Not going to waste a good lyric on this, either.

  Yeah, I put this off again. It's just past 11 p.m. However, this time I made a conscious decision to not worry with it until after the evening nap. I don't know if that's better or worse. Actually, I really can't tell if it matters one way or another.

 Still in the grip of the blues, for what that's worth. Things are still tasteless and boring, and there's nothing I want to do but sleep. I go see the Therapist Tuesday, and she's going to suggest traveling, but honestly, I'm not interested in that. I'm half tempted to cancel the session. Once again, I'm just not particularly interested in talking to anyone, much less someone who's going to make me think about the state of things.

 The PowerDraw is still out in the aether and I'm still waiting on the Paul Butterfield book. I am in a weird mood about Butterfield here lately. He really didn't make too many worthwhile records under his name, but he made for a great sideman. I listened to Levon Helm & The RCO All-Stars this evening and that proves it.

 Which, for the most part, your better harmonica players make for better sidemen than band leaders. Sonny Boy Williamson (both) and Junior Wells aside, there aren't many who make better records on their own. Little Walter might be the one who was great on both sides. For sure, Big Walter and James Cotton are better as sidemen, due disposition for the former and the latter's scratchy voice. And I really can't think of a white harp man who, well, doesn't sound like a white guy singing the blues. Charlie Musslewhite's an incredible player, but he sounds like a dentist who plays on weekends with a bunch of other dentists when he sings.

 Okay, what else. I'm still not reading anything or really paying attention to much of anything. I'll probably save this for tomorrow's News, but it seems more likely than not the GOP in the Senate will trash any hope of a commission to investigate what went down on January 6. What's more likely is Mitch McConnell is worried about which Republican congress critters have direct ties to the Great American Temper Tantrum.

 If I had to bet, I'd say we're not going to see a commission or any in-depth investigation into what, if any, responsibility Congressional Republicans or, for that matter, Trump has with the GATT. I'm not exactly sure why McConnell, especially, is so against anything coming up. The GOP is owned by Trumpism and, frankly, they're all down with the idea of "overthrowing the government" A good three-fourths of Republican voters - as in the whole party - refuse to accept the reality of a Trump electoral loss.

 And I don't think that's going to change anytime soon. Trump will be cold and in the ground, and that bunch of weirdos will still be screaming about the election being stolen. They just can't accept that most of the country couldn't stand him. There was a poll concerning QAnon the other day, and it said 25% of Republicans think violence is required to put the country on what they consider the right track.

 Frankly, I'm not worried. If the GATT proved anything beyond a shadow of a doubt, it's that hardcore conservatives don't have the spine to go against any real resistance. They only wish they had half the sand of BLM or Antifa, and when the rubber meets the road, they'll buckle again and try to claim it was everyone's fault but theirs.

 Bank on it.