I don't disagree, brenda, the damage has certainly been done and I don't want to gloss that over. Kinda like that saying about planting trees; the best time to oppose neo-fascist authoritarianism is 20 years ago, the second best time is today.

I've started posting political stuff on Facebook recently, too. No blowback so far, and an 80-something friend of my parents has been liking a lot of it, which is a pleasant surprise.

I think there's a good chance that 2020 won't be a legit election.

Yeah, I fear that.

I don't want to be tinfoil hatty, but this whole thing of attacking the media and immediately calling for a investigation into voter fraud seems like exactly the sort of thing to do to work towards subverting the next election.

No blowback so far

Yeah, me neither. I kind of think that the Trump supporters who I'm still FB friends with either finally realize he's a horror show, or know that at this point, there's so much opposition to him that spouting off the party line is a dumb idea. (Or very possibly they've hidden/unfriended me, which is fine with me.)

But then I also don't make my posts public, which means that no strangers will come troll and spew hatred all over. That's a plus.

As a constituent in Rubio land I have been emailing his office pushing him to make a name for himself by standing up to Trump. Saying if he had done so earlier he would have been the candidate and stuff. I know, I should feel bad for leading him on this way. Who knows, maybe he will believe it.

In much more pleasant news, I am going to see The Producers at the Jupiter Theater tonight. Haven't been there since Burt Reynolds ran the place. Trying to do more stuff I enjoy and work less in 2017. Woo!

I am fully on board with Laura working less and enjoying more!

Trying to do more stuff I enjoy and work less in 2017.

Yay!

Lately I've been reading a lot of books because apparently I need a library return deadline to motivate me. I also finally started watching Steven Universe.

Timelies all!

I got a plaque for 10 years at my job. I am a federal employee(at an agency that is, I hope, fairly safe) so that's par for the course.

Jesse, flatware is totally something I've been thinking about! I have a set that I got from my mom many years ago, that's fairly decent but doesn't have quite enough forks? Plus I have a bunch of random ones that ended up there through roommates or the time I decided to buy like ten super cheap forks so I'd quit running out. But I am picky about what I want, so don't think the particular choice in the website is one I want. I may go with a random crystal bowl? Because then I could put shit in it?

Ah, yeah, getting one you actually like is critical. I had been looking forever when this set I love fell in my lap! You can't go wrong with a random crystal bowl?