POGtastic

Just mailed off my ballot. Normally I go through the ritual of looking up every candidate, including the Republicans, before I fill out my ballot. That did not happen this time. I will start considering Republican candidates again sometime in 2034, and am open to pushing the date out farther

got my flu shot. oww owwwo wwwwww

The dubious doggy DNA kit has been submitted for Oliver. Ah, the things that we spend our hard-earned money on

The results are back and are about what we expected

Big Nuts Lutz to win it in OT

I would like to take this opportunity to say that I was wrong and too cynical. I made some snarky reply to @jkuznicki.bsky.social saying that Trump's fandom is a sports team and that his disapproval ratings come from it not being fun to cheer for him anymore. Polls like this do not show that.

bought Tin Cup Rye ($25) for the purposes of making into Manhattans and, frankly, this is not good at all. I usually get ~$50 bottles and thought myself a non-discerning consumer of spirits and, well, this stuff is proving me wrong.

new cherries have been purchased. the kid at the liquor store counter looked blankly at me when I asked him where the jarred cherries were. also a couple had just moved here and was complaining about how Oregon makes them go to a liquor store to buy liquor. I told them to visit Massachusetts

bought Tin Cup Rye ($25) for the purposes of making into Manhattans and, frankly, this is not good at all. I usually get ~$50 bottles and thought myself a non-discerning consumer of spirits and, well, this stuff is proving me wrong.

I pulled into the liquor store on the way home from the climbing gym and made a casual joke about my wife and child "driving me to drink." my wife responded with "hahahaha you haven't seen anything yet. you still have about 40 years to go!!!"

bought Tin Cup Rye ($25) for the purposes of making into Manhattans and, frankly, this is not good at all. I usually get ~$50 bottles and thought myself a non-discerning consumer of spirits and, well, this stuff is proving me wrong.