If you noticed, there are some changes around here. I decided to move away from Ghost and try this blog with next.js and markdown. I had to manually recreate all the blog posts, but I think it’s ultimately worth it. I have been less and less impressed by Ghost recently and their move to monetization, as I obviously don’t monetize this beast. And Wordpress is much more easily compromised with plugins. Also I had a Wordpress site get hacked once and I’ve been skeptical ever since. ...

Sonuvabitch! Caught a cold. And from one of my guys at work. Thanks John. And on my birthday no less. Dumb!

It’s a hot vax summer???

So, it’s official. I’m the new team lead for the PM crew. Another small bump in pay and some more responsibily. Excellent!

I got mine today. Go get yours. Seriously.

It’s that fabulous time of the year again. Spring. And with Spring comes Baseball! The big leagues are playing, fans are back in most stadiums in some capacity, and Mason is playing too! Very much playing. On 4 teams! So the schedule is pretty hectic, and it seems like all I’m doing is driving to this practice, or that game, or some other field. But I love it. Which Susie loves to remind when I start to complain about all the running. Yes, it’s crazy and busy, but I wouldn’t have it any other way. ...

Took my car to get inspected today. Wow. Last April I hit a deer on my way to work and took my car to Connor’s Auto Body. They repaired the body and the front passenger suspension system which was damaged at a cost of almost $2,400 out of my pocket. Today my car cost another $935 to repair that same suspension system. The. Exact. Same. Parts.(!) So what the fuck did I pay Connor’s for? ...

The republican party is at war with itself. Two factions, the old conservatives and the new radicals. As I’m writing this Kevin McCarthy is holding a party meeting to discuss the fate of two Congresswomen, Liz Cheney and Marjorie Taylor Greene. To illustrate the polar ends of the party, Cheney who is the 3 most powerful Republican is taking heat for voting to impeach Trump for the 2nd time after his fiasco at the capital. And Greene is under fire for, well, many things. QAnon, white supremacy, anti-Semitism, and unfortunately, Jewish-controlled, wildfire-causing space “lazers.” No joke. ...

So, here it is; the last day of the tRump administration. Fucking finally! I’m unbelievably relieved, happy, excited, hopeful. So here a few things that are making me smile right now. This gives me life!! 💃🏻 pic.twitter.com/b9Q580DlhS — Deborah 🌊🌟 (@dajacks2) January 19, 2021 I’m not 100% sure... but I’m getting increasingly worried that the Trump new healthcare plan might not be coming.... — Anthony Scaramucci (@Scaramucci) January 20, 2021 MeidasTouch and @BetteMidler saying #GOODBYEDONNIE you fascist scumbag!!! pic.twitter.com/QaXTPwBaV4 ...

Here’s the truth. The election wasn’t rigged or stolen. It was free, fair and not at all fraudulent. The results were certified by all 50 states, affirmed by congress, and had the single best turnout ever. Trump started to sow the seeds of doubt in early 2020, saying that any election he didn’t win was “rigged”, attacking mail-in votes as fraudulent and illegal, all while voting by mail himself. The reason for that? For decades mail-in voting has long-favored the Democrats. If you think the Republicans don’t know that, you’d better think again. ...