Sometimes I begin to feel hopeful. Then reality sets in.

Connections Puzzle #1017 🟨🟨🟦🟨 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟪🟩 🟩🟩🟪🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪 Phew

Wordle 1,739 X/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟩⬜⬜ 🟨🟨🟩⬜⬜ 🟩⬜🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ Close but no

Just when I think I can't get any more discouraged. I should know better.

The end is nigh

Connections Puzzle #1016 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦

Huh. Sam Keith died. Bummer

"I've never wished a man dead, but I have read some obituaries with great pleasure." -Clarence Darrow

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Really hoping for a blood clot

Did NOT think this was real

The aurora last night from our house.

I'm the person who keeps telling people to look towards the light yet my head is full of shadows.

Look, I may have disagreed with Chuck Norris‘s politics, but that doesn’t mean I can’t also acknowledge he was an untalented actor who made shitty movies. RIP

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I still haven’t figured out why Hillary Clinton was subpoenaed to testify in the House’s Epstein probe, but Melania trump—who actually ran around with Epstein—wasn’t. Just kidding! It’s obvious why the Republicans who run those committees haven’t subpoenaed Melania.

The Secretary of Defense keeps going out there and saying the United States is waging a Christian holy war and it is somehow not registering as a career- and administration-ending scandal

So Trump doesn't want to be called FLOTUS? What a shame

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There is literally no excuse for John Fetterman. He has betrayed every single person who's voted for him. Seriously, Fetterman, resign or switch parties.

Connections Puzzle #1012 🟦🟩🟩🟩 🟪🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟪🟪🟪🟪

I wonder if Kat would have won with ranked choice voting.

I could cut the corned beef with a fork so easy. Successful dinner.

Really bummed @katmabu.bsky.social lost. Hope she runs again and wins.

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Something I said years ago that I was reminded of today that still holds true: there are two types of people in the world. People you would die for and people you would live for.

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Funeral today. That was fun.

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"The real you is not your condition." That one's gonna stick with me for a while.

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I always tried. I did my best. I remained true to myself. All that and $0.50 won't get me a cup of coffee. Which is good because I don't like coffee.

Connections Puzzle #1005 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟪🟦🟪 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟦🟦🟦🟦

I'm tired but I'll rest soon.

Wordle 1,725 4/6 ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Maybe I'm walking up?

The mountain I climbed 2 days ago for the view. With a dear, dear friend.

I have created a diorama of the Partridge family attacking the Brady Bunch family. My life is very boring.

Connections Puzzle #1003 🟦🟩🟦🟦 🟦🟩🟦🟦 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟪🟩🟪🟪 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟩🟩🟩🟩 I didn't sleep well last night. Hence close results

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Perfect

Now what makes white people decide to write books about cultures that are not their own?

Connections Puzzle #1001 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟪🟪🟪🟪

He still needs a home But until one is found, he has mine.

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