That's so nice, Laura! At my polling place, there were two of us newbies this year, replacing two old ladies whose children convinced them not to do it this year. So many people came in looking for Mrs. Murphy! I was glad to be able to tell them she is OK, just not here.

Health ~ma to your mom and cat, Matt.

Laura, that is a sweet story.

Sorry about ltc is having the miserables. On the other hand, an oatmilk chai latte sounds really good, and I hope you're enjoying it.

I have switched to decaf coffee to see if that helps my plumbing, and I think it's making a difference. And it's close enough in taste to leaded coffee that my mind is happy to be getting it still. Now we have a whole system where we program the caffeinated coffee to go first for DP's morning cup, which is 99% of the time before my first cup, then pour the rest into an insulated water bottle (coffee bottle now, I guess) and make the decaf for me. [ETA: "this whole system" might be overstating the complexity a bit]

I have a special place in my heart for this particular insulated water bottle, because DP would brew hot Earl Grey for it and bring it to me in the hospital from time to time. The tea situation in the hospital was not great, but, I mean, priorities, so no complaints. But it was nice to get that good tea and have it stay warm forEVER.

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So many people came in looking for Mrs. Murphy! I was glad to be able to tell them she is OK, just not here.

That is also a sweet story. Good old Mrs Murphy!

Well, the news organizations say it's still up in the air, but Sportsbet has called it for Biden and paid out the money:

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I got up early (because puppy) and went to the coffee shop and got my friends coffee. Apparently so early the dude forgot to put the milk in their lattes, annoyingly. (Didn’t realize until I got back to the hotel)

Now listening to NPR on my phone, as there’s no tv in the hotel room!

WTF, meara? Milk in the latte seems like a KEY ingredient. It's right there in the name!

Seriously! If there's one thing a latte should have, it's milk!

That ain't right, meara.

Have I told the story about my German teacher ordering "Cafe au lait mit keine kaffee" to get milk because she wasn't sure how to say just "milk" in French?

Well, that's pretty much it, so now I have.

But I feel like meara's barista had something like that in mind

Something that has made me feel better is the way the election process and election coverage is just rolling along in machine-like fashion even as Trump rage tweets and litigates. I think I had underestimated how well-worn those grooves were.

Yes, even Fox is ignoring his outrage with them calling states against him.

Another awesome election precinct thing, the Clerk, or big boss for the precinct was 18 years old!!! She had already done previous elections. She was so mature and capable it just was overwhelmingly satisfying to see. Step on up kiddos. Your turn!