Year: 2016
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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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Half A World and One Street Away
We’ve lived on our new street for just over two months. When I go outside and stand on our driveway, I can see our old house. It’s blue and it peaks out at me through the trees. We didn’t move far from our old street, the street I never called home. This morning we held a kindergarten playdate at a local park.…
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Cancer and My Face.
This past spring I was told I have more of “the good kind of cancer” on my face. Which means I will have to have it removed (again). There are options, so that’s good. But it’s my face and this pisses me right off. I still have a scar from where they removed the cancer on my upper lip. And…
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