
Yeah, so the West is still on fire. Thought folks elsewhere should know that.
For myself, the current hazardous air quality conditions are worse than the pandemic. I was dealing with the pandemic by spending time outdoors, exercising or working on projects. That is now very limited by our smoky skies. Not super-swell for depressed/anxious people.

And then, of course, it’s hard not to see the conflagrations as an apt metaphor for our current political environment. My anxiety goes sky-high when I think about President AssHat getting four more years to continue the burning of Rome.
So this post is headed for Gloomsville. Until it isn’t. One thing I have found in all this is that I can focus on how lucky I am.
I have a house. The house is not currently threatened by fire. The house has air conditioning. I have friends and family checking on me. I have friends and family who are happy when I check on them. I still have a job. That job is reasonably safe for now. My wife still has her job. That job is at a hospital, and yet she just got negative results on her antibody test. All good things.
So I know everyone here is going through this. I know everyone is facing tremendous challenges, is dealing with a great deal of fear and uncertainty. What’s next, 2020? I’m not going to predict anything other than we’ll get around that, too.
Stay safe, y’all. Tell the people who matter that you love them. And enjoy the weekend.
We are supposed to get rain tonight but right now we are also at 152 with 1.5 miles of visibility. It looks like fog and haven’t seen the sun all day, very apocalyptic skies.
Joe Bonamassa – When the Fire Hits the Sea
and more accurately for my neck of the woods…
and
…I feel like Lehrer should be worth extra points, to be honest
The Members – Fire (In My Heart)
well.. shit if you gets to have the members ima go with the 4 skins
uhh wait i dont think that was the theme
Harry Nilsson – Jump Into The Fire
Alice Bag – Spark
rum.gold – Where There’s Smoke
Angelique Kidjo – Burnin’ Down The House
Rationale, Fuel to the Fire
Gone are the days of virtue and honor
Rights that we fought for, burn down the wall
Let it never be said that
We truly learned from darker days
…well, this one’s getting a bit too literal for me these days
…but in figurative terms “feed me the fuel that I need for this fire to burn & it’s burning & I am returning” about covers “the way I am” when reading the news…not to mention “the why, the who, what, when, where & the how ’til I’m grabbing my hair & I’m tearing it out”…so…what the hell
…seems like maybe one of those “embed disabled” kind of links?
David Bowie – [You Will] Set The World On Fire
apropos title…
It’s raining here finally but the fire just got much bigger! RBG just died!
I feel sick.
how bad will her replacement be?
1. bad, 2. very bad. 3. the worst
the answer is 4. stop asking unnecessary questions…
…well…fuck
…that’s damn near literally the last thing anyone needed to happen
…so with all due respect to the lady…I’m going to need a bigger drink
Ruth
Toadies
I couldn’t come up with another Ruth song. RIP RBG
nobody:
absolutely nobody:
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