Back in Socal after a long, hard travel day. Three hour drive to Nashville, a three hour wait at the airport (flight was delayed), then a 4.5 hour flight to SAN – must’ve been some big headwinds. Landed at 5pm in SD, so traffic was at its worst. I decided to stop at Costco and shop (company coming, need lots of provisions) rather than just sit in traffic. So I made it home at 7pm, about 13 hours after leaving Cleveland TN. Felt every minute of it.

Having said that, if you’re going to be stuck in an airport for a while, Nashville is a good one. Modern, spacious, good food, good seating options, and lots of live music in bars and restaurants. So that part was OK.

Today it’s mostly rest and recover mode. Some light chores around the house.

And of course I’m catching up on the news, drinking coffee. Some quick thoughts:

• The UFC fight on the White House lawn was a new low for American dignity, and that’s saying a lot. Really sad.
• I’m laughing my ass off about the Washington Monument reflecting pool turning green with algae. Everything Trump touches dies.
• The end of the Iran war/not a war is laughable. Actually tragic, but laugh is all you can do about our dimwitted federal government. We made more enemies in the Middle East, killed a lot of innocent people, blew through billions of dollars, wrecked the global economy…for absolutely nothing. Iran is in a stronger position after the war than before. Nice job.
• I was very sorry to hear about the B-52 crashing at Edwards AFB. A true tragedy. But what do you expect when you’re flying 65 year old aircraft? The B-52s should be retired, right now – they qualify for Social Security, fergawdsake.. They’re a relic of another time, another era in warfare. We don’t need them today.
• The NY Times has a compelling, long article about Jeffrey Epstein’s suspicious death. It supports my contention that he was murdered, silenced by people who he might have testified about. I’d say Convict Donny is a prime suspect. We’ll never know the truth.
• Zac Brown and Nate Bargatze just became dead to me after performing/appearing at Trump’s UFC/Idiocracy shit show. As a celebrity, you support Convict Donny, you lose my support. Period. Same for Roku, a company just bought by Fox. I’ve bought a lot of Roku gear over the years, but no more.
• Convict Donny is in Europe, at the G7 again. Any minute now he’s going to do something that will embarrass America further – it’s inevitable. You put a spoiled child in a group of adults, and the child is going to act out. Wait for it.

That’s it for now. Time to get my golf game in shape, as a month’s worth of birthday golf starts on Thursday.