Good grief, Laura, that is a whole lot. Virtual hugs and whatever else you need. Whisky?

I'm at the doctor's for a four week ankle follow-up. I expect it to be, "Yep. It's healing." Hoping I can switch to a less cumbersome than the boot option, but whatevs.

I assume the Dems believe they have some sort of strategy behind this--I don't see it as eight random defections. I don't particularly have a lot of faith in their strategizing, generally, so, you know... don't have anything to say, really.

Fuckin' timeline. And it's just getting worse.

I guess, the good news is gay marriage is still a.k.a. marriage.

Yes, at least they didn't strike down marriage.

I get that they think that the spiking health insurance costs will help next November. I'm actually surprised they held out this long. They clearly didn't hear the voices that came out in droves to the polls last week. They just went and pissed off the entire progressive wing of the party once again.