Uvalde, Texas.
(First posted on Dreamwidth, 24th May. Manually reposted.)

Fifteen dead; 14 of them elementary school students, in Texas.

Fuck you, GOP; fuck you, NRA; fuck you, Ted Cruz and Greg Abbott.

And fuck, fuck, FUCK "Thoughts and Prayers."

You Bastards. You Absolute Bastards
(Originally posted on Dreamwidth, 2nd May. Manually reposted.)

Leaked Supreme Court draft majority opinion would overturn Roe V. Wade.Tell me that this removal of a Constitutional right isn't an effort to control women & others with uteruses. Go on. Tell me this isn't to make me & other women the property of a ( Read more... )

Well, That Wasted My Day(Originally posted 24th April on Dreamwidth. Manually crossposted ( Read more... )

UkraineI've been glued to the television since yesterday afternoon, Chicago time. I'm sure many of you have as well ( Read more... )

January Sixth, For Our Sins.

One year ago, I posted this, as I watched the attack on democracy. I know a lot of you were watching and listening as well.

A mentally and emotionally stunted lying grifter who, having lost a national election, urged his slavishly and blindly devoted cult members to go and break into Congress to overturn the results of ( Read more... )

Happy Holidays. Here. Have Some COVID-19

So, yes, I'm still alive.

But stress? Yeah, got that.

Andy, Emily, and Harlan have been visiting from Seattle, spending about 8 days in Missouri with her folks and arriving yesterday to spend time in Chicago and environs. Our place is too small for them, so they're staying in a relatively nearby suburb with ( Read more... )

So We've Apparently Lost Virginia

Per the Washington Post as of 8:20 p.m. Chicago time, a Trump clone with better hair is winning the gubernatorial election over Democratic candidate Terry McAuliffe. That sucks big time, although I notice that the gap is closing, with 26 percent of the vote left to be tallied. It still won't be enough. On the other ( Read more... )

Toilets. Triggering.

Yes. Yes, they are.

A non-working toilet - specifically a non-working toilet in my own abode - is, for unpleasant reasons completely unnecessary to unload on you, Gentle Reader, triggering to me. It goes back a long way; back more than 20 years, and I am unable to break myself of being triggered.

Tonight, our toilet became ... ( Read more... )

Can It Be Tuesday Now?

I am so bloody tired. There's so much going on in my head, and I wish to god there wasn't.

Every time I think I've got it handled, I don't.  This entry was originally posted at https://kaffy-r.dreamwidth.org/803867.html?mode=reply, where there are currently
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Saturdays, Mad Hatter Days

Today I went out and bought a pint of caramel praline ice cream and ate it all.

For reasons.

I'm hoping that tomorrow is a tea and toast kind of day. Also for reasons.

On the positive side, I love my brother more than he'll ever know.

This entry was originally posted at https://kaffy-r.dreamwidth.org/803722.html?mode=reply ( Read more... )