Back to bed, then up again.

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I had to get up.  So angry about the payment stoppage.  After I bit, I was able to get on back to bed.  I think I went down around 2:30, then woke again around 6:30?  Give or take an half hour, or toward the give side I think, where give is to be had.

A bit of web  browsing.  Not terribly interesting.  It looks like everyone, after the second fake election, realizes that being mouthy about it will probably just get them in trouble.  America in now a police state.  Where if they don't use the feds, the IRS, the SSA, or other, they will use corporate to clobber you... if you step out of line.  So, they are shutting up, and just being clowns.  The gig is over, the American dream dead, and you are on your own.

I ordered one of the things for my mother.  But the singing Santa wasn't going to arrive until... January 15th to the 19th?  Yea, no.  So I canceled that part of the order.  I looked for options, but there aren't any.  Okay, I guess she'll just have to go without.  It was a hit or miss thing, and some suggested it didn't do what was advertised, at all.  Sorry, mom.

I also went looking for spatulas.  And found them, affordably.  I have one, a stainless fish flipper type, with ribbons of flat metal and open areas.  I am so in favor of this type, that I want several more like it.  When they arrive, if they pass muster, I will through all the other spatulas away.  Useless junk.

Some were metal, but always too thick, no bend or flex, and supposedly "good" ones.  Some were plastic, or silicon, useless junk.  I tried everything.  Now, when using non-stick coated pans, those are absolutely vital.  Junk for junk, to be honest.  I have gone completely to stainless, high carbon, and cast iron cookware, eliminating aluminum, non-stick, and anything plastic, silicon, or else.  Even eliminating the microwave, for the most part.  Good for popcorn, at least in a glass popper, if popcorn isn't the best for one.  Still, a treat a few times a month, to every other month.  Even a dog gets a treat from time to time.

As well, I found similar, but as a tong?  Awesome!  I didn't order that one yet, not sure it will work as well as I think.  But the idea is sound, to my uninitiated mind.  The theory sounds great, for some foods.  I could see it working even with eggs, for flipping.

I keep thinking of what else I could get my mother.  Might have to look at local stores, where I could actually see the product in action, hear it (only for her, I HATE those things), and be able to return it if it doesn't work.  Won't bother sending it without checking it.  Though, there is a reasonable chance nothing as such will be on hand.  A look will show.

Hmm, this morning?  Eggs, and that bacon from the other day?  I'll even skip the corned beef hash.  That is more a treat too, every other week or so.  It used to be one of my favorites.  Or I wanted it to be.  Not sure I ever really liked it.  Not sure I do today, honestly.  It's... an odd treat.  But, I have it, on hand, want to use it before it goes.  So, it'll... see a plate, from time to time.  I can't seem to brown it as well as I would like.

A bit of kefir, first, and some gaming.  Just finished with the internet.  Turning off my router now.  I got a message from startpage that they temporarily suspended my access, because the traffic volume from my machine/ips server connection, or some such, was so high, it suggested to them that it was being used by bots.  So, now, when not in use, I shut down the router.  It isn't bots, it's neighbors, and possibly foreigners, stealing access.  

With criminal governments come consequences.  Later.