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22 hours ago

Cracks

I find it interesting you lied to me. To what end?


1 day ago

Beware of Dog

It is a strange thing we do. We live in these maddening bubbles of isolation, misery, and loneliness then attack any who would enter without regard to intent.


2 days ago

Two Step Process

Hide the evidence. Play the victim. Repeat as desired.


2 days ago

Goal!!!!!


4 days ago

Natural Progression

I think I am developing an unnatural loathing of dishes.


4 days ago

Hey, kid!

Do you have any idea what your mother was up to last night?


5 days ago

Looney Tunes

There is always the scene in the cartoons where the fuse is lit and the spark goes on this long, elaborate journey, looping and winding and dodging and the antagonist is desperately trying to blo...


6 days ago

Now We Know

The brilliant orange glow of the rising sun or a roiling meteor forcing its way into the atmosphere to cover the earth in darkness.


6 days ago

Paradigm

Discipline is one of those things that starts from the top down. Management always wants to blame the workers, but they only reflect the messaging and behaviors of their leaders. If you have lazy...


7 days ago

Coloring Time

It’s a little fun to watch the diversity and inclusion team come up babbling cheery nonsense like a kindergarten teacher. (We’re all crayons!) Then have the production teams come up talking about...


April 30, 2024

Latest Bookmarks

It is interesting sometimes how quickly people disappear. To peruse the list and realize how long it has been. No. I just read them… three weeks ago?


April 30, 2024

Employer - Employee

I need you to break a little. I don’t deal with hardasses. Especially when they are grown up and acting like spoiled children. If you want to be able to make your own decisions, you have to accep...


April 29, 2024

Slowly, Slowly

Back to work. Good weekend. Mostly. still recovering.


April 26, 2024

Not a no.

Dare I hope? You’re being suspiciously quiet.


April 26, 2024

Manipulate

The subtle rhetorical ability to insert images into minds with words is one I have been abusing for decades. Never underestimate someone’s imagination as an asset.


April 26, 2024

Cold Irony

“History holds its own court and delivers its own judgments,” he said. “I doubt that I’ll be concerned when my judgment’s handed down.”


April 25, 2024

To Build a Fire

You have gathered all the tinder, stacked the wood, poured gasoline over it until it ran down and puddled and we are choking on the fumes. I asked you politely and without threat to tear it down ...


April 24, 2024

Outward Tide

You don’t feel it at first, unless you pay attention or notice things. The shifting tide, as it goes from push to pull. It starts slowly, so slowly, picking up speed. Yet its movement is deceptiv...


April 24, 2024

A Moment

To slow down and take a pause. Before the day begins.


April 23, 2024

Pensive


April 23, 2024

Self Pity

I don’t want to do this today. I don’t want to linger in this surreal and overwhelming world of loss and regret. I want to be surrounded by beautiful happiness, sunshine and laughter and children...


April 22, 2024

Being Frank

Is there a standalone term for not sticking the landing? I can’t think of it. It occurs to me that may be the case and I don’t know what to do with the information.


No mistakes in the tango, Donna. Not like life


April 20, 2024

Win some, you lose some

I think today was a mostly lost, but recovered at the last moment. Which is fun, because I headed out of the house so confident. It has been my observation through the years that women are the mo...


One of those mornings. I can feel it.


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