Trans women of color are killed at far higher rates than trans men of all colors.   White trans women get elected as representatives far more often than trans men.   Patriarchy is toxic.   In 2020 alone, the 40th known transgender individual was murdered, which is the highest rate ever counted in a single…

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Rhetoric Rhetoric defined: the art of persuasion, one of the three ancient arts of discourse.   The best thing about this election appears to be that the heated rhetoric seems to be dialing down.   This doesn’t mean we don’t still have serious disagreements on policies.   What it does mean is that maybe, just…

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I need to write today!   I sure do.   I’m itching to write today!   The problem is choosing a topic…   Guess I’ll start with the bump on my forehead I got yesterday.   Yesterday seemed like a good opportunity to get the last of the leaves off my back porch and lawn,…

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My pleco  Aristotle is growing like a weed, so I found a used 55 gallon tank & stand for $100 on OfferUp and am going to buy it next week.   It comes with a stand, a hood and lights plus some decorations, so it’s a heckuva deal.  Brand new, the setup would easily run…

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I know it’s premature, but I sure am sleeping a lot better already, now that I know Biden and Harris will be in the Oval Office on January 20th (or soon after).   I’m not sure the Bidens can actually move in on the 20th unless Trump and his fellw residents leave before then, because…

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Thanksgiving Day 2020   Thanksgiving Day 2020 will be a real turkey, but I’m counting my blessings anyway while remembering years past that were filled with love.   Usually on Thanksgiving Day for the past several years, Lisa Twining has come here, or I’ve gone to her place, to share the day with her, since…

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Today I officially threw my hat in the ring to work (remotely/virtually) for the Biden-Harris administration.   I was personally invited to apply in 2007 for the Obama-Biden administration, but they required relocation to Chicago or Washington D.C., and I’m unable to do that because I have obligations here.   But in this new world…

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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”…

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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…

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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…

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