Every so often, I find something interesting in a "listicle," a published article consisting of a list of things. Personal faves are articles that have collected a bunch of random tweets from average, normal people on a specific topic. In this case, it was a series of different takes on what people were eating when …
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Incentive to Work in America
In the arguments occurring in Congress over the last few weeks (and months and years, really), we often hear the conservatives arguing that people should definitely not be given "too generous " unemployment benefits because it reduces or removes the incentive to work. These are the same people who talk about the value of a …
What Else Could Go Wrong?
This is kind of an emergency blog post. My city has been locked in an insane frozen wintery wonderland for the last 3 days. And before you ask, no, this is not normal. We typically get 0-1 snow/ice events per year, with significant accumulation across the whole metro area one every 5 or so years. …
The Best Advice I Ever Heard
There are definitely times I have struggled over the last year to keep writing. I am consistently plagued by voices in my head saying that I'm not contributing to society as I said I wanted to, or that there are so many people already writing more eloquently about autism, or simply that blogging is so …
I Believe in Black Supremacy
I'm an autistic white woman. Generally, I don't tend to go through life thinking that I'm better than anyone else. Based solely on what I've endured/survived in my life, I have barely been tested and I'm still exhausted. Many people endure much more, namely Black women. This is not a self-hating screed or anything. Just …
Why I Started Writing
I began this blog nearly a year ago. I recall thinking that it could be a place for me to sort out my feelings about all that has been going on in the world for the last 4 years during the now-prior American presidential administration. Of course it was the pandemic that was the last …
Is the United States of America Salvageable?
Sadly, this is not a rhetorical question. Throughout the pandemic time, I and many others I know have gone through personal transformations. Some have been compelled to protest after George Floyd was killed or have started organizations dedicated to making this country a better place for all, not just those who have gotten accustomed to …
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This Tragic Week
This has been a really difficult week. My emotions are all over the place, mostly negative, ranging from sadness to anger to rage to despair at what we are being forced to endure by others' incompetence (COVID) and the willful manipulation of people's psyches (QAnon/domestic terrorism). At work Friday, I tasked myself with writing an …
Web of Humanity – Epilogue
We get to decide what our cultural values are and who best represents them. We do this through politics, arts, movies, activism, etc. We decide who gets to be put on a pedestal. And when we worship money, treating rich people as though they are inherently better or smarter than the rest of us, we …
The Web of Humanity
Here it is, 2am again, and my mind is racing. I got a text from a friend last night which led to an hour long "catching up" conversation. I think I pretty much dominated the talk time; fortunately for me, this friend is a great listener who I trust would tell me to STFU if …
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