Morning, all. In this era of trouble and strife and challenge and tribulation, how can regular folk stand such times? To which I answer:
I have no fucking clue. We're all hanging on by threads and shreds.
But it's a Tuesday and there's a deeply arbitrary college football game on tonight. And two tomorrow. And four on Thursday. And five on Friday.
Is that enough? God, no. But I'm willing to try some SunBelt FunBelt on an October Tuesday and see if that helps shovel the shit a bit.
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