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Free-Write

Circling into the NFL after missing pretty much everything since last week.

It’s okay. There’s not a lot to be optimistic about when it comes to the Saints. Guess I could try to get excited about the RedskinsCommanders. If anything, what I’ve seen so far is at least interesting. I still haven’t quite figured out the offense the Commanders are running.

So many other teams are running the exact same stuff. Let’s look like the Chiefs and Niners. yawn

Otherwise, I’ve just been trying to assess what happened with the election Tuesday.

I feel like What Happened??!? was a 2016 thing.

Fair, expected, amount of despair from the left-leaning outlets I follow. Not a lot of satisfying self-reflection yet, but there’ll probably finally be some after the shock abates.

In spite of paranoid MSNBC bits coming into the house, I’m trying to figure out if there might be a small place for me to contribute. While I might not see a direct path, if it’s something I could do while maintaining my safety valves, why not? I think I have to update my CV for work, anyway. Maybe the updates will feed multiple uses.

But I was kind of struck by President Trump’s description of Elon Musk during his acceptance speech was great.

Musk is doing the sorts of things that the authoritarian state say he can’t. Then he has to rescue people stranded in a conventional spacecraft.

What I don’t know is whether he’s doing any of Business School stuff of “That’s proprietary information” stuff. I do see bits of it, but I also see what he seems at least willing to share information with competitors when it comes to compatibility. Can’t find the story I saw a few days ago about how they’re making other manufacturer’s vehicles compatible with Tesla’s “Supercharger.”

Electricidal Engineering isn’t rocket surgery.

So, maybe I have a bit of sunny optimism about all this?

I don’t know.

While I may not particularly like the upstream beneficiaries, at least something might get done.

In so many cases, what’s in place isn’t what anyone with half a brain would built today.

So, a bit of optimism? Maybe.

I do have a lot of other stuff to do this coming week. We’ll see how it goes. I’m gonna go watch football.