I am flying to New York tonight to go to a k-pop concert with a friend from the internet I haven't met yet, and Casper's continuing attitude towards me meeting friends from the internet remains hilarious. This morning's gems included, "Mom, if Chuck [her nickname for my internet friend] turns out to actually be a guy who is catfishing you, and you end up murdered, just know that I loved you."

She's met plenty of us, though, and we haven't been murder-y at all! We could be playing a super long con, though. (SPOILER: personally, I am not playing a long murder-y con, because I am lazy as hell.)

ION there was an anti-Kavanagh demonstration going on in front of the courthouse downtown last night as I was leaving work. I mean, this is Cincinnati, OH! Neither very demonstrate-y nor very liberal, tbh.

I was impressed that city council voted to change Columbus Day to Indigenous Peoples Day.

Ha! I have good neighbors across the road, but they probably wouldn't have been able to hear me. They would have sheltered me or helped me break in, but in my not yet caffeinated condition I made a rash decision to climb in the window myself. Dog was confused.

Glad you made it, Laura!

Aw, Casper. She knows the invisible people who live in the computer lie her, right?

I'm here for that.

Excellent, they'll be staying with you.

ION there was an anti-Kavanagh demonstration going on in front of the courthouse downtown last night as I was leaving work. I mean, this is Cincinnati, OH! Neither very demonstrate-y nor very liberal, tbh.

Yeah, I was thinking about going to that, but decided not to. I saw a bunch of my friends posting photos from there, though.

personally, I am not playing a long murder-y con,

That's just what someone playing a long mutder-y con would say! You could easily be the unwitting lure Murderbiscuit is using to bring is all into his murder-y orbit.

Phew, Laura! That sounds like a lot first thing in the morning!

Excellent, they'll be staying with you.

ALL ARE WELCOME.

They announced the MacArthur awards yesterday; one of the recipients, Rev. Barber, was in Chicago, protesting ... and, seemingly, being arrested.

personally, I am not playing a long murder-y con,

That's just what someone playing a long mutder-y con would say! You could easily be the unwitting lure Murderbiscuit is using to bring is all into his murder-y orbit.

One universal constant is how damn lazy I am. WAY too lazy to murder and definitely too lazy to plan out the long con for it. (Though Murderbiscuit *could* be using me as a pawn. Shit, he probably is.)

And axe murders are SO messy! clean-up requires much too much effort.

one of the recipients, Rev. Barber, was in Chicago, protesting ... and, seemingly, being arrested.

Wow. What times we live in.

My drive to work apparently coincided perfectly with the cloture vote that NPR was covering live so now I am filled with equal parts impotent rage and resignation. My poor coworkers.