It's 8:00a. I'm killing time, waiting for the sprinkler guys to show up & shut down our sprinklers for the season. P.S. Our snow is mostly gone, & it's supposed to get a little warmer.

WHAT I'M READING

* I'm a newspaper junkie. We subscribe to two newspapers:  the Omaha World Herald & the Norfolk Daily News, which is the best newspaper for a city our size that I've ever seen.

* I finished reading "The Frozen Hours, A Novel of the Korean War," by Jeff Shaara. I recently finished another novel by him about the Battle of Shiloh.

* Last night I started reading "1858:  Abraham Lincoln, Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee, Ulysses S. Grant, & the War They Failed to See," by Bruce Chadwick. I read the first chapter. It looks promising.

POLITICAL POTPOURRI

As much as I'm dreading the outcome of the election, I'm looking forward to--I think--the election being over & done with. I'm afraid that if Trump gets re-elected, there will be riots. If Biden & the Democrats win, heaven help us.

TRENDING

> "Americans renouncing citizenship up 234%."  Drudge Report

> "More & more escape:  buyers seeking open-space fuel housing boom in West."  Ditto

> "Walmart pulls guns off shelves as precaution."  Ditto

> "STUDY:  Optimism prevents memory decline."  I had a comment to make, but I can't remember what it was.

> "Cathedral hosts memorial service for 'enormously popular' stray cat."  Ditto

> "Girl Scouts introduce 'Peaceful Protests' badge for girls who throw their first Molotov cocktail." Babylon Bee

> "Apostle Peter accused of holding super spread event on day of Pentecost."  Ditto

THERE IS NO PLACE LIKE . . . CALIFORNIA

> "San Fran's once-vibrant downtown empty."  Drudge