and I’ve already had enough of this week. Living in (mostly) deep blue New York there are a lot of angry people wandering around at the moment. They hate Donald Trump, themselves and America, and not necessarily in that order. Recently, I had to provide some proof of who I am to some organization in Australia. Being the terminally ignorant bunch that they are down there, they wouldn’t accept the standard proof that is provided here, instead wanting to put the onus on the person whose job is simply to witness the document. Of course when I tried getting someone here to do that, they flatly refused. The asshole public notary guy who I was dealing with started accusing me of trying to scam him. I could have done without all of it. That the guy was being an asshole is kind of uncharacteristic around these parts, so I put it down to him being angry about something else, eg Trump. It’s not yet midday and I’ve had to deal with at least three morons. It’s already giving me a migraine.
Dat’s probably my fookin’ brad in dat cuntainer!
The Aussies, on the other hand, seem to be deliberately unhelpful, so I have no idea what’s up their ass. Surely that don’t read this journal. If I was that influential I wouldn’t be doing this in the first place. After I was done with that horse shit, I went to the fancy supermarket to buy some Irish bread. I prefer to make my own but it’s been so cold here that I started buying store made bread for a while. The difference is that this is made in Ireland and shipped frozen over to the USA. It’s not particularly good for you, however it’s slightly above par with the mostly plastic bread that fills the supermarket shelves here.
To be sure, it’s great. I’d better stock up before the Trump tariffs hit
I hope it doesn’t get tariffed beyond what I want to pay for it. Speaking of GEOTUS, he’s using a flame thrower on everything now. It’s comical to watch the legacy media falling over themselves trying deal with every latest outrage.
and then there’s Greenland
It’s like he really doesn’t give a fuck any more. It’s kind of refreshing after years of seeing politicians tiptoeing around every damn thing.
To add to everything else it snowed all night and I had to fire up the old snow blower this morning and schlep it around to the front of the house to dust off the sidewalk. I plowed every bit of sidewalk from the corner, to five houses beyond. What a nice neighbor I am! On Friday the band had another rehearsal/performance. The official band name is now THIS. It stands for TH(e) Ian Stephen band. I know It’s fucking fake and gay but I can’t be bothered trying to think of anything else.
Here’s an exclusive kickass video from Friday.