It may be officially Spring, but after last week, I feel like California had its summer. At least the heatwave is over. (But not the rising gas prices here, sadly.)

And speaking of summer and spring, that song is divine. (I know there’s a shorter version of that song, but I’m more partial to the extended mix.)

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I did some work in San Francisco recently and here are some pretty pics from my work trip:

At Glen Park in SF

At the hills of Diamond Heights, which overlook downtown SF and beyond

A sunset from paradise. Taken from Esplanade Beach in Pacifica, CA

That was the Good. The Bad was leaving SF at night. I’ve had to do some work travels there lately, and I usually leave at night to escape traffic. Lately, there’s been some construction on north 101 and north 280 that starts at night (shortly after 9PM). Those two routes are the main routes to get out of the city and onto the Bay Bridge leading to the East Bay (where I live). I’ve had to go on the surface streets in Mission Bay to escape the traffic, but from my recent visit, it was chaotic. I also didn’t know there was a preseason Giants game, which added to me being STUCK stuck in the city. Did I mention some asswipe that drove a large Escalade-style SUV in front of me tried to back into a parking spot, almost hitting my car? That was the Ugly and I hope the driver of that SUV that tried it with me gets (redacted)

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It’s another busy time at the day job, plus I’m still doing my taxes. (My situation is always sticky as I work both employee and 1099 jobs–same profession, by the way.) Yet I managed to complete another chapter of my latest work-in-progress. There will be plenty of drama, and it is a little “darker” than The Playgirl, but don’t worry–there will be a nice ending! All the antagonists (or as the kids would say, the “opps”) get what they deserve in the end (none of this reward-the-assholes shit), and since I’m writing a love story this time, I intend to have a Happily Ever After ending.

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If you want to witness a masterclass in ruining your career and reputation with quickness, just be a “progressive” endorsing a Nazi. I give you Exhibit A:

It’s vile beyond belief to see “Democrats” like Warren and Gallego endorse Nazi Oyster Boy, and when they’re choosing the Nazi over a politician who’s highly qualified to be Senator, it’s even worse. Ignorance and antisemitism are running rampant on this planet, and shit like that is not helping, to say the least. That these dubious AF choices from “Democrats” (real Dems don’t endorse Nazis and are not Nazis at all, so fuck Platner and his supporters, too) are being made in another important election year is mind-boggling. Just fucking wow.

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File this under “Just Fucking Wow” too:

And I thought I did some dumb shit on Bluesky by following some of those large “anti-Trump”/”resist!” accounts a year ago that turned out to be lying grifters that blindly bash Schumer and Jeffries for attention. (In fairness, I honestly thought they were the real deal until I noticed them bashing “feckless Dems” in every other post of theirs. I’ve since unfollowed and muted them, then found some revealing tea on them.) This shit here, though, takes the fucking cake. No need to have a “Don’t Say Something So Damn Dumb, Leftist White Male” Challenge; it would’ve flopped after twenty seconds. That post is a sure-fire, first-ballot inductee into Bluesky’s Hall of Shame. It’s so bad, it would get flagged for moderation on Elon’s Twitter.

Also, if I see any of my followers following that Norman clown or even Liked his post, they will be added to my Block list that I believe is larger than my list of Followers. (There’s always going to be an account or five every day now that I just cannot with.)

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On the upside, this planet now has one less MAGA shithead thieving oxygen.

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I got PBS playing in the background right now and caught a glimpse of what’s on. There’s an ad for one of their new shows that will be narrated by George Clooney. Anytime I see his name, I get rabid and in a bad way. Dude could’ve just stayed away from politics and preserved his legacy as a handsome leading man from the 90s. But nope. From him wanting Biden to step down and saying Harris was a bad candidate, Clooney is forever on my shit list! Privileged ratfucker.

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OK, time for some eye bleach, and I’m going back in time with this…

The fashion from Spring 1996 SERVED. I think this season birthed the Minimalist movement of the mid-late 90s, but it also wasn’t boring or drab. If anything, it was lively, yet modern. Lots of styles from then could still be worn today. The colors, the prints, the models!

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The Billboard Hot 100 30 years ago this week… Mariah’s “One Sweet Day” had just been dethroned by Celine and her latest ballad, and some of those other songs on that chart take me BACK. *sighs* What a time.

Speaking of 1996, I still on planning on doing a throwback post on how life was for me that year. (I may have been 11 for most of ’96, but I do remember some things from then.) I’ll get to it…after I’m done with my taxes.

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Lastly, since it’s Opening Day in MLB, the team that dethrones the Dodgers this year will get my merch money. (Unless if the Bums dethrone themselves, or if it’s the Yankees–I’ll never wear any of their trash!)