Picked up Tommy from the Gym this am and retuned to follow through on the planned termination of a recent hire. Sucks having had to do so, but the needs we have were not being met by the skills they possess, which were expected to be broader. The remainder of the work day was fine. I did have to run Tommy to/from practice, and he ran with me at lunch to quickly drop 'n swap TV's for my mom. The new one is so much better for her needs. She can have 'all in one' remote control to watch or stream content, the UI is easy and simple, and the set has an ethernet connection so it allows for far better load time and speed. Her Vizio works well in our patio, and the patio set is now in Tommy's room for use as a monitor or running the AppleTV v3. We watched the Biden Town Hall, then the Trump version, and my god what a vast chasm exists between the two. I have hope for a Biden win, but remain distraught at the lack of integrity in the system, and the fact that we have populace that's so unwilling to find a way to come together and work through the BS and false statements and settle on a reasonable set of social rules and programs. It seems completely out of the question, but this way isn't working and never will. I recall years back considering getting involved in local politics at the town council level. I looked up the application form and process and quickly concluded that the barriers and bullshit would be far more than I would be willing to deal with. And after the fiasco with the development on Panorama and how that got pushed through, I knew that I would have little power unless I was willing to play ball with greater powers and puppeteers. Not for me.