A moment or two of reflection
I cannot take credit for this. I am only sending it along because I would like for as many people as possible to see it and reflect upon what is really important. When there is so much hate, animosity,...
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Poodle in Peril?
Anyone who has flown this last week has had a bit more to think about than usual as they wait to board their flights. Saffie, seen here at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, is waiting to catch her...
View ArticleCan We Talk?
When last we met, I was suggesting things might have been quite different on March 24, 2015, if Andreas Lubitz had been able to confide in even just one person about the health problems he was facing....
View ArticleCurrent Score: 842,442 to 420
In my last diary, I requested readers consider donating to an organization that was providing services to veterans having problems adjusting back to civilian life. At about that same time, a...
View ArticleCaitlyn Jenner — Waiting For The Other Pump To Drop
It is fairly certain that the effects of Caitlyn Jenner’s introduction to 21st Century America cannot be understated. The coverage in almost every media market has been wall-to-wall and fairly...
View ArticleDear Diary — Yeah, I lost it
I have been really good. For months, I have been reading the absurd rantings of a blogger in our local weekly paper on the scam that is “Climate Change.” He calls it, Not so Green, get it? I had just...
View ArticleNo Longer Enjoy Special Privilege
With the announcement of the Supreme Court's decision legalizing same-sex marriage across the United States, my spouse and I no longer enjoy a privilege denied to so many of our gay and lesbian...
View ArticleLightning March for Peace
“Honey, I’m going to go for a walk.”Sounds fairly innocuous, right? But as my friend, Manya, discovered when her husband, Jeff, spoke those words, it would turn out to be anything but.Jeff, who would...
View ArticleRadical Thought
We have all been bombarded with “coverage” of the latest mass shooting for days. Listening to the non-stop news of “confused” authorities trying to figure out how this nice young couple was...
View ArticleThe Character Assassination of Hillary Clinton
Having watched the events of the last four days unfold, I was reminded of another historical “assassination,” and the cost extracted by those whose self-serving ambition is projected upon another.Given...
View ArticleThe First Lady of the United States?
With all the nasty things the right-wing has said and published regarding our intelligent and noble current FLOTUS, how could they possibly imagine this individual would be an acceptable successor?The...
View ArticleJust When I Thought It Could Not Get Any Weirder
Things have not been going too well for Donald Drumpf. The Republican Convention was a disaster, by all accounts. And the denouement was Drumpf’s Acceptance Speech.The Democratic Convention, on the...
View ArticleSecond Amendment People?
How outrageous does corporate behavior have to become before common sense and moral decency take hold?The above advertisement was in our local newspaper this morning, The Everett (WA) Herald. What...
View ArticleWoozle Alert - "Puppy" With A Past
Warning!Shameless Solicitation AheadProceed with CautionI am writing this Diary with the hope of making a future for the Little Guy on the right in the above photo. My spouse and I are Fostering him at...
View ArticleEnough is Enough
In response to the latest scandals to be divulged regarding Donald J. Drumpf, I decided to create a new bumper sticker for this election. The version in more widespread use does not tell the whole...
View ArticleThe Courageous 12/Zone 13
I am here with a shameless solicitation of funds. I do this because of the moment of this story at this time in our history, and because the people involved in this story are getting quite on in years....
View ArticleArrest Kansas Senator Pat Roberts
In an entirely too cute move, Kansas Senator Mike Robrts, today on live television, offered to give to Oregon Senator Ron Wyden, a tablet of Valium.Apparently, Senator Roberts believed that Senator...
View ArticleHow Low Can They Go?
Okay, so I have no idea who is actually behind this. It says donaldcoins.com and has the logo for the GOP. But, because it bears the likeness of Donald J. Trump, I am going to guess they at least have...
View ArticleBury the White House in an Avalanche of Mail
Forgive me if this has been posted before — but it is a great idea. My envelope is on its way — I think the use of a Harvey Milk Forever Stamp is a nice touch! I also could not bring myself to address...
View ArticleAre You F'ing Kidding Me?
This official communication from the White House was just delivered. I am guessing many, many others here got it, too. A gift resulting from signing the petition to force Drumpf to release his taxes in...
View ArticleRethinking the Dominant Paradigm
I cannot find recent statistics, but in 2012, 52% of the American population lived in coastal counties. Today, about 3% of the nation’s population are living, or rather have residences,...
View ArticleDon't Hold Your Breath
Houston, and the surrounding area is experiencing horrific problems and there has been an enormous amount of airtime spent by most, if not all, media sources regarding Drumpf not acknowledging the pain...
View ArticleWe Have the Best Healthcare in the World!
Story update — please check at end of DiaryI suspect there is no one who does not realize the headline of this post is SNARK. Yet there are still people who peddle the myth that this country has the...
View ArticleI Am Officially "There"
It has been just over 248 days since the beginning of the Drumpf administration and I now find I can no longer stand to look at him, or even listen to his voice. I know he is ugly, and I know he will...
View ArticlePutting A Face On The Problem - Have A Nice Day!
Of course there are a lot of individuals who are preventing common sense to prevail in gun control policy in this country. But this individual is a really amazing example.The author of legislation to...
View ArticleThe Appointment of the President
When Rex Rex Tillerson had an actual “press conference” Wednesday, his statement included the phrase, “I serve at the appointment of the President.”In past incidents, when friction was detected between...
View ArticleAn Over-Simplification
At today’s almost-daily propaganda session for reporters, the occupier of the Oval Office’s mouthpiece, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, attempted to provide an explanation of current tax law and how the...
View ArticleRage Is Not Enough
Denise Oliver Velez posed a question recently in one of her many stellar contributions to this site. It was specifically directed towards the response to what is happening in Puerto Rico, but my...
View ArticleA Close Call - A Planned School Shooting Thwarted
On Tuesday, February 13th, at 9:25AM, the grandmother of Joshua Alexander O’Connor, 18, called police in Everett, Washington, following the discovery of a rifle in a guitar case located in Joshua’s...
View ArticleLies They Keep Repeating
Aside from the deaths of 17 beloved individuals, the thing that has struck me the most profoundly following the most recent manifestation of madness in our culture, has been the poise and eloquence of...
View Article🎶Safelite Destroys 🎶 Safelite Avoids🎶
Isn’t it wonderful that we live in an age where a major corporation will send someone directly to your home to destroy your property? Then they refuse to reimburse you for expenses related to the...
View Article🎶Safelite Calls Out 🎶 Safelite Comes Through🎶
On March 27th, I published a diary concerning damage to my car which occurred when I had the windshield replaced. Damage to the car was about $4000 and a rental car for the time required to get the...
View ArticleConfessions of an Opiate User
As news of the “opiate crisis” continues to break on a daily basis, I thought I would share my personal experience. Let me be the first to point out that my experience is not that of everyone...
View ArticleSome Second Thoughts on Mayor Pete
As a gay man, having someone like Pete Buttigieg appear as a viable candidate for the office of POTUS has been a remarkable event. Despite his young age, he is a person of amazing accomplishments....
View ArticleThe Fluffy Rabbit And The Fuzzily Hat - A Parable
Once upon a time, in a land far away, there lived an autonomous collective of seemingly like-minded creatures who had banded together to support one-another, and engage in a free exchange of ideas...
View ArticleGays in the Military? Oh, My!
Dave Lara’s new memoir, Zippo Boys, presents an aspect of American history all too often given short shrift by “mainstream” historians. For the most part, the book details the author’s firsthand...
View ArticleMy Two Cents
People seem convinced that Sanders is going to get the most delegates going into the convention, but probably not enough for a first-round pick? Despite what concerns me about a “socialist” being...
View ArticleHow to Spread a Virus
Stanford University is currently conducting a study in California. They are testing people for antibodies to Covid-19 as they believe the virus was actually in California last fall.My considered...
View ArticlePlanning Ahead for the Weekend
Does anyone happen to have a decent Lysol Margarita recipe to share? These Lysol Mojitos were not that great.Have a safe and sane weekend.
View ArticlePardon Me!
December 10, 2020His Excellency President Donald J. Trump The White House 1600...
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