Quoting Lieutenant Governor of Illinois. Well, the good part. At least for a few days now. United States District Judge Loren L. AliKhan stopped the federal funding block. But just days. So far. After a two page freeze memo (are you kidding me, two pages, it's the federal government, what don't these ones understand, it's … Continue reading You’re Going To Hear A Lot Of Noise

Thought about titling this post Back To Black but it's not what Amy Winehouse was singing of. And I wouldn't appropriate. But these are dark times. Just got to resist, as we can. It's pretty clear many of that vomit of sharpie signs will not last. You don't amend the Constitution with a sharpie, dimwit. … Continue reading Side Effects And Sharpies

This is personal, short-ish, not short enough. Strunk and White. Omit needless words. I'm still working on that. This month, probably a little later, reminds me a little of the winter fallow season when things restore. And then spring, and life, comes. I have been recovering from a broken patella (and a broken elbow and … Continue reading Walking

That's the only thing worth acknowledging today. National holiday, MLK Day. Think MLK. Racial justice and economic justice. MLK was about both. It's his day. History has judged. Philippians 4:8. Whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report, if there be any virtue and if there be any praise, … Continue reading It Is MLK Day, January 20

I had tried and tried and tried for a few years to make one credit card account let me log in through the website, not the phone app. It just wouldn't do it. So I paid all my other bills and accounts laptop but for a few years that account got paid by my phone. … Continue reading Tech Girl, No Bro, Wins

This must be a thankless job. Some callers are rude or worse. That's not me. Being respectful generally pays off better. And sometimes do have an actually connected human conversation, actually talk about what's going on in life, while problem solving, with a person you've never met. But I did take a lot of their … Continue reading “Agent” Please, Or “Representative” Please, Or “Person” Please, Call Center Service Economy

Cold afternoon here but I am housed and fed more than I possibly can eat. (I have a slim appetite.) (But is it not very privileged to get raspberries and blackberries and blueberries in the middle of January.) So before it gets dark, or maybe into the evening, donations to arrange. International Rescue Committee, on … Continue reading Donations

The California wildfires. I think the seriousness of this is clear to anyone with a heart and a brain. When I lived in Los Angeles, the neighborhood was Brentwood, next to Santa Monica, and being 27 years old, I could ride my bike to the pier, Venice Beach or Malibu. At least one of my … Continue reading What’s Not Funny

In general I try to not write about politics, rather policy, but although different, they are not entirely separate. (And I blog some personal. Probably too much of that but 2024 was challenging. Did like writing one post about my adorables, the dogs and cats. And my family and the nurses (and big and big, … Continue reading Canadian Humor (And John Oliver)

Gosh I can not express the depth of my loathing. I was pretty lucky, only one card hacked, and one of my bank companies company spotted it fast, got it fixed fast. So an hour or so on phone but now constant checking online all my accounts. This can make it really difficult to concentrate. … Continue reading Data Scrapers