Today
by cal
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Cracks
I find it interesting you lied to me. To what end?
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.
Two Step Process
Hide the evidence. Play the victim. Repeat as desired.
Goal!!!!!
Natural Progression
I think I am developing an unnatural loathing of dishes.
Hey, kid!
Do you have any idea what your mother was up to last night?
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...
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.
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...
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...
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?
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...
Slowly, Slowly
Back to work. Good weekend. Mostly. still recovering.
Not a no.
Dare I hope? You’re being suspiciously quiet.
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.
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.”
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 ...
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...
A Moment
To slow down and take a pause. Before the day begins.
Pensive
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...
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.
Would you like to learn to tango?
No mistakes in the tango, Donna. Not like life
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...
Feels Good to Be A Gangster
One of those mornings. I can feel it.