn't come back at 5:00 to see if they closed early or stayed open later to make up for being ten minutes late opening. 

The Post Office should open on time. Opening late proves to the tax paying public that they are correct, the Post Office just doesn't care about when you get your mail. In addition, we probably need a dress code for postal workers. Wearing too short shorts when you are working in an air-conditioned building is just not appropriate wear for a postal employee. Add the short shorts to being ten minutes late opening the counter and you have complete customer dissatisfaction.

I am going to go ahead and forward this post to Virginia Foxx. Here's the letter from Rep. Foxx that I found in the trash can.

Sunday Shorts

 Democrats are on an endless campaign complaining that Trump isn't releasing all of the Epstein information. They believe that he is hiding some connection between him and Epstein. If there were anything tying Trump to Epstein, wouldn't Jack Smith, Letitia James, Alvin Bragg or Phony Fani Willis have released it? Why didn't Joe Biden release it during his four years in office? Wait! Let me rephrase that last question. Why didn't Barack Obama release it during his third term through Acting President Jill Biden? Maybe Hillary is waiting for Bill to die to write her side of the story? It almost certainly involves her or Bill and young girls.

The Leto High Class of 1971 wrapped up their 55th year reunion last night and I remain alive. I knew that there would be no consequences for not attending. My beloved and I attended the Bellamy Brothers concert in Reidsville instead. It was about 679 miles closer than the reunion. Plus, I saved about $1000. Maybe I will make the 60th year reunion.

The NFL minor league (college) football season is in full operation. UNC lost to Notre Dame yesterday in a game that should have only surprised someone covered with Tar Heel tattoos. Bill Belichick should have just retired and enjoyed his time with his 22-year-old girlfriend instead of taking the Carolina job. 

There are rumors that some form of "professional" football is being attempted in Charlotte again this year. They may have already won one game this year. The bad news is that they have played more games than that. It doesn't bother me; I lived in Tampa when the Bucs started "playing".

Sen. Martha Blackburn of Tennessee is suing "Special Prosecutor" Jack Smith. She would have been better off slapping the bastard with a glove during his recent Senate appearance and challenging him to a duel.

New York AG Letitia James has criticized Cornell and the white men involved in her online posts. Now, she has a responsibility to conduct an impartial investigation. I was laughing so hard after I typed that I had to go get a drink of water and try to calm down. The girl who will be her main witness will be her worst witness. 

If it takes several weeks for you to decide that you were raped, you weren't. It didn't bother her until others started talking about it.

If Jane Doe claims that she made bad decisions because she was under the influence of drugs and alcohol, can't the frat boys claim the same thing?

The administration at Cornell needs to grow a pair or several pairs and stand up for fair treatment of their students. At what point do you have to notify the police before losing all credibility?  

Kathy (Frozen Face) Hochul and Letitia James need to realize that they have a responsibility to serve ALL of the people in New York, not just the females. So, for them to claim that the frat boys are guilty BEFORE even conducting an investigation, is both immoral and illegal. 

For years, Yankees ridiculed justice in the South. Memo to Yankees: Check a mirror! Clean up your own house!

Saturday Morning Confusion, If you think that you can sleep, it's an illusion

If you remember that line from "Saturday Morning Confusion" by Bobby Russell in 1971, this is my tribute to my high graduation class from Leto High School in 1971. I think that the song has aged far better than I have.

In Tampa, the Leto High School Class of 1971 is gathering tonight to relive and remember the "good old days". As I am unable to think of any good in those days, I am just staying home. Maybe in 2031? Probably not. I regard the three years at Leto High as the three worst years of my life. 

In my senior year in high school, I had the same teacher for an advanced physics class and an engineering concepts class. I finally stopped hating that guy a few years ago. He died. He actually lived about an hour's drive away from me here in North Carolina. I have friends and relatives who thought that this man was a great teacher. I thought that he was an arrogant, pompous prick. I guess that it is time to put that one behind me.

I was talking to someone about the class reunion last week and they said, "I didn't know that you went to school in Tampa Bay." I responded, "Tampa Bay is a body of water. I went to school in Tampa." Do I get extra credit in Geography or English for that snappy response?

Lindsay Clancy may not be insane, but her attorney Kevin Reddington is showing definite signs of dementia or stupidity, you pick. Recently in court, Reddington claimed that there is no evidence that she killed her three children. What planet is this clown doing time on? I may have to redefine "stupid" to list Reddington as an example.

Senator Thom Tillis demonstrated again this week why North Carolina Republicans hate him and want to bring back tarring and feathering. With Jack Smith on the stand, Tillis decided it would be a good time to criticize President Trump and his Justice Department. Tillis' picture is beside "useless piece of shit" in the English/Profanity dictionary.

Some woman complained in an online forum that at the Liberty Antiques Festival there were some vendors who would not accept "reasonable" offers on their items. I pointed out that offering someone 50% or less of what they are asking is hardly a reasonable offer. I suggested that she go to the food vendor selling the $10 funnel cakes and offer him $5. I told her to let me know about his response. At the next festival, I will watch for a woman with a funnel cake hanging out of her ass.

Memo to Muslim Morons: Be prepared for a fight when you try to highjack an airliner filled with Israelis. It's not going to be the easy job that you thought it would be.

The Justice Department needs to charge Jack Smith with attempting to overthrow the government with his unlawfully obtaining phone records of Representatives and Senators by not telling the judge to whom the records that he wanted belonged. The Congress needs to impeach Judge Bozo Boasberg for failing to ask. Smith and Boasberg need to spend some quality time in "jail therapy". Let's turn the case over to Sheriff Grady Judd to investigate. Maybe Trump should appoint Grady as the FBI Director?

Tuesday's Tawdry Taunts and Totally Tepid Topics

 I saw the opening few minutes of the US Senate hearing with Jack Smith Shitt this morning. I hung on for about thirty minutes to listen to Senator Chuck Grassley, Jack Shitt and Senator John Kennedy. Jack is an arrogant pompous ass in desperate need of some "jail therapy". 

If you have to ask, "Is it okay to do this?", it usually is not.

As a Senator, Joe Biden used to smuggle classified documents out of the SCIFs where they were discussed. Many of these were found when the FBI searched his Delaware home. Brain Dead Biden was not charged in this case, despite his possessing documents that he had no right to have. Meanwhile, Democratic assassin Jack Shitt raided Trump's home claiming that he possessed secret documents. Jerkoff Jack ignored the law that allowed Trump as President to declassify any documents that he wanted to keep.  Jack should go to jail for falsely accusing Trump of possessing "classified" documents. 

I would have watched a little more of the hearing but after about thirty seconds of watching Senator Chris Coons bury his face in Jack Shitt's ass, I had heard enough. Coons didn't just kiss Jack's ass; he licked it dry. Of course, that's just my opinion.

If you have to ask someone 'Am I late?", you are.

The Leto High School Class of 1971 will hold their 55th Year Reunion this Friday and Saturday. I will do my part for the local economy here by staying home. We are going to see the Bellamy Brothers in concert in historic Reidsville instead. Also, my tool collecting group has our quarterly meeting on Saturday morning. Depending on what I spend at the tool club meeting, I will save about a thousand bucks by staying home. Not to mention, I get to see the Bellamy Brothers.

I am hoping that Thom Tillis does not return home to North Carolina to run for Governor in 2028.  That will cause me to vote for the Libertarian candidate.

Many years ago, Thom Tillis sold his business to Price Waterhouse. As a Price Waterhouse partner, he could have made a million dollars a year. He gave that up to run for a state office that paid about twelve thousand dollars a year. What's wrong with that picture? Right there is everything you need to know about crooked politicians.

If you ask a cop;  "Was I speeding?", the answer is always "Yes."

I encountered my Moron of the Month at the Liberty Antique Festival on Saturday. Most of the events where I sell my assortment of fine collectibles follow a similar pattern. The first day is when all of the serious buyers are there. The following days are usually filled with people who want to ask stupid questions. Luckily for them, I have honed my sarcasm skills and am ready to answer any and all stupid questions.

I have a clear plastic "cookie barrel" that dates to the 1960's. It was used then to merchandise small packs of cookies for sale. I have never found a picture of one like it or a sales listing on the Internet. I can't even find anyone who has seen one before. It's priced at $100.  

Saturday afternoon, a guy comes up and asks about the cookie barrel. I told him everything that I know about it.  He whips out his phone and starts searching for the cookie barrel. He told me that it should sell for $35 to $45. He also tells me that they are plentiful. I asked him to show me that information on his phone. He refused. I pointed out that everyone else was having trouble getting a cell phone signal. He said that there was one for sale for $40. I told him to buy that one. He said that they were out of stock. I told him that if I didn't have one in stock to sell that I would price them at $20. He stormed away. 

This guy must not have heard what I tell other potential buyers. When someone makes a stupid offer or claim. I tell them all the same thing, "This ain't American Pickers. This shit is real."

How was your weekend?

Happy Birthday, Mrs. Ayala

The only yearbook from my high school days that I ever purchased was the one in my senior year. Had I known that my senior year would have gone as bad as it did, I would have saved the money. I pulled my yearbook off the shelf a few minutes ago and took a quick trip down memory lane. Fighting the gag reflex, I decided to go ahead and write a blog post

Mrs. Ann Ayala was my English teacher in my senior year during my sentence/term at A.P. Leto Comprehensive High School in Tampa, Florida. I graduated in June of 1971. She passed away in 2010 at the age of 93.

Until I read her obituary several years ago, I did not know that she and I shared a birthday. Yes, today is my birthday. It was also Mrs. Ayala's birthday.

With a few days left in the school year, yearbooks were distributed. For a few days, school was a madhouse as everyone ran around getting fellow students and teachers to sign their yearbooks. I only had about twenty-five people who signed my yearbook. Mrs. Ayala was the only teacher who I asked to sign my yearbook. She wrote "Gil, I really enjoyed reading your essays- clever and well-done. I expect great things from you in college and later."

A couple of days later, on the last day of classes for seniors, as we were heading out the door after English class, Mrs. Ayala said, "Gilbert, I would like to speak to you for a moment." I walked over to her desk as the classroom emptied. She said, "What are your plans for life after graduation?" I responded, "I am going to attend the University of South Florida. I think that I would like to study engineering, but I am not sure about that yet."

She responded, " I have never told a student this before, but I don't think that you will be happy in college. You don't appear to like school.  I think that you will not stay in college very long. I just don't think that it is for you.  I think that you should just find some kind of work that you enjoy and do that. Life will be better if you enjoy your work. You are a smart guy; you will make it work." I stammered out a response, "I will certainly consider that idea. Thank you!" I am still stunned that a teacher told me NOT to go to college. 

My part-time job at the Waffle House became a full-time job after graduation. When classes at USF started in September, they did it without me in attendance. Mrs. Ayala was right. More than 55 years later, I am still sure that I made the right decision. Thank you, Mrs. Ayala.

Happy Birthday to Mrs. Anne Ayala!!

Monday Evening Madness?

We live in a world of people with short memories. Democrats boasting about poll numbers today should remember the "Red Wave" of 2022. Polls aren't the same as election results.

There won't be a long delay in this election for California results. They have already started counting the results today, September 21.  Early voting sites will officially open on October 5. By then, the Democrat candidates will have already won. I doubt that it will happen, but if Republican candidate Steve Hilton wins, look for the suicide rate in Sacramento, Los Angeles and San Francisco to skyrocket. But California Dims will of course, blame Donald Trump.

A big RMOL "Thank You" to the Buffalo Bills for deciding not to honor O.J. Simpson at their new stadium. Some fans are upset by this decision. Their IQs are below Simpson's jersey number. 

Dutch philosopher Baruch Spinoza once wrote, "No matter how thin you slice it, there will always be two sides." Obviously, Spinoza would have never made it as a television news anchor today.

After forty years of lying to North Carolinians, Roy Cooper wants to be elected to the United States Senate where he can take his legendary lying skills to Washington. Forget everything that Roy Cooper did in his years in state government and just focus on the COVID years. His 888-day state of emergency that gave him special powers. His leaving the state without ever telling the Lt. Governor, who according to the NC State Constitution would run the state in Cooper's absence. Eight years, numerous trips out of state and not a single notification to the Lt. Governor. Who's bullshitting whom? If Cooper wouldn't obey that law, what others did he ignore?

How about Crooked Roy marching in that "Black Lives Matter" parade? I can only surmise that COVID was not transmitted during that march. I doubt if that was true for other social diseases. There's a guy somewhere here in North Carolina who came home from that march with a case of the clap. Was it Roy?

North Carolina, where Cooper kept liquor stores open and limited churches to ten people in attendance Forget that there were more than ten people in most liquor stores, where did that ten number for churches come from? 

The biggest joke in North Carolina was the press conferences that Cooper held from the bunker at the Emergency Services place. Pre-approved reporters called in questions that they had previously submitted to the Governor's office for approval. Cooper, who banned people from going to barber shops, never looked like he needed a haircut. I guess that was all in the pre-show makeup job.

Unlike Cooper, Joe Biden never used makeup for appearances. They didn't have a makeup artist at the funeral home where he stayed.

While COVID was breaking out across the nation, Roy Cooper flew to Tampa. Florida for a fundraiser. Don't waste your time denying this, a friend was a manager at that hotel. Hell, I lived in Tampa for 23 years and I didn't even know that Floridians could vote in the North Carolina's governor's race. I can only surmise that Cooper had bled North Carolina donors dry by that point.

What did Mandy Cohen and Anthony Fauci have in common, other than holding top posts in the federal medical regulation system? Neither has ever really had an actual position where they practiced medicine with actual humans. They are both like "consultants". A consultant is a guy who knows eighty ways to please a woman but has never actually dated a woman, much less had sex with one.

Mid-Week Wit and Wisdom?

 At the first mid-term political convention in American history, Donald Trump promised everyone a $5000 payday if the Republicans win the fall Congressional elections. We have come a long way from "a chicken in every pot."

In Greenville, South Carolina a "street takeover" with a crowd gathered around a couple of cars doing burnouts in an intersection resulted in 80 arrests. A new law in South Carolina makes it a crime to "aid and abet" by watching the performance. The police also seized ten firearms from the "mostly peaceful" crowd. For spectators, the worst part was that the police seized and impounded 38 vehicles. I am not Nostradamus, but I don't see watching another "street takeover" in a lot of those folks' futures. Especially if their parents had to pay to get their cars out of the impound lot or "car jail" as we used to call it.

Have there been any Ashley Biden sightings lately? Joe Biden may have set a record as the first President with two children as drug addicts. 

The bad news is that there have been numerous Hunter Biden sightings and media contacts. Hunter is like dog shit on the shoes of the American public. There's just no easy way to get it off your shoe. It keeps stinking! Just go away, Hunter!!

I am not much of a college football fan. However, checking the headlines the other day, I saw that the University of Michigan had beaten Western Michigan 13-12 on a touchdown pass after officials decided that there was one second left on the clock despite all of the videos showing that time had expired. The NCAA changed their rules about clocks on Tuesday which was a tacit admission that Western Michigan was the real winner. The president of Western Michigan appeared on the news saying, "We won that game!" He was right.

In college football, large schools like to bring in some little college team so that they can kick off their season by mauling some team. Basically, the large school is paying the little school to take an ass beating. Obviously, Western Michigan did not get the memo. For Michigan to only score 13 points against Western Michigan shows that something big is wrong with Michigan football. Just for the gamblers among you, Michigan was a 27.5-point favorite. If you took the points and bet on Western Michigan, you are walking tall today.

There's obviously a certain risk involved in paying a team to take a beating. In 2007 Appalachian State went to Michigan and beat them 34-32. In 2022, Texas A&M paid Appalachian State to go to College Station, Texas and take a beating. Appalachian won 17-14. Maybe, it's time for college athletic directors to rethink this warmup game scheduling process?

How about that John Fetterman appearing on video at the Republican convention? Democrats always scream about how we need to be more bipartisan in politics. I am pretty sure that this is not what they had in mind.

I have absolutely no interest in ever going to New York City for any reason. If Mayor Zero Mamdani shows up at that 9/11 remembrance ceremony tomorrow, I think that he will regret being in New York City. I believe that the potential for things turning ugly is pretty high.

In an incredible coincidence in Los Angeles, Mayor Karen Bass resigned from the city Homeless Services Authority just after a US House DOGE Subcommittee demanded answers about alleged “waste, fraud and abuse” involving more than $1 billion in federal funds. The House panel also wants her to appear on September 15. "Nothing to see here, folks?"

If Greasy Gavin Newscum is not the poster boy for the "Arrogant Pompous Ass" competition, then who is? Gavin Newscum is everything that is wrong with politics today. He has checked ALL of the boxes!

Finally, in Socialist Seattle, the police chief is now using the term "trigger pullers" to describe "shooters". I can only surmise that in Seattle, rapists are now called "penis pushers".