Grogged

Good morning, Stroock's Books weekenders, and happy Wednesday [What's a weekender?-Ed].

Up and down last night but we got in enough sleep. Them pills that is supposed to put us to sleep, among other things, just ain't gettin' the job done. We are annoyed.

The ankle has some residual soreness. We see the foot doctor in a couple of hours. 

Elections...can we get them over with already? Brazil, Israel, the US. We'd hate to break it to enthusiasts and pols, but the midterms here won't have much effect on policy or outcomes either way. Sorry folks, we've seen one house of congress change hands, both houses change hands, even both houses remain in White House hands. When the dust settles, the president (Clinton, W, Barry Soetoro, even Trump) goes on about his business. Reminder, this blog believes the Dems take the House, the GOP holds the senate. 

Hot Air has a couple of stories about Americans moving to Europe because of Trump, or MAGA hats or whatever...and then finding out Europe ain't so great. Big surprise. The Euro's idea of big correlates with the American idea of mid-sized. And no, idiot, Euro healthcare ain't free, and it's not as good as ours. Don't you people remember last summer when Euros came to America for the World Cup and marveled at things like Walmart and....air conditioning? Europe sucks and everyone on the Continent knows it. Exit question, what is the least-worst European country?

Related...we were speaking yesterday with a European friend from a country known for its art and cuisine (who's going to read the above later), and noted that the Fami de Stroock had been toying with the idea of a summer trip to France. Needless to say, after the riots and anti-Jewish pogroms we've called off the trip. Our friend pointed out that crime rates in say, Rome, are not worse than crime rates in NYC. We replied that we're not worried about being mugged. We're worried more about a street or restaurant confrontation that begins, 'What are you doing here, Yankee? And this that a Star of David around your daughter's neck'.

Also...Ynet tells us, 'Former U.S. President Barack Obama has come under fire from conservative and pro-Israel commentators over remarks about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in which he said Jews who sought refuge from persecution "took land off people" and "were excessive."' Whatever. This blog has long maintained that Barry Soetoro is not a smart man. And what he does know, he knows at the surface 'I read a magazine article about it' level. Also, Barry hates Jews.

DOGE report.

Fuck it, we said yesterday and sent the nuke novel MS to the grognard. Being the autistic weirdo that he is, the grognard returned the MS to us in like, three hours with notes. We've yet to read the notes but the grognard said he was pleased. [How come you never care if I'm pleased?-Ed]. Shut up, Ed. Go get me a cup of coffee, and take your time about walking away [Ok!-Ed].

Other than that, we read three more stories, they're fine. 

We worked on story order and think we've got the final chapter titles. 

We spent a lot of time thinking of another story, even a prologue. Nothing. Maybe we should think about a postscript. 

Or we may just call it at 55,000 words. 

Excuse us while we go look at the grognard's notes.