I learned something years ago. If you notice something odd, it's unlikely that you are the only one to notice it and with a little conversation with others, you realize that it is actually a real thing and not a one-off.

Hell, back around the Great Financial Crisis, a Fed economist commented that Americans were "hoarding cash" instead of spending. Ummm...they were saving money.

My father was cremated and his ashes were to be interred in the family cemetery more than 4 hours away. I was taking his urn immediately after the viewing but privately wondered where to store it in my car for the trip; it felt wrong to put it in the trunk. /1

Girding up the loins, once again.

So now I can legitimize deducting all of the money spent over the years on chicken stock and roasters. This AI will chat with the IRS AI and decide that I must have shares of common stock in Perdue.

Or, and hear me out, it's just an Irish Setter. studyfinds.org/neurodiversi...

Not all pharmacies are equal, and in our area, it's two independents who do the custom mixed prescriptions. I had to check online for one of them and discovered that the pharmacist also has a gun store at his pharmacy. Yeah, the custom topical and a Sig P365, please. Da fuq?

I was talking with my 7 y/o granddaughter. She is obviously unaware of what's going on, but told me that when she's old enough, she wants to travel abroad and find a place where she wants to settle and live.

This is terrific and worth the listen

Having been a significant visitor to the Healthcare system, I understood how badly his H-1B actions screwed Healthcare. My internist is an excellent Vietnamese gent. And there are a generous number of excellent Indian and Pakistani surgeons as well.

As a long-time cancer survivor, I understand exactly what it feels like to contend with potential death. Not just the cancer, but the long-term damage done by the treatments But for the first time - ever - I have absolutely no sympathy for anyone in his situation.

He traded the money to Zimbabwe for their old one hundred trillion dollar note (circa 2007 or so) and now we owe them change for the difference. Stupid sonuvabitch.

Just another goddamned extortion racket. @conorlambpa.bsky.social needs to primary Fetterman again.

"I'm concerned about their patriotism." Many of these controllers have watched DOGE roll through any number of government agencies and watched fellow federal employees get axed because some dipshit kid had a hard-on for Excel spreadsheets. This goes both ways. I would have called in as well.

I have become a quiet fan of the Chicago Bears. Watching them play in snow flurries is honestly cool.

My GI doc asked me about the color of my stool and then whether it's "green." Wut? I'm thinking of just going to Lowe's to get a stack of Minwax wood stain sample cards to carry with me to future medical appointments.

Serious question. Who would have standing to just sue Mike Johnson for violating either our rights, existing laws, or violating Article 1 of the Constitution for refusing to bring back the House into session? Any citizens or organizations?

Swear to God, these dumbasses are stupid enough to offer a Wurlitzer for an organ transplant.

Sitting in the car, listening to a 60-something white grocery worker return carts and discussing his disgust with politics with an unspoken undercurrent of a guy who for voted for Trump. Twice. Seriously, STFU.

My youngest is driving to NC this weekend for a commercial shoot. He was originally going alone with equipment but might now have up to three passengers if their flights are canceled.

Welp, this has been a fun few weeks. (Resume deep controlled breathing)

I have now found the new label for the Oligarchs: the Nerd Reich.

My wife and I were focused on the PA vote on the retention of Supreme Court judges (Yes). Delighted that the Billionaire effort for the No vote failed. Dramatically.

Sometimes, when they're passing close, you can hear the pickles sing...

When rebuilding begins after this administration has been consigned to the dust heap of history, I want to see Howie Roseman as our Trade Representative. Tell Argentina that we'll trade their soybean market customers for a Detroit 2nd rounder, Christian McCaffrey, and Carson Wentz.

When my father retired 35 years ago, he began having breakfast with other old farts at a small breakfast diner in town. They talked shit, commiserated as necessary, but never hung out outside of that sacred place.

My general rule until 2020 was that screw ups were more attributable to human error than conspiracy. The Election Boards at state and county levels are tasked with running a complex system under a microscope with no room for grace. /1

So a veggie sub is a misdemeanor?

Kinda processing how church elders will "hold accountable" a working father who's been summarily sacked by his employer of 14 years along with 7000 co-workers. Jesus.

Because we have elders regularly coming to the house (and I ain't the steadiest either), we had an ironmonger do some railing work on our porches. We spoke this AM and he commented that his steel is domestically sourced, yet he's seeing a 15% rise. /1

My county has lost four significant independent grocers in the past decade, and their sites have been taken over by a large corporate grocer. It required a major local government effort to persuade this firm to keep a store open in the county seat lest it become a food desert.

Welcome to my neck of the world. This story hit the local press months ago. Those bastards at FoS couldn't care less. Predators.

Since my Rep is Lloyd Smucker, I approve this message.

Trump obviously thinks that the average American is an idiot, at least his followers. So, Tim Mellon "donated" $130,000,000 to cover paying the troops. At about 1,300,000 active duty service members, that's about $100 per person. The math doesn't math.

One of mine got rolled by a hooker in Tiajuana while on leave waaaay back in the day.

There are moments when you watch your kids and wonder if they will achieve their childhood dream. Seeing actor son this weekend in Million Dollar Quartet in a major theater production. That he's standing on the bass is *chef's kiss*. I will shut up now. Thank you.

Not gonna lie, but I am pulling for Toronto.

Totally putting aside that the polling places are run in accordance with state law. I'm a Judge of Elections in PA and am curious as to what they mean by "monitor."

Googled my son's show at the Walnut in Philly, and the AI generated overview listed his understudy in the cast instead of him. So yeah, that's another reason that I don't lean on AI.

I have a nuanced view of Graham Platner, based upon my father. My Dad was a Korean War vet, from Pusan to the Yalu, and back south again. He rotated stateside in 1951 as a 20 year old Company First Sergeant, and finished his enlistment as a DI. /1

My election-denying GOP Rep made his money as a drywall contractor. That shit-posting joke is going to go along with the Congressional recess because he's hoping to wind up drywalling that ballroom monstrosity.

He says that it's privately funded. More likely that they're just shifting money around this giant slush fund that used to be called the national budget.

I am increasingly of the idea that this whole notion of democracy will be settled by massive crowds showing up in DC in January 2027.

Because we're traveling to Western NY this weekend, we attended the Buffalo rally. Multiple people had the same signs: "Fuck ICE, Go Bills!" We also swung into Fort Erie, ONT and because I am a geek, we stopped at a grocery store. Fuck, it's costly. My condolences, Canada.

These folks are all affiliated with the "private" chats that were stunningly racist, antisemitic, and utterly vile. The most shocking thing is that I didn't know the Incel wing of the GOP admitted women. Despicable.

Given how the House GOP is toting anything that Trump bloviates, when do we change the terminology from Caucus to Cuckus?

Some people don't like the term "retribution" for what the GOP has become and is doing. Hochul has the proper term: Consequences.

It's official. You can be a Reagan Republican, an Internationalist Republican, or an Incel Republican. I mean, seriously, there were some photos of these guys and no way in hell that they're getting any.

The only way that NASA goes back to the moon is via Uber.