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He was great even in his late years. RIP JDJ 

If you're like me and love nearly everything about it, except the whiplash relationship at its core (and echoed usually a scene or two later with the other couple), it does feel an awful lot about relationships. 😆 If you happened to have just finished The Dollop podcasts on Bill Clinton, well, even more so...    

Apparently, ignore the global statecraft, it's all about relationships. https://www.washingtonpost.com/style/2025/10/23/diplomat-netflix-keri-russell-clinton-marriage/  

With all the great analysis videos out there is it time for a separate thread?   

Between yesterday and today, giving and feeling good.  I've been talking to two different (one partially) homeless people for several months, always giving a 10 or 20 when I see them. At my son's insistence (!) I just gave one of them $300 in cash.  To say the least, he was amazed and driven to tears and hugs.  As I walked back to my car, this woman drives up to me and chats with me.  "He's not REALLY homeless..." she says.  I knew that; he has a wife and a dog, and his father in law lets him stay at his place at times.  Otherwise, they live in a van.  I acknowledged that, but also just said that people need some help now and then. A man came out of the passenger seat, she told me it was her son, and he has autism, so don't be put off.  He was fairly high functioning, but you could tell he'd always need help.  Anyway, we got to talking and this woman has a home, but also has had a tough time of things.  So, I took the other $300 I had and gave it to her.  We both started tearing up. Now I need to pull ANOTHER chunk out to give to the other person.  He knows me by name, knows I lost my wife, and like the first guy I give him something whenever I see him.  He also told me that - even though he's homeless and has limited capability to help - if I ever needed something he could provide, to not hesitate to ask.  These folks are amazing.  So yeah, I'll get him something that I hope will help him this winter. On top of all that, today my son (staying with me while condo being worked on) has a friend over and they are listening to a few of my systems.  Son brought back some speakers I gave him, so offering them to his friend. TL;DR version: it feels fucking great to give and help others as long as I can!