Don't be a Tough Guy. Don't Be a Fool!

Monster storm last night. Three inches of rain in as many hours. Because winter is coming (cue Game of Thrones theme music), I couldn’t help translating the rain into snow: One inch of rain = 12 to 20 inches of snow (snowflakes have lower mass and greater area.) We dodged the bullet!

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Woke up this morning to find the letter Trump purportedly wrote to Turkish president Erdogan was not, in fact, a stilted Saturday Night Live parody but an actual example of Trumpian diplomacy:

Let’s work out a good deal! You don’t want to be responsible for slaughtering thousands of people, and I don’t want to be responsible for destroying the Turkish economy…

I have worked hard to solve some of your problems. Don’t let the world down…

…Don’t be a tough guy. Don’t be a fool!

I was disappointed there were no Xs or Os at the end of the note. Bet Trump signs all his letters to Vlad and Kim with Xs and Os. But that exclamation point after Don’t be a fool almost makes up for it.

WHAT A FUCKING IDIOT.

I mean, I get that the people who voted for him, who continue to support him, did so and do so because they wanted a disruptor. And they don’t like people like me!

But this has lurched into the realm of bad comedy. Unless you're in northern Syria, of course.

If the United States can’t get rid of Trump, it deserves to go out whimpering. And it will.

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Else? I had lots of complex dreams last night but can’t remember any of them.

I do have this sense that I’m in some kind of very pleasant game preserve or zoo, as far removed as can be from my real life with its real concerns, real connections, real passions.

Work blitzkrieg continues for another two days.

But a very pleasant weekend in the City awaits at the other end of the tunnel, filled with social encounters and pleasant activities.