I found it.

I knew that I would find it. For years I've been browsing second-hand shops for this specific bible, The Children's Bible, because this bible, you see, was my first bible. This is where they started us wide-eyed, plaid-claid whelps at St. Margaret's in the 1970s, talkin' about God and George Washington with the exact same measure. I had questions then, and I still have questions. Now that I have finally gotten my hands on this book, I will be pushing...

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Breakfast, etc

Don't worry, Diary of a Low Budget Superhero won't morph into a boring food blog. I just need to remember this later for tracking purposes and I already have this platform, so: Breakfast was at 10am, and I made a bowl with 1/3c barley, 1/2c mixed berries, and a Chobani "less sugar" yogurt. And coffee with 1 tbsp powdered creamer, which at some point I'll omit because it's all chemicals, but I need it right now. Thank you. ∎ Update July 01 (9pm'ish) I...

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"There used to be food at the grocery store."

I'm paraphrasing the late Spalding Gray. I forget which of his monologues contains the bit about trying to get healthy and eat right and realizing how much junk is in everything. Today I texted Jenny from the grocery store, tediously reading label after label, "Is there anything more despairing than the first Shop after a weight loss doc. FFS!" Goals So last month at my annual physical I asked my doc if he could refer me to our local Center...

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I Cannot Tell These Two Women Apart

Sarah or Mercedes? "This actress shows up in so many shows I like!" I said, watching re-runs of The Finder and Person of Interest...um...as it turns out I have been enjoying the TV dramatics of two different actresses entirely, whaaaat? According to the imdb, Texas native Sarah Shahi was born Aahoo Jahansouz to an Iranian dad and Spanish mom, and Swedish actress Mercedes Mason immigrated to the US at 12 and became a citizen in 2016 and she's...

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Are Republicans Making Race-Centered Policy?

Yesterday on Deadline Whitehouse on MSNBC, race relations leader Heather McGhee was speaking on the inhumane conditions and the utter disaster that is the Trump border "policy." Host Nicolle Wallace said, "Who is the person who argues in court 'they don't need toothbrushes, they weren't supposed to be there for long.' Who are these people?" Heather McGhee agreed that's a good question. She had an answer.  "This is the vision of folks...

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Mood

I can't get to sleep I think about the implications Of diving in too deep And possibly the complications Especially at night I worry over situations I know will be all right It's just overkill Day after day it reappears Night after night my heartbeat shows the fear Ghosts appear and fade away Come back another ...

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Depression: Code Red

One coping method I learned when my life fell apart five years ago was self-care. I'd lost everything in terms of normalcy after years of job-induced stress that eventually drove me literally insane, and that's when I found myself plunked into therapy for the first time. I'll always remember my therapist suggesting concrete things to do, such as "change your clothes, try a new lipstick." External, cosmetic things like that, no matter how bad...

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Sometimes I Make Playlists

Volume 2, Episode 1 Summer Sunday Series: Hot, Horny Amateurs 1:27 Mobile Home - Slide Boo Radley - The Franc Graham Band One Of These Days - Bourbon Princess Way Down - Groovasaurus You Get That - Slide Tit For Tat - Asa Brebner Gin & Tonic - Andrea Gillis Blood - The Shelley Winters Project Super Duper - Superhoney I Wanna Be Ready - Thaddeus Hogarth Coffee And Pot (LP Version) - Spookie Daly Pride Shine - Slide Stretcher - Bourbon Princess Tornado...

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Sometimes I Design Shirts

It Costs Too Much To Live Here For This Shit ...

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Asa Brebner (1954 - 2019)

"Songs are just sort of feelings put into words, a marriage of the emotional and cerebral. And that's sort of the best thing you can do—express in words what you're feeling, hopefully in a way that's not too trivial or stupid." - Asa Brebner ...

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Sometimes I Laugh

BOSTON. You know that fine line between funny and sad? I know that guy. Tonight I went to "The Gas" at Great Scott. That is the weekly comedy hosted by Rob Crean. Rob is possibly the saddest funny guy that I know. I'm not saying all of his material arises from a place of depression or anxiety, but I can tell you that Rob's act helped lead me from the darkness over Robin Williams' death, even if Rob doesn't know he did that for me. Maybe for...

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Sometimes I'm Sorry

I needed some things so I went to the store. That's how I found out that there's bacon cotton candy. The package has a cartoon pig holding a thing of bacon cotton candy. So now I know that I am alive in an age where people thought of bacon cotton candy. Now you know this exists. I'm sorry...

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This bus stop advertisement, tho'

I bet it costs a ton to pay for one of these JCDecaux outdoor, or "out of home" (OOH) displays. I guess I'm wired to wonder about the ROI on this car seat safety message at the bus stop. At the bus stop. Bus....

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It is June. I am tired of being brave.

Gone, I say and walk from church, refusing the stiff procession to the grave, letting the dead ride alone in the hearse. It is June. I am tired of being bra...

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