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…

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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…

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Mark Monlux Self Portrait

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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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It has been a long five days since Election Day, but it was well worth the wait for those of us ridin’ with Biden.   Our painfully longer (four years’-long) national/international/global nightmare will be OVER on January 20, 2021 at noon. HALLELUJAH! (Providing they can keep the self-absorbed “jilted lover” from doing something to end…

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The last few days have been real nail biters. And today is yet another one…   It astounds me that this year’s election for POTUS is so close.   Biden is sooooo much better a human being.   He actually cares about us and the world.   I can understand (maybe) supporting Trump the first…

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“All My Hopes”   In the motion picture Star Trek III: The Search for Spock, Lt. Uhura says, “All my hopes” as Kirk, McCoy and Sulu head off to face an enormous challenge.   I feel that way today…   Today, November 3rd, is Election Day in the Divided States of America. Those civic-minded patriots…

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