Government, Stocks and Slippery Slopes

Some big things happened in this country last night, and I can’t let that go unacknowledged. But I don’t want to spend thousands of words on this election that is (thankfully) over either. Plus, if I climb too high on my soapbox, I may end up sobbing atop it, and this is far too happy…

I walked into the Nevada caucus a reluctant first-timer, and walked out a county delegate. It wasn’t that I didn’t want to go to the caucus, to vote, or to support my candidate. I did. In fact, you might say I have never supported a candidate more. I supported Hillary in 2008, and I support her…

So, funny thing happened en route. It went down like this – We were playing with our temporary puppy, Albuquerque, somewhere in Arizona (yes, there was a temporary puppy named Albuquerque), when this truck driver comes up to see the puppy, because he is so completely adorable that he may as well have had an…