Middle out! Middle out!

https://youtu.be/Ex1JuIN0eaA?si=aQdrTujjqzhtNQKp

Who are you? How did you get in here?‽

I’m a locksmith…. And I’m a locksmith

There’s a nice statue of him across from the White House, right near the church where Trump held the Bible upside down. I walk past that statue almost every day and have a smile

You can tell because it’s round, not straight 🧐

Sometimes two things can both be true

Started watching TOS in reruns in the late 70s and 80s.
I was a very lonely teenager in a blue collar, uneducated family when TNG premiered. I watched every episode of the first season alone in the dark on an old B&W tv as they were watching other stuff on the good TV.

TNG opened my eyes to a world of possibility, the diversity and wonder of life, leadership, and aspiring to something bigger than my small world.

There was plenty of criticism about the Wesley Crusher character in those early years, but as smart nerdy boy, I was grateful to see his character and how he was treated by the Geordi, Data and others. Gave me hope

Decades later, introducing my kids to TNG has been one of my greatest pleasures in life. They know and love the characters as I do.

A tale as old as time

Fine

For the record, it’s a great clip from It’s Always Sunny … featuring some Phillies baseball players from yesteryear

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C-_S0cWsFGb/?igsh=MWNzNzkxNDJtejNldQ==

Mike Schmidt? Phillies HoF 3b, 3x MVP?

Springsteen

I’ve seen him with the band in big venues and solo in tiny theaters. Best show was a Philly warehouse when I was in the front row, maybe 8 feet from him

Biden is the president

Harris is first in line should Biden leave office

Johnson is second in line, behind Harris

Rachel Garrett? Good

Young Rachel Garrett origin story? Great!

Rachel Garrett without red hair? Hmmmmm

Captain Jean Luc Picard and Captain Benjamin Lafayette Sisko

Maybeeee a few of the folks in Jeffersonville might. Maaaaayybeee

I assure you that nobody in Philadelphia considers themselves to be part of the Chesapeake region

At this point they aren’t so secret

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/06/01/what-we-know-about-white-houses-secret-bunkers-tunnels/

This guy aborts

I know her music pretty well, having raised two daughters over the past 20 years

Personally, my favorite of her albums is Folklore. It’s closest to the indie sound I enjoy

Today is your cake day, @valuesubtracted

I’m sure all the extremist conservatives and libertarians living in that area will be happy to get by on their own without any government support

Bootstraps!!