Category Archives: history

Family Separation: SPACE FORCE is the Answer!!!

June 18th 2018 YASSS!! How else are we going to build a SPACE WALL in SPACE for SPACE MEXICANS??? Trae Crowder puts it best [4:21]:    In conclusion:  “Fuck ‘Space Force.’” ♠  

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Family Separation at the Border: It’s Everything

June 2018   And this article is succint and informative:   Seizing Children From Parents at the Border Is Immoral. Here’s What We Can Do About It.   Never in my life did I imagine bearing witness to  anything like … Continue reading

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At Rise: Don’t Make Me Answer That

Thursday, June 14th 2018 AT RISE:  Mom is holding sleeping daughter close in bed.  Boy climbs in other side.  Mom turns over, snuggles in and wraps all around in and over. Mom:  You got gotted. Boy:  Ha.  I don’t really … Continue reading

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Border Separation: Harvesting Babies Fresh Off the Tap

Thursday, June 14th 2018   Federal officials took her daughter,  while she was breastfeeding the baby. They handcuffed her for resisting. Another day another dollar for privatized prisons. Another victory for xenophobes. Another head for the ledger. I listened to … Continue reading

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Randy Rainbow Faves

A modest collection of a few of our favorite Randy Rainbow hits, although there are so many it’s hard to choose.         And just because I happen to be writing this on the day of the Royal … Continue reading

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Happy 10th Birthday Gavin from the Cambridge City Council

April 30th / May 9th 2019 That time the Cambridge City Council **officially** wished Gavin a Happy 10th Birthday! Thank you Quinton Zondervan, Dan your Right Hand Man, and our Cambridge City Council!

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Keep the Lesson, Lose the Guilt

Friday, April 27th 2018 Dear Gavin: Regarding your breaking school policy today by playing a (violent) video game during free time: Now that we have talked it under and over, here are some observations: This was a poorly timed, useful … Continue reading

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A Most Progressive 10th Birthday

Wednesday, April 25th 2018   Trick Question:  What do Bernie Sanders, The Declaration of Independence and my son’s 10th Birthday have in common? Here’s the story. 1)  When I ask my son whom he would like to invite to his … Continue reading

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Animation Show of Shows

Wednesday, April 18th 2018 First stop on our April Staycation, this amazing film presentation at Coolidge Corner Theatre:  Animation Show of Shows. The 19th Annual Animation Show of Shows Trailer [1:30]:   Just the theatre was extraordinary, not to mention … Continue reading

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Touchnote to Spidey-Moneyman

Wednesday April 11th 2018 Waking Up Woke (For context, see previous post.)     (And to make amazing postcards that get mailed to YOUR loved ones, see Touchnote.com!) #FWIW #Touchnote.com #WakeUpWoke ♥

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