1.  These are, for lack of a better phrase, trying times.

2.  If by trying times you mean each day starts like my hair’s been lit on fire with a blowtorch.

3.  And I do. I do mean that.

4.  But here I am, singed ends and all, pulling my crap together to write a 40 things post.

5.  We’ll see.

6.  Let’s find something less incendiary to start with, shall we?

7.  [crickets]

8.  [more crickets]

9.  Who tf am I kidding?

10.

11.  THAT’S WHAT I’M TALKIN’ ABOUT.

12.  This was posted on the official White House account on 3/4/26.

13.  Did I expect any better from this regime?

14.  Not really, but we still acknowledge the obscenity.

15.  I’m pretty offended on behalf of families who lost loved ones this week.

16.  Just saying.

17.  And now I’m doom scrolling.

18.  You know how sometimes you just get so tired your brain shuts down and your eye sockets feel numb?

19.  That happens to other people, right?

20.  Well, the last couple of days have been sketchy so thinking I could tackle 40 things may have been overly optimistic.

21.  Energy reset! Let’s just spit for a bit.

22.  Our soundbar died. Because of course it did.

23.  This sounds like a simple fix but my “but the research!” brain clicked in.

24.  Unfortunately it promptly overheated so…that’s fun.

25.  We’ve got a six day stretch ahead of us where temps will reach into the 70s and 80s daily.

26.  In the beginning of MARCH.

27.  North Carolina is a fickle mistress.

28.  Because what do you mean they’re calling for 82, 79, 73, 79, 83, 85, 65, then FIFTY-FOUR DEGREES?!

29.  Our bodies weren’t built to act like this, man.

30.  Wait ’til the spring blooms start vomiting pollen into the atmosphere.

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32.  I think I’ll always hear the new version of Aaron, too.

33.  Lock in, Laura, we’re almost to the home stretch.

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35.  You guys caught that, right? A US Marine Corps veteran was forcibly removed after interrupting a Senate subcommittee on 3/4/26 in protest over the American strike on Iran.

36.  Republican Senator Tim Sheehy of Montana joined three Capitol police officers in dragging Brian McGinnis from the chamber, breaking McGinnis’ arm in the process.

37.  Food for thought.

38.  The video is out there to find but the sound of his forearm snapping is rough…

39.  Look at us, we made it.

40.  Happy Friday, everybody.