Recovery

This not posting thing is getting a little extreme... Monday night we had an OC Board meeting, which was fine -- bit long, but we discussed many things, including the December giveaways (blankets, sheets, hats and gloves) and a potential giveaway for January 2025 with toys.  I have created a monster, I think, but I will make an ironclad rules sheet, and see where it goes.  Anyways, I came home and crashed.  Tuesday I had a haircut, dinner with a friend... and came home and crashed.  Tonight, of course, I wanted to get to bed early, and here we are.  Oi.  

At least I was able to catch up on some TV -- the archived J! episodes, and the first installment of the PBS special on DaVinci.  Interesting.  Good to look at nice art of course, but... let's just say that I feel we missed out with all his unfinished works...  

In other news, I have a pile of OC stuff to do, insurance plans to decide upon, and so many other things.  At least I finished another book -- Hitler's Furies, about female Nazis and their (largely unpunished) roles in the Holocaust.  Dare I say that the reason they did it was because they thought they could get away with it?

Is New York Turning Red? Inside Trump’s Rising Popularity
Interesting.  I wonder if this will hold, but the fact is that a lot of people seem to have missed this...

Democrat Marcy Kaptur holds hotly contested Ohio battleground district - POLITICO
You know, much like the Senate rates we didn't invest in... the GOP seemed most uninterested in getting rid of her, and it showed.  This is a problem for a bunch of reasons, given that...well, the GOP is going to have a very tight margin, no matter what, and in retrospect... well, this could have been a seat we could have had, and we will be needing every one.

How Joe Biden’s Gamble on Inflation Backfired - WSJ
I realize we are dealing with Democrats here, but...what, 600 people or so work at the White House, and no one thought this might happen?  Or, more appropriately, that they all figured this would be ok?  That inflation might be a problem never crossed their minds?  I realize we are all susceptible to groupthink, but...this is a bit ridiculous, and they deserve all the egg they can get.