Trump Is Depraved, Deranged, and Doing Real Damage - The Atlantic

recently wrote that Trump was behaving like a mob boss. That comparison turns out to have been insulting to mob bosses everywhere

‘60 Minutes’ Was Right to Have on Marjorie Taylor Greene

Marjorie Taylor Greene believes that Democrats are “pedophiles.” Including Joe Biden. She said it. Right there on 60 Minutes on Sunday night for the whole country to hear. And when she said it, the interviewer, Leslie Stahl, responded only with “Wow,” and “Okay.”

My wife made me this lovely Norwegian Success Cake for my birthday cake, which I learned about right here on M.b!

My new saucier! Birthday present from my wife. Now I have to get saucey!

Now, if these were 58 flights of stairs in a building, I would never make it. Walking up the side of a mountain? Whole different story…

First birthday agenda item complete (assuming I get back down). Climb up to the Beacon reservoir.

Happiness is the only good. The time to be happy is now. The place to be happy is here. The way to be happy is to make others so.

–Robert G. Ingersoll

lithub.com/sarah-bak…

April 4, 2023 (Tuesday)

Wisconsin voters elected Janet Protasiewicz to the Wisconsin Supreme Court by a ten-point margin.

Yes! Take that you gerrymandering mofus!

About the Supreme Court of Wisconsin judge election.

Right now it’s all about 45’s perp walk, but the Wisconsin Supreme Court Judge election is more important in mho…

The real story is the Supreme Court Judge election in Wisconsin, not the indictment of cheeto-man…

From yesterday…

Brick wall with brick protrusions casting shadows.

From yesterday…

From this morning’s walk…

How Much Does Happiness Cost?

For the truly impoverished, whom the book suggests have less than $10K/person/yr income, on average, in the United States, any increment in income brings a substantial increment in happiness. Once the $10K/person/yr threshold is crossed, further increase in income brings a marginal increase in happiness. When the threshold of $30k/person/yr is reached, additional income brings no increase in happiness.

My first time making chicken in a terracotta roasting dish. Aesthetically promising…

Love this African colors inspired wallpaper for my iPhone…

Quaker’s Best Oatmeal Cookies Recipe - Quaker Oats

Baking “COVID recovery” cookies for my family on the west coast. My iteration includes raisins (1 cup) and black walnuts (1-1/2 cups). The black walnuts give them a distinctive flavor.

We are what we feel and perceive. If we are angry, we are the anger. If we are in love, we are love. If we look at a snow-covered mountain peak, we are the mountain. We can be anything we want, so why do we open our windows to bad TV programs?

—Thich Nhat Hanh

I’m sure lots of practice was involved in this high school production!

The Trumpinoes starting to fall… fasten seatbelts, a bumpy ride may ensue…

In an alternate universe based on mirroring…

Wires slice the morning sky.

And now we work on being ambidextrous! Just received my lefthand vertical mouse. Not as awkward as I thought it might be.

My mother, brother and sister had their own little super spreader gathering (just the three of them). They are all down with COVID. Fortunately, they are on west coast and I am on east. Everyone seems to be doing tolerably well.

I have arrived at a compromise between my digital and analog journaling. Rambling personal thoughts in analog form are photographed, inserted into my daily note page in Obsidian and tagged for any thoughts or happenings I don’t want to loose track of.