Con crud is kind of a thing. But I’ll persevere, thanks to rest, sinus meds, and Nyquil. As I said, Marscon was awesome, and the dissonance of coming back into the normal world after living in con world for a couple of days is always challenging, especially when you’re having trouble breathing through your nose. But, that’s life.

I’d recap the week, but honestly, it hasn’t been all that exciting. Work, cook dinner, sleep. Oh yeah, move a couch (friends are moving and had an extra one they weren’t using, so they passed it to us to replace our ailing old Ikea model), and hit the Gamestop for cheap XBox 360 games, since my son managed to get one cheap second-hand.

That’s really about it; I’ve been keeping tabs on the Impeachment trial (if not seriously locking in to live coverage), and watched “All The President’s Men” Wednesday night, because it felt appropriate. I honestly don’t know what’s going to come of it; I hold out hope that a few will break party lockstep and allow additional witnesses; getting John Bolton on the stand might actually move the needle, though I’m not seriously expecting partisanship to be overcome by any sense of right and wrong when it all comes down to it; thanks to McConnell, it’s going to end up in an acquittal. My best hope at this point is that all this goes on long enough that the President has to give the State of the Union on February 4th while still actively on trial. That’ll at least be interesting.

I don’t really have anything lined up for the weekend; weather looks decent for Saturday; I might try to get a bike ride in on the Capital Trail; it’s been a while since I’ve been in the saddle, and the trail looked really inviting as I drove alongside it on Route 5 last weekend.

As for tunes, Spotify wants me to discover a bunch of modern indie this week, before taking a turn toward original Al, with dips into the 80s. Not a bad listen, really:

1. “Vampire Alberta Blues” – John K. Samson
2. “Judy Staring at the Sun” – Catherine Wheel, Tanya Donnelly
3. “Illegal” – Tim Heidecker
4. “Car Wheels on a Gravel Road” – Lucinda Williams
5. “Ninety Bucks” – Craig Finn
6. “Happiness Is All The Rage” – Promise Ring
7. “I Only Want the Sky” – Michael Leviton
8. “California Man” – Cheap Trick
9. “The Biggest Ball of Twine in Minnesota” – “Weird” Al Yankovic
10. “Life During Wartime” – Talking Heads
11. “National Shite Day” – Half Man Half Biscuit
12. “The Death of Pop” -The Rub