It has been big time hectic around here. Yesterday, at 2:30 PM, the local Safeway.com manager informed me that my Thanksgiving grocery order had been cancelled. He was unsympathetic and rude. I called Wendy to ask her to pick up a few staples for me. She said no and insisted on doing my entire shop instead. Due to store congestion and holiday traffic, it took her three hours, and she refused extra pay for the help. Is she great, or what? As a result, I got to bed late last night. I slept poorly. The low last night was 61°, and even though my window was wide open, the way heat rises in this building it was 78° inside and 100% humidity when I woke up. Today, I decided to have Chinese from Grub Hub for Thanksgiving dinner. After all the trouble of ordering, the restaurant said they were too busy and cancelled the order. So I nuked four frozen BBQ chicken wings, and that was my Thanksgiving Dinner.
Jig Zone Puzzle:
Today’s took me 3:42 (average 5:01). To do it, click here. How did you do?
Short Takes:
From YouTube (Trae Crowder Channel): Liberal Redneck – Thanks for Nothin
We can be thankful for Trae. RESIST!!
From All In: Trump’s busy day at Mar-A-Lago
The White House adamantly claimed Trump had a full work schedule at Mar-a-Lago, Here’s what his day actually looked like.
Barf Bag Alert!!
Trump earned an A in Bullshitology for that one! RESIST!!
From NY Times: The heightened scrutiny of sexual impropriety on Capitol Hill has swept up a senior House Republican who apologized Wednesday for a sexually explicit photograph that wound up on the internet and raised the possibility that he had been the victim of a crime.
Representative Joe Barton of Texas, who was once the chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee and is now its vice chairman, said that he was reconsidering his political future after the photograph appeared on an anonymous Twitter account.
Mr. Barton, who has hired a crisis communications firm, made clear he was ready for a fight. In a statement Wednesday night, he said that he had suffered “a potential crime.” A Texas law, the so-called revenge pornography law, makes it a misdemeanor to intentionally publicize images or videos of someone’s genitals or sexual activity without consent.
Hours after his initial apology, The Washington Post reported that Mr. Barton, 68, had threatened in 2015 to report to the Capitol Police a woman with whom he had shared explicit photographs, videos and messages if she exposed him.
I’ve written about Fartin’ Joe Barton on several occasions, but this is the first I knew that he practices microscopic photography. RESIST!!
Cartoon:
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4:35 Hope you get a great catch. You deserve something good after your yesterday and today.
He’s not Randy, and this is not his best (that would be “Like a Brick Thrown in Troubled Water” which IIRC was the first one we had here), but it may bring a smile.
Not funny, but important …
Redneck – We certainly can be thankful for Trae. I already get his newsletter, BTW, and it had greetings from all three of them today.
All In – Whatever bridge you are selling, I am selling a different one (Which one are you selling, by the way? Not that there aren’t plenty for all of us.)
NYT – I can’t really talk about this whole environment For one thing, Nameless would not like the language I’d want to employ (or should I say deploy).
Cartoon – Poor starved kitty! Hopefully things will improve.
Love the vid!
LR: Love this guy. Ditto..”Thanks for nothin’. I agree, “It is disgraceful !!
BBA: Liar, liar, big boy pants on FIRE!!! Did I say Liar??!
NYT: Eeeeeeewwww!!!!
Cartoon: Awe!!!! How sweet.
You should report the manager for his rudeness. I know we can get overwhelmed sometimes, but being rude to our disabled is NOT the way to address a problem!! I’m so glad Wendy went the extra mile for you too. YAY, Wendy!!! Shame about your Thanksgiving dinner too. Hope you get a chance to rest and relax. Take good care, and Thanks, Tom.
I tried to report him by email, but I’ll have to call Monday. I got an auto-response that their email system is down.
I suspected they might go downhill when Albertson’s bought them. So far it isn’t that bad here. Glad you have Store to Door for most of the time.
Good point. For years they were reliable. Out of my last seven orders, one was on time, two were less than three hours late. Three were more than three hours late, and one was cancelled. Amazon Now is good, but expensive and hard to shop.
So sad to hear that there were a$$holes manning the phone when you called Safeway! Sounds like he needs to be in front of HR for a while. And then the restaurant that you tried to get dinner from cancelled your order, (HOW RUDE!). Man! You had a rough day today!
Mar-a-lago for Thanksgiving? Wow. So traditional, haha!
Have a GREAT holiday weekend! See ya in Sunday!
YT/TCC- No, not Randy, but I like him.
‘Toon: Such nice manners!
All In: Not going to spoil an otherwise good day by watching tRump do anything.
NYT: Crisis Communications Firm: “I screw up, literally, perhaps, and then I pay money to people to protect my ass!” I am sure that the culture of sexism in congress has a long, long history, just as the one in Hollywood does. They both smell badly, but, just perhaps, maybe, there is a whiff for a hint of possibility of a small chance that either is going to change. Then,of course, there are those folks of “The cloth!”
I’m so sorry for all the food troubles, TomCat. That’s not the way to get into the spirit of Thanksgiving, is it. But I’m sure you’ll make up for it, and to Wonder Woman Wendy too, with your home cooked dinner on Sunday.
Such a busy day ahead that I do not even have the time to read this post, let alone comment. Perhaps late in the evening, together with your update.
Take care, dear friend.
Puzzle — 4:01 I hope you still have your pelican available to do the fishing.
YouTube — “We can be thankful for Trae.” — AMEN!!!
All In — Liar, liar, pants on fire!!! I guess in Trumpland, golf is work. Drumpf’s credibility on anything is lower than a snake’s belly! If you ask me, Drumpf has a PhD in Bullshitology and he graduated summa cum laude!
NY Times — I wonder if she could claim that he was extorting her? That hammer he is swinging could come back and hit Barton in the head.
Cartoon — Good one! Back at Christmas 2006, I took my cat, Scooter, to my mother’s for a short holiday. After Christmas dinner, her 3rd husband was in the kitchen breaking down the remainder of the turkey. He put a pot on the floor in which he dropped lots of sliced turkey. Scooter was old but not senile — he could smell the turkey so he followed his instincts. He went to the pot a started to have a fine feast of turkey straight from the pot. Frank finally noticed what was happening and swore at Scooter. When I heard the kerfuffle and then saw what had happened, I asked Frank what he expected when the pot was on the floor. Scooter calmly went to another room and cleaned himself up. Cats are smarter than many people realise.
I am so sorry that you had that experience with Safeway and then with the Chinese restaurant. When I broke my foot, the manager of the Save-On-Foods store actually did my grocery shopping and then took it to my car while I sat at the front of the store. I normally don’t go to Safeway because of customer service and prices. Save-On-Foods had home delivery then, but few knew about it. Now I see the pickers in the local store and the delivery vans all the time. At least there were a pair of chickens willing to help out, although I hardly think 4 wings is enough. And thanks to Wendy who looks after a mangy old TomCat so well. She is more precious than all the gold!
Thanks and Big Hugs to all.