I saw that! Someone posted about it on BT. It’s welcome news, but I don’t hold out any hope of President-Elect Biden being able to do much before he assumes the office. I love reading about all the adults he’s appointing, though.

As I shared on the new home of BT, I work in the ED at a smallish hospital (144 beds in the hospital, 22 in the ED), and there were two nights where the hospital was so full that about nine of our ED patients who needed admitted had to be held overnight downstairs until a room could open up. Part of our ICU floor is…

From what I gather, they are not trying to do something nice, but to do something that *appears* nice, so they can congratulate themselves that they did something thoughtful for their son and daughter-in-law. However, they all know that the parents-in-law did not actually put any thought into it or into getting to…

Another nice thing:

Either he's not getting the $20,000/day fees he has demanded, or he is budgeting $5 for dye.

All this provided, of course, upon the Trump businesses remaining solvent and/or on Papa Trump or any of the Trump kids avoiding prison.

In other times, it would be a foregone conclusion. But Trump is so divisive that he has even divided the military leaders. Being the chairman doesn’t mean that he makes all the decisions about what to order, and in any case, the Secret Service doesn’t answer to him, and they are the ones who will probably be tasked…

I think General Milley is blustering, and he definitely holds a minority position. Trump has contradicted the military and changed and scrapped long-developing plans so many times in four years that he is an embarrassment as a commander-in-chief, not least because he keeps trying to order the armed forces on Twitter,…

The generals hate him, though. The civilian appointees are not part of the chain of command.

He never liked paying people who worked for him when he had money. Why would that change now that he is broke again?

Thank you!

I’m sure I will. The background check will be a breeze, especially since I just had one for work in September. I also have excellent credit and an unproblematic and distant rental history. My income also exceeds their required minimum. The woman who oversaw my application process said she was pretty sure I’d get a yes…

It will be my first place in 10 years that is truly and solely mine, so I’m looking forward to getting it set up. I’m also making the most money I have ever made in my life, so I have an opportunity to really make it look and feel the way I have longed for for years.

It's the Hamburglar.

Honestly, it’s the best job I have ever had. It suits my skills and interests far more than anything else I have ever done, and I look forward to going in every day. It helps immensely that the whole pharmacy department is supportive of one another, both personally and professionally, so I have extremely smart people…

I've had three negative tests in the last six weeks. So far, so good.

I went on my first hike in ages last Sunday. If the weather stays cool and otherwise pleasant tomorrow, I’ll probably go again.

Watch for the screenplay by Greta Thunberg.

You know, a sequel would be easier to film now that there are fewer glaciers.

Normally, my dad’s side of the family—minus the New Jersey branch, who are always invited and never show—descends en masse with my aunt’s family on my uncle’s house, and the fifty or so of us, including a dozen under 12, demolish a good bit of two large turkeys and two tables of various and sundry side dishes and…