Agreed, I actually learn things with Romo, because he’ll make comments in the vein of “it’s a cover 2 defense, so the way they’re lined up, I’m guessing they’re running a slant...” etc etc, and usually that’s what happens.

Ask and you shall receive. His name is Odie, he’s a Rhodesian Ridgeback, and he’s 4 months old!

Nice! It’s been cold, but it was some solid hygge weather, which I’m all for. Plus my parents got a new puppy a few months ago and being here for his first blizzards was great. He must’ve eaten twice his body weight in snow and ice every day.

I may have asked you this before, but where in Maine are you from? I grew up in Waterville, currently back visiting parents. When I came out here a couple weeks ago, I did not expect to be looking forward to flying back to the upper Midwest so that I can enjoy better weather.

Interesting, maybe they changed it after the blowback. I thought about giving them my Trump-supporting uncle’s number, but that would probably just reinforce his already crappy opinions.

I just took the survey. My response in the comments section, which I’m sure he will never see, as after submitting I got a text saying I needed to agree to receiving GOP texts in order to submit:

Agreed. I mostly like Sanders, but he could hit the ground any day now. Strategically it doesn’t make any sense.

My dad’s side of the family is all from the south (Alabama and Texas mostly). At Christmas dinner, I asked what were their top three issues when deciding who to vote for in a state or federal election. All of them put abortion at number one.

One thing I’m looking forward to, if we don’t all die first, is what his presidential library will look like. I’ve been to a few, and they’re all quite different. LBJ’s is all “look how much shit I got done.” Kennedy’s is all “look how attractive my family is, sailing around Cape Cod.” GWB’s is all “look, if you were…

He looks like a single dad that didn’t get custody of his kids after a long night of drinking and driving.

I have a friend who allowed a journalist to quote her under her real name in a critical article involving the Trump administration awhile back. I wont go into detail, don’t want her to get any more heat. Anyway, she was the only source in the article to not request anonymity, because she thought the article would…

To be fair, a Shadow Cabinet does have a very scary ring to the name. Who can blame him for assuming it’s a new alliance of DC Comics super-villains?

I have a relative with dementia, to the point that recently her husband had to assume his power of attorney role, because a lawyer said notaries/banks/other lawyers/etc. would likely soon stop accepting her signature, as she would very obviously not understand what she was signing.

Exactly. I got an advance copy a few days ago from an agent buddy, and if even just 5% of the stuff in there is true, it’s still pretty scathing.

All of that shit is so infuriating. “Hey, remember the good old days, when your teeth rotted out of your skull and you were lucky to make it to the age of 30? We should get back to that.”

Seriously, that’s like 4 plays of Nazi Punks Fuck Off

My worst passport experience was a few years ago, coming back to the US from Turkey. I still had an old Syrian visa in there from when I’d been planning a visit before, ya know. The passport control guy sees the Syrian visa, notices I’ve been in Istanbul for the past two months, and decides he has some questions.

That is a bit of a surprise casting decision, as Nic seems to have a low opinion of e-cigs.

Agreed, I also thought he was pretty good on The Bridge. Not a perfect show, but I thought he was one of the more engaging characters on it.

I’m slowly coming around to liking him as a person, BUT. Eating there was the worst dining experience of my life. We booked a reservation as a novelty, figured it would be essentially Applebee’s. But no, it is Applebee’s leftovers the next day.