Today is Wednesday, January 14, 2026. Today Elliot and I met “Jeff” for the first time in close to four years because of a rift that occurred between Jeff and Elliot the day some of us went to see In the Heights during the summer of 2021. I should correct that, though; it was Elliot who hadn’t seen Jeff close to 4 years. I began seeing Jeff and his late husband “Larry” about three years ago when he was diagnosed with acute leukemia.

Now we were only seeing Jeff who is still grieving the death of his husband of three years. He died right around Rosh Hashanah this year, on September 22.

We met at a local diner/restaurant near Jeff’s home called the Madison Restaurant around 6:15 p.m. I had been slightly worried about the meeting all day, not knowing how it would progress. And I am happy to report that the encounter went extremely well. When Jeff saw Elliot for the first time in such a long time, he took Elliot’s face in his hand and hugged him. Quite a poignant moment!

So for over 2 hours, we let Jeff vent his frustrations and fears over being single once again. No subject was off the table in terms of being discussed and there was only the one time that Jeff brought up the reason for the separation. At that point, Elliot swallowed his pride and apologized for any hurt he might have caused him almost 4 years ago.

It’s profoundly sad that it took the death of Larry to prompt this reconciliation between us since we don’t know what Jeff would have done if Larry had lived. It was Larry who urged Jeff to forgo petty grievances right before he succumbed to his illness. And now Jeff was going to honor his request by agreeing to see Elliot tonight. I truly hope that Larry was beaming over this conciliation from wherever he is.

So that’s the story of what happened this evening somewhere in the East 50s. I’m now relieved it’s over and we can move on from this.

Since it’s quite late, I’ll just report on one shocking thing the vulgarian-in-chief did today and that was to mouth “fuck you” to a worker at a Ford plant in Michigan who called him a “pedophile protector,” which is the damn truth.

This highly undignified gesture from a highly coarse subhuman just shows his contempt for all Americans and how thin-skinned he is to any criticism. He actually shouted “fuck you” to the worker multiple times as he was leaving the factory level. Then this idiot flipped the middle finger before shuffling off.

Imagine in your wildest dreams if another president, say, Barack Obama or Bill Clinton did the same thing? If these more dignified presidents unleashed an expletive-laden rant at a blue-collar worker if he or she called them out for something? Fox “News” and the fucking right-wing media would have a months-long meltdown about how Obama showed disrespect toward a working man. Aren’t we fucking tired of this gross hypocrisy being displayed by repugnicans and the far right? It’s enough already!

Of course, the evil morons in the White House defended this toddler’s horrible response to what the union worker called him out for: that he is indeed protecting pedophiles. He was now getting a taste of what the majority of Americans now think about him.

His aides defended his remark by attacking the Ford employee: “A lunatic (which is their Supreme Leader, not this worker) was wildly screaming expletives in a complete fit of rage, and the president gave an appropriate and unambiguous response.” The White House morons should be ashamed of how they defended their Orange Messiah.

As for the hero worker who got under the baby’s skin, his name is TJ Sabula, a 40-year-old United Auto Workers member who told the Washington Post that he has no regrets about what he said – even though it got him suspended by his company.

Instead of suspending him or even firing him for telling the truth, the company should regard Mr. Sabula a hero for expressing what a majority of Americans actually feel about the idiot in the White House.

Oh, before I go, I would like to share a new nickname for this disgusting individual: my coffee friend “Rachel” texted me the name earlier today, and I think it fits him very well. The new moniker then is “Shitler.” Get it? I think I’ll start calling him that from now on.

And so it went!