Lindsey

Oy, what a day!  First off, before getting into anything else, Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) needs to stay the hell out of Georgia.  The news was abuzz this morning that Georgia's Republican Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger reported that he had been contacted by Graham, twice, with suggestions that Raffi toss out the ballots of entire counties if signature irregularities could be detected in a sufficient number of them.  Aides to the Secretary were also on the call and corroborated his testimony.  Graham's suggestion is nothing short of voter suppression and as he's doing it solely for his own party's advantage, it's seditious, too.

Graham is what's called a beta male.  Like in dog packs, there are alpha leaders and then there are beta followers, males that are genetically programmed to follow the alpha leader.  For years, Graham's alpha leader was Sen. John McCain, but with McCain's failing health and then death Graham switched over to being a beta to our so-called "president."  As a beta, Graham is out interfering with election results in other states so he can run back to his alpha leader and present his act of fealty ("Look what I did for you, daddy!").

The Savannah River is a 300-mile-long waterway that separates Georgia from South Carolina.  Lindsey Graham needs to keep his lily-livered beta self on the east side of that river and not let the sunset catch his ass on the river's western banks.  Lindsey Graham, stay the hell out of Georgia!

But that was just this morning's news, not my actual life.  Today, the settlement from my insurance claim regarding the tree that fell on my house finally arrived in my bank account, and now that we finally have a scope of work and budget established, I called my preferred contractor to begin the contracting process.  So now I'm waiting on the estimator to arrive.

Meanwhile, knowing that I'm going to be tied up with home repairs for a while, I started some upgrades on the Vinings condo first to get it ready for the market.  I met a plumber at the condo today to replace the water heater and  fix a leaky toilet.  It turns out the utility closet is too narrow for today's standard hot-water heaters, so he has to order a specialty unit to fit in the tight space.  And the 1987 toilet no longer has replacement parts available to stop the leak, so we need to order a new toilet, too.  Good times.

Back home, the news was still carrying on about Graham, who defended his actions in Georgia by saying he had also been in touch with Secretaries of State in Arizona, Nevada, and other states too with the same suggestion.  Saying you committed a crime multiple times doesn't make it any better, Lindsey.  It just makes it organized crime, enforceable by the RICO Act.  

You'll love it in prison, Lindsey.  Lots of alpha males there for you to follow around.