What a day! First, it has been reported that Hamas has agreed to release all of the remaining Israeli hostages in exchange for a cessation of hostilities on Israel’s part. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has indicated that he will agree to a temporary cease-fire of two weeks in order to consider the details of a permanent solution. This is the most promising news on that front to date.

And equally exciting is word that both Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelensky appear to be willing to sit down at the negotiating table, each realizing that some concessions will be necessary on both sides in order to end the war in Ukraine. The talks are to be mediated by representatives of the governments of Belarus, North Korea, and Lichtenstein, and two ISIS-K suicide bombers from Tajikistan.

Okay, so . . . not funny?

I do apologize, but it was hard to come up with something that wouldn’t scare the crap out of you. And on a Monday to boot — and one that is starting off, for me, with a dental appointment. Yuck.

But maybe, in retrospect, it was just a little bit funny? Not even a teensy bit . . . ?

Okay, fine! I’ll try to do better next year.

TTFN,
Brendochka
4/1/24