There is no franking excuse. No political spin here... it's outright incompetence and unacceptable risk. What the ever lupin frak???!

There was a point in time when a familar symbol ceased being one of hope and positivity, corrupting into a harbinger of oppression and misery.

I believe we are now witnessing that same subversion happening in real-time again.

I am angry. I am frustrated. I am bitter. I am struggling. I am focused on the fact that I need to improve the world - and what I can affect is that space that is "around me." More and more I feel that is just not enough...

Meta off. Dollars staying put.

The surprise is that they're surprised.

Scotch sipping glass and tasting bottle on table

Thus begins Advent 2024.

The very same to you

Entrance scene to Miracle on 34th Street (1947)

It is time.

I'll take a look at it -