Saturday, October 6th 2018
The day the third and final branch of our Federal Government falls to fascism.

# Kavanaugh
Saturday, October 6th 2018
The day the third and final branch of our Federal Government falls to fascism.

# Kavanaugh
Friday, October 5th 2018
Check out yesterday’s protesters [30 seconds]:
More to come.
“Believe me.”
#BelieveSurvivors
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Thirsty, October 4th 2018
Sacred in the Mundane:

It’s been nearly *two years* since I’d been OUT; to my “Cheers,” –the Thirsty Scholar- where they actually do know my name and are glad I came and time seems to stand still. I can always find a cold fresh beer, a warm smile, a spot at the gorgeous long wooden bar and an old familiar fellow “regular” or two with whom to shoot the breeze. Also a Hubsand at home who doesn’t mind and is in fact quite happy for me.

These are (still) the days my friend.
If this all seems only Mundane and not also Sacred, then I congratulate you on the great level of privileges and security you obviously enjoy in your present, inevitably fleeting, circumstances.
Speaking of fleeting, here was my curated flight of diminishing Closing Time drinks:

Night night, lol.
#Youcan’tstayhere.
Thursday, October 4th 2018
We all know the GOP is hellbound and determined to get this post-modern PERFECT REPUBLICAN (ie: lying, entitled, elite, abusive, contemptuous, paranoid, delusional and worst of all PARTISAN) judge on the Supreme Court ASAP; that the FBI “probe” was a TOTAL sham; and that the ENTIRE senate is being given a brief shared viewing of a SINGLE COPY of the FBI’s “findings” like some kind of administrative hunger games. But here we have Brave Films, among others, doing a job tRump’s Government refuses to do; deal the t r u t h.
All we have to possibly save us now is the possibility of Jeff Flake (AZ), Murkowski (AK) and/or Collins (ME) voting against him.
God help us.
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October 4th 2018
A single live take, 30-second ad by Beto O’Rourke for his campaign to represent Texas in the U.S. Senate:
I sure hope Texans figure out they can still have their BBQ without giving us the human shart-stain that is Ted Cruz.
For the love of god, Texas, PLEEEAZE!!!
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October 3rd 2018

No sooner do we gussy up and head out of the office, a child basically stomps by us with scowl on her face and arms crossed staunchly across her chest. Dr. Gonzo does an immediate u-turn and starts joking with her. She is not having it. The mom and grandma come along and I joke with them; “My partner might be in over his head here; I was too afraid to go near her!” They laugh and I tepidly head over to somehow partner with him in this precarious situation, as is my job. He is blowing bubbles and the girl is hunkered down shaking her head “no.” I’m thinking we’re in real trouble here, when out comes the fart gun and he points it at her head. PLFFFFTHTH. Her angry frown flips into a smirk. A SMILE actually. Oh my god, just like that he cracked open her amour. A little more goading and goofing and she throws her head all the way back in Full. Belly. Laughs.
The 180-degree turnaround is 100% complete. Gonzo and I briefly contemplate ending our day on this perfectly high note, but then concede we do in fact still have our full day of rounds ahead of us. In fact we’re just getting started.
#HospitalClowning
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October 3rd 2018

Lady Justice under the GOP.
The following points were posted yesterday (10/2) by an “Aaron Medina1” under this video below about Kavanaught’s hearing from September 27th below. I find his points to be as comprehensive and plausible as I have found yet, about the extent this (you gotta be freaking kidding me) “Supreme Court Nominee” was LYING UNDER OATH to the Senate Judiciary Committee.

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October 3rd 2018
In OTHER news, can we just f#ck the current so-called “president” and his political rally victim-shaming national gaslighting all the way to hell?? As we teeter on the brink of whether the GOP is R E A L L Y gonna appoint the petulant, lying, anti-women, anti-worker, entitled, alcoholic #Kavenaught to the HIGHEST OFFICE of our nation’s judiciary…
I propose that we turn our gaze to THIS GODDESS RIGHT HERE.
I *still* have yet to see the full length movie documentary about her, but in the meantime here are a couple fantastic gems taking a peek. ENJOY!!
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg Speaks [9:52]:
Stephen Works Out With Ruth Bader Ginsburg [6:26]:
#NotoriousRGB
#SuperDIVA
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Wednesday, October 3rd 2018

Unicorns are Mysterious.
Parenting a unicorn child can be so mysterious. I don’t know why my daughter wanted my help getting dressed today, but I was happy to help her. I don’t know why she agreed to the choices I suggested, then changed out of them afterwards. And I don’t know why she was DETERMINED to wear her favorite dress TODAY, or why it was so upsetting that I then offered to help her find it AFTER I got myself dressed for work first. I asked her to help ME get dressed, which she did at first but then went off to weep audibly. I don’t know why just when I was ready to help her again she outbursted at me.
BUT! Alas. I went over to the “Unstuck Cards” and brought them to her, asking if there was anything I could do. The first one said, “Hug,” and that’s what she did!! (!!!) Then she said, “I’m sorry for yelling at you,” as she sniffled up her tears. Then we went and found the dress -to her DELIGHT- and we were back in business. Some extra cuddles, zuberts and tickles for the road and we were good to go.

She EVEN let me brush her hair (a little bit) at the bus stop… and put a tiny pumpkin balloon in it, lol.
ClaraJane if you are reading this in the future, I hope you are not embarrassed. You are a perfectly wondrous and healthy fabulous young lady. I write, blog and live to forever learn how to be the best mom for you that you can have. We ALL have breakdowns sometimes. Today’s is not a big deal. I just forget the dynamics of breakdowns sometimes and every once in a while it’s good to really examine.
Moreover I’m celebrating our victory in turning our BREAKDOWN into a BREAKTHROUGH! In this (one, first) case, our “Unstuck Cards” helped. We’ll see what happens next time.
In the meantime please know two things:
Love Always,
(Fart Noise) Mom
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October 2nd 2018

Emotional Rescue Strategies
So that didn’t take long; only 4 months. Pshah.
Today ClaraJane and I finally made her “Unstuck Cards,” as divined in the June 13th post titled “Parenting: Getting Unstuck.”
I enlisted her help, so she could choose who did the writing (me) and which strategies to choose (see above, including some blank for possibility) and what color they should be written on. In fact, we’ve since added “Play on an instrument.”
There are a lot of things to update on our inestimable Girl (therapy, going “Sunny to Rainy,” strategies, classroom behavior and work, “First-Then” chart, and more). But for now this is my update.

“Unstuck Cards” in plain view, attached to her designated clipboard.
We’ll see how it goes!
#parenting
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