United Airlines has refused a seat to a "emotional support peacock." With luck, this is the end of the emotional support animal malarkey. If you need a lemur or a peacock to be emotionally strong enough to Adult, please lock yourself away from society.
Published writer, compulsive reader, Old School Whovian, Match Game enthusiast, NKOTB fan, data hoarder, and - surprisingly, given that list - married with four kids. Welcome to my take on life, fatherhood, entertainment, and whatever strikes my fancy. Enjoy!
Wednesday, January 31, 2018
Tuesday, January 30, 2018
Heck No
If you find yourself at a point where you can't take care of your pet, even at no fault of your own, you find it a new home. You don't take tax money intended to feed a child and waste it on a dog. Period. #HumansAreGettingDumber
Tet - A Half Century Later
50 years ago today, just after my father arrived in Vietnam, the Tet Offensive began.
Why are you mourning?
Shame on everyone mourning the death (apparently of suicide) of Mark Salling just because he was on Glee. He was a pedophile that just plead guilty to having 50,000 images of child porn. The best I can say is, thank you for saving us the cost of incarceration and enjoy your time in hell.
Nie Mam Nic
My Grandma used the Polish phrase "nie mam nic." I'm told in Poland it means nothing more than the literal words "I have nothing.". But within the family, for probably a century, it means "I have nothing" as in I have no words, or nothing left to say; a statement of disbelief or shocked amazement, like you're disgusted by what just happened. It's use grew to include urging the end of an act before it got to that point.
Monday, January 29, 2018
:(
Saturday night I fell at work. All I had to do was step over a little obstacle, but alas the hip said no at that moment and I went straight to the ground instead. Ab-so-lutely humiliating.
Sunday, January 28, 2018
Saturday, January 27, 2018
"A Complete 180"
The contemporary opinion of a Presidency is almost always fueled by emotion and partisanship, rather than facts. This result was inevitable.
Taxes
I helped YaYa do her taxes today, which means I answered some ?'s while she did them herself. There are millennials in my classes - 25 year olds in law school - who have told me they've never done their own taxes. Now that may be because Mommy's trust fund makes taxes complicated, but it's still appalling. Good on YaYa for bucking the trend.
Friday, January 26, 2018
Thursday, January 25, 2018
Fools and Mortals by Bernard Cornwell
A novel set in 1595 around the first performance of A Midsummer Night's Dream. A fun read.
Tuesday, January 23, 2018
Ursula K Le Guin
RIP fantasy writer Ursula K Le Guin. I read A Wizard of Earthsea in a sci-fi class in high school, and enjoyed it.
Monday, January 22, 2018
Shopping for Cars with our Niece
Today was spent helping our niece find a reliable used car. If you think there is a more exhausting way to spend a day, then you are wrong. Congratulations Caitlin Anne!
Lance Sijan - A Half Century Since His Passing
Today is the 50th anniversary of the death of American hero and Bay View native Lance Sijan. Rest in Peace sir, you have not been forgotten.
Sunday, January 21, 2018
Me Too
Hollywood is the wrong impetus for the #metoo movement. Too many women were complicit in the abuse (Streep, and all who supported Polanski and Allen.) And the women who didn't say no, willingly used the casting couch, and now cry foul? They aren't victims, and I think they denigrate the truly oppressed with their BS playacting.
Also - In case you haven't caught on, Scientology is shamelessly using the #metoo movement to discredit a producer who left the church. They are sponsoring ads here on FB (w/out mentioning the "church") and pointing to anonymous accusations against him. Beware!
Saturday, January 20, 2018
Government Shutdown? Ok.
Other than the treatment of our troops, I care not about the shutdown. It's just another reminder that the federal government is a bloated, intrusive, mess.
Friday, January 19, 2018
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