My dad bought a canoe today and named it, by consensus in the family chat, Row v Wade.

Upon hearing this news (kids are not part of the family chat), Aeryn immediately quipped back "So if it capsizes, you've overturned Row v Wade?"

I am SO PROUD.

I am SO PROUD.

BRAVA!

Hey Buffistas, I have been away from the board. Work is work, but it looks like we probably won't get shut down at midnight, which is nice and probably means that I won't get called back from my vacation next week.

I'm washing the big dog blanket and as a result the dog is in the crate (in order to keep her off the unprotected couch), and she is quite annoyed about this.

My birthday dinner a few weeks ago was delayed bcz a couple people had colds. So we're having it tonight, which is nice, except instead of Indian takeout, it's salmon. I mean, I like salmon, but I was really looking forward to Indian food. Ah, well, it's fine.

I hope everyone has a lovely weekend!

Timelies all!

Can I just say fuck Elon Musk and fuck the MAGAt politicians in Congress? Ok, it looks like a last minute continuing resolution may pass, but I'm so tired of all this bullshit.

(Yes, I'm a federal employee, albeit an "essential" one who would still have to go to work if the government shuts down.)

My Sunday plans, oddly, depend on whether there's a shutdown, but not in any way that actually affects me in the real way it affects other people. My govt. friend got four of us signed up for the White House holiday tour, but if there is a shutdown, too bad, so sad. We will pivot happily if needed. We went three (?) years ago. It is stupendous fun.

Ooh, dinner's here!

Fuck Elon Musk all the way to Mars and leave him there. I saw a guy yesterday in a fancy new MAGA ball cap that's clearly post-election merch, and I could almost see myself getting in his face and yelling at him. I did not, of course, because I'm not an idiot. Instead I just let all the rage seep back inside, as god and capitalism intended.

I had an opportunity to eat goat, as I promised ita years ago. but ironically? I was a chicken. Always on team #FuckElon. now more than ever.

White House holiday tour

That sounds so fucking cool (given the current administration).

Fuck Elon Musk all the way to Mars and leave him there.

I want more bad things to happen to Elon than I do to Trump, and that's really saying something, because the list of bad shit I want to happen to Trump is long and complex and very very painful.

Well, the first social event (party with my sister’s friends) went well. Char-booze-erie went over nicely. After food and several drinks a bunch of us went caroling around the neighborhood. The neighbors were mostly older people who seemed pleased with our wobbly renditions of Jingle Bells and suchlike. There was one person there in a Trump-related shirt, but I honestly couldn’t tell if it was pro or con. Trump was drinking a beer and there were bears? And a waterfall? So I chose to not explore the mystery and talked to the older lady next to him about Pets We Have Known instead.

was drinking a beer and there were bears?

Being mauled by bears works, although fed to the sharks works better for me. Maybe Elon can get the bears and Trump the sharks. I don't want to think about SCOTUS, or Mitch because my thoughts get too ugly for a lovely Saturday morning.

Bring back the sun.

Fuck Elon Musk all the way to Mars and leave him there.

I want more bad things to happen to Elon than I do to Trump, and that's really saying something, because the list of bad shit I want to happen to Trump is long and complex and very very painful.

I used to worry I was carry around a karmic load I wouldn't be able to pay back but then I thought, fuck it, it's worth it to see something happen to those two.

Elon fucked that deal so badly (and certainly Trump was entertained) and for what, exactly? They didn't get the debt ceiling suspension, they managed to dump a few million dollars for items like (CHILDHOOD CANCER RESEARCH! (Which they ended up funding in a separate piece of legislation, anyway.) I do think they got Elon's Christmas present of no restrictions on investments in China (as those hypocritical fuckers demand we outlaw TikTok). And they scrapped a plan that would have created more transparency for fucking bloodsucking pharmaceutical middlemen supplying drugs to pharmacies, thereby controlling the cost of our medications.

I think they just did it because they were bored. Musk tweeted 100 times about it. JFC. The chaos is that is about to take us over is going to be a fucking nightmare.

I know they don't care about the damage to relationships, to the painstaking work that it takes to get diametrically opposed legislators to fucking come to a fucking agreement. Because, fuck, why not have some fun with the little people's lives while we're at it.

Sorry about the rage dump.