Here’s a photo of Lucy waiting to see the doc.
At Lucy’s ophthalmologist, hoping for some good news about the two ulcers she’s had in her good eye for about a month. It is pretty heartbreaking watching her bump into walls, but she seems to not be too bothered. Much more resilient than I am.
Location check in 🗺 — MedVet
Wednesday, November 22, 2023 →
✊ Some fragile, privileged, rich white men tried to stop teachers from teaching Black history. Kristi Williams teaches it anyway, on her own time and dime. Kristi Williams isn’t going to back down. Kristi Williams starts each lesson with a pledge: “We will remember the humanity, glory and suffering of our ancestors and honor the struggle of our elders.” Kristi Williams is a modern day hero. Be like Kristi Williams.
https://www.npr.org/2023/11/22/1210081145/oklahoma-race--school-black-teachers
Wednesday, November 22, 2023 →
🔊 Today is a work-at-the-downtown-office day for me. With it being the day before a holiday, there will be no one there. I can turn up my Bluetooth speakers a bit more than usual!
Apple One: One Shady Subscription Model to Rule Them All
Tuesday, November 21, 2023
Just got the notice on my iPhone that Apple is increasing their Apple One subscription price. I don’t like it, but I feel like I’m stuck with it. How did I get here? It all started when iTunes Match came out and I subscribed. It was glorious. Not only could I listen to my music from anywhere, I could listen to my music anywhere - the music I’d imported that Apple had magically matched to better quality versions of the same songs.
I was obsessed with this song for a good month or so. I though it had released its grip on me. It has not.
Wearing nothing is divine Naked is a state of mind
Lucy’s morning routine 😔 💊💊💊💊+💧💧💧💧=💸💸💸💸 but also = 🐶 which means it’s worth every dollar. It’s just…a lot of dollars. She does really well with taking everything though. Bonsai was a nightmare when it came to taking meds. I still miss that stubborn Shiba. 🐕
🏳️🌈 Coincidentally, husband just bought me a bumper sticker that says “Legalize Drag”. This decision is a big win and hopefully not a temporary one.
Waking Up and Smelling the Coffee
Thursday, November 16, 2023
This is what I woke up to this morning, and what I’m grateful to wake up to almost every morning. It’s a Kate Bush coffee mug full of coffee and a glass full of water. My husband brings them to me (sometimes the coffee is in a Prince coffee mug) and sits with me and then together, we wake up. Sometimes we talk about things. What our plans are for the day.
👏 President James Buchanan (1867): Says the Senate is the “world’s greatest deliberative body” because of its reputation for intelligent and impassioned debate.
Senator Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) (2023): Says "If I'm going to fight, I'm going to bite" after stating in session that he wants to physically fight Sean O’Brien, the president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, which represents 1.4 million workers across the country.
👏 Stop 👏 Electing 👏 Idiots 👏 Into 👏 Positions 👏 Of 👏 Power
Get me Neil on the line, no I can’t hold
Saturday, November 11, 2023
Michael and I took a walk to the branch library. We can see the building from our back door, but you can’t walk there in a straight line because the fenced off baseball fields and playground are in the way. (We just love those fenced off baseball fields and playground. They aren’t a nuisance at all, and neither are the parents who bring their kids to them in the summer, who take up all the street parking and yell and scream and yell and cheer and yell and yell.
Any good Jim Henson documentaries out there? I mean don’t get me wrong, Mr. Rogers’s impact can’t be ignored, but Jim Henson made an impact, too.
We just coined a new word for GOPers: Religibigidiots (religious bigoted idiots). Aren’t we clever.
Location check in 🗺 — Potbelly
“I’m not giving up the title Republican yet, because I haven’t changed. They have.”
You sure about that, Adam? Because from where I’m sitting, your party, the self-proclaimed moderates, the far right nut jobs, the KKK, the political terrorists, you’ve all been singing from the same hymnal and achieving the same outcomes for a couple generations now…it might be time you thought about that title a little more intentionally.
“Adam Kinzinger: Kevin McCarthy Is the Man to Blame - The Atlantic”
Just had about half of the good cry I need to have. Lucy has two ulcers on her good eye and can’t see at all right now (since Friday). But when I got home she was so happy to see me that she ran down the hall and back. And it just makes me want all the time I can have with her in all the world.
My god, but Tusk is a great album. Holy crap. How am I just now discovering the rest of it? Walk a Thin Line came on a Fleetwood Mac Apple Music playlist and man oh man did that hook me. I don’t think I’d ever heard it before! So I started the whole album from the beginning and it’s just so. Good.
Welp, my hubby did a lot of decorating and we got about $40 or $50 worth of candy, all for six lousy kids who weren’t even wearing costumes. 🤷🏻♂️ Take a look: share.icloud.com/photos/04…
Halloween is still my favorite, though 🎃👻🦇🕷️🧛🏼♂️🧙🧟♂️💀😱🖤