No, you're doing research on the 9th Amendment tonight like the last square of the bingo card. Not me.

i hope i never hear that encryption is only for criminals “i have nothing to hide” ever again

It's probably a good sign that they've turned off comments here.

Imagine if you'd just taken this entire weekend offline and are just surfacing into this. (I didn't, but I can consider this as an option for some Feb weekends)

You could actually structure your moral code around the idea that law enforcement doesn't exist to execute people. You don't have to create perfect victim narratives, you can just refuse to accept that the state gets to kill people.

This is like some horrific drawn-out Jan 6.

This sure seems more like the tyranny the Constitution is supposed to protect against than forgiving student loans.

It isn’t healthy to be this angry all the time. But it also isn’t healthy if this doesn’t make you angry.

Is finding Scientology literature on your front porch a good omen or not?

Now that's a proper Minnesota welcome.

who called it deleting my account and not jerry nullification

I wish there was a way to teach juniors (aside from "stove touching") that it is not that you will not make errors or that you will drop something, it is how fast you recover that counts. All I can do is model it in my own practice.

Rakes, rakes everywhere.

This is cheating, but it's the dead of winter and sometimes I need to cheat. www.kalepdx.com/kale-home-or...

Sun is down, the winds are picking up and it's the perfect night for pork belly burnt ends in a white curry sauce over rice and a green papaya salad.

This was just the most pleasant reframing for 'why is torment nexus' 'but all my friends are in the torment nexus!'.

You know, maybe thai lime leaves in my afternoon cup of green tea will salvage today. Maybe.

He wants to go for throw.

Seen in Trader Joe's. I feel like there is some other realm that I am not familiar with.

The traditional Friday comment: do not clean out your inbox at the expense of someone else's inbox.

I needed that laugh today.

He does not mention that you would only have to work with him occasionally! This is likely considered a benefit!

That thing where I'm stuck at home waiting on a delivery that requires a signature and like.. this is like 1990s house. How did people live like this?

Here's the energy that I'm bringing to the rest of the day and maybe this will help you too: "What can only I do today?"

These are some excellent desired areas of misfortune. Suggested improvements include: * Every car that you get into, ever, will suddenly have the windows fog and the defroster will never work, ever. Even if it's 100F outside. * Clean laundry will faintly smell of mildew, even if bleached.

The worker, identified as TJ Sabula in the Washington Post, said “I don’t feel as though fate looks upon you often, and when it does, you better be ready to seize the opportunity. And today I think I did that.” www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

My husband just greeted my coming in the door with "It's a small world after all" and I'm considering going back to the office.

Today, I have to choose between actually getting work done and keeping up with the discourse. Same as yesterday. Overall, I'm a better person when I get something done.

Me, attempting to follow today's discourse. I'm going to dive back into my email and see if that makes more sense.

This is so good, and what I love about Anil's work is that he is going back and annotating the history that many of us have forgotten - not so that we don't forget it, so that it is remembered in more depth and clarity.

*pours a finger of Nikka Coffey Grain*

sauvignon bloc

Trying to convince a cat to move, this is how my Saturday is going.

A lament: I do not have time to scream all the screams I want to scream today.

This is monstrous. They do this to our neighbors, and they have no fear.

OH: "The day is cursed forevermore and should be relegated to the spiders."

Did a little personal internal inventory to see how I'm going to generate the energy and motivation to do the work I need to do this year, and yup, it's going to have to be spite. Let's go spite.

"But it’s not the end of the world. The forces of evil have not yet triumphed, and all hope is not lost."

Instead of whatever this is, we should have a government getting lots of new homes and apartments built, lots of clean energy built, lots of high speed rail and transit and bike lanes built, human rights for everyone, economic & healthcare opportunities for all, & innovation that leads the world.

The fog is going to roll in soon, I'm sure.

Ok, why January 30th?

this is what’s so appealing about Mamdani to me, that he looked around and said I am a New Yorker, and isn’t that great, don’t we all love it and as a New Yorker, I’m here to help that’s what I want for the whole country

Wonderful drop into the new floating sauna on the river. Portland, this place is a blast.

As we do nearly every new year's eve, an insanely spicy thai feast anchored by Night + Market's Nam Khao Tod - www.foodandwine.com/recipes/nam-...

2025 is 100% complete. Thank you all so much for following, and I hope you have a nice 2026!

New fun Oregon entertainment: watching the madness at Mt Hood Meadows but from in front of your fireplace with a cup of coffee. www.skihood.com/mountain-rep...

Has it been Sunday all day??? When did Saturday happen???

The Christmas Lunchable. We return to elaborately planned meals tomorrow.