I'm bummed that the Mets didn't make it into the World Series!  They had a great run.  I almost always root for the underdogs, and I can see why they had so many people jumping on the bandwagon to root for them.  Dodgers vs. Yankees is the most boring, cliched World Series ever.  Yawn.  I'm no longer watching baseball, but at this point, I guess I want the Yankees to win because they have Anthony Rizzo, former Cubs first baseman, who is an amazing human being.  I would love to see him win another ring.  That is the only reason I would ever root for the Yankees.

I hope Kieran gets nominated for some awards and/or continues to make appearances.  As a Leonardo DiCaprio fan, I can commiserate.  He is very private, too, and typically only uses social media as a platform for his environmental work.  He actually posted a video endorsing Kamala Harris yesterday.  I had no doubt that he would vote for Kamala as I know he's super liberal, but it was nice to actually see his face on his Instagram LOL.  He usually only makes appearances when he's promoting a movie, which happens once every few years.  I still haven't seen his most recent movie because it's only streaming on Apple TV, which I don't have.  I think you can buy it on Amazon, but it's expensive because Apple has the rights to it.  Add that to the list of reasons why I hate Apple.

I'm ready for the election to be over.  I know Trump won't concede or back down without a fight if/when he loses, but at least he's not currently in the White House.  That gives him much less power than he had last time.  I could see him and his crazy cult still trying something violent, but this time the Dems will be ready for it and will hopefully shut that shit down.  I just pray he goes to prison when this is all said and done!

I know we've talked about it before, but political posts on social media have really harmed my opinion of so many people I used to respect or consider friends.  I've unfollowed or muted so many people in the last 8 years so that I can scroll through Facebook or Twitter without feeling angry.  I know that puts me in an echo chamber, and I don't care.  There is nothing that people on the right could say that would change my mind about Trump or make me understand why any decent person would continue to support him, and at this point, I don't believe anything I say will change their minds either, so I'm done discussing it.  It is just really sad how many people are going to be on the wrong side of history and don't even realize it.  The last decade has definitely helped me understand how Hitler and the Nazis were able to rise to power in Germany.  It's terrifying to see history repeating itself.

Steph, Belfast is on my list of places I'd love to visit someday!  Ireland was absolutely beautiful, but we never made it up to Northern Ireland.  I would love to go back to the UK and see more of England and Wales, too.

He's definitely not going to accept. He's already said as much since the start of his campaign. If he doesn't win, it's obviously rigged. He's had his followers ready for it too. Shit show!

I think it will be funny if I randomly run into them at the grocery store or something lol

I agree that sometimes ignoring people like that is better than responding.  They like to think they've got to you if you're interacting.  He sounds like a brainwashed idiot anyway.  Better off just blocking people like that.

I hope you don't end up with riots after the election.  If Trump loses he should just accept it like any normal person would (although he's not just a normal person is he).

You never know about Duran Duran, you may meet them one day, or one of them in some random place.

I did cry at the time, but now it's just a funny story that I do plan on sharing with Duran Duran if I ever get to meet them. (which I won't) *sigh*

I truly hope we don't get orange Hitler again, but next week is the last peaceful week this country is going to have in a long time. After election day, nothing is going to be the same. He's going to insist he won, and his followers are going to riot. I'm kind of scared about what might actually happen. One of his unhinged followers commented on a FB post I made a few days ago about Trump mocking a handicapped person and he went off on this long incoherent rant and ended by claiming I lost my intelligence and shouldn't be teaching children lol This is a guy who was smart and now he sounds like a lunatic. It's so odd. Still not sure if I'm going to respond. I hate giving jerks the last word but sometimes no response is maddening to people like him.  We shall see.

Here in Wales we are governed by the same as the rest of the UK, and he's not doing a very good job of it so far!  I don't think our prime minister will last the full four years.

I hope you don't end up with Orange Hitler again

Mare, I do remember your Duran Duran story, you got trampled while waiting for hours to meet them and then didn't get to see them.  How awful that must've been.  I would've cried I think, especially after all that

Julie, the whales and dolphins were amazing.  It was worth putting up with the roasting hot weather for them lol.  And how lucky you got to spend time in Scotland and Ireland, such lovely places.  I've only been to Edinburgh, so looking forward to exploring further.  I've been to Belfast and parts of southern Ireland and they were lovely places too.

It makes me happy when people root for the Mets. Thanks! They had a great season. I belong to a few Mets FB pages, and it amazed me the amount of people who came on to say what a great job the Mets did this year and that after their teams were out of it they were all in on the Mets. Even Dodgers fans came in to say how great they were. The only people who didn't were Phillies fans, because they are the worst! 

Now I have to rely on my emotional support Kieran to stay out in public and give me a few late night interviews and of course SNL. It wouldn't hurt if he was on another awards circuit run. He's getting rave reviews for A Real Pain so you never know! 

It might very well be the same series. Who knows? It might even be the same story! LOL

I hear you.  I can't wait for the election to be over... and hopefully go the way we want it to!  Two more weeks...

I forgot to say it in my last post, but I've actually been following postseason baseball for the past week or so.  I'm rooting for your Mets to hang in there!  I hate the Dodgers.  I was also rooting for poor Cleveland, but the damn Yankees got the best of them last night.   A subway World Series would be fun for New York!

I would love to see Kieran host SNL!  They've had some good hosts and musical guests so far this season.

Thanks!  At the rate I'm going with this story, I may well make it to 2,000 and still be writing this series LOL.

Can I just say, I don't know if I'm going to last through the end of this election cycle! I need Zanax! I don't know about you, but I wake up angry and stay angry all day long. I don't know if that's what it's like for you in Wales, Steph. Hopefully you don't have a megalomaniac trying to take over your country.  LOL Thank GOD for the Mets. They've been a great distraction, but I'm afraid their run will be ending today and then all I'll have to look forward to is some press tour stuff from Kieran before he disappears again. I need him to host SNL is what I need! Help me manifest this into existence! And his movie is coming out November 1st so there's that. He's been a private person ever since he was a kid. He said seeing what his big brother went through and how it destroyed him was enough for him to stay the hell away from being out in public.

Also, Congrats on hitting your 1,000 day hitting streak mark! Maybe you'll make it to 2,000!

Your vacation sounds lovely, Steph!  I would have loved seeing whales and dolphins in the wild.  I'm with you on preferring someplace less hot, though.  We finally got some cooler autumn weather this week, and I couldn't have been happier to be able to wear long sleeves and pants without roasting.

The Scottish Highlands and Ireland are so beautiful!  I went to both when I studied abroad in Stirling, Scotland in college, and I would love to go back.  Mare, that's so cool that you got to go to England in high school!  I love your Long Island iced tea story LOL.  I had my first legal drink in the UK as well.  I was 20 when I went there, so still a year shy of being able to buy alcohol in the States.  It was fun to be able to drink in pubs!

The Liam Payne news is so shocking and sad.  I feel for his family and friends and all the fans who are grieving right now.  It definitely makes me grateful that Nick and AJ have both gotten help and seem to be in better places in their lives now.

That is scary about that guy stalking Kieran and his family!  No wonder he is super private.  There are a lot of weird people out there.

I was a massively huge fan of Duran Duran. I have seen them a lot. Probably more than BSB. I have never met them. Came close once. I'm sure you've seen the story I post on FB every year on Nov 2nd. If not, look for it in a few weeks! lol

Ironically enough, THREE of my friends from college have actually played with them. When John Taylor left for a little bit, my friend Bryan Bellar played bass briefly for them. Wes Wehmiller also a friend of mine. He roomed with my really good friend Steve (on FB.) Played lead guitar with them after Andy left the group. Unfortunately, he died of cancer in 2005. :O( And finally another friend, Joe Travers, who made fun of me for the November 2nd incident, played drums for them for a little bit after Roger left for a hot minute. Despite all that, never got to meet them. Crazy!

Going to London isn't the normal field trip. Normally for us, field trips are day trips as well. This happened over a spring break greatly discounted because of fruit, candy and all kinds of other fundraising sales to get us there. I don't remember them checking with anyone about how old we were. Our teachers were sitting at a table right next to us. They didn't realize we ordered Long Island iced tea. They thought we just got a pitcher of Coke. Needless to say, when they figured it out, they were not pleased! That was the last time we got to sit by ourselves. lol

I'm sorry for your daughter. I am seeing a lot of people struggling with it on Twitter.