Tried to renew my passport online. I got an error message that I am not in the system. Then I tried to fill out and print an application to mail in. Surprise, that is not working either. Are the webmasters furloughed or is this just good ol government “efficiency measures”?

When I was younger, people would say “your education is one thing no one can take away from you” and only now do I realize the importance of that statement.

Roses are redde
Violettes are blue
Tesla doth make truckes
Wyth inadequate glue

Read the list of banned words for federal agencies as reported by NYT and others. Several times. (I am sure many of us have read the novel and seen the movie, we know where this leads).
WTF.

These two.

Woke up this morning again with a surge of “fight or flight” adrenaline, is there a third option please

Watching “Severance” season 2 and thinking “Wellll, it doesn’t seem sooooo bad in there” in light of the nightmare happening in the real world. (Is Lumon hiring?)