Maybe we Should call them 'inbursts'

 Baaaa...we swipe the air and drink our grog, or coffee anyway.

...The time last night is 7:45. We are sitting on the couch in a white-hot rage. The kind of rage we hold and turn inward on ourselves to the point where we wonder if our heart is going to explode. Our right eye is literally twitching. Because we had planned on an after-dinner cigar and a bottle of chianti - our first in 16 days. And it's raining... 

52 years and we still can't help or stop these inner outbursts (heh, we like that term). Sometimes we get the inner outbursts over important things. Raritan Valley Community College screwing us to the point where we go to campus in search of the fulltime professor stealing our classes. Sometimes it's dumb stuff. Like last night. 

There was a time when we took handfuls of pills to prevent those inner outbursts. Didn't work. We've had incidents when we go to bed and hope our heart doesn't explode. We've had incidents where we were so angry we went to bed and didn't care if it did. 

In truth we've been mildly ticked off all week. 

Good morning Stroock's Books reader(s) and welcome to the triumphant return of the Thursday Downer.  

We think the King's been an awfully good sport about the 1776 unpleasantness. 

War of the ants. We must have squashed 30 of them yesterday. We've no idea where the little commie bastards are coming from. We look and suddenly, there's an ant marching across the floor. The ants' nest is poisoned and they're out looking for a new location, right? This blog remains convinced that soon we will reach an attritional tipping point and achieve victory. 

The Crossing...the tensest part of the movie was the crossing of the Delaware. Washington had to get his army of 2,000 men across the river in only a handful of boats piloted by Massachusetts Colonel John Glover and his Marblehead men. Glover is a major character in the movie. Trusted by Washington, but also direct and impertinent.  Of course, loading and unloading of the troops takes longer than expected. Always there's the threat of the British spotting the boats and blasting them off the water. Several civilians hear the ruckus and come down to the shore to investigate. Washington is forced to detain them, and explains why. Near dawn the entire army is across. Washington stands the men and marches them to Trenton. 

DOGE report.

Progress, progress. It's messy but World War 1990: The Managua Campaign is coming along just fine. The FDN drive south from Ocotal is developing. 

So we asked our FB friends yesterday if they want to see World War 1990: Battle of the GIUK Gap. Our FB friends expressed great enthusiasm for the project. One is tempted...one is tempted...and we've no great ju-ju for The Fourth Day right now. The summer sneak in starts May 25. Upon this we shall dwell.