Sunday Autumnal Various

 A decent night of sleep, though with intense dreams.

Another contractor is coming this morning to give us an estimate on the basement. It's time to make some decisions and get things done.

We're entering the meaty part of autumn. Here in the northeast there's not a lot of rain*. Mornings are cool and crisp. Shorts and a long sleeved t-shirt are perfectly appropriate. This is really is the best time of year. Looking out the window, we see the leaves haven't changed yet.

The New York Football Giants [They suck-Ed] will be retiring Eli Manning's number today. The man is the two time Super Bowl MVP and the most successful Manning QB ever. Sorry no, NFL. Piss off. Lift that voice, motherfucker.

We much prefer when Mrs. Stroock puts her Philadelphia Phillies on the telly. Bryce Harper should be NL MVP, but the award will probably go to San Diego's Fernando Tatis Jr.

Her Penn State Nittany Lions crushed Villanova yesterday.

Boy, Bill Maher has been making tons of sense lately. We urge reader(s) to watch. Two national anthems...we shake our head with Bill's. Also, as reader(s) will see by clicking over, the man still has some comedy chops. Anyway, as Maher notes, he's an old fashioned liberal who believes in liberal things. That puts him at odds with Woke culture.

High drama this week on Capitol Hill as San Fran Nan tries to pass three different spending bills, the $1.2 billion infrastructure bill, the $3.5 billion budget bill and the debt ceiling bill. This is brinksmanship. We think they'll pass something but not everything. But who knows? The Squad is basically a spoilt Millennial gal used to getting everything she wants. Wonder why? The Squad may simply fold its arms, cross its legs, look out the car window and say, 'I'm fine', metaphorically.

While Mrs. Stroock is watching sports ball we'll be reading through and making editing changes to The Great Nuclear War of 1975. Right now we're looking to be on target for getting it done by 1 October.

We're still not seeing a of things that need improving. A few paras and ideas could use expanding (we've made notes and will expand as such) but things are looking pretty good. A lot of the scenes seem random, scattershot to us. But it's possible we're over thinking. We await beta reader's opinions.

The more we read the more questions we have. Why not show a scene with a gas station owner? Or a deli owner? How about a post office guy?

Remember, we've been working on this project, for what, 18 months? In that time we've written to nuclear war novels. Not to mention The Weser. We are very good at what we do and must proceed with confidence. Inshallah, we shall all eat lamb in paradise.

*Not until November! Ha! GnR rocks.