Messed up yesterday, which was nostalgic Tuesday.  Did a science posting, which is what I do on Wednesdays.  So I'll skip nostalgia this week and provide instead the latest news of today.   Blowout wins for Democrats yesterday in the national out-year elections. Said the morning  New York Times . Zohran Mamdani, 34, will be the next mayor of New York City, the youngest in more than a century. The democratic socialist will also be the city’s first Muslim mayor. Abigail Spanberger will be Virginia’s first female governor. In New Jersey, Mikie Sherrill cruised to victory in a governor’s race that polls had projected would be neck and neck .   And in California, voters passed a ballot measure to redraw the state’s maps in Democrats’ favor, which is likely to yield as many as five House seats for the party next year . And that was not all. In Maine, voters rejected a ballot measure that would have   added voting restrictions , and they approved a measu...

 Toured Brussels, Belgium yesterday.  We were met at the Atomium by by Blue-bar Pigeon. The  Atomium  was the centerpiece of the 1958 Brussels Word's Fair, also called Expo9 58.  Stands 335 feet tall and clas with stainless steel., with the representation of an iron crystal cell magnified 165 billion times.  It was scheduled to be torn down after the Expo, but kept being rescued year after year until 2004 when it was closed for two years to replace the aluminum sheets on the spheres with stainless steel.  It is today a museum, art center and cultural destination. Home of the European Union. There are beggars and homeless in Brussels. Even a Hawaii poke bowl restaurant. Apparently, as you rent these, you can leave them anywhere. Returned in time for lunch.  Notice the color of the river?  It is never blue.  Sort of a murky greenish hue. Returned for a truly great lunch of salad and corn soup with red wine, followed by fish and chips with ...