Two of the men I admire most were assassinated 50 years ago this year: Martin Luther King Jr. on April 4th, 1968 and Robert F. Kennedy on June 5th, 1968. (Bobby died on June 6th about 25 hours after being shot.)   Both men had jobs to do and both men did them extraordinarily well.…

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Dammit! Upwork (which many of us oldtimers unceremoniously call Upchuck) is down again.   I was on a roll, applying for several projects just now.   In the middle of a particularly crucial cover letter, the system went belly up.   I am frustrated with a capital F—.   It’s hard enough to find worthwhile…

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I’ve been walking 32 blocks every day since December 31st except for Friday. Friday it was raining, so I decided to stay indoors and wait for a better day. I don’t plan to walk on weekends, but if I miss a day or two due to rain, I’ll make it up on the weekends.  …

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For most of my life, the arrival of a new year made me feel a little giddy, like the first day of school or Christmas morning when I was a kid. This year, for some reason, the change from 2017 to 2018 has left me feeling like a disembodied dishrag: seriously wrung out and in…

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This is absolutely no surprise to anyone: DeForest Kelley Up Close and Personal: A Harvest of Memories from the Fan Who Knew Him Best is my all-time bestseller. It has a built-in audience (original generation Star Trek fans, new and old) and it has been publicized in Trek and sci fi magazines and in news articles–the…

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I got spoiled this Christmas. Seriously spoiled. I now own a serious men’s work jacket that isn’t  hand-me-down for the first time in my life. It’s brand-spankin’ new and I just love it.  (Thank you, Jackie!) I wore it to the store this morning and even got called “Sir” at the checkout counter. Score! Works…

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Three days ago I changed my pronouns from she and her to he, him and his and my name from “Kristine” to “Kris” on my FB profile.   Tonight I finally figured out how to change “Kristine M Smith Copywriter” to “Kris M Smith Copywriter” on my FB business page, although FB has to approve…

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Tacoma residents, have you ever visited, or heard of, Blue Max on Canyon Road at 96th?   If not, and you’re looking for the best-tasting, choicest cuts of meats, you need to check them out.   For googlers, the exact address of Blue Max Meats is 9512 Canyon Road East, zip code 98371.   Owners…

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I’ve just finished reading the best FtM transgender book that I’ve run across to date. (And that’s quite the statement, given that I’ve read at least a dozen of them and have written one of my own.) It’s called Before I Had the Words. The author is Skylar Kergil.     I’ve always said that kids…

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https://www.facebook.com/KristineMSmith/videos/10155999350517915/ Goooooood morning, Friends!   I video-recorded another couple of excerpts on Facebook’s LIVE Video interface yesterday. Just sitting there, above, it looks like a mess, but if you click on it, you’ll see that it recorded very well this time–no audio delays, hiccups or hitches.   The above excerpts are from LET NO DAY…

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