New Shoes in the Rain

Happy weekend, everyone!  I returned yesterday from a four-day business trip, and it really is great to be home! Remember those T-shirts and bumper stickers that said "Question Everything?"  That's how I'm feeling this morning.  So here are some things I'd like to know more about.... Governmental officials and media experts are all over the map on where the conflict in Ukraine is heading.  Is it entering its final phase, will it last much longer or are those saying it could endure for several more months or even years right?  And can the U.S. and its NATO allies continue pouring resources into Ukraine to help it defend itself? What does Elon Musk plan to do with Twitter once it becomes his?  Does he plan to reinstate all who lost their privileges in the past, like a certain former President who's toying with running for office yet again?  Will he ensure discipline for those who break whatever rules exist under his leadership?  Will Twitter clients...

Good morning, wishing you and yours a very nice Easter or Passover, depending on what your household celebrates. I mowed our lawn yesterday in anticipation of hiding eggs for our grandchildren on Sunday. Hardly a day goes by without some amazing happenings or new reporting of things that already happened.   These are just a few such events. Since we last visited, the Honorable Katanji Brown Jackson was confirmed to be the next Associate Justice of the Supreme Court.  This despite being treated, in the words of a television commentator, like a little black girl who's being followed through a store because the manager is just sure she's about to steal something. Three Republican Senators actually voted FOR her confirmation, but the rest embarrassed themselves yet again by walking out of the chamber when the results of the confirmation vote were being announced.  Kentucky's own junior Senator, Rand Paul, embarrassed himself by literally sticking his hand out of the cloakroom...

As if you needed a reminder of what day it is.... Do you handle Mondays pretty well?  Or are you among the legions of folks who spend a good part of Sunday (evening, anyway) dreading the coming week and more specifically the first day of that week? I'd say in my case it depends. My job requires a team meeting every other Monday, although it's been every Monday at times, and was formerly every Friday.  I don't dread that meeting, but don't always find it that useful or enjoyable.  In past roles I was in charge of a team of people, and I, too, held Monday meetings, but tried my best to keep them relatively short and useful, mostly for the reasons I mentioned.  And I liked having them mid-morning, so that we could get them over with and get into our day. OK, was just wondering. My wife and I did something over the weekend that we had not done in over two years.  We had a day trip to Cincinnati for a little shopping and dining.  Things we don't have here in Lex...