Jenn Dolari @dolari@driveinsaturday.org

1787:
Elizabeth Willing Powel: "Well, Doctor, what have we got, a republic or a monarchy?"
Benjamin Franklin: "A republic, if you can keep it."

2024:
Waiter: "Anything on the menu you'd like to order?"
The Electorate: "I'd like fascism please. Well done. Topped with ketchup."

I gotta ask all the folks that voted for That Guy, like, after everything we learned about him: "What was it about him that appealed to you?"

...and we lost the Senate.

"OMG, it must be so so so late right now."
::looks at clock::
"It's only 10PM? It feels like it's been 84 years...."

Well. Here we go.

::sits down to watch the news::

Quincy Jones
1933-2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dC6y8X4iyjM

[Parody Before Bed]

And with 0% of the polls reporting, the Cartoon/Fantasy Organization has forecast the winner of the Presidency as Hatsune Miku!

(Apologies to the original poster on Threads whose name I forgot to write down)

Thoughts Before Bed:

"Good night. And good luck."

Finally got my first taste of Guilty Gear. It's a wierd little game. But Bridget is my new main.

She kinda was gonna be my main, period, wasn't she?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69VV0pH57XE

I won't rest easy until she takes the oath of office.

Celebrating getting paid on my second writing gig, hitting the halfway point in my third, and two clean bills of health from my doctors.

One does not celebrate with just sandwiches and cereal.

I'm not saying my little town had built a super secret wind force field, but... ::points::

Looking up some references for an opera house for a project, and I'm stiill completely blown away by San Antonio's Majestic Theater.

I love that they start shows "at dusk" and by the end of the show is midnight.

Overheard on the Internet:

"I've done some stupid shit in my time."
"I think you're doing some stupid shit right now."

"Kamala Harris will protect your right to disagree with her."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vItZsTr90cg

I always found Canadian reporting on American politics very interesting. One, the reporters give no fucks, and two, you get a third party perspective on what we're doing.

As I was once told "it's hard not to talk about the US, when you live next door to a raging elephant."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3WS4uTvyD414

I didn't even wait to dig in before taking a pic of my free pizza....