MrWolf

Exhaustion. I hadn't remembered what that was like again until this week. And to think, that's how things were for years with toddlers. Ah the days of requiring multiple cups of coffee in the morning AND a tripleshot espresso in the afternoon just to function... hopefully I'm not THAT bad again.

I'd go so far as to permit Trump to be Emperor. Just like Emperor Norton. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Norton

I ... maybe shouldn't read news sometimes. I just wanted to say that. When news from particular corners of the world leaves me... well, "sad" is one way to put it... but I'm not even sure if my computer gaming hobby can REALLY take my mind off it. I'm trying to be oblique, here. Usually I can shrug it off. Not sure why I'm having trouble today.

Well. I'll just say this - I hadn't actually realized he was still alive, for whatever that says about anything. I believe I remember some Monty Python lines involving his name. Actually... song... oh yes. I own a copy of The Final Ripoff, fond memories of listening to that CD. Lyrics Henry Kissinger How I'm missing yer You're the Doctor of my dreams With your crinkly hair and your glassy stare And your machiavellian schemes I know they say that you are very vain And short and fat and pushy but at least you're not insane Henry Kissinger How I'm missing yer And wishing you were here Henry Kissinger How I'm missing yer You're so chubby and so neat With your funny clothes and your squishy nose You're like a German parakeet All right so people say that you don't care

I wish people wouldn't use that kind of rhetoric. Re: Tucker Carlson's quote above. At least I can wish.

I seem to remember something about funding the rest of the federal government being Congress' responsibility. Or am I misremembering? It's hard to tell these days...

The only thing i have to say is... a quote from a song... well maybe two songs... "Come on ride the train, hey ride it" - quad city DJs, apparently And from the KLF - "Last train to Trancentral" - "All aboard, all aboard, whoa (Come on, boy, do you wanna ride?) All aboard, all aboard, whoa" I'm sure there are more train songs. But these are what came to mind.

At least that's something. Not sure why it popped back up in my head today and I had to check on it, but it did.

Came here to mention that I had to re-check and yes, Ron DeSantis keeps supporting his "slit throats day one" comment and doesn't seem likely to retract it. This is a contender for the Presidency? I can't even...

Trumpcoin. Like dogecoin only also not.

Rest in peace. Yeah, she seemed kind of timeless, but then, I was surprised when Jack Lalanne passed, too. (And that was ... wow... 2011.)

I wish I had good answers/suggestions for avoiding... such things. I suspect it will take all sorts of steps that eventually gel together to reduce the numbers. Not every country on earth has such events. So... why is that? /rhetorical?

I heard on NPR that there have been fairly few elections of Speaker of the House that had to have multiple votes... but hey... plus/minus maybe?... at least it wasn't MONTHS like one time. The House last struggled to elect a speaker 100 years ago. Here's what happened : NPR The Longest and Most Contentious Speaker Election in House History | US House of Representatives: History, Art & Archives 1856 - two MONTHS.

My condolences to the family and friends and all others who knew him in person/directly.