Fentanyl. Drug Overdoses, including Fentanyl, are not even in the top 20 causes of death in the USA. Cancer, Diabetes, Covid, Heart Disease all in the top 10, and all have had their research funding cut. They aren't murdering just Venezuelans. However they are killing us much slower.

GRUMP: tomorrow's shared start wordle word for Sunday. My son's pick as he is GRUMPy about getting 0/6 on Saturday's word. @joehollywoodla.bsky.social

Sausage and sage cornbread stuffing. Onion, celery, ground sausage, celery leaves, parsley, sage, marjoram and thyme and your favorite cornbread mix. Works well with herb stuffing, too, I just like the cornbread one better for Pavochon (Puerto Rican marinated turkey).

PARTY: Tomorrow's shared start wordle word for Sunday. My pick, also in honor of @joehollywoodla.bsky.social 's birthday. A little bit more of a positive spin than OLDER, Joe's pick for Saturday. 🎉

So how was your week Mikey?

It's literally one of the first things they teach recruits and candidates: Under the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ), service members have a duty to refuse orders that are manifestly unlawful.

Miller as soon as Zohran leaves the WH

X has changed their policy and now you can see where the accounts are based. Here’s an “influencer from Texas”

Jesus H Christ.

QUEST: today's shared start wordle word for Sunday. My son's pick. Good luck @joehollywoodla.bsky.social and anyone else who wants to play!

A real president does this. Thank you to every veteran who’s worn the uniform and carried the weight for the rest of us — just respect 🇺🇸

MINDS: tomorrow's shared start wordle word for Sunday. My pick. Hopefully great minds will think alike @joehollywoodla.bsky.social as we have so often.

The Evolution of Ms. Nancy Pelosi 💙

Did you know that the GOP Congress has worked less than 20 days since July? Yet we’re still paying their full salary.

Today, Speaker Emeritus Nancy Pelosi announced that she will not seek reelection and is retiring at the end of her term. From her time working with Harvey Milk in San Francisco to her tenure as the first female Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi is the definition of a champion for equality.

LAVER: tomorrow's shared start wordle word for Sunday. My son's pick. I had to look it up. Can mean either a ceremonial basin or a type of edible seaweed. Good luck @joehollywoodla.bsky.social and anyone else who wants to play.

Sad anniversary of note. Tonight marks the 12th anniversary of the loss of the HMS Bounty replica, legend of sea and screen, sunk in Hurricane Sandy off the Outer Banks of North Carolina on Oct 29 2012. 1st pic shows her foundering the morning of the 30th, the 2nd shows her docked at Wilmington NC.

If you see this, quote with a vampire that isn't Dracula

what was lost last week😭 #EastWing #RumpFlysToAsia. #BacklashContinues

Maybe we should call it No Czars.

Cartoon by @claybennett.bsky.social.

SCENT: Sunday's shared start wordle word. My pick, inspired by when my son described this photo as "smellable". I was going to use AROMA but we could probably do without the double 'a' in a start word. @joehollywoodla.bsky.social

Happy Caturday! Luciano perched on my lap, giving me an excuse to be lazy today.

And you can already tell it's going to be hideous, just like the hideous destruction of the once magnificent Rose Garden.

From what I've seen, tje only violence at the #NoKings rallies came from the right. At the Myrtle Beach SC rally a woman wearing a Trump shirt was arrested after pulling a gun on rally goers. At her arraignment she expressed remorse. Probably sorry for getting caught. The event I attended was /1

DUNES: tomorrow's shared start wordle word for Sunday. My son's pick. Good luck @joehollywoodla.bsky.social and anybody else who wants to play.

Final post from the #NoKings event in Wilmington, NC. You can tell the mood was quite upbeat.

More pics from today's #NoKings event in Wilmington, NC

Great turnout at the No Kings protest in downtown Wilmington NC!

At the No Kings event in downtown Wilmington. It hasn't even started yet but the crowd is huge! Took a pic of Mr TRex.

Serentipity: I decided to cook Cherokee chowder today, good day for a nice chowder. And when I looked it up it was 11 years ago TO THE DAY that I first cooked it! Isn't that a nice coincidence?

WAVES: tomorrow's shared start wordle word for Sunday. I picked it because of all the high surf we've had here in Coastal NC, causing numerous oceanfront homes to collapse. @joehollywoodla.bsky.social and anybody else who wants to play.

Lots of people have seen footage of houses in the Outer Banks falling into the sea, but this is not as well known The rough surf has carved 5 ft cliffs out of the sand at Ocean Isle Beach, about 30 miles south of me.

CLEAR: Sunday's shared start wordle. Son's choice. Good luck @joehollywoodla.bsky.social and anyone else who wants to play.

Can't you see he's weak from hunger? Lol. Doggie Oscar winner for sure.

DWELT: today's shared start wordle word for Sunday. It was supposed to be my son's turn but he's on incognito mode for some reason so I choose this week. Good luck @joehollywoodla.bsky.social and anyone else who wants to try.

As I was saying…

STEAM: tomorrow's shared start Wordle word for Sunday. My pick because of all my post swim steam sessions at the gym. @joehollywoodla.bsky.social I love a good steam after my swim!

I was bragging to my son yesterday about how much exercise I got in: a nice long walk in the am followed by a session on the rowing machine to warm up for a 45 min strength workout, followed by a nice swim and steam. Felt great yesterday, today I could hardly walk! Had to take a rest day.

QUAKE: Sunday's shared start wordle word, my son's pick in light of the deadly earthquake in Afghanistan. @joehollywoodla.bsky.social

After strength class I decided to head to the beach instead of the pool. So glad I did, there won't be too many more beach days this year.

RIP to the great Graham Greene. He never struck a false note, and brought warmth and authenticity every time he was onscreen.

Is there a difference?

GAUZE: Tomorrow's shared start Sunday Wordle word. My son's pick. @joehollywoodla.bsky.social and anyone else who wants to give it a go.

Gorgeous afternoon at Wrightsville Beach today. Water is so clear I can see my toes on the bottom.

I get that the local cable news staff may not be the creme de la creme of American journalism but the copy they are giving their news anchors has been atrocious when it comes to Trump. Just this morning: "President Trump's crackdown on crime continues..." Really???

HOUSE: tomorrow's shared start wordle word. @joehollywoodla.bsky.social and anyone else who wants to play with us.

Lucky 2-fer today. Wordle 1,522 2/6 🟨🟩🟨⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

GLEAN: Sunday's shared start wordle word. My son's pick. Daughter always uses CRANE so she doesn't play with us anymore @joehollywoodla.bsky.social