I want to upvote this a lot more; I want to see progressive policies enacted in this country and I don't care who does this as long as they make it effective and don't cause lasting damage. I was happy to vote for Sanders in the primary and Clinton in the general (and would have done the exact same thing all over…

I'm harvesting mild optimism from my co-worker, who went to the polls and wrote in some random name for President in November. Thing is, though, he did vote for our unexpectedly effective Democratic congresswoman, and given how bearish I am on people turning out for midterms, maybe I can get him mildly enthusiastic…

Good to see ya, Chet, before the Kinjapocalypse.

I'm still not sure how I'll deal with this (not in an existential sense, more "what I'll do"). I'm going to sign up for a Kinja account just to have my comments available, but I expect my already limited participation on the AVC will rapidly decline (I rarely go by the PCW anymore). This feature has a reasonable…

Best wishes for your wife's health!

Good to hear things are going all right! Better than recently, myself; I went through another bad patch Monday evening but managed to weather it and deleted (for the time being, anyway) my OKC account Tuesday. Plan to do a lot of self-maintenance (physical as well as emotional; rode almost fifty miles on the bike this…

I mean, I think it goes in cycles. One of the things that kind of encouraged me in the wake of the break-up was that I'd been close to that low before and things managed to improve afterwards—if not in relationship terms, at least in personal ones. There's a good (even predominant) possibility that I'll never again be…

http://tolerabilityindex.fr…

I'm coming to a similar conclusion regarding Michaels' coupons (though it gives me an excuse for a fifteen-mile bike ride).

Nice; I should keep my eyes peeled.

I feel this. I have super flat feet and can barely run for real, let alone exercise or recreation. That said, trail running (or walking) would likely solve those problems (on the other hand, if you're on a bike, the birds and wildlife haven't evolved to get out of your way so fast, so pictures and observation are a…

Creative Endeavors

I've been doing pretty extensive bike rides the last few days. It's part of my strategy to deal with the return of my slow, tedious co-worker; the more active and productive I am outside of work, the less my shifts with her feel like a waste. So Monday I did fifteen miles and today I've already done five (will likely…

Keeping my load light, but steadily moving new books into the pipeline: Mark Greengrass's Christendom Destroyed: Europe 1517-1648, Lynne Cox's South with the Sun, and finally got my hands on a copy of Edith Wharton's The Age of Innocence (I love Wharton but somehow never got around to reading it, and every indie or…

I posted in the Shoutbox a couple of times, but I find it's much like the Avocado open threads; borderline impossible to keep up with even though it doesn't give my computer the conniptions the way the open threads do.

Me too, actually. My attention's really been wavering on new music recently so I should make an effort to give it another chance.

I'm determined to actually go somewhere next year for one of my non-family vacations (I try and take two a year but generally just hang around town). Chicago's the most obvious candidate, but maybe NYC if I can find a cheap enough place to stay…

Yeah. What sucks is that I was really good at that before I started dating again, but then there was always the hope back in the day that I would date again and be successful at it keeping me going on some subconscious level. And there are friends of mine who are kind of in the same boat and suffering through other…

I'll often think of the animals who are likely to survive and maybe even prosper in our absence (crows, octopuses… if you're Gary Larson, cows…). I want us to pull through, but there are all too many of us who seem to be hellbent on making sure that isn't the case.

Getting a bit personal here…