Betty Cracker

Monday, December 16 has loomed large on my personal calendar for a while now because that's when I was scheduled to get a post chemo/radiation scan to see how effective my treatments have been. I had follow-up appointments with a couple of docs to discuss the results.

Ever wonder what the fuck is wrong with Florida? This partly explains it: But there are things that are right with Florida too, like this medium-sized gator with all the teef:

I just can't be arsed to put up a Christmas tree this year. But I deployed this small nod to the season, and that will do nicely.

I've never understood why public corruption doesn't piss people off a lot more. When politicians funnel taxpayer funds to cronies or take massive bribes in exchange for favorable policy, it directly rips people off and/or leads to terrible outcomes, but in all but the most extreme cases (and sometimes even then), voters seem to shrug it off. I don't know what it would take to make them care.

Reading Anne Laurie's overnight thread about Musk blowing up the House spending bill, it occurred to me that elected Democrats could not hope for a slower, fatter pitch right over the plate to kick off their role as opposition party in the second Trump Error.

Drunken Aunties Cookie Night is tomorrow. I'll try to post about it live, but it's an unpredictable event.

I had intended to sorta live-blog DACN, but it got away from me. This bumble happened: Jesus.

Posted this on Bluesky the other day but wanted to share it here too: My sister and I agreed we would skip gift giving this year, but she picked up this ornament for me anyway to recognize that a monumentally shitty year is now drawing to a close:

Valued commenter matt posted this headline in the overnight thread: Musk says ‘hateful unrepentant racists' must be removed from Republican Party as visa feud deepens

We chose life in a swampy wilderness so we could observe the waterfowl, otters, gators and other critters, but we also enjoy watching football, especially this time of year. A screen-within-screen approach yields the best of both worlds.