Goodbye, Soggy Bottom :(

So its been an interesting few months...and interesting year.  We've now been at Soggy Bottom for a bit more than a year and it looks increasingly likely that we will be leaving sometime in the near future (we've moved on from discussing "if" to "when" and "how")....

Anyhow, its been a great tutorial in America, and the culture thereof (that's pronounced 'Merica, as in the way George W. would say it).

I've been working on an analysis of traffic patterns in the area as reported in the local paper (perhaps more on that later) and opened up the paper to the below article this morning, which I think nicely encapsulates some of that beautiful culture in which we've been recently enmeshed:

Off the Cuffs: Maryland — Limited carry & target rich

 ... Interestingly, J primarily takes offense at the quality of the writing (as opposed to the content).  A sign we've been here too long?

Note from J: Yes. I take offense at the writing. It's a mass of unsupported assertions, thinly cloaked as a dialogue. Poor writing like this fosters poor thinking. I also take offense at the Cecil Whig for sacrificing column space to this...is there really nothing else happening here?

Counter from L:  Meh, it's an interesting piece of Americana for the historical record that future generations can refer to when they wonder what the hell happened in middle America in the early 2000's (you know, when Trump won the presidency).  I wouldn't have a problem with it being in the Cecil Whig if they also bothered to report on real news.

Edit added by L April 2017:  I've returned to gloat about calling the election in January 2016.  Ha ha?