Yesterday, I did not wake up and choose violence. Instead, I woke up and chose house cleaning and baking.

One loaf of challah later, I made a nice, hearty pasta and sauteed vegetables dinner. I then proceeded to make a nice batch of cinnamon rolls for today’s breakfast. I needed something folks could grab and eat on the go, and a little bit of carbohydrates, wrapped in carbohydrates, and frosted with carbohydrates really hit the spot.

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Irish Woman and The Young Prince left this morning for a Scouting High Adventure trip to the Florida Keys. Boo will spend several days on a sailboat, learning all about boat handling, ecology, and how to use the wind to move your ship without rum.

Irish Woman and her closest friends will be staying at a nice beach house in the Keys, watching Boo sail by as they sit in the sand and indulge in fruity drinks.

I wish them well. I just want to point out that when I went to Scout camp with Boo, I got to enjoy poison ivy, ticks, and mosquitoes in the moistness that is a Kentucky summer. The closest I ever came to a beach was the mud flats between our tents and the shower.

I’d also like to point out that there is no justice in this world this side of the grave.

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Looking at the politics news of late (I know, I know), it appears that the current front-runner for most lasting impact on the country’s future for the current Trump administation might just be Supreme Court victories.

It appears that the time and attention invested in putting conservative or conservative-leaning judges onto the courts in the first Trump administration might be bearing fruit. The court has ruled in favor of removing the special consideration given to government regulators in litigation. A recent ruling gives states more leeway in how their Medicaid spending is allocated. Today, a decision has come down putting some limits on the power of federal district court judges to issue overly-expansive injuctions.

I’m not looking for a conservative version of the Warren or Burger courts. The court should not swing one way or the other by default. Honestly, I always considered the existence of moderate justices who could swing a decision based on a good interpretation of the Constitution and the law to be an ideal. However, in this day and age, a moderate who has the spine to stand up to both sides is hard to come by.

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On the way back to dropping Boo, Irish Woman, and Irish Woman’s cousin off at the airport, I stopped at Waffle House for breakfast. There’s just something nice about eggs, sausage, and hashbrowns prepared with my favorite fixings to calm the soul. I must have come in just at the end of the night shift, because the staff looked like they’d been in a couple of ambushes and running gun fights.

There was no blood or broken glass on the floor. I saw no evidence of police tape on any of the entrances or the bathroom door. Apparently overnight had been rather sporty, but didn’t rise to a level that would inspire humorous stories.