This...like knowing people are gleeful about the ...all the horrible things that are happening makes me so angry and I keep thinking violent thoughts towards those people. I don't want to think those things.

I spend about ten minutes each day imagining various people experiencing the exploding head scene in Scanners.

I find it therapeutic.

Though I am mindful that my long held hate-wish for Scalia did no good at all.

Goddamnit. Met a cute girl last weekend. She put herself in my phone as "Jo the cute girl in the beanie" and we texted and she said she'd teach me to play pool, and we could t get together this weekend but she'd make it worth the wait. And then tonight she suddenly texts to be like "uh, this may have seemed like a date but it can't be a date just a friend thing hope that's ok". Wtf.

Re: Jo the cute girl in the beanie

Humans, man. WtF indeed.

I finally dragged my coughing butt into a walk in clinic and found out I have a sinus infection and bronchitis. And now I have antibiotics and a cough suppressant. So at least things should clear up in a week or so. Yay. At least it's not walking pneumonia.

My senators have both joined the ranks of those too scared to meet with their constituents. I had a whole script prepared and everything! While I appreciate the idea that protests, calls, etc. are having an effect, just sequestering themselves away and continuing to do things I find abhorrent are not the end result I'm looking for. I'm tempted to donate a dollar to each of them to see if there's a secret supporters' gathering that I can attend with some of my local lefties.

I'd say delete Jo the cute girl in the beanie from your phone unless you have a much higher tolerance for mindgames than I do, meara. She was definitely intentionally trying to make you think she was into you.

I'm guessing that's code for "got back together with my ex after all"? But I'm with Matt.

True, true. There was a span back in my 30s where every promising guy I went out with got back with his ex before I could arrange a second date a week later. I felt like I should have started billing each reconciled couple for my services as a relationship fixer.

That's what I assume, Jesse. Grrr

So I know there's more to it than this, but I kind of love how Ruth Negga went from Agents of SHIELD to Preacher to Oscar nomination!

I worked on ships for six years. Just over three of those years was with Chris, who, at the expense of sounding mushy, is the greatest thing to ever happen to me. But ships is tough. We worked 7 days a week for the duration of a contract, which often didn't overlap perfectly which meant we didn't even really get vacations together.

So the fact that we are sitting around on a Saturday morning - me playing on the Internet and him playing Hearthstone - and we discuss what we want to do today? And nobody has to go to work? This "real life" thing is pretty fantastic.

That's awesome. I can't believe you worked on ships for six years! Weren't you here before that? Time flies, man.