Friday Night Lights

Today was... unpleasant, weather-wise.  I mean, one woke up to snow -- didn't stick, but still -- and then it was rainy and windy and cold all day.  Even now, one hears the wind rattling around.  For reasons, I didn't leave the house, and I should go to bed early, but Duke is at Arizona, and... well, I will try.  We do have a busy day tomorrow, and I need the rest, for I have been sleepless as of late.  Sigh.  Plenty of work to do --not that I have been unproductive -- and I have a full weekend, of sorts.  Food pantry tomorrow, I want to run some errands, and I should do something fun tomorrow night, as... well, let's just say I deserve a break of sorts.  Of course, I have plenty of actual real shit to do, so... maybe I should not.

The handymen who installed my garage door installed a new kitchen light today.  Not that expensive (my boss mocked me for not being able to change a fixture) I felt and more importantly...it's done.  It looks quite good -- very bright -- and it is a new LED one, as it was so old that they do not sell fluorescent ones anymore.  This was fine, I guess; I mean, it is bright and works every time.  There is a line around it where they ripped out the ceiling drywall, but... I think I will just have them fix and paint the entire ceiling.  Especially because the bathroom will not be started til the end of December.  This is NOT good, and I am slightly miffed.  I mean, they are busy, but... this is a bit much.  On the other hand, I can save more cash and maybe another interest rate cut; being able to 1) make another payment without using the HELOC and 2) get lower interest rates on any payments I have to make is the only consolation.  Sigh.  

The Cabinet is rounding out, and while I do not agree with all of the picks, I mostly like them.  And, let's face it, some of these people will not make it through the confirmation process; being Gaetzed may be a badge of honor around there, with all due respect.  I think the semi-conventional wisdom -- that these people are disruptive, but that is what the Trump voters want -- is 100%.  Honestly, I don't think that is a bad thing, and I only hope we can achieve half of what has been promised.

I guess I did something fun today, as I watched this:
Mons (film) - Wikipedia
I think we all know I love silent films, and I had never heard of this.  I liked it--it was of course staged and contrived, but it did show the greatest hits of the battle, if you will, and even had a cameo from Horace Smith-Dorrien, the British commander at Mons (but no angel).  Again, one of the things I find fascinating is that while we think the stuff is...not quite real, people back then (I suspect) did not find it so, and were fascinated by what they saw.  It was not the actual footage of the Battle of the Somme, but for most I bet it worked.