Photo by fania yang from Pexels I want to let you know that I am blocking you. I want you to know that it has nothing to do with your politics. It has everything to do with the way in which you feel entitled to invade my virtual space with negativity and criticism without ever asking me a…
I spent a lot of mental energy yesterday thinking about what is happening right now on our Mexican border. I couldn't wrap my mind around it. I couldn't figure out how to process it or articulate my feelings about it. Anxiety, helplessness, outrage, sadness all culminating in a paltry donation to an immigrant rights organization…
Bernie Sanders was on Bill Maher recently. While I agree with most every issue for which Bernie fights; the need for universal healthcare, a way to bring more jobs/income to the working class-- I suppose I agree with free tuition for higher education, although I'd rather address primary school education first. All that said, I…
Continue reading ➞ Why I don’t want Bernie Sanders to run for President
Note: I began writing this shortly after the Parkland shooting. I've read through it many times now and I know there is so much more I could say. For the sake of brevity, though, I will not go further than I have here. Also, full disclosure, my initial draft was pretty snarky. I've done my…
A fundamental of dog training is to reward good behavior and ignore bad behavior. This, I have decided, is a piece of wisdom that we would do well to remember in almost every situation. In particular the "ignore bad behavior" part. That part is crucial. In fact, you could leave off the reward part and…
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