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Three times in the past few days, I have noticed a small plane flying around towing a banner, but for some reason the banner is only visible from one side, and it's never the side that I'm on. Reading backwards, it looks like it says "DON'T HIRE (something)" but I can't tell for sure. I'm just curious, because somebody must be paying $$$ to keep that thing in the air for so long! (Also, just a suggestion: if you ever want to fly a plane with a banner, please have a banner printed that people on both sides can read.)

A young guy wearing a Statewise Energy T-shirt just came to our door. I usually don't even respond if I see someone I don't know through the peephole, but my husband (who works from home on Mondays) answered the door. The salesperson seemed to imply he was working with PG&E and wanted to see our gas bill. It seemed suspicious, and fortunately, I Googled it and found a bunch of Reddit posts from other Bay Area cities. I guess it's Alameda's turn now. Beware—just say "no thanks" and close the door! Don't show them your bill!

https://www.reddit.com/r/walnutcreek/comments/1bw3swz/beware_of_statewise_energy_scammers/

https://www.reddit.com/r/SanJose/comments/1mnx2ok/statewise_energy_scam/

I remember reading an essay in a book—it may have been by David Sedaris or John Waters, but I've been unable to find it—where the author recalls a scene from his childhood. His family used to receive "creepy" Christmas cards from a relative every year. One year, the card turned up and the author and his sibling were amazed at how normal it seemed. Then he turned it over and saw that the picture on the card was drawn by a paraplegic who drew by holding the pencils or brushes in their mouth. I thought it might have been "Why I Love Christmas" from Waters' collection "Crackpot," but that doesn't appear to be the case. Maybe I'm wrong and it's by a totally different author?

Ugh. Reruns start next week and continue through JULY 13. I'll really have to savor tomorrow's Corrections.

They will be showing some slightly older broadcasts next week:

6/22/26 Sabrina Carpenter, Jack Black, Ella Purnell (R 12/16/25)

6/23/26 Jodie Foster, Simu Liu (R 1/7/26)

6/24/26 Alan Cumming, Ali Larter (R 1/14/26)

6/25/26 Joel McHale, Alison Oliver (R 1/29/26)

I saw this on the JJHO Instagram feed today and it's HILARIOUS. Lynn Cullen, the former host of The Pennsylvania Game (see: Episode 7743, "Trivial Law-Suit"), responds to the episode in which she's prominently mentioned. The part about JJHO starts about 52 minutes into the video. Basically, she thinks it's "boring," even though HER video is just as long! "[The video] was over an hour long, and I thought, fuck this!" and "I found it incredibly boring, except for the parts where they were raving about me."

This woman is a legend, and I think she NEEDS to be a guest on JJHO. Obviously she won't want to be a guest bailiff on a regular episode because it would be "too long" and "incredibly boring," but how about having her as a guest on a special Swift Justice docket-clearing ep? Listen to how she comes after the person who asked Judge Hodgman about forks in the dishwasher (tines up or tines down). She has OPINIONS!!!

Every Monday, I used to get an email from Fitbit with my stats from the previous week. Of course, that didn't come today. Pretty bummed at the loss of yet another feature I enjoyed.

Fun episode, and so cool to see Jesse and the Judge in the same room! I didn't think I'd have any interest in "Heated Rivalry," but the hype got to me and I finally watched it and absolutely loved it.

Though I'm a little disappointed that John Hodgman is no longer referring to his daughter (who is a whole human being in her whole right) as Hodgmina. I will always think of her that way.

I've seen a few Tracy Jensen for Mayor signs around town. It seems unusually early for local campaign signs, but it made me wonder who else might be running for Mayor and City Council. We're not going to see the return of Trish, are we?