Plink Plank … Plunk!!!
PLINK, PLANK… PLUNK!!! I’m adding The Plank to my indoor fitness routine starting today. This “beginner’s” exercise strengthens your core muscles. This is what planking looks like on a buff guy (On me, it probably looks QUITE different— HA HA HA HA HA!) Boy, howdy! After you can hold this position “comfortably”…
Aquatic African Frogs
Aquatic African Frogs Am I the only person on the planet who thinks the heads of aquatic African frogs look like sloths? Or that they aren’t the sharpest tools in the shed? I set up an aquarium a couple months ago and introduced two aquatic African frogs into it. The more…
Losers
LOSERS Now that Trump is out of the way, I have new nemeses: the blinders-wearing losers who have been following him like lemmings into the abyss by ignoring science. They are arrogant far right evangelical cultists. They don’t care if they infect my sister or me. (Not that my sister seems to care…
90 Days on the Front Line of the COVID Pandemic
90 Days on the Front Line of the COVID Pandemic https://uwmedicine-coronavirus-90days.shorthandstories.com/?fbclid=IwAR0KfgECEmRy6oQd7sWqXfzIt8QNYTrkcwD6xG7jJypoEEmRmQONHXPud4w The above timeline article is riveting. I had no idea that the hospital I had my chest masculinization surgery at in August was the same hospital (UW-Northwest) that was at the epicenter of the COVID-19 response. (I knew UW was at the helm but…
Turned Off Comments — Too Much Spam
Turned Off Comments — Too Much Spam! I asked Lisa to turn off comments on this blog because spammers are flooding me with garbage and I rarely get legit comments anyway. So, to contact me, please email me at krisATwordwhispererDOTnet or befriend me on Facebook (Kris M. Smith, Tacoma WA). I love…
Mark Monlux’s Commission Con
COMMISSION CON I’ve been invited to “Grand Poobah” Mark Monlux’s Commission Con ZOOM gathering this afternoon. I’m honored and feeling very nervous about it. Mark Monlux has a vendor table in Artist Alley at Seattle’s Emerald City Comic Con every year, and has for years. An award-winning comic illustrator, you’ve likely seen some of…
How I’m Overcoming Post-Trump Stress Disorder
Last night as I laid my head on my pillow, I realized that my brain is still experiencing PTSD: Post-Trump Stress Disorder. Then I found a solution! I was super-tired when I fell into bed last night, so I expected to drop right off to sleep. Instead, my brain was invaded with Post…
An “Un-Presidented” Case of Arrested Development
I sincerely hope this will be my last-ever blog post about the irredeemably ridiculous Donald Trump, who appears to me to be a textbook case of arrested development. (Definition of arrested development: “an abnormal state in which development has stopped prematurely.” “Symptoms of arrested development can present as greed, immaturity or irrational fear. Some…
Is Reconciliation Possible?
RECONCILIATION Definitions: 1.) the restoration of friendly relations; 2.) the action of making one view or belief compatible with another; 3.) the process of two people or groups in a conflict agreeing to make amends or come to a truce President Elect Joe Biden’s overriding message is one of reconciliation. But how do we accomplish…
Champ and Major Biden
Champ and Major Biden It will be good to have a couple in the White House again who dotes on their dogs. I’ve never trusted anyone who could get along fine without pets (unless they’re allergic). It just doesn’t seem human, and it certainly doesn’t make sense. I’ve never been without pets…