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<\/a><\/p>\nListening to Trump speaking right now \u2013 how depressing! \u00a0Winning 5 states, by substantial margins. \u00a0Trump moaning that he\u2019s unfairly not being considered the presumptive nominee. \u00a0Asserting that he\u2019s going to do great in Indiana because (a) Bobby Knight has endorsed him, and (b) Indiana is the location from which Carrier is moving jobs to Mexico. \u00a0And he repeats his same lines: \u00a0\u201cwe\u2019ll build the wall, we\u2019ll win against Hillary, we\u2019ll bring jobs back to the U.S.\u201d<\/p>\n
He\u2019s got a fair point on the case of the \u201calliance\u201d between Cruz and Kasich, though \u2014 it is a failure, when, immediately after its annoucement, Kasich announces, \u201cno, I\u2019m still going to ask for votes of Indianan voters.\u201d \u00a0Just another sign that Kasich is fundamentally up to no good, and pursuing an approach of \u201cif I don\u2019t get it, then I don\u2019t care what the outcome is.\u201d<\/p>\n
But I still can\u2019t entirely comprehend this state of affairs. \u00a0It seems to me that, given the reports of substantial crossover voters, and the fact that he wins in states where Republicans are in the minority to begin with, that it\u2019s just a cruel twist of fate that the populist candidate destroying the party in 2016, happened to be running as a Republican. \u00a0Couldn\u2019t Trump just as easily caused havoc in the Democratic party?<\/p>\n
But it seems to me that I\u2019ve been following the polls and the pundits a lot less recently, and have been more interested in policy issues than with the political games per se<\/em>.<\/p>\nAnd in the meantime, there are other things going on in the world.<\/p>\n
I\u2019m gradually taking over the reins with Cub Scouts. \u00a0Our next event: \u00a0a service project at the local nursing home. \u00a0Confirmed attendance: \u00a07 boys. \u00a0We\u2019ve got a long way to go to boost participation.<\/p>\n
I\u2019ve been trying to coordinate the \u201cSpring Party\u201d for CFM, our church\u2019s couples\u2019 group. \u00a0I\u2019ve been chasing down RSVPs, which is frustrating, because they\u2019re so slow in coming, and I\u2019m supposed to actually get the activities for the evening organized, which is slow going, when the event is on Friday. \u00a0Oh, and the kids are off school on Friday, so I really ought to be working on a report I\u2019m in the middle of, to get ahead before then.<\/p>\n
But here\u2019s something fun: \u00a0my youngest son has gotten into baking. \u00a0He made banana bread last Wednesday, then again Friday morning, just in time to have a slice for breakfast before school. \u00a0He made a double-batch\u00a0banana bread last night. \u00a0And now, having run out of bananas, he got out the kids\u2019 cookbook, and made a batch of chocolate chip cookies. \u00a0Of course, this means that my two weeks of determined dieting are going to go through the tubes, but it is nice to see him taking the initiative, making recipes with very little help (I put the banana bread batter into the pans, and he also gets help putting things into and taking them out of the oven), and putting the ingredients away afterwards. \u00a0The nice thing about baking, too, is that there isn\u2019t any cutting with a sharp knife, nor is there any dealing with a hot pan on the stove. \u00a0But I think the next step\u2019ll be to get him to make something less sugary.<\/p>\n
And now the press conference is over and it is truly time to open up that stubborn excel file.<\/p>\n
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Image: \u00a0https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File%3ATwo_slices_of_banana_bread_on_a_plate%2C_May_2009.jpg; By Ross Berteig (originally posted to Flickr as Banana Bread) [CC BY 2.0 (http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons. \u00a0No, this isn\u2019t the recipe we use; ours doesn\u2019t have nuts, and is fairly simple, from a kids\u2019 cookbook.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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