Q NOTES # 351

DAILY KOS @ Former Guy and CPAC wrap-up.

Former Guy apparently wants it clearly understood that he expects the RepubliQan party to be cleansed of all RINOs, the category that includes every (R) who's less than 100 percent loyal to Former Guy. At some stage in the process, the party will need to decide whether allowing one corrupt, incompetent sociopath to have absolute control over who can run for office as a (R) candidate is where they really want to be.

Update 5:23 PM Monday: The rain started last night and continued through this morning and most of the early afternoon. The Weather Channel radar showed some clearing at about 3:20 PM, enough to allow the time I needed to walk a 2.9 mile route. The weather was chilly but fairly dry, and I carried a small umbrella just in case. As it turned out, I was still about 1.2 miles from home when it started to sprinkle enough to need the umbrella. I also dodged one sidewalk puddle by stepping in another one, so the last 26 minutes was completed with cold, wet feet.

I've had an unusually large amount of unclaimed time during the pandemic, and I've been amusing myself grading each day by classifying its activities as either necessary or unnecessary, and either pleasant or unpleasant. For example, if I spend most of a day on activities that are both pleasant and necessary, that day will earn an A. On the other hand, if I get stuck doing a lot of crap that's both unnecessary and unpleasant, that day gets an F.

Most days feature activities that are pleasant but unnecessary, or necessary but unpleasant. Those days earn a B, a C or a D based on a subjective assessment of the preponderance. Since today's afternoon walk was both necessary and unpleasant, and was also the main activity, this Monday will probably get a C unless something radical happens to pull it up to a B or down to a D.