Carol Burnett is a very good idea. There is way too little laughter in current life.

In Florida political news, Mike Bloomberg is our new best friend. He paid the fines poll taxes for 32,000 Black and Hispanic felons who are already registered to vote so they can vote in the upcoming election. There are some 775,000 formerly incarcerated felons who were allowed to vote after Florida citizens voted to allow it, then our state government decided they could only do so if all their court costs and fines were paid in full. Various groups have been working to pay the fines for them, but Bloomberg focused on minorities and most likely to vote because already registered.

If you have Amazon Prime, they have IMDB tv which is running Leverage, too.

Mike Bloomberg is our new best friend. He paid the fines poll taxes for 32,000 Black and Hispanic felons who are already registered to vote so they can vote in the upcoming election.

Good for him! Now that's a good way for a billionaire to participate in politics.

This may cheer you up ... a little ...baby's first exam.

Ugh. And Romney is doing the GOP sheep thing.

Feeling pretty hopeless this morning.

This may cheer you up ... a little ...baby's first exam.

Skinner stared intently at my monitor to see what was squealing.

I am back at work after being on vacation for a week. Now, my vacation was not super fun or anything, but being back at work is definitely a drag.

Glad to hear people who should be able to vote can! How ridiculous that it takes a billionaire taking an interest to get there.

Feeling pretty hopeless this morning.

Me too, Dana. And everything else I've tried to say in response just sounds stupid, e.g. "I hate this." WHO DOESN'T CINDY?

Toddson, thank you so very much for sharing the article and video of the baby panda's exam. It let me escape for however long it took to read and watch.

Where is everyone?

Oh you know, occupying the same 600 square feet I've been in for the last six months.

[checks iPhone]

Woohoo! 11,940 steps/5.1 miles!

In one day, Hec? (Or six months?)

Does anyone stay in touch with vw? I've been wondering how she's doing.

I want to curl up and shut out the world. I'm numb, and heartbroken. Unfortunately I can't do that today. I'm just finishing call 2 of 6, and 5 of them are video on.

Cindy, she's active on FB and Instagram. She's doing as well as any of us are right now. Her daughter is a delight and a bright spot on my screen.

I was wondering about Norah the other day. I hope she's well.