Well, those who live back east may have had something of a terrible day yesterday. A tornado was even reported in Vienna after all, but thankfully indications are that none of their fine restaurants was damaged in any way. Out here in the gorgeous Sweet Spot meanwhile, we received about a quarter-inch of rain and hunkered down against winds that gusted at up to 12 mph. It's a wonder that any of us is still alive. It's meanwhile a beautiful, bright, crisp, and sunny 70-degree morning out here right now, with clear blue skies and glorious sunshine everywhere you look. The humidity is hanging out in the low 70's, and the mercury should fall short today of even the mid-80's, so it would appear to be quite the day we have on tap out here. Showers and t-storms may move in overnight, but it's a lovely path we'll have to travel along before we ever get to that point.
Last night was wuite enjoyable as well, as delicious leftovers from Monday's scrumptious lunch with The Principals were reheated and divided between the two of us, right along with a bottle of Santa Margherita. All that while watching a phony-ball contest on the television. And fair warning -- as things stand right now we'll be headed down Washington Avenue and into SWDC again on Saturday. For the benefit of the many who have never been there, this is the sort of actual scenery that we will be passing by along the way...
...and this is the sort of phony scenery that we will NOT be passing by along the way...
Meanwhile, the vapid President Ding Dong has passed by all limits of any sort of sense or sanity and is off again spouting total stupid shit about how no state but Florida (where he votes by mail) knows how to do mail-in voting properly. Akin to injecting yourself with Lysol, this is a patently ridiculous claim to those who know anything at all about the situation. Republicans however believe (for good reason) that they do better in elections with low turnout, so vote suppression and voter intimidation tactics are important (even though disgraceful and un-American) things for them. Voting in their minds needs to be made harder for various groups of eligible voters, not easier, and if people are afraid to go to the polls for fear of the pandemic that El Ding Donger has so badly mismanaged, well that's all to the good with him. It is what it is, after all.
In other news, Howie Kendrick and Asdrubal Cabrera -- disparaged earlier in the day by the NY press as 'post-prime' infielders -- combined to go 6-for-8 in leading the Nats to a 5-0 phony-ball lead that they were able to hang onto through some late inning dampness in securing a 5-3 win over the Mets behind Patrick Corbin and Daniel Hudson. Assuming that no COVID collapse materializes before then, the same clubs will go through the motions again today.
They'll likely accomplish more though than any of these basket-case bozos from the infertile fields of Falls Church City. Haven't seen reports of the place having been washed away, but that may be the only good news that these losers will receive today. That should mean thet they will have more chances to go about laughably pretending not to be each other among a variety of other foolish things. It's just an endless joke with these losers.