Day: October 27, 2025

I’m going to keep this to the smaller things today. That means it is all about…

Some Thoughts:

1. I lost a fantasy football game that I truly should not have. Skill issue? Perhaps slightly, but moreso a bad luck issue. I slide from a potential 4th place to a probably 9th in one 6 point loss. Tough year.
2. SNAP benefits are expected to expire on Halloween. Better hold on to that candy, poor kids, because it might be the only food you get for a while. Here’s what is most crushing about this–it is all politics. A billionaire can spend 130 million to help pay for troop salaries. The government can shift 8 billion in research dollars to cover the cost of salaries, but SNAP, which also has 5B, cannot or will not spend those funds to support the people it is meant to protect? That’s using politics to play with people’s lives.
3. No, I’m not here for the whataboutisms. I don’t care that Dems just won’t sign the bill. The reasons are entirely just. Dems have no power but this moment and they need to stick to it in order to make sure health care doesn’t skyrocket for the most vulnerable. The ‘other side’ doesn’t care about any of that nor is that side truly representative of the larger body of people whom they serve. It sucks that we’ve come to such a dark place. It is also no surprise that we have. “Our Brand is Crisis” said one Trump staffer, sadly invoking a Sandra Bullock film… because nothing they do is original. Even Make America Great Again is a recycled Reagan bit.
4. Speaking of recycled Reagan bits, kudos to Ontario for the sick burn commercial… Of course he raised tariffs as a result
5. Finally watching Mrs. Maisel after years of avoiding it. It got to the point where not watching a show we thought might be good but wasn’t really sure we wanted to commit to was call Mrs. Maiseling it. We’re going to keep that term forever. The show was worth the watch… through the first season. By the end of season two I’m wondering how they sustained it for 5. This isn’t Gilmore Girls good… not yet. The star herself is funny and fun to watch. The supporting cast is great in moments, but outside of Shaloub, nobody is stealing a scene.

expectations are a crazy thing. Take college football for example. If your team has a logo with a history of winning then the only successful outcome of a season is a natty. You can win 8 games and get fired. You have a losing record for a single year and you’re cooked. Went one will turn on you. That’s a function of expectations.

There are expectations in every aspect of life and they exist as a function of a perceptual relationship between two or more parties (I won’t dig into self expectations here). When those parties are not aligned in vision or harken any level of confusion in any aspect of the communication between the two, expectations develop and that word is always nasty.

I perceive symbiosis as a relations between two or more parties where mutual ism is at the core of it. When the goal is to create a result of equally supported needs and desires, you’re good. When it isn’t, expectations form and lead to imbalance.

we live in an era of expectation and imbalance which is not good for anyone. All we ever seem to want is a reassurance of our bubble—our feelings and worldview and if that doesn’t happen then someone needs to suffer and someone else needs to make sure that the bubble is secured. I’m struggling with living in a world like that.

unfortunately, it’s the only one I got.