Many people I greatly respect are holding onto various degrees of hope regarding the (s)elction of Orange Man 2.0. That’s good in and of itself. These are generally men in the 3-4+ SD IQ range, so theirs’ are not random, stupid opinions. If Trump is allowed to take office – not a small if, methinks – then, during his first week back in office we should have a good idea of what he will or won’t do. We have no choice but to wait anyway. Other than that, I have little else to say about the matter, or about the GAE, generally.

There will be no column again this week. No, I haven’t quit, though I will probably be cutting back some. What I’s a been doin'(!) is ritin’ me a new romance novel. This will be unlike any of my ordinary madness. And the whole thing came to me like a hurricane. In less than 3 weeks, I’ve pounded out nearly 50K words of what I think will be a 75-80Kish book. It isn’t writing itself, but it’s pretty close. I may be having more fun with this one than any of the others. More on that later, and, please, go ahead and ready the credit card$. (Может быть, и в России тоже!)

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