Watched the Simone Biles doc last night, which chronicles her struggle to overcome - among other things - "the twisties" that forced her to pull out of Tokyo. There are many revelations about gymnastics in general i.e. the military-minded training process of the Karolyi era (no talking, no laughing, no goofing around) and the almost complete disregard for the fragility of the teenage body and mind. Our daughter withdrew from USAG last year in part because of these tactics. #parenting 1/2

@Maude
This is the crazy-pantsiest thing from this rube yet. "We're gonna ban abortion, but since you have to have the kid we're gonna let it vote and YOU get to decide how - actually - the FATHER gets to decide (even if he raped you)! DEMOCRAZY!!!!"

@Pat_Walrond
Ha! He's a "con-american". An Americon.

I love the smell of in the morning.....smells like....victory (or dicktory)

@CanisPundit
It's all in the podcast. FIVE is the maximum number of bullwinkles that can be awarded, with 1 bullwinkle being "poor" and 5 being "essential". Hope this helps. 😜

#cosomusic #podcast
EP40 of my indie rock podcast just dropped. As always, we have 10 brand new tracks to help you find your new favorite bands. Plus, we talk about music that "brings us back home", confusing tour strategies, and White Board speaks! You can stream "LETS PLAY TEN" on any service or directly at https://40ficreations.com/letsplayten

Thanks for checking us out and don't forget to count your bullwinkles.

@corlin
You turned me on to it! I just went to use it 10 minutes ago and got the bad news....bummer. Gotta look for an alternative.

Wife and daughter going to see Olivia Rodrigo tonight - and TBH I am kind of jelly. But I didn't want to be that guy ("who brought their dad???")

@wolfwoman
We just switched from flour pasta to chick pea pasta - a little more $$ yeah - but very close in texture to regular pasta and really picks up the flavors of whatever sauce/seasoning we add.

Daughter’s 13th bday cake, baked by her and her mommy. Its red velvet, and hand decorated.

@GlennS
Oh, I think I overdid it today!

@piquant00
Yes - all that - and he still polls (I know I know I know) at 50% and the base loves him even more now. TBH I'm getting less concerned with the election and more concerned with its aftermath.

@00pi lets hope life doesn’t imitate art, eh?

@00pi
And that's all a lot of us can do. I know people who are STILL shell shocked from 2016, and have completely dropped off the grid (not voting, not caring, not participating, not discussing). It's ok for confidence to be low, these are strange times. And getting stranger.

This, I promise, will be my last K-centric post today.

Remember this time in 2016? How enthusiastic the party was? We were going to do something that had never been done before (again). The path was clear and all we had to do was watch that orange punk get pummeled on election night.
And then....poof.

This isn't deja vu. Things feel different now. I'm not over-confident..just...confident. Yeah - this is a different vibe. The wave is gathering, folks, Wax your boards. Vote.