Today is Sunday, February 13, 2022, one day before Valentine’s Day. As those who follow professional football, today is Super Bowl Sunday, with the Los Angeles Rams butting heads with the Cincinnati Bengals at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles. I’ve heard from reliable sources that the halftime show featured stars of hip-hop for the first time. Such old-time stars like Snoop Dogg and Dr. Dre performed during the show with Eminem as well as R&B hip-hop Queen Mary J. Blige, in addition to rap performer Kendrick Lamar. Since I don’t watch the game, I can’t tell you how the show played to its thousands of fans at the stadium and to its millions of viewers at home. I’ll have to ask my football friend about the show tomorrow.

The newest member of Congress to cause a great stir because of his idiotic comments is U.S. Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) who has been calling on Americans to own “sufficient” weaponry to overthrow the government “if 30 to 40 percent agree” the nation is living under “tyranny.” Who the hell gets to even make that decision, I wonder. Who would be this determining percentage of Americans who would make such a momentous decision? I don’t want to presume who Massie is thinking of when he came out with this incendiary statement. From another article on my smartphone, I’ve read that this jerk is no stranger to controversy. He recently came under fire for posing with his family in a Christmas photo featuring his children brandishing assault-style rifles.

In this article appearing in NCRM (New Civil Rights Movement) by David Badash, this Congressman is being roasted over the coals for making other cringe-worthy statements. He should stand next to his colleague, Marjorie Taylor Greene, for her “gazpacho police” reference to Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi. Now this dimwitted fool really came out with a dumb cluck of a statement, where he attributed what he thought French Enlightenment philosopher Voltaire said in a statement in which he slammed Dr. Anthony Fauci for his role in the country’s battle against COVID-19. The quote was “To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize.” This quote was not uttered by Voltaire, as Massie originally believed; it was actually made by a Kevin Alfred Strom, who is a Neo-Nazi who pleaded guilty in 2008 to possession of child pornography. Massie has still not apologized for this vile misattribution.

Cassie is also known for attacking Medicare for All with this staggeringly ingenuous argument against the program when he foolishly stated, “Over 70% of Americans who died with COVID died on Medicare.” It’s just head scratching – that a member of Congress could spew this nonsense and not immediately be censured by his own party. Can anyone fathom the logic of this asshole’s reference to Medicare and people dying? People on Twitter slammed into the Congressman for making that fatuous remark. Given the statement from Massie, where is the recognition that those who did die from COVID-19 generally have been older adults who would probably be on Medicare in the first place? So do we just drop the program because of this statistic?

This representative unfortunately is the face of Republicanism today. Could you ever imagine a Democrat putting out such ridiculous statements for all to hear? Wouldn’t the opposing party just seize such statements and condemn the person from whom the comments originated? Such universal condemnation must be expressed by all Democrats when they hear their repugnican adversaries make such ludicrous assertions so totally divorced from reality.

Since it’s getting late here, I’ll dispense with a longer entry tonight.

Today was certainly noticeably colder than yesterday, with some wet snow in the mix. I went out earlier in the morning and had to clear the snow from the car since it was parked on the street. If I had really listened to the weather forecast on Saturday, I would have parked the car in the garage instead. But I didn’t.

After clearing the snow from the car, I drove off to the Blue Bay Diner for breakfast. There I ordered French toast with bananas and an orange juice. It was still lightly snowing when I parked in the diner’s lot.

After breakfast, I drove back to Forest Hills, where I parked inside. I then helped Elliot with moving items out of the kitchen in anticipation of the upcoming remodeling. So now everything is parked in the living room; the area is chock full of kitchen hardware. We even had to move Jocelyn’s litter box since our contractor needs the kitchen free of any protuberances. We’re waiting to see if she adjusts to the change. You know how cats are with change! They are creatures of habit primarily. Elliot just introduced Jocelyn to the litter box’s new location and the rest, as they say, is in the bag. In fact, Jocelyn is resting in a brown paper bag right now, if you need to know.

The other highlight of the day was going out for a pre-Valentine’s Day dinner at a local restaurant called White Radish. There we were escorted to a table near the door. It was too cold for Elliot, so he asked the waiter if we could move to a table further inside the restaurant. We got our wish, and we moved to one next to the wall.

Elliot was in the mood for a hamburger, so he ordered one, along with a Boston wedge salad. I liked having soup because of the cold temperatures outside, so I ordered the white bean soup. I then ordered the vegetarian pasta. My dish consisted of farmers market vegetables (I know I should eat more vegetables), tagliatelle, garlic, coconut pesto cream sauce, zucchini, mushrooms, celery, tomatoes, yellow squash, and bell peppers.

I won’t mention if we had dessert. For those who read my blog regularly, what do you think?

Anyway, I must run to see who won the game tonight.

For those romantics out there, Happy Valentine’s Day tomorrow.

Stay warm, safe, and be well.