Reflections
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…
Read MoreMy 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…
Read MoreDay 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…
Read MorePollyanna 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…
Read MoreDe-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,…
Read MoreTrees 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,…
Read MoreThe Benefits & Downsides of Being One-Track-Minded (x 3)
It will come as no surprise to anyone who has followed this blog (or my liife story) to learn that I’ve been one-track-minded for most of my life when it comes to three different interests/pursuits: animals, writing, and DeForest Kelley/ST:TOS. I’ve spent literally decades “majoring” in these self-selected “disciplines.” As a result, there is…
Read MoreKicking It Up a Notch
I’ve been in a rut. That’s easy to do with my state and the sane parts of the country in lockdown mode. So last night I decided to kick it up a notch, go on a virtual vacation, and download a bunch of humor books. Some of them are instructive, like the one…
Read More“Goodbye Jesus”
For the past few evenings I’ve been reading Goodbye, Jesus: An Evangelical Preacher’s Journey Beyond Faith. “As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.” It was quite the slog because the first three quarters or more were all about how dedicated Tim Sledge was to sharing the gospel of Jesus (and boy…
Read MoreMy Favorite Virtual Pastor John Pavlovitz
https://www.facebook.com/johnpavlovitzofficial/videos/542500743358321/UzpfSTY3NDMzNzkxNDoxMDE1ODM2OTIzMTMyNzkxNQ/ This morning, I tuned in to hear Pastor John Pavlovitz on Facebook. I’ve read three of his books and scores of his columns. I’m a huge fan. If he were local, I’d attend his church. Fortunately, he’s also virtual, so I get to do it, anyway. This morning he answered virtual…
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