When I typed "Acosta..." into Google, the auto-fill came up with "...family." That means I'm not the only one who went searching online to verify the authenticity of this photo from the day Trump Labor Secretary Alex Acosta took his oath of office. Because look at it. Are these little girls okay? The tight body language, the dark circles, the blank eyes, the severe haircuts...and look at the mother! People, look, this is …
Tonight I made tuna steak topped with nectarine salad over baby mixed greens. It's simple, summery, tasty and under 500 calories. Star Market had frozen tuna steak on sale, so I bought one without a plan for how I was gonna cook it. I looked up a few recipes online and came up with this dish. First I diced two ripe nectarines, a handful of fresh basil leaves, and half a red bell pepper in a bowl, drizzled olive oil, balsamic vinegar, added …
I wandered into the TV room where my little brother was splayed out on the rug watching Miami Vice. I had just turned fourteen and my room was newly decorated with pulpy pages from Tiger Beat , and me and my friends spoke of "cute" guys, which fascinated my little brother and led to lots of questions like this one: which guy was cuter, Crockett or Tubbs? My answer was Tubbs. "Which one is Tubbs?" Mike asked. "Phillip Mic…
No, I Do Not Feel Bad About UnFriending
Okay, I've been sitting on this one for years, partially due to the PTSD, troubling lack of focus and struggle with writing in general, and partially due to uncertainty on whether or not I'm even right. But no...I'm right. I was wrong to question myself about this, but first thing first: what do we mean by "over politics" anyway?
In the parlance of our times your "politics"…
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 question s. Now that I have finally gotten my hands on this bo…
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 y…
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…
"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 married…
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
ans…
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 day
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…
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 Prince…
"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
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 …
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.🤮
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. ∎
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 brave.
He think I'm amazing. He love me so much. If you have a chance to marry your best friend, I highly advise doing so.
Me 'n Joey love that one. I can't imagine why.
Does anyone else remember Dunhill cigarettes? Taking a poll. Answer in Comments. It's for a thing.
"We finished discussing Bastille Day, and the teacher moved on to Easter,
which was represented in our textbook by a black-and-white photograph
of a chocolate bell lying upon a bed of palm fronds. "And what does one do on Easter? Would anyone like to tell us?" The
Italian nanny was attempting to answer the question when the Moroccan
student interrupted, shouting, "Excuse me, but what's an Easter?"
Read all of “Jes…
All I can say right now is that it is really weird when your brain breaks. I can't sleep from dreams, what feels like all-night struggles. I can't focus for long, and my formerly rock-solid concentration...it's not there. There's more to say but I'm getting ready to go see my therapist now. I'll either write more later or not at all. ∎
History 210, one of the online Yale courses, is my fave new jam. Maybe later I'll do a piece on it, if I can. If you "take" this class with me, we can dish about it real-time. No promises. Start here: https://oyc.yale.edu/history/hist-210
When in doubt,
go to
the Library.
