I’ve started a couple of posts about Trump’s dozens of fascistic, virus-denying ravings on Twitter this morning, but I trashed each draft. There’s nothing more to say except that President Cornered Rat will do anything to cling to power. I vacillate between hope and despair, not really trusting my fellow citizens to do the right and necessary thing but also believing in my heart that all but the dumbest and most evil are ready to change the channel from this shit-show.
But what I think or feel about the situation doesn’t matter. All I can do is have a plan to vote and get my non-fascist family and friends to do the same. So, here’s a bird to look at instead of a pointless, rage-inducing post:
I’ve posted photos of this same young male Ruby-Throated Hummingbird before. His brightly colored throat feathers are still coming in, which is how I recognize him. We’re sort of friends now. The wee sugar junkie guards my side porch feeders from other birds but now tolerates my presence on the porch during his frequent pit stops. He chirps to let me know HE knows I’m there, so no sudden moves or other funny business, please and thank you.
From the time we first moved here, I was too obsessed with the river birds and alligators to observe the hummies closely. That changed this spring. Because I started watching them fairly recently, I don’t know if the local hummies are transient or not. I suspect our population of feathered jewels are year-round residents because of the mild winter and abundant food supplies (plenty of flowering vegetation to keep them going), but we’ll find out for sure soonish. If they do migrate, I will miss the little creatures until they return.
Open thread!
Nicole
This McSweeneys piece made me laugh today:
https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/frog-and-toad-tentatively-go-outside-after-months-in-self-quarantine
Also, a section of my street has been added on to the Open Streets restaurant thing the city has been doing- stretches of avenues are closed to traffic on weekends so that the restaurants can expand their seating into the road. We’ve been whining for weeks that our boulevard is IDEAL for this (oodles of restaurants on it), and now we get to enjoy it through October. Nice for diners, nice for pedestrians, nice for everyone but car owners, who grouse about the loss of street parking, but we all have to share in times like this.
Martin
Oh.
Jim, Foolish Literalist
a few blue checks were tossing around probabilities and electoral math yesterday, and the upshot was that trump can’t win without Florida. I was wondering if you had a sense of the FL Dems– which have come in for heavy criticism here and elsewhere in the tubes– have gotten their act together? Any sense of who’s running the Biden operation there? Outreach to younger Hispanics and the Puerto Rican community, which people were hitting Bill Nelson hard about after ’18?
ArchTeryx
Hummers are giant personalities inside tiny little bodies.
If you want to die of cute, here’s a little hummer fledgie that absolutely insists that things go his way. The peeping is nonstop.
https://youtu.be/eSRDhhrLeNM
bbleh
Looking at that bird just makes me so angry about Trump …
Ok not really. For those so inclined, would also suggest volunteer phone-banking (all done from personal mobile phones these days) or postcard-writing, or helping at-risk voters get set up for mail-in voting (also can be done entirely/mostly by phone). It’s all about the votes now …
Albatrossity
Dunno what exact part of Florida you live in, but Ruby-throated Hummers do indeed overwinter along the coasts of the Florida peninsula. Here’s a cool animated migration map for that species
Miss Bianca
I’m always desolated when our hummies leave – the population is starting to dwindle up here in the mountains, but we usually get at least a few stragglers hanging around till October.
Phylllis
FYI & maybe posted by someone else in previous threads, ABC will air Black Panther commercial-free tonight at 8 p.m. Eastern. A tribute program to Chadwick Boseman will follow.
Jim, Foolish Literalist
Looks like Ron Johnson gave a helluva performance on CNN this morning. I’m surprised it didn’t get more attention. He says “two people died” in Kenosha, then calls on “citizen soldiers” to help outnumber “rioters”, and at some point in the same interview (I’m going by Aaron Rupar’s tweets):
Not really surprising this marble-headed stupe doesn’t know what vigilantism is, but still…
japa21
I have no doubt that the American people will vote Trump out in terns of votes cast. Even, in terms of votes cast, enough to win the EC handily.
Now, whether the votes allowed will be enough is my concern. For a lot of people, this will be their first year doing mail in ballots and I expect a lot of mistakes to be made and ballots tossed out. Then there will be a lot of provisional ballots for people who requested mail-in but decided to vote in person. Particularly in GOP run states, I’m afraid a lot of those will be thrown out.
This may sound strange, but voting in person to make sure my vote counts is what I am doing. If I get Covid (just as likely it would happen when I am an election judge) and die, I view it as giving my life for my country.
Baud
@japa21:
I’m sure the NYT will consistently press Trump to respond to Biden’s challenge.
Baud
Via Reddit, kid gets caught in kite. Not for the faint hearted. (Kid is ok).
https://v.redd.it/83lrg1ovp4k51
craigie
@japa21:
I plan to split the difference, and deliver my mail-in ballot in person. But yours is the only sensible way to look at where we are. Get the votes in, or die trying.
dmsilev
@Jim, Foolish Literalist:
Since you’re officially a literalist, isn’t ‘people taking matters into their own hands’ kind of literally the definition of vigilantism?
Bill Arnold
I don’t know what the reaction time (for visual stimuli) of a Ruby Throat is (probably 25-50 milliseconds looking at this video at .25X) but it was sufficient in this case. The Ruby Throat put the central pillar of the feeder between itself and the mantis, which probably gave it barely enough time to escape.
Praying Mantis versus Hummingbird (43 seconds, Sep 14, 2018)
O. Felix Culpa
I’m voting early in person. The lines are minimal and it will take less time indoors than shopping at the grocery store.
SiubhanDuinne
@Baud:
Have not watched. Is this the 2020 version of Balloon Boy? Are there laughing helicopters?
Ed Marshall
People kept misunderstanding that FL thing. FL isn’t magic. It’s just that if you assume uniform swing (and you should because it mostly works) if Biden is struggling in the polls in FL he is struggling in a bunch of other states and likely to lose. If FL robs Biden while he is polling well there by the same math it’s irrelevant who gets FL electoral votes, Biden won.
Chief Oshkosh
Looking at various videos of downtown Portland today, there is literally an invasion of the city by armed vigilantes in pickup trucks flying Trump flags. So far, during the daylight hours, they’ve shot people on the sidewalks with “only” paintballs and bear spray. These are people is huge 4x4s with weapons, shooting randomly at people on the sidewalks. Portland police? Not interested. What will happen when the sun goes down?
Sure hope there’s lots of video footage that includes license plates. Sure would be awful of those people got doxed…
NotMax
Repeated as it’s Open Thread and because it didn’t quite fit with the only place I could find to drop it in yesterday. Visual media miscellany:
1) Tried for days and days after watching the three-part Eullenia on Prime to pin down what the makers wanted to convey and still unable to settle satisfactorily on firm footing about that but whatever it may be it is powerfully presented, if unevenly paced at times. A further three parts’ production intended to wrap it up has been virus delayed; frankly, found the cliffhanger ending suitable and effective even if the rest never comes to pass.
2) Netflix notes:
Young Wallander arrives Sept. 3rd. From the trailer, emphasis on young. High hopes for this puppy. Lead actor has some mighty big shoes to fill.
Away (Sept. 4th) looks to contain potential but on the fence about it from the leisurely segments showcased in the trailer.
For The Good Place fans, season 4 shows up on Sept. 26th.
HeleninEire
@Baud: OH MY GOD!!!
Martin
@craigie: I don’t think you need to view it as an act of martyrdom.
If you view in-person voting as a guard against Trump manipulating the election, then you’re looking at the odds of getting covid while standing in line on election day vs the odds of getting covid with another 4 years of Trump pandemic response. I guarantee you the odds are much lower in the former rather than latter scenario. It’s not even close.
Now, unfortunately that generally only applies to folks in battleground states.
Regarding dropping off a mail in ballot in person, one concern is that if Trump has a lead on election night that he’ll sue to stop counting. I don’t think that’ll work, but that’ll likely at least be tried. Most registrars stop processing mail in votes a few days before election day so they can set up the equipment for election night counting, and then they resume mail-in counting after that’s done. If election night totals are important, make sure you get your mail-in ballot delivered to the Registrar well in advance.
Bill Arnold
D.J. Trump is tempting me to cross some lines that might attract the MiB. (Not Secret Service; I’m not crass that way. :-)
Remember, his administration very recently asked the Supreme Court to allow him to block critics.[1] Simultaneously the Official Government Voice Of Donald J. Trump, used convey desires to his administration and to speak Americans, and a private channel, is the argument. He hates criticism. If it perturbs him emotionally, he hates it even more.
Trump asks Supreme Court to let him block critics on Twitter (JOHN KRUZE, 08/20/20)
Villago Delenda Est
What happened in Portland last night, I fear, is what will happen on 3 and 4 November as the fascists lose their minds and start opening fire on anyone around them.
Brachiator
@japa21:
Not strange at all. I live in California, and don’t think I will have much of a problem voting by mail or in person. But if I lived in a state where there was a chance of serious voter suppression, I would put on mask, gloves and goggles and vote in person.
Bill Arnold
@Chief Oshkosh:
In failed states, this type of vehicle has other names.
Villago Delenda Est
@Jim, Foolish Literalist: The “rioters” are right-wingers.
raven
Anatomy of a Catastrophe
Rob
@Villago Delenda Est: Villago, fortunately there aren’t any in my neighborhood.
This morning I saw a Ruby-throated Hummingbird chase a flying Eastern Wood-Pewee as the latter flew across a small opening in the park.
raven
@Villago Delenda Est: It’s going to happen before that. Open up and kill a bunch of people and the inevitable reaction. will play right in to this motherfuckers hand.
Mike in NC
Fat Bastard is planning to visit Kenosha, WI with a can of gasoline in hand. Or maybe a tanker truck. He has only one skill set, after all.
evap
Open thread you say? I need some advice about a beach trip. Spouse and I want to spend a couple of weeks at a nice beach in December and have somewhat settled on the Outer Banks of NC. We want someplace that is about half-way between Atlanta (where we are) and NYC (where a daughter lives). So, anybody have thoughts about nice beaches in NC, or elsewhere that will fit the bill. The plan is to rent a house/condo near the beach and just hang out. I want to be able to take a long walk on the beach every morning, and we will need access to grocery stores since we all love to cook and probably won’t go out to eat.
Brachiator
@Chief Oshkosh:
Isn’t this still assault?
Martin
USC poll has Biden +15. This is compared to +9 ten days ago.
What’s unique about the USC poll is that it’s a fixed sample poll. The respondents don’t change. So while the sampling might be wrong (it may not be representative of the electorate) the relative change within the sample really reflects people changing their mind. Undecideds are now 7% compared to 8% ten days ago. So in all likelihood, 3% of the undecideds pre-convention are now Biden, and 3% of Trump is now undecided. Even if Trump gets those 3% back, he’s not likely to get back the Biden 3%.
In variable sample polls, you never really know if the change in the poll is due to a change in voter opinions or a change in the sample makeup. This is why you need to aggregate them over time – so the variations due to sample average out. But USC directly controls for that. There’s 8300 voters in the sample, and they each respond once per week (about 1200 each day), and the published result reflects the average of the last 7 days (each of the 8300 people one time)
I wouldn’t suggest that it’s the most accurate or most predictive poll, but it does tell us one specific thing better than any other polls out there – Biden is peeling off Trump voters ATM. And this poll is updated daily. It’s probably the best ‘trend of the electorate’ poll as a result. It may be x points higher or lower than where the electorate actually is, but if the gap increases, you can be fairly confident that increase is real and not an anomaly.
LuciaMia
Damn, Betty. I appreciate you gritting your teeth and exposing yourself to the Shitstain’s tweets. More than most can bear.
Crashman06
@Martin: Didn’t this poll call 2016 correctly?
raven
@evap: I’d be careful on the Outer Banks in December. We go there from Athens but not in the winter. There is a tackle shop blog and there are always people saying “we’re moving there” and the locals say, “you better spend a winter here before you decide. It’s beautiful and I like it best the closest to Hatteras you can get but the hawk will be there in December. On the other hand, if you deep sea fish the gulf stream is right there and it will be a good bit warmer out to sea
eta I think I might coming off too negatively. You can catch good weather and, again, the further south toward Hatteras the better.
raven
The 5 Best Ways to Enjoy the Outer Banks Winter
Le Comte de Monte Cristo, fka Edmund Dantes
@Chief Oshkosh:
It occurs to me that there’s a fat, juicy company out there somewhere that manufactures pepper balls….
lamh36
@Phylllis:
I literally thought I was finally done with the tears, but after reading Ryan Coogler’s statement along with this from Leticia Wright, and Lupita blacking out her SM avatars, Ima need another moment
https://twitter.com/letitiawright/status/1299983754925088770?s=21
Beautiful statement from Black Panther Director Ryan Coogler on Chadwick Boseman’s passing. Seems he didn’t know about Chadwick’s illness either…
Marvel Studios’ ‘Black Panther’ Director Ryan Coogler Full Statement on the Legacy of Chadwick Boseman https://www.marvel.com/articles/movies/marvel-studios-black-panther-director-ryan-coogler-on-the-legacy-of-chadwick-boseman
Martin
@Brachiator: Yeah, and I’d argue given the difficulty of discerning a paintball gun from a real gun at night, shooting back is not an unreasonable self-defense response.
I’m going to chalk this up to conservative myth-making that shooting Democrats with paintball guns would give them protection from any attempted manslaughter charges and be perfectly safe because Democrats never own guns/are too cowardly to use them.
Now that one of their own has gotten shot over this jackassery, we’ll see if they decide to return with real guns or just back off. Not hopeful about that, tbh.
lamh36
H.E.Wolf
http://PostcardsToVoters.org, which has been working with the FL State Democratic Party to encourage FL’s Vote By Mail program, has written roughly 1 million postcards in the past 2 years.
As of mid-June 2020, per Politico: “Democrats have opened up a 302,000-voter advantage over Republicans in vote-by-mail enrollment…”
Looks as if the FL Dems have done some smart planning and some smart partnering efforts; of which I figure this is probably only one.
A Ghost to Most
@Bill Arnold: Technicals are mostly Toyotas. Reliability and nimbleness count. I’m betting the fascist trucks are full size GM, Ford, and Ram.
Jim, Foolish Literalist
Also Mitt Romney’s, Susan Collins’, Martha McSally’s, Lisa Murkowski’s, Tim Scott’s, Rob Portman’s ….
ETA: Had to google to double-check, but Ken Buck is a sitting US Member of Congress.
H.E.Wolf
I’ll add that when I write GOTV postcards, I tell myself that between 1% and 10% of the recipients will take action.
Postcards To Voters, by that estimate, has added between 10K and 100K new “vote-by-mail” Democrats to the FL rolls since 2018. Pretty exciting!
Nicole
@lamh36: That was gorgeous; thank you for posting it.
One of my son’s friends went with his parents to a talkback about Black Panther at the Apollo soon after its release (he was 8 years old). He wore his Black Panther mask, and Chadwick Boseman brought him up onstage during the talkback so that he could sign the mask for him. A classy, classy gentleman.
NotMax
@evap
Halfway as the crow flies would be southern Virginia. May as well drop mazuma in a bluer state than NC.
Inland, Buggs Island Lake has been given thumbs up by acquaintances in the past. Pet friendly beaches, IIRC.
;)
Bill Arnold
@raven:
Thanks – good read.
Martin
@Crashman06: Not really. It was a popular vote poll – so they should have had Clinton +3, not Trump +2. They were off by 5 points.
But that raises an important point – if Biden is indeed +15, there’s no scenario in which he loses the EC. But there’s nothing really stopping this poll from getting the popular vote right and EC wrong.
What’s more, I think all of the polling is largely useless if you believe that the mechanics of the election will be tampered with because the votes that are counted won’t match the popular opinion. If polling shows Biden leading, then the only thing deserving of attention is whether the mechanics of voting on a state-by-state or even district by district level permit that to be realized. You need an analysis of the efficacy of each electoral process to accurately capture the view of the electorate.
I mean, does anyone actually believe 76% of Russians support Putin? Of course not.
Spanky
@evap: Avon.
WaterGirl
@Martin: In some states, like Illinois, it doesn’t matter when you mail in your ballot or drop it off. Unless you use actual early voting, in person, they are not allowed to start counting until 7pm central time on election day.
Unless Illinois changes the rules, it’s better to vote early in person if you can.
WaterGirl
@Brachiator: What kind of goggles?
gene108
@bbleh:
There is also text banking, which I prefer over phone banking.
Since all campaigns are virtual you can look races to volunteer for here: https://join.mobilize.us/get-started?utm_medium=ppc&utm_source=adwords&utm_campaign=Mobilize%20Keywords
I think most Dem campaigns are using this platform
Patricia Kayden
So much winning.
trnc
@Martin: Google news does not have this in the top stories section. A search brings up the NYT and Axios stories, plus the usual View Full Coverage link to more stories. When I click “View Full Coverage”, it says “There are no items to show.”
Your liberal media at work.
Phylllis
@lamh36: That was lovely. Thanking you for posting it.
Patricia Kayden
@Martin: That’s great to hear. Nate Silver suggests that we all take a deep breath and look at the polls after Labor Day. As long as Biden’s lead doesn’t decrease to the 5 points that Secretary Clinton held just before the 2016 election, we should be good.
NotMax
@WaterGirl
Remember Tony Roberts driving through L.A. in Annie Hall?
:)
Patricia Kayden
Nope.
cope
We’ve been enamored of our hummingbird friends in the past year as well. We haven’t been at it long enough to see any pattern of when the three or more varieties come and go but there is always some action at the feeder outside the window behind this computer. Our little friends bring much solace to my wife and me.
I’m doing one of my fantasy drafts online as I type this and little greenie is feeding, flying away, returning to feed and flying away, unconcerned about the gentle rain falling.
Brachiator
@lamh36:
This recent Instagram post by Angela Bassett is also very moving.
I greatly admired this man’s talent, and enjoyed his work. His unfortunate and untimely death really hits me. But I take some solace in the respect, love and admiration that so many of his peers and friends give in tribute.
oatler.
@WaterGirl:
My eyes! De goggles do nothing!
Mallard Filmore
@Jim, Foolish Literalist:
So he wants the citizen soldiers to point their weapons toward the police?
Brachiator
@WaterGirl:
If I lived in a problematic voting state, I would be asking for recommendations and scouring the Internet. As it is, I depend on my eyeglasses to provide a small degree of protection.
I noted that I recently had to go out for a number of errands, and that during part of the time I had to take public transportation. Masks are required to ride the bus and people tried to put in some social distance. I was not overly worried during this trips, but had a small bottle of hand sanitizer that I used when I got on and off the bus.
It’s not statistically significant, of course, but I noted during my outing through a good stretch of the city that women seemed to consistently wear masks. But there were a few guys who wore bandanas, and I saw one guy refuse the offer of a free mask. And there were men who would wear masks over their mouths, but who insisted on leaving their noses out.
Anyway, i expect to see outbreaks of defiance over the Labor Day holiday weekend, and more crap from Trump undermining efforts to deal with the virus as we get closer to election day.
Redshift
I remember being blown away learning that we don’t actually have migratory birds that fly south for the winter, we have tropical birds that fly north because of competition for habitat.
Geminid
@evap: The Outer Banks are cool and windy in December. But if you get further south, say Wilmington NC, the weather is milder. Wrightsville Beach is a nice place just east of Wilmington.
opiejeanne
Another great photo from you, Betty Cracker. I love the bird photos you share.
And you’re right, that’s all we can do: vote and get our non-crazy family and friends to vote too.
I have at least three family members who are freaking out right now, 66 days to go to November 3, and last night I told them to make a plan to vote, and I told them our plan. One of them was going to drive her ballot to the post office. I told her that in Washington it’s a better idea to use the drop boxes because they are safe for your ballots, they are picked up regularly, at least once a day, and counted right away.
Kelly
The fascists were driving some Toyotas. Around half were full size crew cab long bed jacked up trucks with ridiculous wheels. Very shiny and unwieldy. Pity if they got scratched.
Patricia Kayden
For the folks who keep saying that Biden and Harris must condemn the violence. They have.
WaterGirl
@oatler.: ha!
JoyceH
I always like to go to the polls on election day, but this year I’m going to do early voting. We can do that in Virginia starting on September 19th. I just have the feeling the lines will be long this year, and I can’t stand like I used to. And I want Trump to be trailing in the vote count by midnight on election day, because like many people, I’m fairly sure that if he’s ahead, he’ll try to shut down the count. I don’t think he’d succeed, but he could raise a stink.
The news is grim and Trump is definitely going to do everything he can to steal the election, but you know what? I’m starting to think we’ll win this thing by sheer attrition. And that will be Trump’s doing too, since he made not wearing masks a sign of fealty to him.
I just did a bit of research. There are 26 Republican governors and 24 Democratic governors. Of the ten states with the worst COVID outbreaks currently, the tally is 9 R and 1 D (and the Democratic governor of Kansas has an overwhelmingly Republican legislature). I wear a mask, I practice social distancing. I saw a reporter recently say that she couldn’t get her 80 year old mother to wear a mask, because the mom didn’t want to be mistaken for a Democrat.
So basically? I think we’re just going to outlive them.
debbie
@Baud:
Yeah, right. The asshole is heading to Kenosha this week. That’ll calm things down. //
Skepticat
Amazing. That’s a brave and intelligent man, an actual leader.
lahke
@JoyceH: Hi, JoyceH, sorry to distract from current conversation: just eager to hear whether Regency Mage #5 is a happening thing? So enjoyed # 1-4!
japa21
@Skepticat: For some reason I am not allowed to see his tweets. What did the Portland mayor say or do?
Steeplejack
I dunno, that bird looks pretty mad.
Patricia Kayden
Great thread
Redshift
@JoyceH: Early voting is good; I suspect the lines will vary at different times. Also, in Virginia, absentee/mail ballots are tabulated as they are received and included in the count on Election Night, which isn’t the case in all states.
Geminid
@Geminid: The “Virginia Current” is a cooler current that runs north to south along the Outer Banks, inshore of the Gulf Stream, and it makes for harsher weather in the winter. But it’s not a factor once you turn the corner of Cape Hatteras. When I was a kid living in Northern Virginia I my family would camp at Cape Point campground, near the lighthouse. Twenty years later I stayed with friends near Wilmington, and it was a revelation- lower waves, warmer water. My kind of place.
Skepticat
@japa21: It’s a video, so I can’t copy it, but try https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2020/08/30/portland-mayor-ted-wheeler-trump-nr-sot-vpx.cnn
Basically, the message to tRump is “You’re to blame for all of this chaos and violence, and you created this hate.”
Wyatt Salamanca
@Martin:
Rod Rosenstein is a fucking scumbag!
japa21
@Skepticat: Thank you.
JoyceH
@lahke: “Hi, JoyceH, sorry to distract from current conversation: just eager to hear whether Regency Mage #5 is a happening thing? So enjoyed # 1-4!”
I’m glad you enjoy the series and I do intend to continue it, but to be honest, I haven’t written anything in months.
This year, in addition to all the pandemic stuff, I’m having to deal with the death of my twin sister, who died back in December. There’s the emotional stuff and there’s the being executor stuff and the trying to get a house cleared out and on the market in the midst of a pandemic stuff…
I’ve done all the stuff I have to travel for, and am back home with a guest room crammed with boxes, and now I’m editing my own clutter to find room for everything, and so on and so forth. Hard to get my mind back into the Regency.
So book 5 (the Widows of Bath) only has about three chapters written. Like I say, I intend to continue the series, but as to WHEN the next book will be out – have no notion on earth.
Goku (aka Amerikan Baka)
@Patricia Kayden:
That WaPo article just can’t but help both sidesing it up
Mousebumples
Wisconsin vote counting information – confirmed with my dad, who has been a poll worker since retirement, including for August’s primary –
Unrelated, my dad complained about counting these ballots, since they are folded up into envelopes, so they don’t always want to go into the counting machines.
And another upside to voting by mail – paper trail of your ballot is harder for the Russian GRU to hack. I don’t trust the touch screen voting machines.
Geminid
@Geminid: The “Virginia Current” is a cooler current that runs north to south along the Outer Banks, inshore of the Gulf Stream, and it makes for harsher weather in the winter. But it’s not a factor once you turn the corner of Cape Hatteras, and the coast runs Southwest. When I was a kid living in Northern Virginia my family would camp at Cape Point campground, near the lighthouse. Twenty years later I stayed with friends near Wilmington, and it was a revelation- lower waves, warmer water. My kind of place.
HinTN
@evap: Holden Beach, NC. South of Wilmington. If they’re open, Cap’n Pete’s fish store is on the island. Food Lion is just across the bridge. There’s a nice bakery in Shallotte. Not much but houses and the beach. We love it.
Mallard Filmore
@japa21: If nobody has replied yet, here is a Youtube link.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cwh9ZhVzYEw
The good stuff starts about the 12 minute mark.
Geminid
@Geminid: But I repeat myself.
evodevo
@evap: We owned a beach house in Kitty Hawk for years..finally sold it in 2005, and breathed a sigh of relief. EVERY fall and winter nor’easters would come in and trash the place and we would spend the spring going down and repairing. NOT a place to be after the blues run in Sept./Oct.
HinTN
@evap: Coastal Vacation Resorts rents a truly old style beach house called Coast ‘n’ Along. It’s on the dune facing the ocean, has three bedrooms with two queen beds and two doubles, a serviceable kitchen, and a great porch.
WaterGirl
@JoyceH: When do they start counting your early votes?
lahke
@JoyceH: So sorry for your loss, on top of everything else that is going on. Please stay safe, stay well, and be successful with your vote!
cynn
@Villago Delenda Est: I share your fear.
WereBear
@NotMax: Young Wallander?
Teen moody?
I dunno.
evap
@HinTN: That property is already completely booked in December! Must be a popular place. Holden Beach looks great and easier to get to than the Outer Banks. But it’s a bit far from NYC. Now we’re thinking Virginia Beach.
WereBear
@raven: Good article. Thanks.
Gvg
@gene108: I hate receiving texts from campaigns. This last primary was the first time and I blocked and deleted them all. I’m not even sure they were democrats. I didn’t recognize the names. It is intrusive, just like spam. I didn’t sign up for it, I don’t think it should be promoted.
i don’t know how typical I am but junk spam has been getting really bad lately.
J R in WV
@JoyceH:
So sorry to hear about your loss, any sibling is hard to lose, a twin must be quite a blow. I loved your novels, tho I never really cared for the original novels you are modeling your work upon.
Please take care, and keep in touch with the Jackals as you get back into the writing world.
Best wishes!!