Greg Lester

Or signs, seating cards, or directions.

At each table, we set gift bags of heirloom flower bulbs. On the day before we married, my MiL hired a last-minute wedding manager.

Ignorant of the bulbs (and the note), she ate an entire bag & left for the ER before the reception. Never did meet her.

I'm only shocked that he hadn't pardoned them already.

*static*

tsssh-click

(pilot grunt)

"Uh...as we are approaching the Rockies, I'm going to need everyone to stand up and jump on 3...2...aaaaaand..."

He's grown into a remarkable young man.

We were there for Ben's Eagle Project. We got 100 trees planted. Now we are sore.

A little house sits out among trees

My belief is that this is the best kind of nature center (Briar Bush, Abington, PA) because it is in the neighborhood and reminds folks that they live in nature, even in a fairly dense inner ring suburb.

Scouting leader pro tip: don’t expect Scouts or parents to read the email, discord post or semaphore.

Plan accordingly

In the last administration, I was repeatedly told by the MAGA-types that it was a failure of the Secretary of Transportation if we ever heard their name in the news.

I'm seeing this guy's name an awful lot.

This is precisely what Aunt Gloria did for Uncle George, along with reminders to use the handrails she installed everywhere.

From our hike today at the Pennypack Ecological Trust; I don’t think I’ve ever seen white tailed deer with black ears. There were three of them.

This why “good” at real estate and reality tv is not a plan for running government

"World's first potential trillionaire has killed 600,000 people, including 400,000 children" is the only headline that anyone should ever read about Elon Musk

Or plastic fins to make them easier to throw. Get a good spiral

She stops making the noise as soon as start recording

This next year will be rough, though. I feel a tsunami of nonsense, lies, and propaganda on the horizon.

Feel free to write me in as a candidate, preferably for a position that may include health benefits.

Liars and charlatans, the lot of them.

Somehow, this redneck rural cosplay thing has become the default setting in this country.

I was just thinking about this in To Kill a Mockingbird terms. Peck's Finch was a model for quiet strength, masculinity, and moral certainty.

We have rejected that model for violent, racist Bob Ewells.

Having one of those mornings when you think too hard about how long the dog is going to be around.

Oh, no worries. I'm just appalled by what I saw in LA. The cops started breaking up crowds before the game was even over.

They set the tone for the night. Sure, watch out for trouble, but the people have the right to celebrate. The LA police turned a joyous community occasion into chaos and anger.

It is more of a difference in policing. When the Eagles won last year, I saw the right-wingers predicting Philly violence.

Instead, it was a joyous takeover of the streets, & the cops let it happen, policing when needed

OTOH, LA cops see public expression as violence and pre-emptively attacked

The Autopen is calling from inside the West Wing!

Single use?

We live in a country where people routinely buy $80K pickups for aspirational towing or hauling (one day, I might get a boat...). Normalizing that kind of thing probably makes people insane.

It is November. We can turn the heat on now.

"He later appeared in the dreams of many of the attendees..."

I can see this having a cascading effect if this doesn't reverse soon. You can't stake your career and life's work on a system that cuts you and your support network off on a whim.

If the EU aggressively funded opportunities for Americans, the US would become a backwater in a decade or less.

I was told he was the antidote to Biden's neoconesque warmongering.

Poster for The Mouse That Roared, a satirical movie about a small European country that declares war on the US so that it could lose and then be granted redevelopment funds. Or something. It has been a while.

Sounds somewhat familiar.

We just sent an aircraft carrier to the Caribbean to continue murdering suspected drug runners.

In 2010, we sent the USS Carl Vinson to Haiti to provide fresh, desalinated water after a disaster.

Those thoughts represent two visions of American power, and I know which I prefer.

That's also why I think Trunk-or-Treats are so terrible.

Instead of a fun, spooky evening of kicking through the leaves and looking at decorations, you spend an afternoon in a parking lot.