The best case scenario is that Trump starts building his wall, concentrates on that, goes around giving speeches about his big shiny wall, feels important and good about himself, and leaves us the hell alone. The wall is neither very useful nor otherwise, so let him play at it.

It’s still pretty shitty because the Congress and his team all suck but at least the madman will be distracted by his pet project.

This is a salad called fishes in the pond. There are little fishes sticking out of it.

The brown thing is tiramisu. There are also blinis with caviar that we’ll eat while trashing Russia. The tablecloth is traditional Ukrainian.

When 4 adults take care of a baby, sharing duties and rotating constantly, then it’s really easy. It must have been super easy to raise princes and princesses.

There are definite benefits to several generations living in the same house. But every participant needs to be in robust psychological health, and how often does that happen?

A female politician with a past checkered by scandal and accusations of corruption run for president against a sexist, obscenely rich oligarch-rapist. She lost because his populist promises were much more grandiose. He started selling the country out to his KGB handlers in Russia. The economy went entirely to the dogs. The public institutions were all undermined. All of his populist promises turned out to be egregious lies.

Finally, the people couldn’t stand it any longer. They went out into the streets by the million and refused to leave until the corrupt oligarch – rapist ran away. And the people started rebuilding the country that they themselves have allowed to slip into total shit. 

It’s what happened in Ukraine, by the way.

This is from somebody who is normally a very intelligent and strong blogger:

My Clinton/Kaine sign is staying in my window because that seems like the best way to indicate a safehouse.

A safehouse. Just like that.

Liberals seem ecstatic that Trump won because it allows them to feel deliciously apocalyptic. Taking out the trash and brushing their teeth become acts of incredible bravery in the midst of horrifying oppression.

Conservatives are disappointed and resentful that Trump won. For 8 years, they had an excuse to feel deliciously apocalyptic. Taking out the trash and brushing their teeth were acts of incredible bravery in the midst of horrifying oppression. And now what? It all goes to those stinky Liberals? And one has no more reason to feel sorry for oneself? How offensive!

Seriously, though, I’m seeing quite a bit of jouissance on the Liberal side. Was there an element of throwing the election in order to experience all this drama and to feel important and persecuted? I mean, nothing happened, and people rant about safehouses, and all that kind of crazy stuff.

Let’s face it, I will never hang out with people because they are “useful”, try to inflict myself upon anybody’s notice, or flatter people to make them notice me. Networking is contrary to human dignity, and so who needs it at the price of debasing oneself?

My method of networking is very different but it works a lot better. Example. Yesterday I was moderating one of the last sessions of the conference. Everybody came to the session: the lifetime achievement laureate, the president of the association, my editor, etc. During the question session, I made a comment that I knew everybody would disagree with. My comment was witty, and everybody laughed in spite of themselves. But everyone disagreed and started piling on me. I live for this kind of shit. I love to have a large group disagree with me. 
So everybody was attacking my position, and I was defending it, and it was lots of fun. And then the session ended.

There is no doubt that everybody who was there will now remember me. At the next conference, everybody will be my bosom buddy because people like recognition. Mission accomplished with no humiliating need to chase after people.

I never approach people at all, by the way. I let them approach me.