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  • GOODBYE 2025 and GOOD RIDDANCE.

    Man, what a terrible year 2025 was. Like, seriously bad. Many, many things went wrong in both my personal life and the country at large. The small things I could count as wins – protesting, getting a new job, yeeting my reproductive organs (to use a term that has been passé for years, now) –…

  • Stuck on a song.

    I want to listen to this song over and over.  It’s embarrassing.  I don’t want it to end up in my Wrapped. The stress!

  • Albums you listen to start to finish, no skips?

    Messing around with Spotify, and got stuck on Interpol’s “Turn on the Bright Lights”. Can’t leave that album  unfinished. Started me thinking about other albums I feel that way about. Off the top of my head: “Gentleman”, Afghan Whigs “OK Computer”, Radiohead “Chrome”, Catherine Wheel “To Bring You My Love”, PJ Harvey “Life’s Rich Pageant”,…

  • “Double J”, original short story, ~1800 Words

    Double J The bar was noisy, crowded and annoying the hell out of Jeremy.  He could hardly hear the band on stage over the din of the ignorant people who just weren’t appreciating what they had in front of them.  No, they were waiting for that trendy headlining pseudo-punk band and could care less about…

  • Random thoughts from vacation week.

    So, since I haven’t written in several days, I’m going to shake off the rust with a random post. Last week was vacation week. Drove all over the Front Range of Colorado and did various activities ranging from hiking to TopGolf to jigsaw puzzles. And along the way certain things struck me, but not enough…

  • Perimenopause or: How I learned to stop worrying and love the bomb

    Ah, perimenopause, you are amazing! You combine all the standard menopause issues such as: With all the standard menstrual issues such as: PLUS, you have the added benefit of IRREGULAR periods!!!!! Shortened cycles, lengthened cycles, skipped cycles. Will you be early, will you be late, will you miss one month? two months? four months? You’ll…

  • Lockdown drills may be the new cold war

    I live fairly close to a school and, as I type, announcements are being made about an (yet another) upcoming lockdown drill. Instructions to lock doors, turn off lights, hide from sight, teachers to open red bags, etc. It makes my heart hurt to listen. It also reminds me of a “Mother Jones” article I’ve…

  • The beginning is the most important part of the work.

    Welcome to my new blog! Quoting Plato for the title of this post is probably a wrong move, as it creates expectations. Please allow me to temper them now… I am not on the level of Plato, even on my best day. I apologize for crushing your hopes! So, here we are the beginning. So…