The countdown continues on but without a lot of enthusiasm or anticipation here in Littleton, NC.  Usually, i would be getting myself all geared up with enjoyment, but it just isn't there anymore for me.

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Don't get me wrong, i still believe it could happen, i just don't think it is going to happen--leaving me with one last hope (San Francisco) before 2024.  2024 does not interest me without "world peace" before then.  Without world peace, 2024 is simply going to be "one side" screaming at the "other side" and that is not something that i want to get into.  The argument in 2024 for democracy is as clear as the argument in 2023 is for world peace.  If i cannot win the latter battle, i don't think i can add much to the former battle.

I have never found the secret to get through to people who are "screaming" at each other anyway.  I have a side in the argument, but i have been fighting that battle (exposing el Trumpo) for seven-years and i am done with that.  El Trumpo is not my fault.  El Trumpo is the republicans' fault.

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My fall back has always in the past usually moved into the direction of "sarcasm" or "anger" when things don't seem to want to go my way.  I think i am passed that stage now, however, and now i feel like simply spending more time "internally" than "externally".

I keep asking myself the question:  "What would Jesus do?"

I never seem to know for sure the answer to that question, but i always find it hard to think that he would have given up.   

But then, i am not Jesus.  And i just simply don't have much more to offer.

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Peace to everyone.

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ps.  I did buy a bottle of Drambuie on a spur of the moment purchase yesterday, thinking i could use it in case a celebration is in order, but i held off to buy the Scotch that goes along with it to make one of my old time favorite drinks--a rusty nail.

ps2.  I saw Anthony Blinken strumming away on his guitar at the State Department.  It looked like he was enjoying himself.  I was happy to see that.