Election update

It's not even inconceivable that the runoff election in April could be between two Black women.

The runoff election in April is between two Black women.

It's going to be a tough decision for me. Both are positioning themselves as progressive reformers but both have links to the establishment and mixed records when it comes to protecting the vulnerable. I'm going to have to look deeper into their backgrounds and see what I can do to get to the bottom of the badmouthing. Hopefully there'll be a televised debate that delves into these issues.

Apologies are due to my presumptive future alderman Andre Vasquez for calling him "Chicano" when he's really a Chapín. (His parents were unauthorised immigrants from Guatemala.) He came in at 20% to O'Connor's 34 despite being outspent by more than 10-1, so I strongly favour his chances in the second round. It's hard to imagine that anyone who supported one of the other three candidates over Racist Grandpa would change their tune between now and April 2nd.

And Moore is out in East Rogers following a decisive loss to a Black lesbian who he also outspent massively. I'm kind of curious if there'd've been so much hunger for change without a faked-tanned protofascist in the White House. I'm not sure about Hadden but Vasquez cut his teeth campaigning for Bernie and I suspect both benefitted at least a little from the interest (and registrations) generated by the November midterms. Turnout was historically low (as the news kept reminding us) but that doesn't mean there wasn't still an enthusiasm gap and it's not going to have been in favour of the old white guys.

Cetera de more

Yesterday, standing in an icy wind waiting for the shuttle, I decided I was Done with Winter. Sadly, that's not how it works; you don't decide when you're done with winter, winter decides when it's done with you. And with a week of highs at freezing or below coming up, winter isn't done with us yet.

It was at least snowing--big fluffy flakes--but they evaporated (or rather sublimated) overnight so now we're back to the lawns of stiff brown grass we had before. Still, the sun came out today and I pushed myself to make a circuit of the lagoon for the first time in months. I got a couple of good snaps for Insta, including some of a flock of geese chilling on an ice shelf.

It was a good game session last night, which was a bit of a relief since two of the players have just split up. We were worried this would cause tension but they seem to be handling it well. I chatted with the dumper in preparation and I'll be taking the dumpee for sushi tomorrow (which could be a bit awkward given how much he wants to get into my pants).

At least the cat seems back to normal. Tuesday morning he was hassling me for treats. I inspected his bowl and found that he'd eaten all his dry food for the first time since last Wednesday. So maybe he just had a cold? Several times he seemed to be sniffing at his food without recognising it for what it was. That makes more sense to me than the idea of sudden onset tooth pain.