Reverting to the Old Ways...How Refreshing...

 My friends....

We have all been subject to way too much in the way of politics lately.  COVID, elections, Supreme Court, WE scandals...I need a break.  In fact, we all do.

You are all aware that the elections to the US Senate from the State of Georgia are not yet complete.  There were multiple candidates.  Georgia law requires that a winning candidate must get more than 50% of the vote.  Both senate seats are up for election.  No candidate got to that 50.1%.  The result of this is that there must be a runoff.  It will take place in January.

Apparently, the runoff election may not be by a vote.  Here is a picture of the headline from Fox News.

Duel victories?  I am so watching the live returns on this one.  Well, maybe I will watch the live return.  

Is it at all possible that the headline was supposed to be about dual victories?

Have a good evening.

R/SCG

P.S.  To the nice folks at Fox, I remind you that spelling counts.

The Morning After....

 Good morning everyone...

I am not a bartender.  I do not play one on TV.  I do know, however, that there are a couple of drinks that are designed to keep the different ingredients separate.  For example, a Black and Tan should involve a much darker beer and a beer lighter in colour.  They should, if done right, stay separate in the glass.

I would like to suggest a new drink.  People with greater knowledge of bartending and of chemistry can figure out the exact ingredients.  The visual effect would be similar to that of the Black and Tan.  In this case, one of the beverages would be blue.  The other would be red.

I would call this drink...

The Hangover.

Oy...

Have a good day.

R/SCG

The Beatles and Analogies...

 Good afternoon to all.

I have had the occasion to use this analogy twice today, and all too many times recently.  It thus bears comment.

The last song on side 1 of Sergeant Pepper is "Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite."  At about 1:00 of the song, there is a musical bridge.  In that bridge is a swirling musical sound that is difficult to describe.  

George Martin worked very hard to get that sound.  Numerous things he tried before that just did not work.  Where he finally settled was to tell the recording engineer to take what had been recorded, cut it into little pieces, throw it in the air, and then splice it back together.

I have used this analogy in describing my impressions of the impact of today's presidential election on US society.

The good news is this: this song was my favourite on that particular album for many years.

Good luck, Mr. Kite.

Have a good day everyone.

R/SCG