{{askye}} Difficult relatives are difficult. My mom and I were just discussing the other day how we can't engage with people beyond "How can you believe that? It's ridiculous!" which doesn't go far.

Oh, almond flour, so not for me. But there's a link in there to coconut flour dinner rolls that is intriguing!

What I was coming in here to say is: I stopped watching TV sometime in February for reasons I don't understand and can't explain, but I'm starting to catch up on what I missed. I'm halfway through season 5 of Orphan Black and my God I love this show so much. They do so much right.

Also please someone create a vehicle for Tatiana Maslany and Enver Gjokaj to just show off playing different characters all the time. I don't care about the setting or premise other than that.

All the free floating ~ma, erika! Especially the not-fixed-not-meaning-fucked kind.

Also, the Hyundai Sonata Sweet Caroline commercial pleases me.

My dad and my brother (ex-Nay and Navy) think he believes he can talk sense into him, or at least rein him in, but I'm not sure about that.

As others have already learned, when you get into Trump's orbit, you become stained. You do not leave honorably and untouched. Except Sally Yates. She's a boss.

Just an idle question, I've heard the word "ferociousness" used no less than three times in the past week. Has "ferocity" been demoted or retired and nobody told me?

I'm hoping that Kelly, who is supposedly at least a man of integrity

Um. Keep in mind that all the bullshit going on with CPB and ICE in the last six months, including stalking courtrooms and taking people into custody at court hearings for domestic violence -- that was all done on Kelly's watch. (I say this as someone who officially worked for him. He's a Marine: they have a reputation for integrity, but also for being assholes.)

So, no, I have no trust in Kelly's integrity. The best he can do is jump ship and try to salvage his own reputation, and even that will be forever tainted. He knew what the man was and he chose to work for him anyway.

ALL of these people will be forever tainted. Assuming we survive the next 3.5 years.

So very rare that I wake up to news my city governance has gotten something right ( like ever): [link]

Wow. Smart move.

Literally hours after the city council vote (and they've been talking around this for a couple years now and doing zilch.)

Woo hoo!! Take 'em down! Well done indeed.