slip along

“Sometimes they give us information, yes we’re going to act, but then we slip along the same way.”

Long before the writers dropped that detail into "Better Call Saul" lore, we see Kim steadily, subtly pulling away from the behavioral standards of the average person, demonstrating her willingness to slip along with Jimmy and persuade herself that her cheap thrills didn't cause any lasting harm.

Yet Democrats are now amid their own political storm as they head home for the Memorial Day recess, unable to muster unanimity to repeal the filibuster, and feuding among themselves about whether they should make a more determined effort to do so before the midterm elections in 18 months — and their control of Congress could slip, along with the ambitious policies they have proposed.

It felt good during, you know, ALL THIS, to return to an old favourite, to slip along the slick grooves of worn emotions.

The thinking cut channels in which I now slip along.