Mattie survives

Well, that was quite the Duke game.  Thankfully they won, or it would have been less of a game.  More seriously... I thought they had it in the bag, but then Arizona -- and Caleb Love, gulp -- came storming back, and there we were, a real nail-biter.  But, thankfully, the Boys in the Brotherhood pulled through.  On a night when Alabama put up 113 -- and Coach Cal lost, how sad -- it was good to see Duke also hit the century mark, as they will need it Saturday.

I missed much of the key second half (sort of) because our food pantry ops manager called me to discuss things.  Some were important, some not, and...well, I think much of it could have been handled tomorrow, or at least not during the Duke game.  Alas.  I survived, Duke survived, and I am sure I need more heart palpitations like a hole in my head.

Jasmine Crockett Is Tacky and Classless, and I Encourage This | National Review
Mostly good?  I mean, it's not like the press will ever call her out on this, so... until I see Jake Tapper giving her this treatment, other than that, call me underwhelmed.

How California’s excesses inspired the ‘abundance’ craze - POLITICO
Similarly, I will believe it when I see it.  To be sure, we should be calling them out on this at every opportunity, noting that when they are in charge of anything, they fuck it up...

DOGE’s next target: NPR and PBS - POLITICO
I have to admit, I got a kick out of the hearing snippets -- calling out the head of NPR about books she never read or tweets never sent is fine, but at the end of the day, there is no reason why these people should be getting any money, and the sooner the axe comes out...