Russians are about to legalize violence against family members of any age.
Just in case you were wondering where all this is going.
Fitbit only recognizes as movement the kind when one’s arms swing around freely. When one carries a baby or pushes a pram, that isn’t movement. So you can imagine how it feels to be rocking a screaming teething baby for an hour and to get a message from Fitbit in the midst of the process saying “Time to move! Get up and exercise!”
At the same time, Klara loves it when I say the word Fitbit, so that’s great.
A little harder but still important. I’m doing it. Are you?
Today’s action on the repeal of the Affordable Care Act (ACA/Obamacare), Medicare privatization, and defunding Planned Parenthood:
Paul Ryan has blocked his office phones and fax numbers, and is turning away people who show up to deliver petitions, so time to change tactics. Please mail post cards to his home address saying NO to defunding Planned Parenthood, NO to repealing the ACA, and NO to privatizing Medicare!
PAUL RYAN
700 ST. LAWRENCE AVE.
JANESVILLE, WI 53545
Please COPY AND PASTE this info. Let’s see what 67 million cards in the driveway looks like.
Real Americans Resist.
Copy and paste this to pass it on. This guy is a public servant. Denying access is reprehensible.
A suggestion from FB.
An EASY action item for today:
If you want to support Senator Warren’s request to audit President Trump’s finances for conflicts of interest, the woman who answered the phone at the Comptroller General of the Government Accountability Office said the most effective way to be sure my support counted was to email two administrators, Katherine Siggerud and Timothy Minnelli.
You can send ONE email addressed to:
siggerudk@gao.gov, minnellit@gao.gov, congrel@gao.gov
Subject line: Re: Audit for President Trump’s financial concerns
Dear Ms. Siggerud and Mr. Minnelli,
I’m writing in support of Senator Elizabeth Warren’s request for an audit of President Trump’s finances, to prohibit conflicts of interest that would prevent him from carrying out the responsibilities of the office without corrupt influence.
Sincerely,
What seems very dumb today is everything I criticized about Bernie. I just saw a car with a Bernie sticker and imagined President Sanders, and that was hard-core.
So I didn’t find the coat. Out of desperation- it’s gotten cold again! – I tried on my old pre-babies coat and. . . it fit. This is incredible because I haven’t worn it since 2012. I tried it on in November, and the flaps wouldn’t even remotely meet. There was a whole horizontal palm between them.
This is like Christmas all over again.
Sometimes it’s nice to remember the young, crazy, partying version of me. I love my life but from time to time I do get nostalgic for who I was before I became the responsible, psychologically healthy, wife-and-mother type. It’s like the person I was back then died and I never got to mourn her.
Hey, folks, have you ever tried this drink where beer is mixed with bloody Mary mix? It’s great. Almost completely masks the taste of beer.
The only problem is that I never finish a beer and use what’s left to cook. But this stuff I can’t cook with, it’s too out there.
A conservative literary critic and college professor
“how we avoid teaching gendered languages like Spanish and French in a transphobic way” Easy… “I tell students that in…
“I will pronounce them … Womxn” hmmm womksn (not so hard if you know a Slavic language). or I could…
This reminded me of when my department got a sternly worded letter demanding that we provide explanations for how we…
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Well, I have a news to tell you…
That’s another thing, no one calls Lindbergh 67. Have you been to the Hill, or Dago Hill as we use…
In case you’ve ever wondered, the “LGBTQIA2S+” thing is properly rendered: “Leg-butt-kwia-TOOS-plusses” Though I’ve a friend who’s simply memorized the…
Well, the old feminist term “WOMYN” isn’t acceptable, because women have no “Y’ chromosome. Dreidel
That’s exactly what I do for Latinx. I say Latin-Kh-Syh-Syh. Drives the wokies nuts.
I have a policy for things like this: if you put silly ostentatious extra letters in it, I will pronounce…
I love Global Foods, and I really love driving from Global Foods all the way down the 67 to where…
You won’t be sorry. It explains so much about what’s going on now.
I’ve been meaning to read this for a while. I guess this is a sign…
What about Global Foods? Walnut
I don’t want to be a St. Louisan, though. I detest St. Louis.
These are two countries at war. The people were not taken to the same place to wait for the buses.…
No. A real Missourian knows that St. Louisans pronounce it Missoureee, unlike the rest of the state. Go back to…
I get that. What I meant was the positions of the busses on either side of the road don’t make…
His future wife and her best friend. I definitely should have mentioned that.
To whom is he referring in this passage? Amanda
Drone.
I get the sentiment. And I love the symbolism but the photo doesn’t make sense to me. If a road…
Yes. He could say “erotic strangulation” and avoid sounding like a ditzy teenager who read too much Cosmo.
Are you saying it really means choking?
But did you know I say “Missourah”? Is that enough to tip the balance?
Absolutely. The introduction is beautiful and timeless. What a great book. I’ll keep posting as I continue reading.
Yeeeaaaah no. You’re not a Missourian, but we will still let you come over here for a ball game, good…
One of the great reads of the 20th century. I’ve often said if only you can read the “Introduction in…
“The academic job search process did not change” Are there still jobs? It was my impression that teaching at a…
Oof. We have neighbors like this. Not the doordash but it’s so weird. We’ve spotted them outside the house once…
This started before AI, so it’s not that. The academic job search process did not change, so it’s not that…
What do you think is going on? They don’t want jobs? They are lining up jobs some other way that…
Google gave me a wonderful explanation of the joke. Thanks for the suggestion! Amanda
I always suspected I was spiritually Polish. 😁😁
When I was a child, I could not have any food touching any other food on my plate. But food…
There is no specifically American religion. Christianity is practiced worldwide. It’s bizarre that I have to explain this.
As a good friend of mine once said, ‘Americans are wonderful people. The two things you have to forgive them…
“you eat first the carb, then after you’re done with that, you eat the meat” I don’t think that’s a…
Considerable differences regionally, my wife’s mother had fish every Friday supper – cod fishsticks. She was shocked by the taste…
Nice pictures. The first one in particular is very appealing. It’s the “cooked separately” part that is alien to me.…
