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hence, Tone, you should renew your British passport. if I had that option, the mere fact of HAVING it would make me considerably less anxious.

the notion of Vance--a grifting whore with what looks like a rented life--being "in charge" of anything beyond the contents of his pockets is a pretty terrifying prospect but is one we'll have to get used to. having said that, I have no idea how to accomplish it. and right now, I feel like I'm allowed a few weeks to get my bearings. having said THAT, I have no idea where to find said bearings...

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Well, for one thing, we have to stay alive until the next election.

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In 2018, I was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, 10 years after surviving breast cancer. At the time, I had various goals, one being living long enough to see my non-binary child graduate college in 2019, get married in 2020 (delayed to 2021) AND to see that horrible man out of office, and ultimately incarcerated. I miraculously achieved (most of) those goals, and more -- I'm now in good health. Once again, I have new goals (with the ever-present possibility of a recurrence) - to see my kid graduate from PA school, and to see that horrible man, and all his crazy friends turned out and incarcerated. I believe I'll see the graduation, the rest I'm not so sure about. But I will do anything I can to make it a reality.

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another two-time cancer survivor! it's the best club I've ever belonged to, given the alternative.

I suppose a worthy goal might be to live in order to see him making spit balloons and/or paper clip necklaces.

jeez, that was soooo unkind, wasn't it?

I just successively overcame my impulse to take it back. already my heart hardens...

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well there's THAT.

in your case, of course, you have kids and grand kids, which make the prospect a lot more appealing.

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