Needs to change

The amount of damage Trump has done since the November election is incalculable.

I'm not talking about fomenting insurrection. I'm talking about everything else.

About abandoning the vaccine/covid effort entirely, so Biden comes in to a total mess.

About the shew of horrific environmental decisions: sales made in the Arctic National Wildlife refuge, mining rights all over the West, spotted owl territory open to logging.

About the number of appointments of people to posts for which they have no qualifications (duh, nobody in Trump's orbit is qualified for anything) but who will not be in place, annoying or dangerous rocks for the Biden administration to have to remove or navigate around

About the pardons.

About the destruction of records.

About... you get the idea.

All of this when his people are refusing help and the normal process of transition is being perverted, ignored, demeaned. Biden is walking into an unknown that Trump folks are making worse on a daily basis.

We seriously need to change the timeline here, or the laws. Clearly when the peaceful transition of power and information is based on tradition and doing what is right, the process can be subverted by a malignant actor. Things now need to be written down, and enacted as laws. Things like no new appointments. No non-emergency executive orders. No major sales of public goods to the lowest bidder. I know that also means no last minute national monument declarations, and that sucks, but the danger of what Trump is doing, and another ill-intentioned president could do, outweighs the good things that a Democratic president could enact.

The other thing that needs to change, and I don't know how that would work with the Constitution, but we need to shorten the time from election to inauguration. Even 1 Jan is too late, but it would be better than the current additional 3 weeks in January to destroy the nation.

Cult deprogramming

People on twitter are talking about how Biden should hire cult deprogramming experts, to develop a mass media campaign to attempt to rescue the Qrazies.

I'm not an expert in, well, anything, but I do have some thoughts... I mean... of course I do!

1. The thought of government run thought control experiment is frightening. I'm not sure I like that idea.

2. Cult deprogramming is iffy at best.

3. We not longer have a hook. At this point, our versions of reality are so different, I cannot think of a single area in which those of us in the reality based community could agree with the Qdiots. We always knew evolution and climate change and vaccination were going to be an issue, but we're at the point where we cannot even agree on the basic science of epidemics and public health, etc. We share nothing. I'm not sure, under those circumstances, what could be used to re-ground them in reality.

Menus 18Jan-24Jan

Monday: taco salad


Tuesday: chicken tikka masala, naan, roasted cauliflower.


Wednesday: meatballs with breadsticks and tomato sauce. Perry.


Thursday: chicken sausage with rice.


Friday: chili with cornbread (Perry has a cast iron skillet...).


Saturday: grilled leg of lamb, roasted potatoes.


Sunday: meatloaf, rice pilaf.

I had zero desire to make menus this week, end result is that a lot of the suggestions come from everyone else. I am planning a fancy breakfast for Wednesday, and maybe even some mimosas. I usually don't drink so that may make the rest of Wednesday less than productive.

Another meal that slaps

I've talked about "meals that slap" before, Linnea's ultimate compliment on dinner.

Got another slap tonight, for cheesy grits with shrimp, bacon, and spinach (no shrimp for Perry and me). I'd never made grits before and had only have them once or twice while in South Carolina for my FIL's funeral. They're both very similar to, and different from, polenta, which we eat relatively often.

Anyhow, this was a success. Perry wasn't overly thrilled, but he's picky about some things (and not at all about others), so eh.

Next time, less cheese, this was a bit much imo.