I work with local-level politicians and we constantly complain about the ones that don't do the reading. At our level, they nearly all have other jobs, so I get it, but we LOVE when they actually read what we give them and can ask relevant questions. It's a thousand times better than the ones that just sit there and embarrass themselves every time they open their mouths.

The thing that draws me to him is the he seems like the kind of person who actually got in to politics because he wanted to help people, and he didn't become cynical and give up when he figured out all the roadblocks that are in the way of that goal. He seems like he still genuinely cares about people and wants everyone to have a better life, not just a small in-group.

Uh, I'm a woman and I like Tim Walz and think Jesse Watters should be thrown into an active volcano, so I'm not sure where he's getting his info from.

I have a sword (tbh it's kind of Spanish mall ninja shit, if the mall was a factory catering to tourists who want sharp souvenirs) and it's not even that big, but it's heavy. I know how many swords I can carry and the answer is one until I get tired. Then none.

Hard no. My day job is in government and I cannot take one more meeting in my life. I've attended some of the HOA meetings and they were actually worse than pretty much every meeting I have at work, because they last forever and the stakes are so stupid.

I finally got a 12 foot skeleton but our stupid HOA doesn't allow Halloween decorations before 10/1. I think I need a festive fall outfit for it so I can say it's not Halloween, it's just seasonal.

I tried a piece of kibble when I was a kid, mostly because it bothered my mom and I thought it was funny. It wasn't good, but it wasn't the worst thing I've ever eaten. Most of my dogs have eaten pretty much whatever you offer them, except (of course) my chihuahua. She'd eat buffalo sauce but not a carrot. When she lost all her teeth, she'd eat a flavor of wet food happily for like, a week, and then refuse to touch it ever again, so I don't think it was the food being gross as much as it was her being a picky little shit.

Right? The point she's making had zero to do with being a woman, and she didn't single out men, but some dudes really love to tell on themselves.

I enjoyed it. It's definitely a different feel than previous AC games, so if you go in hoping for that, you might be disappointed. I think it's definitely worth checking out, especially if you can get it on sale.

That's what I tried to do, and that's when it said to submit evidence. I was like, "uh, the evidence is that I was there when it happened and you can see from the profile that it's for a DOG," and they said that wasn't good enough. I just gave up. Her profile will outlast all of us, probably.

They should try, "no, you're weird!" next. I'm sure that'll work.

We had a local candidate who wouldn't shut the hell up about being part of a silent majority and then he lost the election in a landslide. Even if there hadn't been two conservatives splitting the vote, it wouldn't have been close, and you could tell it just broke his brain a little bit. He made a statement about how he was so shocked - he really believed there were all these voters out there supporting his bigotry quietly but never making themselves known, and he couldn't fathom that they just didn't exist. Meanwhile, he seemed to think that the huge amount of negative feedback he got from real live human beings couldn't possibly be significant. Unfortunately, that lesson didn't stick and he still shows up to meetings to publicly embarrass himself occasionally.