To the fic thread!

Meanwhile, am still at friend’s house in Portland with other friends. Want to be home (especially for puppy, who has been dealing with hotel room and friend’s dog not liking him, and so on) but also don’t want to leave and be alone when we finally get any new news. Ugh.

A Buffista may be alone in the flesh, but never in the spirit.

(Spellcheck suggested "fisticuffs". I told it Buffistas was too a word.)

Matt, I hope your mom and cats will be well soon.

I think I picked up the wrong kid at school. This child is being super polite and sweet.

sj, you have achieved the rare reverse changeling. Enjoy! You deserve it.

(Spellcheck suggested "fisticuffs". I told it Buffistas was too a word.)

Spellcheck is being a bit dramatic there. At worst, we're a kerfuffle.

sj, you have achieved the rare reverse changeling. Enjoy! You deserve it.

Either that or the consequences actually had an impact and she wanted her shows this afternoon.

Either way, mama.

I saw a joke about whether the Secret Service will continue to protect a former president in prison and I keep thinking how that is a legitimate question that I very much hope we find out the answer!

According to my dad, when these questions arose with Nixon the understanding was that the Secret Service would go to prison with him.

Oh deer loward what a thankless job. Speculation and rumors have it he's a terrible person to work with--refuses measures for his own safety and puts everyone around him in jeopardy just by existing through his day. I can't imagine being expected to protect him in prison. Solitary and a long game of checkers every day, maybe. DNW.

Matt, ma to your mom and the cats.

sj, she's probably exhausted and a little frightened of her own behavior, and maybe seeking comfort and reassurance. I'm spitballing, having raised a challenging child. But for your sake I'm glad she's calmer today.

Like clockwork, every time I start feeling better about finances a bunch of medical expenses crop up to kneecap us.

Hello Buffistas. I have been through the whole roller-coaster and now I'm at the halfway-down-the-ride mark. Biden will win despite lots of bullshit challenges. We may get really lucky with some downballot House races but it looks like we lost a few seats. Turns out people don't necessarily vote a solid Dem ticket after all. (Plenty of Mainers voted for Biden and Collins after all.)

That said, it also looks like there will be two Senate runoffs in Georgia in January, and so there's a (very slim) chance we can flip the Senate. Slim.

If we can't flip the Senate I really want Mitch McConnell to have a stroke on the john. Because he's so fucking terrible. If voodoo were a thing I'm sure the man would be gone by now.

If we can't flip the Senate I really want Mitch McConnell to have a stroke on the john. Because he's so fucking terrible. If voodoo were a thing I'm sure the man would be gone by now.

Kentucky has a Democratic governor now, so that would work out well in terms of replacing that motherfucker McConnell.