Everyone has boundaries, even if they rarely get violated, or you don't know exactly what they are, or you DO know but do not enforce well with others. Those boundaries do exist and many of us were stretched beyond what we thought we were physically, mentally, and emotionally capable of only 5 years ago. Quite …
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Musings
We are all products of our experiences, they say. Of course, some of it is genetic, the point where we start, the hand we are dealt, but then what happens over the course of our lives can, and will, drastically reshape who we could have become in an alternate set of circumstances. For those born …
An Open Apology to E, K, and S, and the Entire Beautiful Online Community I Unceremoniously Crashed Out of Last Friday
First of all, let me say this post is a distraction; I am a distraction. I never actually wanted anyone to read anything I have written. I'm not good enough, I'm not worthy, and the opportunity cost is too high. In other words, don't pay attention to me; there are so many more important things …
Damar Hamlin
I am not a big pro football fan. And just to be clear, I mean the NFL, the National Football League, rough-and-tumble, smashmouth, American Football. There are many reasons for this, but mostly I just didn't really grow up in a huge football household and we didn't really have a "home" team living in Southern …
Alive, but Not Living
I'll start this post with the preface that, while I am not feeling excellent or excited to be alive these days (honestly, do I ever?), I am not suicidal and this post is not intended to be a cry for help or anything like that. I won't ever tell you how to feel or react …
Rest in Power
Those who know me well might describe me as a huge NBA basketball nerd. Ever since we moved to a town large enough to get cable TV, I started watching the sport and fell in love. The team dynamics, the ball movement, the pace of the game, the story arc of the season(s), the player …
What’s in my Refrigerator
I'm not gonna lie, I have a reasonably full refrigerator. I know people out there are struggling,, and no part of this story is intended to be boastful in any way. We all are where we are. I believe I have mentioned before, I'm a TEENY-TINY bit of a hoarder. I'm generally disinclined to finish …
Winners and Losers
Last week was a rough one. Russia's attempt at the wholesale destruction of their neighbor Ukraine is one of many ongoing conflicts. On the (American) domestic front, we had the Senate Judiciary hearings for the nomination of Ketanji Brown Jackson, who WILL BE confirmed as the first Black female Supreme Court Justice next month. With …
There Is Nothing More to Say
Here we are again on Monday night and I have no blog post prepared. This has been one hell of a week. I wasn't sure I could gather the strength to work today, but somehow I managed. The stress and news stemming from the Russian War of aggression against Ukraine, and the whole of Europe, …
Racism and White Supremacy are Killing Democracy
Last week, in the days that followed Martin Luther King Jr's birthday, and the federal holiday created to recognize it, the US Senate voted on the John Lewis Voting Rights Act. While the vote on the bill was a tie (50-50, a party-line vote), the bill did not go to the Vice President to break …
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