The Bangor Daily News announced Biden's win late Friday, much to the chagrin of many of its right wing commenters.
By dawn yesterday my black cloud had started to dissipate-I spent the day, a glorious Indian Summer, warm, sunny day, on the roof with a bucket of black goop tediously trying to locate the multitude of cracks in the roof surface.
I found myself wishing I had a hose and nozzle like the Maine DOT when they seal road cracks- it would have been much faster and neater.
Instead it was a one inch putty knife, and if you can imagine trying to paint a room with a one inch brush you might see what I was experiencing. Except change the paint to black goop.
Just like painting, I am a mess at roof sealing. No matter how careful I am, I will touch it, step in it, kneel in it, and sit in it. If I wear gloves the fingers end up getting stuck together.
I mitigate the clean up by pre treating my hands with a good-for- anything salve that I made of of beeswax and olive oil. Then I use a rag and leftover fry grease to remove it from my hands. I used to use olive oil for the latter, but then I realized it was a good use for oil that was going to be tossed-(or put into an oil lamp I have always wanted to try, which is why used oil is hanging around in the first place)
I think it was a good analogy for the day. Start at the top, apply tar, and remove the residue.
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