Mushroom Cynosure

I'm already sick of talking about it, but for the sake posterity, I should record the absolutely bonkers week we had. The Democrats managed to win TWO federal senate runoff elections in Georgia, giving them the barest majority once Biden takes office. Yay! But before I could even get properly excited about that, hundreds of Trump supporters rioted in DC and broke into the Capitol Building during the certification of the electoral college votes. Since the incident, it has become clear that right-wing terrorists were aided by police and government officials, all of whom thought this was gonna be the big one. The big coup we've all been waiting for.  Photos show terrorists with zip ties for taking hostages, who would have presumably been executed in a show trial. Five people died, including a cop. There was also a terrorist who may or may not have tased himself in the balls and suffered a heart attack. I'm sure that isn't true, but I'm never going to say differently.  ...

Maybe I haven't harped on this enough, but 2021 is going to be a year of big changes. The baby could start arriving any day now. What wonders and horrors await us. Are we ready? I'm as ready as I'll ever be. I love taking care of little creatures, and I love my family. This is us growing a new family member from scratch. And kids can be difficult, but I'm no stranger to difficult people. Anti-abortionists are deluded scum, by the way. I understand WHY they hold the opinions they hold. If I was crazy/ignorant enough to believe that abortion was state-sanctioned genocide, I'd be against it too. But it's not. And pregnancy is not a fucking morality play. People get abortions for many reasons, none of which are the business of America's spiritually and philosophically-impaired cult fraternities, known colloquially as churches (among other houses of worship). A fertilized egg is not a baby. A fetus, at any stage, should be treated like a part of its mother's ...

I don't usually say this type of thing, but I'm so happy that 2020 is over. And I say that as a fortunate white guy living middle class in this rapidly-declining gerontocracy. There were a few setbacks - I got hit with a temporary pay cut and Whitney was furloughed for three months - but we kept our jobs, and our home, and our health. Many, many people did not and will not have those luxuries in the near future. What a fucking year. I don't want to think about what the situation would be like if Trump had gotten reelected. Part of my relief is just knowing, whatever else happens, this ridiculous fucking farce of an administration is coming to an end.  This will be a short entry. My productivity has actually picked up, so I'd like to get to work on some of the things that are in desperate need of my attention.  Happy 2021, the Year of the Sealab.