For a hundred and fifty bucks you would think that the crooks at Logitech could do a WHOLE lot better than this piss poor example of a backlit mechanical keyboard.

This Logitech MX Mechanical Keyboard is a lousy, faulty piece of technological junk which will log you out of your computer if you touch it wrong, stop it's totally inadequate backlighting at the most inopportune random moments, and is generally a failure of anything and everything a computer professional would value in an over priced piece of shoddy electronics. Boo !
 

I bought one for my elderly mother thinking it would help her and all it did was make her computer experience insufferable. I don't take kindly to these sort of experiences when it comes to my mother. As a matter of fact, I'm downright evil towards perpetrators in this regard ...

I took it home from her house to test it out and now I'm swearing off all logitech products as well as Office Depot where I bought this piece of utterly infuriating junk.

There are consequences in taking the public for a ride down the path of inferiority. If your stupid buyers can't procure good equipment they need to leave the business. There formerly was a lot of money being spent on both logitech and office depot merchandise.

The gravy train is over.
 

Mammy likes Fig Newtons.

She enjoys them with her morning coffee and as a periodic snack.

We typically keep them well stocked — by the case in her home.

That's 36 fig bars per package for a total of 108 servings in a box ... and she's about due for another of these in the immediate future.

Contrary to what Nabisco might say, the Fig Newton is not really a cookie. It is cake wrapped around a fruit center. This would make it a pastry. I think they choose a more main stream name for marketing purposes.

Also, the new age version of the "fig" newton finds a variety of fruit fillings available. Being the Fig Newton purists that we are ...

We prefer the original version.

They have been enjoyed by people since the 19th century when doctors started to promote an increase in dietary fruit to aid digestion.

The name has evolved from "fig roll" to "fig newton" as the result of Nabisco acquiring it as a product for sale.

Regardless, I enjoy them myself so mom and I will likely continue to consume them more or less often as our tastes dictate.

January 16 is National Fig Newton Day. It is an opportune moment to get out and enjoy these pastries for yourself.

Happy National Fig Newton Day.
 

I'm afraid my organization skills have been somewhat lacking for as long as I can remember.

I used to shrug it off by saying "a cluttered desk is the sign of a genius" ...

But seriously I have attempted improvement in this area over the years largely to no avail.

Today is Organize Your Home Day. This year it happens on January 14th.

It is the time to get inventoried and indexed and arranged as best you can.

Of late, I am one to donate old stuff to the local charities.

I once gave exclusively to Goodwill til they devolved into this utterly slack entity not even bothering to come to the door under the portico and take may donations anymore.

Nowadays I donate to His House. Primarily because they have someone on site to take care of business ... unlike the slacker Goodwill Industries.

Anymore I believe in tossing things I no longer need as well.

This is a function of those criticisms from my niece Rebecca who dared call me a packrat to my face.

Suffice it to say that though I am "neater" than I was there remains a long way to go.
 

A kettlebell is a weight lifting device which originated in the USSR a long time ago. It consists of a large ball-shaped weight with a single handle. There was a time when they were strictly cast iron, but now are manufactured to different specs of varying materials and quality.

Nowadays they may be had in a wide variety of colors and sizes and a large set is pretty spectacular to behold. One of the largest set of kettlebells I have ever seen in one place were at the gym operated by the City of Columbia. When I worked there it was run by a world champion weight lifter and she kept her set close by.

I have been known to toss a few kettlebells around now and then — and made the mistake of giving away several of my favorites to my sister who I mistakenly thought would use them.

All she really wants to toss around anymore are cigarettes it seems.

Today is National Kettlebell Day. It is observed on January 12 and celebrates this device which elegant and simple in design yet will turn you into a powerhouse of sinewy musculature.

It resembles a cannon ball to which a handle has been attached. It is very versatile for the development of strength.

One of my aims in life is to acquire a few more to replace those I've given away.

I suppose a more dedicated regimen likewise would go well with all this.

Wish me luck. They cost a lot more these days and the shipping charges are pretty steep as well.
 

I used to think I wanted to grow house plants.

This is before I got some and killed them all.

I supposedly come from an avid gardening family yet this was of no consequence.

Everything I tried to grow withered and died.

Today is National Houseplant Appreciation Day. It happens each January 10th.

It's all about those benefits of tending an indoor plant renders to the human spirit.

Anyway, then Joe Biden was allowed to steal the election by the stupid Attorney General William Barr who said that the entire notion was AND I QUOTE "bullshit" when Trump complained regarding it.

It seems that Mr Trump was correct and Mr Barr was wrong.

Our AG simply DID NOT do the job.

Anyway from a standpoint of houseplants since we have a houseplant serving as POTUS I give you the President dieffenbachia dumbest cane himself, Joe dumb ass country ruining Biden.

Happy National Houseplant Appreciation Day anyway.