Drop bears! I take it this is not western Massachusetts?

I find the charge “the attempted assassination of a Major Presidential Candidate” unintentionally humorous. Is there a separate statute for attempted assassination of a Minor Presidential Candidate? Would someone have gotten the special slammer if they'd gone after Pat Paulsen?

I haven't been laid off (yet), but many friends have, and they are all my colleagues.

I don't think so. The only thing of his I see in IMDB is an episode of "The Hunger" based on "The River of Night's Dreaming." There was also a great audio adaptation of "Sticks" back in the '80s; that might be lurking somewhere on the internets.

Daytona 500, right? Indy's in May.

I might lose my job, but the fascists aren't coming for my very identity. Fuck those fascists, fuck their collaborators, and fuck every single fool, idiot, traitor, and sucker who voted for them. Resist!

and I'm spiritually and physically sickened by what is happening (or not) in this country, still, that's NOTHING compared to what's happening and will continue to happen to trans people and all the other people that the current administration is trying to dehumanize.

Around 12:30 I awakened from a dream in which I was trying to save a trans friend from some terrible peril, the nature of which I don't remember. But I was literally trying to carry them out of harm's way. It made me realize that even though my job might go away,