Today is my birthday. I’m going to spend the next years of my 43 year-old life looking at the congressional record for any sense of solace and document whatever I see. I don’t really want to pay attention to the news during the second go around of this gish gallop and will read what I can understand from the record of congress (what makes laws). I’m not optimistic, I’m trained and working as an engineer, I’m married and have I have two young children. Godspeed.