That sounds very sad, in addition to difficult, Shir.

Now I'm wondering why anyone needs two different ways to write letters anyway.

Awesome study of men's vs. women's pockets:

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And Manafort guilty on 8 counts hung on 10.

I'm kind of amazed he was found guilty of anything, given the judge and everything.

But back to pockets. I'm still SO MAD about the recent work thing where one of the big bosses casually pulled his phone out of his pocket, and it was a huge phone and he is a small man, and you couldn't even see it was in there. I can sometimes shove my small phone into my pants pocket.

NYT:

Michael D. Cohen, President Trump's former fixer, pleaded guilty on Tuesday to campaign finance and other charges. He made the extraordinary admission that he paid a pornographic actress "at the direction of the candidate," referring to Mr. Trump, to secure her silence about an affair she said she had with Mr. Trump.

Mr. Cohen told a judge in United States District Court in Manhattan that the payment was "for the principal purpose of influencing the election" for president in 2016.

That seems good, right? I mean, bad for Trump, therefore good?

I think the spin will be that nothing in either of these cases has implicated collusion with Russia and therefore doesn't matter.

I mean, it's not great spin, but that would be my guess.

That's like 6-8 or so of the inner circle found guilty already. I'm calling it a win.

I do think it becomes more difficult for him to fire or revoke clearances on Mueller or others with the latest convictions. It really feels like it is finally unraveling.

Tapping my toe waiting for the Jared or Don Jr. indictments.

Wine and schadenfreude for dinner!