You guys, here's a thing that just makes my day: the Kroger near us used to have small carts along with the regular-sized ones, and then for some reason got rid of all the small carts...except one. So the latest trend in my neighborhood's Facebook group is to post a selfie with the small cart if you're lucky enough to get it when you go shopping. It's hilarious.

PMM, wishing you all the best health and good results!

{{{Fred}}}}

as a fed, the shit that's going down right now is goddamned horrifying. The Secretary of State is threatening to discipline DOS staffers who answer Congressional questions. He was told HR won't allow it and the shit is definitely hitting the fan.

Someone is going to die, I fear. And if the name of the whistleblower ever gets out, they'll have to go underground for the rest of their lives. The Trumpists will never let it go.

It's all horrifying.

He went to (made a dispatch from?) CrazyTown on TV a little while ago, saying Schiff isn't fit to "carry Pompeo's blank strap."

I am not playing Mad Libs with you. Instead of just saying "jock strap," he said "blank strap."

And to make matters worse, my niece's new dog ran away from the dog-walker today: slipped his leash and took off. We spent 3 hours driving all over town, put up 200 flyers, and she already got a call from some asshole who wanted $1K. When she asked for a picture, he said he would take the dog to the pound. To which she said, "Excellent, that will be fine!" since she already put in a report at Animal Services and the dog is chipped.

This is an actual season one episode of Veronica Mars. [link]

I hope you all are able to find the dog.

I turned the heat on last night. I could have done it a couple of days ago, but I refused to have the heat on in September.

Fingers crossed on the dog.

(For that matter fingers crossed on our democratic republic remaining a functioning democracy.)

I drove the Big Scary Bus with an actual passenger today! It's got a wheelchair lift, so all that had to be deployed, and even if I practiced, it's still much more stressful to be doing it by myself for the first time! So now I feel like I'm officially a Real Driver (tm).

I am not playing Mad Libs with you. Instead of just saying "jock strap," he said "blank strap."

...okay. Sure. He said "bullshit" in a tweet earlier, but it's "blank strap." Makes sense.

Is it evil of me to wish this whole mess sends the "Healthiest President Ever's" blood pressure skyrocketing high enough to cause something to pop? Or to wake Strom Thurmond up hungry in his crypt down in the Capitol's basement, I'm not picky...

Timelies all!

In the 90s here today. Supposed to be in the 70s by the weekend. Fall is weird.

Unfortunately, it's Bernie Sanders who just had to get a stent or whatever.

Ugh. There is no hot water in my Airbnb. And the issue with the laundry. Not pleased.

Tomorrow the high is supposed to be 97 and on Friday 95. Then a cold snap and the high on Saturday will be around 77 and then next week it will be (hopefully) in the high 70s and low 80s.

I somehow got into a current events discussion with a coworker. One coworker , who said she is 38, claimed she is NOT A Millennial and Millennials are the kids in school and both of them were talking about how kids these days don't know how easy it is. And then somehow it segued into the older coworker saying that no matter how you feel about the current administration they are bringing industry and manufacturing back to the US and the current policies mean that America will once again be self reliant like they were back in the day. And coal will come back! I really should have stopped talking and walked away but somehow I couldn't.