I dropped my Great Lake State presidential primary ballot off in the bin at Vet’s Park at 0-skunk-30 Monday morning. This morning (Wednesday) I received an email verifying that my ballot was received, my signature was verified, and it will be processed by a team of BIPARTISAN Michigan voters who are carefully trained to process ballots. I personally know a few poll-workers here and in other states and know how seriously they take their jobs.

I was very focused on voting for Biden. Is he the best candidate? Probably there is someone out there better but I am clinging to the thought that he is our best bet for defeating the Orange Baboon. I keep hearing (on the news or whatever) that various groups are disgruntled with Biden because he hasn’t done “enough” for “them”. I have very complicated thoughts about the folks who are struggling in our country (that’s real) and whether the president alone can help them. But I think a second OB presidency could potentially be disastrous and Biden’s job is to stave that off. I don’t think the bad orange man is based in any kind of reality except maybe the reality that serves himself. My opinion has not changed since long before he sought the presidency. Dictator for a day? Is that just typical “Trump Bullshit” (as he has been known to say, ask his biographer) or would he try? I think he would. And maybe try to extend it… … … Not what my WWII warrior ancestors (dad, uncles, father-in-law) would want. Not at all.

The thing is I was so focused on filling in the little box for Biden (with my black pen) that I didn’t really pay attention to who else was on the Democratic primary ballot. I did see Marianne Williamson. I would never vote for her but I, uh, kinda like her. And two other options. Where was RFK junior? Was he on there? I couldn’t remember so I looked up the ballot and no he was not on it. I googled and he is apparently running as an independent. I would never vote for him. My parents were not Kennedy fans so there’s that lingering childhood legacy but this guy seems just as nutty as the OB albeit maybe a bit less dangerous.

Himself seemed a little put out that HEEEEE did not get mail from the city to ask if he wanted to automatically receive ballot applications. Well. MAAAAYBEE it’s because in the 2020 election, he pooh-poohed voting absentee as being subject to fraud so he didn’t apply for a ballot that year and they didn’t SEND HIM this mailing. Even though he HAS voted absentee before because we are often outta town if there is an August election. Voter fraud does happen but it rarely results in the numbers required to change an election. I love him ANYWAY!

’nuffa that. Follow-ups: 1) To Pam re little brown birds: we are definitely getting finches at our bird feeder. I can’t identify them (yet) but The Pensioner thinks he saw a weaver finch and a purple finch. And I thought I heard him say goldfinches at the back feeders. 2) To Margaret, I got duck breast at the Earle last night. I don’t think duck is Margaret’s fave but I like it and we grill it at home a lot but not very recently.

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