Current drink: Maker's Mark. Not my favorite bourbon, but extremely solid, and a great deal for the price.
- Finished the episode "Who Are You?" from the show Andor. Absolutely brilliant. One reason it works is that it's the first show since the 1977 original movie to make the Empire actually competent and scary (the later movies made the Sith scary and the Empire as just their lackeys). A good guideline for Star Wars is that the more emphasis they put on the Force, the weaker the world gets.
- I'd like to thank Tyrese Haliburton for being the NBA villain they didn't know they needed. He and the Pacers are both very good and very obnoxious. Part of me roots for them to lose- the other part wants them to win it all this year so my beloved Cleveland Cavaliers can knock them off next year.
- The House passed the "Big Beautiful Bill" this past week. Two thoughts:
- Speaker Mike Johnson is, much like Nancy Pelosi and Mitch McConnell, really good at his job. He twisted enough arms to get the bill passed when it seemed unlikely.
- I'm an old school Conservative. I like tax cuts, and I think the government overspends. But with a current debt at over $36 trillion and a current deficit at over $1 trillion (that's over $1,000,000,000,000.00), we really need spending cuts and tax hikes. This bill does nothing to deal with the debt seriously
- Current game: The life and suffering of Sir Brante. Fascinating "Chose Your Own Adventure" type game going over an entire life. Really enjoying it
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