F.E.A.R.– The Bane and Boogeyman of Human Life
From the moment we begin to crawl, walk and experience the world around us, we have loving parents or guardians who caution us, “No! That’s hot! That will hurt you! Don’t touch that! Don’t eat that! Don’t drink that!” As we get a little bit older, the cautions continue: “Don’t talk to strangers! Don’t…
This Too Shall Pass
This Too Shall Pass–hopefully with as little additional loss to life as possible, given the circumstances and our present pathetic democidal leadership. (Wikipedia definition: Democide is the murder of any person or people by their government, including genocide, politicide, and mass murder. … Rummel created the term democide for this third meaning.) I’m so into acceptance of…
Transmasculine Top Surgery Saga Update Part Three
It just never ends. Now I’m in contact with three other possible surgeons in Seattle who do transmasculine top surgeries but … One of the surgeons apparently doesn’t take any kind of insurance. His surgeries are the least expensive (just $7500 as opposed to $15K) and he has the most experience doing them. He…
Transmasculine Top Surgery Saga Update Part Two
Hmmmm. Got a call yesterday from Phillip with SHIBA, an arm of the Washington State Insurance Commissioner’s Office, to whom I sent all of my transmasculine top surgery documentation and the latest letter from Noridian (the entity that administers the Medicare program here in Washington State and a few other western states). Phillip called to…
The Elephant in the Room: Tara Reade
Let’s presume, for the moment (ludicrous as it is), that Tara Reade is telling the truth about her encounter with Joe Biden a quarter century ago and that the top two contenders for POTUS are both (in Trump’s stark terms) p***y grabbers. If p-grabbing is a deal breaker for women and other feminists (it…
My Transmasculine Top Surgery Saga/Slog Continues
Let’s start with this: In my state (Washington), it is illegal to deny a duly-certified transgender individual gender-affirming transmasculine top surgery. Period! End of story. Yes, there are a few hoops an individual needs to jump through to be declared transgender. FtM individuals like me have to present and dress as the gender we…
Day Two of De-cluttering
I’m on a roll. This is Day Two of de-cluttering. It feels so good to see spaces and places opening up that were previously occupied by stuff that I haven’t looked at in years. The recycle bin ( a big’un) is 3/4 filled with the papers I’ve purged. I had to stop filling…
Pollyanna Busted (Story at Eleven)
POLLYANNA BUSTED!!! (Story at Eleven) by Kris M. Smith (All rights reserved. If you want to reprint it, go ahead, but be sure to point your readers back to this blog URL and let me know where you posted it. Thanks!) Written in 1996 or thereabout… I’m a DeForest Kelley fan. I’m an executive…
De-Cluttering During the Lockdown
This morning I got up and decided to de-clutter. It took me long enough during COVID Lockdown to get to this point, didn’t it? That’s partly because I knew as soon as I started doing it, I would run across a ton of stuff that I’ll want to donate to a thrift shop,…
Trees are Leafing Outside My Window
As stuck as I feel, I have only to look out the window to see that nature and life are plugging right along, COVID-19 or no COVID-19. The trees in my back yard are leafing out and there are daffodils in a corner of our yard where a squirrel planted them. And I see,…