"Heredity is what sets the parents of a teenager wondering about each other." - Laurence J. Peter

From a friend's FB page

I'm FB friends with a friend from childhood who is very, very smart. He has a PhD, has written at least one well received technical book, and has worked at the upper levels of several technology companies you'd recognize immediately. I haven't seen him in over 40 years, but we exchange Christmas greetings and I've enjoyed following his life's path on FB.
I'm OK with his move to the far left politically and assume it's a shift at least facilitated by his education (Univ. of Chicago, among others) and profession. I'm curious to hear about his parallel shift in the area of theology and hope to sit down over a cup of coffee some day to get that story.
What I don't understand are his FB posts. He's among those openly critical of almost everyone and everything associated with the current administration dating back to President Trump's candidacy. I get that one, too. If you've read here long you know I have problems with many of President Trump's positions and almost all of his behavior.
But his posts are typically ad hominem - personal attacks that feel more juvenile than thoughtful.
What's the purpose of these and so many other peoples' posts of this sort? No, seriously. What is behind someone who is otherwise intelligent and thoughtful but who writes SNL-type comments about an elected official and their cabinet & staff? Is it cathartic? Part of a tribal behavior pattern that bonds them to others in their group?
I'd understand comments critical of specific policies and actions, but wonder what benefit is derived from mocking a person. When they hit "post" how is their life better in some way?

The rain continues to fall. Our creek turned into a stream and is approaching river. MoHo sits above it by 15' or so, and because the creek is more like a marsh with lots of vegetation we can't normally see it from our windows. But it's clearly visible now, a wide light brown flow moving quickly right-to-left.

Am I the only one who thought emoluments were something they put in hand lotion?

I worked on the truck's heater this morning, bypassing the switch to see if the problem was there or at the motor. From power directly to the motor got nothing. Nada. So I pulled the motor (not easy or fun) and discovered that the shaft will only turn if I put a pair of vise grip pliers on it. It should spin freely.
In a this will never happen move of desperation I called my local NAPA store and he said, "I can have one here out of Eugene by 12:30." What????? Sure enough, it was there when I showed up at 12:45. But in the SOP category the little metal clip - a 5 cent piece - that holds on the squirrel cage doesn't come with the motor and they didn't have any in stock. "The Eugene store shows two in stock and it can be here by 2:30."
When I got there at 3:15 an entire package of these clips was there for me. I've never used ONE in my life, need ONE now, and have 24 of them.
By the time I got home the sun had moved behind the fir trees on the hill on the west side of the creek and the temp was already starting to drop. So was I.
Installation will happen tomorrow.

Stella, our 6-month old breeding doe is Driving. Me. Crazy. I have a sectioned off area for the kids so they can have all he alfalfa they want, but that's too much protein for a goat as mature as Stella, which is why I made a narrow opening into that area.
Then narrower when I discovered Stella could get through.
Then narrower again, and again.
Then I put a horizontal board across and dropped it when she got under the first height.
And dropped it again.
And again.

Here's a pic of the current setup. That opening is 6" wide and 10" high. Stella is an almost full grown Boer goat who can get through. Incredible.
Itzhak is two months old and he can barely get under that board. Stella gets down on her front knees and gets her front half under, and then gradually stands up and drags her back half through. If I hadn't see it I would not believe it.
Grrrrr.