I’ll never think of it as anything but Twitter. X was the worst rebranding I’ve ever seen, and I was there for “New Coke.” So late on November 5th, 2024, when it became clear that Trump was going to win in some bizarre landslide that saw swing states vote blue down-ballot but Trump at the…
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The Path Forward
Look. Facts don’t matter. The truth does not matter. Lies don’t matter. We are past the time for rational decision making based on logic and evidence. At this point, we are driven by emotion manipulated by social media. How do we come back from that? Sometimes, a great conflagration is required to burn away the…
The Reality of Being a Woman in America
(My wife sent this to me this morning and asked me to post it for you.) It’s sobering to realize that at 57 years old, I have fewer fights left in me than I did for the first 55. Life is never black and white. Some moments are so deeply personal and nuanced that they…
Friday 5!
One I’ve not been able to write a Friday Five for the past couple of weeks. First, there was the fallout from The Debate … then there was the string of SCOTUS decisions that knocked me off my feet. It’s taken that long to process just how bad things are, and let me tell you…
Friday 5!
One With all the crazy in today’s politics, it’s hard to look around and find that ray of sunshine, but there is one … it’s there, you just have to look really closely. Young folks are waking up and paying attention. It’s taken a long time, but it’s happening. Two There’s something wonderful about sitting…
Friday 5!
One Are women equal to men? On the surface, it’s an absurd question. Over generalized and lacking specifics or criteria to draw a conclusion. This question is nonetheless constantly kicked about like a badly inflated football. It’s a question that has been asked for centuries and the responses ranged from laughter to violence. Why? Because…
Friday 5!
One He was found guilty on all 34 counts. Trump, the presumptive GOP candidate for President, is now a convicted felon. MAGA world is having a meltdown, threatening civil war (again), promising to weaponize the DOJ (again), promising to hunt liberals down (again), claiming to be pulling their investments from New York (again). My personal…
The Return of the Friday 5!
One I’ve been writing these for years now, but between my fight with depression and my hectic schedule as a teacher, it’s a love/hate – on again/off again kind of thing. So, let’s rehash the rules. I pick five seemingly random topics and riff on them before sending them out into the ether that is…
TMS Take II
The word remission brings with it a hope that few who have not fought a life-threatening illness would understand. Remission means that the light at the end of the tunnel is not an oncoming train. That for the time being, you will live. It’s also not generally used for mental illness. Folks think of mental…
Friday 5!
Random Thoughts from Random Writer One I found this meme of a tweet I wrote quite some time ago on Reddit… I think it’s held up well. It’s not the first time something I’ve written has ended up as a meme, but every time I find one, I have the same reaction … “How can…