Category Archives: I’ve been thinking too much

I am too sad to write a happy post

I was planning on blogging about the fun and happiness of Lilo’s play today, but I can’t. My heart is too heavy to find the words. I am grief-stricken about the children lost in the Oklahoma tornadoes, including the seven … Continue reading

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Lip Trembling

Sweet Babou and I don’t fight often. Every few years we have a “big” fight, which is always weird because we subsequently can’t remember WHY were fighting. Then every few months we have a “pissy” fight. That’s a small tiff … Continue reading

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Needing some happy up in here

Right. I am tired of sad things and depressing crap. I am by gum gonna talk about happy shit today. So, in the first round of good news, they may have invented a nanotechnology to conquer Type 1 diabetes and … Continue reading

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Prefer no news, thanks

Yesterday felt like it was full to the brim with bad news. It’s a distortion, but that’s how my brain received the crapton of shitty information that poured down. First, I found out my friend Linda was being given hospice … Continue reading

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Priss Pot and the Mail Order Bride

Sorcha is still dealing with Priss Pot’s shenanigans, but she just sends them along to her lawyer who calls Priss pot’s lawyer, who in turn calls Priss Pot to explain why his threats to “take away” their child is bullshit. … Continue reading

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I spy with my little eye … a narcissistic asshat

Apparently Tamerlan Tsarnaev, the elder of the pair of brothers who set off the terrorist bombs at the Boston Marathon, had been arrested before on charges of domestic assault and battery, and he described as “very controlling and very manipulative” … Continue reading

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This is why it matters

A fertilizer plant in West, Texas blew up. As many as 40 people are dead because of this explosion. How does this relate to far-right conservative politics? Well, it turns out this nightmare was completely avoidable if it hadn’t been … Continue reading

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Trying to find a happy place

I am not going to blog about Boston today, except to say that people in the media calling this the “first act of terror in America since 9/11” are full of shit. There have been PLENTY of domestic terrorist acts … Continue reading

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Reading the Body

Anthropology of the body is a branch that specializes in the cultural meanings and narratives “written” on the human form. This academic branch points out many of the sociocultural interpretations that people unconsciously see in the human form. For example, … Continue reading

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The Iron Lady had an unforgivable vagina

Margaret Thatcher died today. It is very sad for her family, of course, but her policies seem to be skewing everyone else’s reactions to the furthest ends of the political spectrum. Now, I personally loathed her politics. Loathed, I say. … Continue reading

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