It’s been a quiet week at the ‘ol blog here, but not for us. We’ve been working 16-hour days getting things ready for our moving/garage sale this weekend, which starts this morning. I’ve been working all day at work and then the evenings and poor Tanya has been working literally all day, but we gotContinue reading “Going Out Of Business Sale!!!”
Category Archives: Random Thoughts
In remembrance of 1 October
October 1st will always be a rough day for me, no matter where I may live. Today is the third anniversary of the worst mass shooting in American history, a distinction I fear that will be surpassed in the near future, just as it didn’t take but about 14 months for the shooting at PulseContinue reading “In remembrance of 1 October”
America is now a mafia state
Wanted to share this really great interview with Sarah Kendzior, a scholar of authoritarianism who has written an excellent book recently about Donald Trump, which frames him correctly not as a “corrupt politician” but as the head of an international crime syndicate. Just take the 5 to 10 minutes to read the interview, but wantedContinue reading “America is now a mafia state”
A finished bathroom
Since I complained about the master bath being in disrepair last week should mention that it was finished up over the weekend and looks great. The current timeline for the move looks something like this: Garage/moving sale – Oct. 9 (our 16th anniversary!) and Oct. 10 House listing – Oct. 13 Until then a lotContinue reading “A finished bathroom”
Chaos
Believe it or not, this has nothing to do with politics. But it does describe the state of our house right now. In addition to trying to go through our belongings and throw away what we no longer need and getting ready to sell what we can at a garage sale three weeks from now,Continue reading “Chaos”
The end game for start of dismantling American democracy is now clear
Ruth Bader Ginsberg, one of the most stalwart and brave defenders of human rights in American history, has died at the age of 87 after a heroic battle against cancer. Unfortunately, that sets up a Constitutional crisis that will spell the final hope of the Republican Party repudiating fascism once and for all. Place yourContinue reading “The end game for start of dismantling American democracy is now clear”
Exiled From America 