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What I really, really want…I want to be doing something that makes a difference. I want to be good at something. I want to be good at something that makes a difference. I want to be good at something that makes a difference and that feeds me, literally and figuratively. I’m not sure if that’sContinue reading “I’ll tell ya what I want…”

Colors are not just for art work, or fashion, or decor. Colors are specific strata in the visible light spectrum, and enables the human eye to differentiate between like objects. Red differs from blue in their wavelengths, and how each reflects and emits light. White is the relative absence of other colors, while black includesContinue reading “Colors”

So, it was the worst of times, and it was the worst of times. A surfeit of tension, antagonism, despair. What the hell are we doing? What the hell is going on? I had a manager once, not quite the worst one I’ve ever had, but pretty close. To her credit, the system was horrendous.Continue reading “Old romantics”

My writing prompt for yesterday, or maybe the day before, was asking about rituals. I’m not sure I did that very thoroughly. If I’d read the whole prompt (very bad habit that I have, not scrolling down to the end) I would have seen that it asked about rituals I miss, and id I wishedContinue reading “More about rituals”

Yeah, we’re nuts at this point. Just listened to what come mega-church pastors were saying last year about COVID-19: “there is no pandemic. As believers, as Christians, we have an immunity from the Holy Spirit.” Right. Now, some of them are saying the vaccines will give the “mark of the Beast” and provide a wayContinue reading “Are we nuts yet?”

The gypsy undertaker criesThe lonesome organ grinder sighsThe silver saxophones say I should refuse youThe cracked bells and washed-out hornsBlow into my face with scornBut it’s not that wayI wasn’t born to lose you(“I Want You”, Bob Dylan) …it’s not that way. I wasn’t born to lose you. But maybe I was. Maybe we areContinue reading “I want you”

Whenever I buy a new device, like an external storage device for my laptop, or a vacuum cleaner, I generally decline reading the “destructions”. I find they make no sense whatsoever until I’ve been able to put my hands on the device and figure it out (to a degree) myself. it doesn’t make sense toContinue reading “Don’t read the instructions”

I started this on FaceBook this morning, but it needs to go outside and play. I am beyond angry. I am beyond rage. Killing a 16-year old girl because she was in a rage, fighting with other teen-agers, like teen-agers have always done. Having the Speaker of the House say that George Floyd “sacrificed” hisContinue reading “Nothing to see here”

Definition of justice 1 a: the maintenance or administration of what is just especially by the impartial adjustment of conflicting claims or the assignment of merited rewards or punishments // meting out justice // social justice b: JUDGE especially: a judge of an appellate court or court of last resort (as a supreme court) // a supreme court justice —used as a title //Continue reading “Not again!”

So. The trial is over, the verdict is in. George Floyd’s murderer has been found guilty of Murder 2, Murder 3, and Manslaughter. There will, of course, be appeals. But right now, Derek Chauvin is in jail, and bail has been revoked. I had been hoping to hear the words “Remanded into custody”, and today,Continue reading “Hope, maybe”