Women are... well... women. And cats.

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Oh, you get real news elsewhere.  As do I.  And you believe what you believe about it, and doubt and all the rest on your own.  Sure, sometimes I stumble into something and leave my mark on it.  But this next is probably something you haven't seen, and wouldn't have seen.  Who but women watch the show it was broadcast on?  And, yeah, it's meant as fluff, the stuff by which women often can have their vote swayed, so mostly I stay away from it.  However, it proves some other points I have in my bag of beliefs.  That is what the title is about.

In this article, about a show I won't mention for... many reasons, is a breakdown of some of the dialogue.  Even the wives of the rich and powerful are just what all women are.  Somewhere between curious and nosy, sometimes a bit odd, and always with little... habits that annoy men in some way or another.  For example, the thing about the toothpaste?  Yeah, I squeeze from the middle, until it gets down, then begin getting the last bits by squeezing the end and rolling.  But leaving the cap off?  I dunno.  And, yeah, it's a small thing, something I would no more than remark upon a few times during a lifelong marriage (if women take that as harping, too).  Women can say something a thousand times a week and it's not harping, but if you say something twice a decade?  Harping!  Trust me, every single woman I have known was like that.  Anyway, all women do little things that annoy.  But... don't give up on them for that, just... learn to... grin, even chuckle.  It's more fun to, and they still know what you mean.  *grins*  But what she does with her curiosity, along with the bravery of two women combined (Lord, have mercy) is absolutely tickling my funny bone.  I don't know the woman, or her friend.  And I am not (I said I am not, Anne) passing judgement.  I am just... adding it as proof to my female conspiracy and behavior portfolio.

For all that is and has happened the news cycle has certainly slowed down.  Prophets of doom are holding their (our?) breath, partisans have volleyed and are now entrenching rather than attempting to advance, all other news has been forgotten as if nothing else newsworthy is going on.  I think many are saving space for "what next".  The stream has dried up I guess.  Bah, what's an ogre to put together his doom mechanics with without tools, ammo, fodder, and sich?  Double bah!  *bam-bam*  Baby wants more toys!  Well, actually, often, I really don't.  A bit of quiet is actually nice, when it is right.  It is just that... this isn't quiet, this is the quiet before the storm, the true horror, the real SHTF.  A shadow is passing over the world.  Never worry, there are a few things that bring some cheer even in the gloom of possibilities.  Don't tread on me, "bro".