Happy birthday, JZ!

Happy birthday, JZ!

Glad BatCat is vaccinated, Shir, and thank you for your inspiring words, eeven though you probably didn't say it to be inspiring.

I am going to dance on Mitch McConnell's grave.

It will be crowded with people dancing, including me.

Oh, and in order to use my rage, I donated $200 to the Great Slate, which is a bunch of progressive democrats running in previously uncontested districts.

Yeah, I donated to CAIR. It seems like a better option than paralyzing despair.

Thanks for posting that, I didn't know about them.

I've spent a lifetime being steadfastly optimistic in the face of inevitable disaster, but recent history has changed me into a bitter realist with a lack of confidence in her fellow citizens' ability to make rational decisions.

Same here, Laura. I don't like feeling so cynical, but my well of optimism is running dry.

Surprisingly, Kennedy's news just makes me feel ragey and defiant. Nobody's going to save us. We've got to save ourselves.

Yep. Maybe we'll get some assistance from a select few in Congress who may find their spines, but I'm not counting on it.

Only 50 votes are needed to replace Kennedy. There's no filibuster. There's nothing Dems can do to stop this on procedure.

All it takes is two Republican Senators to refuse to fall in line. Just two.

I'm trying real hard not to say nasty things to the people I know who protest-voted. I bet they can imagine it without me saying it, though. Not like they care, even now.

"Let it burn!" "OK. The best change starts with yourself. Here's a lighter."

Remember in sex, lies & videotape when Andie Macdowell was telling her therapist how she couldn't stop thinking about the ships full of garbage with nowhere to take it? I have become her. And also, that was always a valid concern, wasn't it?

And I donated to Beto O'Rourke. It would be nice to have one senator who wasn't a shitbag distaster.

Timelies all!

Happy Birthday JZ! Welcome to 50! (I turned 50 in April)

Happy Birthday JZ!

Surprisingly, Kennedy's news just makes me feel ragey and defiant. Nobody's going to save us. We've got to save ourselves.

A lot.

(I am saying this in the public-yet-not-whole-world forum of the Buffistas rather than in private because I suspect there are a number of people here for whom this is relevant, and we have good troll control.)

Jacqueline, I don't tell you this nearly enough, because I don't see you nearly enough, but:

You are one of the loveliest people I have ever met, and it is a positive joy to call you my friend. Thank you. I hope you have the happiest birthday ever.

::Echoing Karl:: (Thank you, Karl)

Also, (ahem) Dear Jaqueline, Sincerest Felicitations on the Anniversary of Your Natal Day!

Reviving a classic.