Today’s Adventures – November 17th

I had to run out to get cash, which meant that I had to figure out where the nearest Wells Fargo ATM was. I’ve only been living here for four months… Turns out it’s not that far, out in the parking lot of a large mall, across from this.

I literally can’t remember when I was last inside of a Walmart – there is an evil there which does not sleep. Probably like 10+ years ago when I was in Vermont for my mother’s 80th birthday and The Long-Suffering Wife had a travel nightmare getting there and her luggage didn’t make it with her so we ended up going to one to get her some clean clothes.

But I was more or less here to begin with, and I’ve been on a quest for Steak-Umms frozen beef sheets to make homemade Philly cheese steaks and they’re about the only place that carries them out here. How much corruption of my soul could I get over two boxes of frozen meat?

The weather still sucks and another front was moving through…

…so I wore this because it’s comfy and warm.

But coming around the corner in the freezer section of Mordor I ran into a little, old, MAGAat lady who was mortified. She immediately started pointing at my chest and yelling that “people like YOU are what’s wrong with this country! You’re constantly trying to drag down the Greatest President in American History!”

I had questions.

“Oh, really? Which part are you most fond of? The way he raped 13-year-olds? The way he’s shredded and shit on the Constitution? The way he tried to overthrow the government in an actual armed coup? The way he’s destroyed diplomatic and economic and military alliances that in some cases go back over 200 years? The way he’s kidnapping and deporting US citizens without due process? The way he’s taking bribes like they’re going out of style? The fact that he stole thousands of highly classified documents and was selling them to the highest bidder out of the Mar-A-Lago bathroom? The way he bulldozed a third of the White House with no permits, oversight, or…” She was gone, flipping me off without another word. Didn’t answer a single one of my questions.

It was fine. A younger couple, mid-20’s I’m guessing, was coming up behind her, saw the whole affair, and said, “Fuck her! That’s a great sweatshirt!”

I always thought this area was pretty “red.” In reality, it’s far more “purple.” Next year’s elections will be very interesting.