At least when you do get snow (and you will), it’ll be light and fluffy. Not the quick-set concrete we get in the east. I remember Halloween with a few inches on the ground, in CO, in the ‘80s.

Mientras tanto, los borinqueños están pensando en preparar una parranda navideña. 🎉

Also Sean Duffy: “and all you women travelers should smile more.”

Anyone who’s read Barbara F. Walter’s book, “How Civil Wars Start and How to Stop Them,” knows that this is a very bad place to be.

It then adds: “ the USA is no longer considered a democracy and lies at the cusp of autocracy; it has experienced a Presidential Coup and Adverse Regime Change event (8-point drop in its POLITY score).”

Not just you saying this, either. The Center for Systemic Peace (systemicpeace.org) homepage has this: “The CSP COUP dataset lists an "attempted coup" (COUP=2) for the USA on 6 January 2021 and a successful coup (COUP=1) on 20 January 2025.”

And: a kidney, as collateral.

From Bertolt Brecht:

“Ja, renn nur nach dem Glück
Doch renne nicht zu sehr
Denn alle rennen nach dem Glück
Das Glück rennt hinterher.”

“Yes, run after happiness,
But don't run too fast,
Because everyone is running after happiness,
And happiness runs behind.”

Oh, wow, I wish I could watch it for the first time, again. Next best was watching it with the kids, and seeing their reactions. And then, them referring to it in conversation a year or so later.

And Kung Fu Hustle makes me think of Journey To The West, another cinematic gem. Stephen Chow, for the win.