Oh boy. Big party this evening.
20 anniversary celebration.

All the decorations are up. Food cooked and being delivered.

All we need to do now is shower and fill up the helium balloons.

https://www.sfchronicle.com/health/article/laguna-honda-cleared-restart-admissions-new-19613337.php

Our local long-term care hospital, Laguna Honda, has started to allow former residents to return. It is also taking in new residents.

This was a long and painful journey for my family. My mother in law was a resident there for her last years. She was in the process of dying when they were threatening to move her to another facility. 41 were moved and 12 of them immediately died. "Transfer Trauma".
I fought against the transfers and they (US govt) stopped it. We may have saved 100 lives

20th Anniversary today!

Wonderful day wandering around Napa Valley.

Looking forward to the next 20 years with this wonderful lady!

If you can't think abstractly
You can't argue rationally.

Don't argue with someone that can't discuss concepts that are not tangible.

This doesn't include rhetorical BS. That's how suckers are convinced.

Guess what I'm about to do!!!

Discussion this morning while walking with the wife:

How can Kamala get us to start talking to each other and stop hating.

My insight: After an election our ability to change things diminishes.

We need to focus on the things we can control.
We shouldn't get emotional about the things we don't control.
We can still fight-the-good-fight, but don't vilify your neighbor. Be civil.

Argue during the elections. That's the battleground.

Then go back to being neighbors.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0OKDZoFUPQ

The great John Mayall has died.
"Room to Move" was one of my favorite songs growing up. Incredible harmonica.
Later I learned that Eric Clapton played with him.
Now I hear, from him in this tweet, that John mentored Eric at an early age.

https://x.com/EricClapton/status/1816128938437235095

Everyone get your Cat Lady Support going!

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"There is no restraining men's tongues or pens when charged with a little vanity"
- George Washington

Trump is quite the anti-Washington candidate.

Barak: Hello?

Gavin: Hi. It's me, Gavin. I was wondering if you might consider endors...

Barak: No. <click>

Gavin: (shit) Kamala for President!

Having fun with AI art:

Government being, among other purposes, instituted to protect the Persons and Consciences of men from oppression, it certainly is the duty of Rulers, not only to abstain from it themselves, but according to their Stations, to prevent it in others.
-- George Washington
(Thank you, President Biden!)

https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/05-04-02-0188

And for next Saturday: The Aliens have landed!

Theory:
Obama is not endorsing so that he is a honeypot to attract those candidates that will want to challenge Harris. He can then tell them, privately, to not challenge her.

Then he later endorses her.

Excitement= Turnout
Turnout > Dems

Chicks vs Dicks

Time to focus on "Excitement"!
VP Whitmer would generate a lot of excitement.
2 women against 2 men in Roevember.