Why Discussion and Reasoning Have Failed
Want to know why communicating with people on the other side has become so difficult? Well, everyone focuses on the outrageous...
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The Upside Down World ~ The Blog
- Jan 13, 2017
- 2 min
Your Simple Act of Resistance for the Day – Friday, January 13th
Obviously there are an overwhelming number of unacceptable things going on, but I’m going to be trying to offer near daily, simple...
- Jan 12, 2017
- 6 min
Stop Arguments Online Like a Mom
My husband is completely convinced that there are Jews somewhere in my Polish lineage. Because three of my great joys in life are being...
- Jan 12, 2017
- 3 min
A Few Facts About That Press Conference Yesterday
As you have probably heard, Trump gave a press conference yesterday. Which is actually a very normal thing for presidents to do. Except...
- Jan 12, 2017
- 8 min
Why Donald Trump Talks the Way He Does – and Why It Works
Back in college, I made some halfway decent money selling high end knives in people’s homes. One of the perks of the job was that the...
- Jan 11, 2017
- 3 min
About Trump and That Disabled Reporter
So, odds are good that you’ve heard about actress Meryl Streep’s speech the other night where she said politically charged things like...
- Jan 11, 2017
- 1 min
Snowy Day Play
I love videos of animals playing. This one from the Oregon Zoo showing animals in the snow is particularly cute. Isn’t it weird how we’ve...
- Jan 11, 2017
- 1 min
Your Simple Act of Resistance for the Day
Going forward, I’m going to try and share one simple action with detailed instructions which you can take each day to push back against...
- Jan 11, 2017
- 5 min
It’s a Disaster but Everything’s Perfect. I Guess
So, two weeks ago today I fell on an icy driveway and broke my ankle. It was classic; my foot started to slip on the ice, hit dry gravel...
- Dec 25, 2016
- 1 min
Don’t “believe everything his enemies speak about him.”
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- Dec 24, 2016
- 3 min
Santa and Grief
A mere week after we held a small burial for Susan, it was Christmas. We attended Christmas Eve children’s mass as usual. After service,...
- Dec 23, 2016
- 5 min
Jesus Saved Our Christmas Dinner
We have a seating problem in our home. Well, two of them actually. The first is that our chairs don’t match and the folding chairs have...
- Dec 22, 2016
- 2 min
What Does Resistance to Trump Look Like? A Few Ideas
Until proven otherwise, we have to work from the assumption that the situation with Trump really is as dangerous and over the top...
- Dec 22, 2016
- 1 min
The Christmas Bird
Instead of doing my Christmas shopping a couple of years ago, I recorded this. It’s perfect for sharing with the kids, if they are the...
- Dec 21, 2016
- 1 min
Would You Look At This Crap
I just got this email from my congressman. Well, if you look at the fine print, you’ll notice that it’s actually from his newsletter. The...
- Dec 21, 2016
- 1 min
On A Much Lighter Note, I Have Discovered the Real Reason People Voted for Trump
This was a friend in North Carolina’s view during her morning commute yesterday: She says, “I have to hand it to him – he has practically...
- Dec 21, 2016
- 7 min
All People Are Real
I’ve mentioned a couple of times now that I have a dissociative disorder. A derealization disorder, in fact. Which means that when my...
- Dec 20, 2016
- 2 min
Don’t Worry; I Have Found Our Escape Plan
So, all this stuff about Donald Trump and the danger of our situation is scary as hell. But don’t worry – I was reading through...
- Dec 20, 2016
- 1 min
Imagine This in a History Book
This is the cover of The National Enquirer this week. All lies, but lies repeated take on an air of truth. This is what people are seeing...
- Dec 20, 2016
- 3 min
The Electoral College
One of my working assumptions about life is that only that which can be redeemed is allowed. So anything that happens carries...
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