And it was like, oh yeah, life after politics is sure to be rough for a good-looking dude with a famous last name, friends in high places, and generational wealth.

But they were so convinced the whole world hated him as much as they did, because they were exposed to nothing else.

This made me so happy

because I haven't been as present on this platform, I feel like I miss a lot from you and other old friends, but I do miss you and remember the times we have visited.

As a side note, I do wonder if the reason that “Poutine” is the only menu item labelled in the Roman alphabet is that in Ukrainian Cyrillic, it would be the same as or very similar to “Putin”

I've been thinking that while Maurice would have never pulled Hellebuyck, he would have handled the presser better. For all that we moan that he makes it about himself, he's really good at redirecting questions/attention away from players

Did Otter start the game well? No, of course not.

You didn't bench Rantanen even though he had 0 goals and only 11 shots. You gave Benn and Seguin regular shifts even though they are both washed AF.

Otter is the reason the Stars made the West final. Unreal treatment by DeBoer.

Even before the tariffs a bunch of my friends and students said they were going out of their way to avoid crossing into North Dakota.

Also also, while I'm sad the Jets lost, it was kind of at that point where I was getting worried about the future horrors.

Also, I'm currently in the middle of a two week break from work. I'm not sure how relaxed I feel, because even if I went away I'm sure I'd still be worrying about mom the entire time, but I'm getting lots of little jobs done that will hopefully take lots of the stress off once I do go back.

She's still having issues with digestion (mainly 💩) which has led to some other pain issues and also a fun interlude where, because she was dehydrated her saliva glands got plugged/infected. I have learned so much about both the body and how to deal with hospital waiting rooms.