We complained about the 2-layer system and ended up with a 3-layer system — UPDATE from this post that no one cared about when I wrote it but should have. It took months to get an appointment with my new doctor. (See link). At the time I made that appointment, they told me it was a new patient delay. I switched doctors, and that…

The Glory Years My mom hosted a giant Thanksgiving for our entire family, both sides, for many years, from the 1960s through 1982. I can tell you the last year was 1982 because my sister died in September of 1983, and everything stopped after that. Those Thanksgivings of my early…

Instead of Creating New Problems, Enjoy Aging — I ranted on someone else’s post. Here it is: I’ll take your ‘don’t get married over 50' and raise you a ‘don’t have kids over 50.’ I’m in my mid-60s, and I take no offense and agree with you. Trying to fit a second life in after 50 is foolish…

Jimmy Carter was the first president I could vote for, and he lost. Ronald Reagan, the smiling racist, won based on lies and the Iran hostage scam he perpetrated, and for which we never held him accountable. The media loved Reagan and hated Carter. The Democrats followed Reagan rather than…

“Can I borrow one of your Cokes?” Sammie croaked out to her housemate, Daniel, as she swung open the weathered frame, screenless screen door with a squeak and let it slam behind her. She kicked off her Crocs and stretched out her toes on the warm, but at least cooler…

Khok slinked deeper down the slide in Gordon’s jacket pocket. Qhik peaked out from the top, taking in everything he could see from inside a pocketed microscope slide: flashing billboards, hoards of multi-cells, larger-than-life characters hawking pictures, CDs, and stolen electronics… and the food trucks… beyond his wildest dreams. …

Spinning clouds of gases and dust formed Aeri as white light, an F-class star. Aeri grew powerful but lonely, so they created Aeriainax to worship him. Aeriainax revolved around Aeri in gratitude. After centuries of homage, Aeriainax tired and wandered off course into an asteroid belt. Hundreds of asteroids hit…

See my original five reasons this shitty world is getting shittier here. And there’s more: 6. Buying stuff is shittier. Before committing to purchase, I wanted to investigate a large-ish and long-term-ish consumer tech purchase. I’m in research mode and do not intend to make a final purchase decision until…

People see things as absolute good vs. absolute bad and choose sides based on a surface analysis. They root for their good guys and want to see their bad guys destroyed. They refuse to see the gray areas or the points where many seemingly opposing things can be true simultaneously…