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Kitchen Table Kibitzing: Musings after SOTU [1]

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Date: 2026-02-26  

Evening, fellow kibitzers.

(My 4 o’clock meeting was rescheduled to 5 or 5:30 due to car trouble. Just a heads up that I will be late joining the conversation.)

Coming down or maybe it’s more like reemerging from the ‘trauma’ of the SOTU, which, each year since Joe Wilson called President Obama a liar, seems to sink to new lows in terms of decorum. This year’s speech reminded me of a far right pep rally. It was an hour and 47 minutes too much, painful to watch. And I know I have only myself to blame, I could have spent my time more positively. Not that I followed it closely; I divided my attention between the speech and ‘busy’ work on my phone. I’ve reached the conclusion that one should never watch these things alone, it’s too dis-spiriting.

it was chilling, the fervor with which they applauded him, the rallying chants of “USA, USA, USA.” It was sheer theater. He’s a master of it and despite all the talk he appeared rather robust to me.

One take away — I realized that there was no handing off of copies of the speech to the speaker and VP … Is that a tradition we no longer practice?

Week Three of Training

Maisie and I have are half way through Family Dog 1 up at the Marin Humane Society. Each class is so chock full of behaviors to teach, I always come home overwhelmed and took Tuesday off from any training at all. Maisie is doing exceptionally well! Whoever had her before she showed up in the shelter definitely worked with her as she is really good on the leash and knows her basic commands. She absolutely loves our little trainings, although unlike Aggie Pocket she is not really all that motivated by food.

Yesterday, I went to a free session at the Exercise Coach. Their spiel is that all you need is two twenty minute sessions with them a week because of the high tech machines they work with. I was trained on only three of the machines during my initial session, and while I don’t quite know how to explain how these machines are more efficient, there are several metrics which are input to customize the workout. Don’t know if I’ll sign up; I was just relieved to find out that my muscles hadn’t completely atrophied.

x Cartoon by Nick Anderson — Robert Reich (@rbreich.bsky.social) 2026-02-25T17:31:12.424526Z

x Rep. Ilhan Omar: "The president talked about protecting Americans, and I just had to remind him that his administration was responsible for killing two of my constituents." — Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2026-02-25T16:09:31.590Z

x Our favorite moment from last night! Way to go Rep. Al Green! — Alt National Park Service (@altnps.bsky.social) 2026-02-25T17:57:47.242Z

In other news:

x Breaking: Former Harvard President Larry Summers will resign from his academic and faculty appointments at Harvard at the end of the academic year over his ties to Jeffrey Epstein He will also relinquish his University Professorship — Harvard's highest faculty distinction. — Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1.bsky.social) 2026-02-25T16:45:38.278Z

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