Here at Top Comments we welcome longtime as well as brand new Daily Kos readers to join us at 10pm Eastern. We strive to nourish community by rounding up some of the site's best, funniest, most mojo'd & most informative commentary, and we depend on your help!! If you see a comment by another Kossack that deserves wider recognition, please send it either to topcomments at gmail or to the Top Comments group mailbox by 9:30pm Eastern. Please include a few words about why you sent it in as well as your user name (even if you think we know it already :-), so we can credit you with the find!
Well...I wasn’t quite prepared for it actually happen.
At least not so suddenly.
Sleep.
Since noon January 20, 2021.
I have run into many jokes (or what I assumed to be jokes) with people saying that they could not wait until the Inauguration of Joe Biden as the 46th President of the United States in order to get a good night’s sleep, finally.
And then...at around 2:00pm CST on January 20, I dozed right off...for about 3 ½ to 4 hours
And I have been doing it since Inauguration Day (I’ve been off since Tuesday) at my usual day-off nap times but instead of a 1-2 hour nap it’s been a 3-4 hour nap.
I feel fine, a little personal stress about health and other matters. Matters that don’t seem quite as bad now.
So...maybe I wasn’t joking after all.
Feels nice.
But I also have to remember to spare more than a few thoughts for others; the parent in Latin America that remains separated from their child residing in an American detention center orthe families and loved ones of the 400,000 lost to COVID-19 and others who, while they, too, might be sleeping a little better since noon 1/20/21, have to face nightmares that I do not that may make their rest, however needed, just a little more uncomfortable.
Comments below the fold.
TOP COMMENTS
Brillig's ObDisclaimer: The decision to publish each nomination lies with the evening's Diarist and/or Comment Formatter. My evenings at the helm, I try reeeeallllyy hard to publish everything without regard to content. I really do, even when I disagree personally with any given nomination. "TopCommentness" lies in the eyes of the nominator and of you, the reader - I leave the decision to you. I do not publish self-nominations (ie your own comments) and if I ruled the world, we'd all build community, supporting and uplifting instead of tearing our fellow Kossacks down. Please remember that comment inclusion in Top Comments does not constitute support or endorsement by diarist, formatter, Top Comments writers or DailyKos. Questions, complaints or comments? Contact brillig.
From Otteray Scribe:
This heartfelt and painful personal revelation by Sockpuppet starts a thoughtful thread in SemDem's diary about chaos in Qanon watch parties following the inauguration.
From thesphinx:
Gaelsdottir's thoughtful discussion of why we should not defensively hamstring ourselves from certain actions in a righteous cause, because others might someday use similar actions in evil ways. From mspicata’s recommended post on the first firing of a Trumpist.
From belinda ridgewood:
PvtJarHead had a diary explaining how Trump's vast incompetence might mean some of his pardon recipients could still go to jail. Radicallass took the opportunity to create a splendid malapropism.
Highlighted by Frank Pedraza:
This comment by richthetraveler in Aldous J. Pennyfarthing’s recommended post on Fox News’ reaction to Time’s cover illustration.
TOP MOJO
Top Mojo for yesterday, [insert the date here], first comments and tip jars excluded. Thank you mik for the mojo magic! For those of you interested in How Top Mojo Works, please see his diary on FAQing Top Mojo.
TOP PICTURES
Top Pictures for yesterday, [insert the date here]. Click any picture to be taken to the full comment or picture. Thank you jotter!