There’s a sentence I never thought I would type. — Last Saturday during a rally in Michigan, MENSA member Marjorie Taylor Greene told her audience that electric cars are “emasculating.” I think a lot of men would agree with her. Her exact words were an attack on Pete Buttigieg and thinly veiled homophobia. She said, “Democrats like Pete Buttigieg want…

Apologies to Dr. Seuss — Congratulations! Today is your day! You’re off to Great Places! You’re off and away! You have brains in your head Unless you get shot But it’s okay You’ll get a prayer and a thought You’ll look up and down streets Look ’em over with care It really doesn’t matter Stay…

Seriously, how is this woman an elected official? — Marjorie Taylor Greene is a congresswoman from Georgia. People-actual people-elected Greene to office. Georgians walked into a voting booth and filled in the little circle by her name. On purpose. Rep. Greene is a right-wing conspiracy theorist who believes the 2020 election was stolen and California wildfires were started by…

Writing just isn’t fun anymore — It’s been nearly one year since I came back to Medium full-time. Over those months, I told myself writing was fun. I wrote essays on how much fun I was having, and how I’d discovered the “joy of writing” again. That wasn’t entirely true. Sometimes writing is fun. Most of…

It took some horrible news from my doctor to inspire me to do better. — Last September, I began a journey of weight loss and healthier living. The catalyst for this was a doctor’s visit. I Got Some News Today, Oh Boy I’m going to have to make some severe changes to my life.medium.com My doctor is actually a physician's assistant and she’s wonderful. I went in for a med check and ended up getting two vaccines and a few vials of blood drawn…

Probably somewhere warm. — My writing muse has disappeared. Given the current weather here in Minnesota, she is most likely somewhere warm. But she is gone. I’ve tried writing over the past week, poised at my keyboard, fingers at the ready. Nothing happens. No pithy title pops into my head, no subject stirs me…

Apologies to Dr. Seuss — Congratulations! Today is your day! You’re off to Great Places! You’re off and away! You have brains in your head Unless you get shot But it’s okay You’ll get a prayer and a thought You’ll look up and down streets Look ’em over with care It really doesn’t matter Stay…