You know who doesn’t vote? 18-29 year-olds. In mid-terms, they’ve only broken 30% once. Just once in the last 40 years. Put ten people between the ages of 18-29 in a room and only three of them bothers to get the ballot in. We are where we are because 1) this is the world that young people want, or 2) because they…

My aunt, who was a normal Reagan republican twenty years ago and is now a bat-crap crazy racist in her late 70s, has twice performed wild erotic dances for me - in her living room (and fully-clothed, thankfully) - that are meant to represent both Bill Clinton and Hunter Biden on meth. She’s obsessed with the sex…

Really sad that you’re departing. I’ll keep an eye out for your byline elsewhere!

Hmm. Yeah. I think you win.

Oh, there are many things... scratch tickets, flavored cigars, novel and interesting periodicals, an array of automotive fluids for various uses, trucker hats, fix-a-flat ... and so on. The list is endless.

I think so - we may be close to a complete flip by now. I like most of the new folks, though, and I still do follow a couple of the originals. All the same, change is a real pain in the patootie.

Aw, criminy. I’m really sad to hear about this.

Re: Goodbyes and Hellos ... are you guys going to re-hire Erin Marquis? I hear she’s available.

I thought it was for shoe care. I clean the welts of my boots with it.

Ugh. Sorry to hear about the banning. Changing the codes is a real asshat move. Love the memes and the update. Many thanks as usual.

Nice to see Ballaban again. I miss that guy.

Well, sooner is better... I guess?

I can sympathize with the approach, even if I’m not 100% supportive of it when it comes to my mom. I’m glad you offered this view, absolutely. I’ll try to account for it, today.

Oh, well, so nice to have the explanation. Thank you! (I also am guessing we may not see much more of Harron, too.)

Yeah, I also sorta think it’s just that kind of ooky combination of pride and fear that’s at work here.

Oh! I would never tell her how angry I was at the time, for sure. (I’m not so much angry anymore - I’m wearing a concern sweater covered in anger lint and cat hair, by now.) I do not want to even give the smallest opening for defensiveness, so I’ll be careful, very much. Maybe pride is the piece of it. Maybe control?…

That makes sense. I know that there’s not much I can do, but I do want to be as supportive as I can... just to listen and encourage, if anything. I’ll be seeing her in a couple weeks and maybe that will be just the right timing to explore this a little more when we’re in the same room together. Thank you for your…

You know, I think this is what I needed to hear. Thank you. It’s good to have another take on the situation. I’m very grateful for the perspective.

Is this SNS? Do we even do SNS anymore?

That sounded very annoying and yet also adventurous. I’m glad you got out.