Month: November 2016
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My Latest Cake
This is for Elliot’s kindergarten teacher. It’s her birthday. She likes chocolate, dark chocolate, cherries and flowers. Behold: an explosion of her favorites. I may have gone a touch overboard with this one, but I REALLY like his teacher. I hope she likes it! The class also came together and got her an Amazon gift card as well as some…
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Kids, Man. Kids.
We had a wonderfully calm thanksgiving together as a family. Toby cooked up an amazing feast. I baked some pies. It was relaxing and easy. We did not discuss politics because Toby and I are in agreement and the kids would rather play Minecraft or beat each other up with pool noodles made to look like lightsabers. Toby and I…
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My Family
It’s been a rough couple of weeks for a lot of people in my life. So I am going to take a moment and give thanks to my family. I love these positively bizarre creatures.
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We’re Not Sore Losers
“I’m not upset that you lied to me, I’m upset that from now on I can’t believe you.” Yes, I did just quote Nietzsche. I know. Pretty lame way to start a post. What is this, freshman philosophy class? But I can’t get this quote out of my head. And I think I finally figured out why. Bear…
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Do Something That Scares You
I attended a town hall meeting last night. I even got up to speak. I am not one to do such a thing. Throw myself into a room full of people I’ve never met and then stand at a podium and talk into a microphone? Hell no. Not me. But I went. I overcame that fear and I went. There were…
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Did You Vote For Trump?
How are you justifying Trump having appointed a racist, antisemite as his White House chief strategist? I am sincerely trying to figure out how anyone can still overlook what’s happening here. Stop normalizing this. It’s not normal. This is wrong on SO MANY levels. Maybe he’s bluffing. Maybe he suggested Bannon knowing everyone would freak out and then he’ll actually…
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Let’s Start a Parade.
I went for a run this morning. I’ve been doing that a lot more lately because I think running can cure almost anything. When I feel like the light is closing in on me, I go for a run. It restarts me. I live in a very liberal town. I think something like 90% of us voted…
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What I’ve Been Reading
Independent: Hillary Clinton is on course to receive more votes than any other US presidential candidate in history except Barack Obama – despite losing Tuesday’s election to Donald Trump. The New York Times: Bernie Sanders: Where the Democrats Go From Here The Atlantic: Clinton’s Popular-Vote Lead Will Grow, and Grow, and Grow The Guardian: My…
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Third Party Voters and the Protest Vote
I keep coming here to write and then I stop because I can’t seem to formulate much of a coherent thought. But I do wish to point something out. Over the last several months, many people have been begging third party voters to do the right thing. Get over your protest vote and do the right thing. Hold…
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