fiction Better Life fiction poetry I was promised a better life If I did what they told me If I wore the right clothes If I sang the right songs If I said the right things I was promised a better life If I followed their rules If I looked the other way
rambling Just a Little Stitious... I almost wrote about this yesterday but I didn't want to jinx anything. See last time Michigan had a really talented team in the Frozen Four they played Denver in the semifinals and lost in OT. They played Denver in the semifinals again last night. I'm
rambling Charm Offensive... JD Vance went to Hungary to campaign for Orban this past week. It was so effective that Orban's low polling numbers went even lower after Vance spoke. I guess Vicktor hadn't paid enough attention to JD before to realize that he is a charisma black hole.
rambling Two Weeks... Berry. That's the shade of lipstick I'm after right now. I had my perfect reds phase and my deep burgundy period, now I'm after berry. A little less deep than the burgundy but not into pink territory. Monday I hoped that I would be
rambling Space Talk... Okay, so I was never a space kid. I didn't learn the constellations. I don't know what Apollo mission did what. I have no idea who the first astronauts (aside from the ones everyone knows) were. And I don't know who did what first.
rambling Good God, Y'all... So until and unless he decides to back down and move it again we are just a little over 24 hours away from Trump following through on his threat of totally wiping out Iran. Which a lot of people are interpreting as dropping a nuclear bomb. Which is insane. Which
rambling Spring Cleaning Time... Beautiful weather this weekend so we are taking advantage of it and doing some Spring cleaning. I tackled the catio while Brent is doing the first round of pressure washing and weeding. He's still working on that while I begged off to write. I know, I'm
fiction Lost In Space... fiction poetry I watched the sunrise this morning There are currently 14 people in space. Ten orbiting the Earth. Four orbiting the Moon. Fourteen people who have escaped the pull of gravity The relentless tug of the world around them. They will come back changed. Molecular changes. One twin in
rambling Now Make it Rhyme... Writing is really personal. That seems super obvious but sometimes I think it's easy to forget. When I write something, that's me. On the paper. Or the screen as the case may be. But it's something that didn't exist before and now
repost April Fools... fiction Repost: Originally Posted on Totally Random But April 1, 2013 Debra hung up the phone, "Unbelievable! Some people just have no clue!" Stan rolled his chair back from his desk so he could see her around their low cubicle wall, "Another prank call?" "Yes!
rambling Time Marches On... Can you believe we are already at the end of March? And conversely... Can you believe it's only March? Depends on if you are talking about your personal life or the slog through the current Trump presidency. But this is MY March recap so we're going
rambling Bonus! When I went gluten free I was posting about how many options were out there now vs. when we went low carb doing Atkins years and years ago. A friend of mine who has two daughters with celiac replied that he was THRILLED that gluten free became a fad for
rambling No Kings III... Today is the third No Kings rally. It's the first one we won't be attending. We already had something on the calendar when the date was announced. I actually weighed noping out of our plans and going to the rally and then realized that would go
rambling It's A Metaphor! A friend of mine took her first trip to Hawaii this past week. She did not have the same luck that we did with the weather. She got there during the second of the Kona storms. The first one was so bad that even with a little less (little less)
fiction Post Choice Society... fiction Being here wasn't her choice. When she reflected on her life that seemed to be a repeating theme. Getting caught in actions, jobs, relationships, that didn't seem to have been her choice. They just happened. She was part of the generation that was sandwiched in-between
rambling Save Us From the Discourse... There is a new version of Harry Potter hitting HBO soon. The first trailer was released today. Which means another round of The Discourse. Normally I stay away from it all. If you don't know by now that JK Rowling is a transphobic terf monster I cannot help
rambling Long Distance Dedication... I have a friend who does an online radio program. Mainly he does it for friends and family and to relive his misspent youth as a DJ. (Okay, I added the misspent part, but it just flows better) It's basically because he really likes music, likes talking about
rambling Great Unknown Women... As news of Cesar Chavez's crimes came to light this week I was reminded of something I read about Isaac Asimov. Let me backup, I meant to say crimes. Newspaper stories will say misdeeds or sexual scandals, but what he did was a crime. Multiple crimes. He raped
fiction Viral... fiction "I can't believe they haven't pulled this down." "They have. They keep pulling it down and it keeps getting reposted." "Well the internet is forever. Too many people have copies so they can repost." "No, dude, THEY are
rambling Work It Out... Look, I know that part of it is genetics. I know that part of it is it's her job to look like that. I know that part of it is that she never had a baby. I know all of that, but...when Jennifer Aniston at 55 years
rambling Pale Imitation of Tan... The backs of my hands are peeling. Before we left for Hawaii Katie said something about coming back tanned and refreshed. I told her that if I do it right it would just be refreshed. When Brent and I were walking to dinner Monday night he asked if I was
rambling Time Out... One of the best things about being on vacation is the vacation part. You wouldn't think that we would have disconnected all that much from the news considering we carry it in our pockets now. But at least I did. I read the HCR newsletter each day and
rambling Pictures... Okay, one more quick one about Hawaii. I told you about making the decision on photos. While we were there I got a little reminder about why it's a good idea. There was a couple staying at the resort. Young, gorgeous, photogenic. Or at least I assume photogenic
fiction Memories... fiction Digital Recording of Zoom Capstone Presentation Xander Davies Class of 2020 Xander's view is of many small windows showing classmates and instructors. The chat window to the side is filled with supportive messages from classmates. "Hello, class of 2020. This is not how I had imagined
rambling Aloha Again... So how was the trip? Did we see anything except each other? I mean that's what the pictures look like right? Like I mentioned, I noticed that over the years the pictures are all really similar. Now, that's not to say that it's boring
