Tag: georgia

Curling

I just asked the wordpress.com A.I. Assistant this question: Why is curling a thing?

Curling has a rich history dating back to the 16th century in Scotland, where it originated as a popular pastime during the long winter months. The sport involves players sliding stones on a sheet of ice towards a target area, while teammates use brooms to sweep the ice in front of the stone to control its speed and direction. Over time, curling has evolved into a highly strategic and competitive sport, with a dedicated global following. Its appeal lies in the skillful combination of precision, strategy, teamwork, and the unique dynamic of the game being played on ice. Additionally, the social aspects of the sport, including camaraderie and sportsmanship, contribute to its enduring popularity.

This whole post is an inside joke kinda thing, but apparently there are people who play the sport of Curling in Georgia… a place that doesn’t have ice. Who knew? Atlanta has twice had an NHL team. The first one booked it out of town and ended up in Calgary, where there is a lot of ice. The other booked it out of town and ended up in Winnipeg, where there is also a lot of ice.

So yeah… curling… in Georgia. Who knew?

This isn’t meant to bad mouth Curling. During every Winter Olympics, whenever I stumble across Curling I find myself completely fascinated with it, even though I have zero knowledge of anything that’s happening. It’s kinda weird and almost creepy. Still, come February 2026, when we have the next Winter Olympics, you can bet your bottom (Canadian) dollar that I’ll find myself glued to the TV.

Speaking of the NHL, the Bruins got spanked by the Blues last night. It made me sad. I need the Bruins to go on a nice win streak. Granted, I’d rather they play crappy for a while now than have them do it in the playoffs like they did last year.

Georgia!

Warnock beat Loeffler!
Ossoff has a decent lead over Perdue but it’s still too close to call.

We are one baby step closer to removing the fascists from power in the Senate. We’ve already taken the House. On 1/20 we’ll have the White House again.

The full Congress meets to certify the Electoral College vote today and that is going to be a shit show for the ages. In a sane America today should be a rubber stamp. In our current fascist anti-American nightmare it’s a gift wrapped chance for the next phase of the ol’ cheeto coup d’état.

Crud.

Keep your fingers crossed that Ossoff can hold his lead and take that second Georgia Senate seat and boot the nazi shit sippers from the Senate.

Georgia?

It’s about 3:20 am. I got up to get a drink of water and while I was sipping I picked up my phone and checked Twitter. I’m not wearing my glasses so it’s hard to say for sure but it looks like there are a lot of happy Democrats tweeting things like, “minority leader McConnel” and, “you’re fired Mitch”.

Should I be excited?

CNN is projecting one Democrat win already, and the other has a slight lead.

I don’t want to get ahead of myself here but should I be excited?

High Stress

The stress level is very high today. That is expected to a degree, but it’s much higher than it should be. I should actually be relaxing a little. I thought I was going to have to go into one of my company’s buildings this week but I found out today I don’t have to. I only have to wait in the parking lot. That’s nice. That should be calming me down, and it probably is a little, but it’s not straightening me out.

It’s probably Georgia that’s messing me up. The control of the US Senate is up for grabs after all and moscow mitch is just as evil and vile as the cheeto so getting him out of the majority leader seat is pretty gigantic. There’s also the coup d’état that the cheeto and his cult are trying to pull off. The next hurdle in thwarting his idiotic ass is tomorrow when the joint session of congress certifies the electoral collage vote. What could go wrong there? Who knows. Our country is an absolute shit hole right now. Screw you cheeto, and your little cult too.

On a personal note though… calm down, fatty. Stop stressing over things you can’t control.

In closing:

Let’s go Georgia (clap clap clapclapclap).

Georgia

How did Georgia end up having both Senate races in the same year? Did someone not fill a full term at some point?

Do I need to tell everyone in Georgia that they hold the key to removing Moscow Mitch McConnel from power and letting that little thing known as democracy back into the picture? It’s really easy, Georgia. Vote for the democrats and defeat the fascists and end the coup d’état. Simple.

I’m rooting for you, Georgia. I’m not over confident or cocky or anything but I am cautiously optimistic. Go to it and get the job done.