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You may have noticed a definite lull in posting yesterday.\u00a0 I had my two older grandsons over for a Marvel Universe Marathon.\u00a0 We had copious desserts and Camera Girl’s best spaghetti and meatballs and sausage dinner.\u00a0 I voted for the original Iron Man movie and they added Thor: Ragnarok and Avengers: Endgame.\u00a0 Now, considering that “Endgame” clocks in at three hours long, that’s a lot of movies for one day.\u00a0 But we filled in the time with much witty banter at the expense of the on-screen “heroes.”\u00a0 The most egregious of the diversity and equity “improvements” was Girl Captain Marvel.\u00a0 Basically she is Superman with estrogen.\u00a0 But in addition, the whole girl power agenda was on open display.\u00a0 And I railed against it most vocally.<\/p>\n

But there was still a lot of fun in the movies.\u00a0 And it was really great to have the kids over for dinner.\u00a0 We talked about their school situations.\u00a0 The older fellow is preparing for college and the younger is in high school too.\u00a0 They have two weeks off for Christmas which is pretty good.\u00a0 But they were good company for their old grandad and I felt like one of the kids myself.<\/p>\n

Omicron continues to look like the variant that couldn’t.\u00a0 South Africa is a month into the spike and the deaths just haven’t happened.\u00a0 Based on the new cases data the spike may already be past.\u00a0 If that is so then I’d say by New Year we will be able to infer that omicron is the endemic benign end state of the COVID-19 virus.\u00a0 Of course Dementia Joe is desperate to keep this thing going.\u00a0 And unfortunately, the Sixth Circuit Court just gave him the green light to force large companies to implement the vaccine mandate.\u00a0 Ah, the horrors of the administrative state.<\/p>\n

The train wreck that is the American economy continues to struggle along with “supply chain” holes and rampant inflation punishing the public in a way that is sure to make outrage the dominant emotion in 2022.\u00a0 And the breakdown in law and order completes the dysfunctional reality of the Biden regime’s profile in a way that is sure to make the midterms truly awful for the Democrats.\u00a0 Whether the Republicans will be smart enough to use this to their benefit remains to be seen.<\/p>\n

Christmas is upon us.\u00a0 I’ve so far indulged in three of my various versions of the “Christmas Carol” movies.\u00a0 Highly satisfying.\u00a0 Camera Girl is serving roast beast this Christmas, her butcher describes the cut as a “spoon roast.”\u00a0 This is some cut of sirloin beef.\u00a0 Last time she made one it was very, very good, so I am anticipating “another triumph.”<\/p>\n

So have a good day.<\/p>\n

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Christmas Cooking, Sony A7 III, Sony 90mm f\\2.8 macro lens<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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