Not for you, good reader . . . for myself. To see how far I get into this day without writing anything for my blog.

I’ve been sitting here, staring at a blank screen, hands poised motionless over the keyboard, on and off for the past couple of hours. And I’ve got nothing.

Oh, there’s plenty of news in the media. As usual, it’s all bad, and it’s mostly about Russia. It’s beginning to feel like the Cold War ‘80s again, with all the sh*t happening over there. And it’s not that I’ve become tired of writing about it; but I’m pretty sure that by now you’re sick to death of reading about them: Putin, Peskov, Medvedev, Lavrov, and the rest. Of course, there’s also the Middle East, China, North Korea . . . and it’s all gloom and doom.

But you see what’s happening, don’t you? With Putin making nuclear threats; Netanyahu being chased by the International Criminal Court; the first Trump cabinet nominee already dropping out; and some crazy woman trying to take over Romania . . . well, it’s just downright depressing, demoralizing, and decidedly disturbing.

So, unless something big splashes onto the headlines in the next hours, I’m taking one of my short breaks. Maybe I’ll think of something amusing to talk to you about . . . something not news-related . . . something other than the price of eggs or the latest celebrity to be accused of, well, whatever.

Or maybe I’ll just start my Christmas shopping.

Or this:

Yeah . . . I like that one. Anyone care to join me?

TTFN,
Brendochka
11/22/24