“A holiday isn’t a holiday, without plenty of freedom and fun.”
—Louisa May Alcott
Month: November 2021
Yep. I Did It
I got so tired of hearing people argue and debate when people should put up their Christmas tree and I was party to more then one conversation where the law was laid down and a solid date to when one could start watching Christmas movies that in a huff I decided I’d put my tree up and I’d watch a Christmas movies and drink egg nog as I worked.
I really, really hate it when people tell me how to wear my hair ( based on my age, it should either be short and efficient or long, scraggly and gray ) what to read and when to chuck my Halloween pumpkin out and when I should start listening to Christmas music.
I was feeling defiant and rebellious today so I busted out the Christmas decorations.
I got the tree up, and after three tries I got the lights on. Good God that was a mess. I swear it was like those strings of lights wrapped themselves around the branches and tried to strangle the tree to death.
Good thing it’s an artificial tree.
To be honest my act of rebellion had lost it’s edge after that. I was on the verge of dragging the entire mess down to the dumpster, but I took a breath and soldiered on.
So here is what it looks like when I take my stubborn attitude, splash it with eggnog and sprinkle it candy cane chocolate kisses and focus on the task at hand.
I must say, I may have started out feeling a little snarky and bit defeated because the mess I made out of the lights, but at the end of the day I was feeling a little bit jolly.
So there.
Photo A.M Moscoso
Photo A.M. Moscoso
PhotoA.M. Moscoso
Photo A.M. Moscoso
Photo A.M. Moscoso
Say What?
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If you want to function within the Republican universe, it is important that you be fluent in the language and by that I don’t mean the English language. From what I’ve seen on tv and social media, most of them can’t write it properly let alone speak it correctly.
I mean you have to know what words mean to them as opposed to what they mean to the rest of the world if you really want to understand what they are saying.
For example:
Protesters- the dictionary has defined ‘protester‘ and there is even this little icon you can click on that will say the word for you, but in the Republican universe a ” Protester ” is defined as a Democrat, or a non-white person or someone who wants clean air.
Their definition is a bit convoluted but in Republican speak words are more like pictures and don’t really function the way words do for everybody else.
The term ” self defense ” is a bit harder to grasp because it involves two separate words and therefore in Republican speak two pictures are involved. Anyway.
Self defense does not mean you are left to fend for yourself because no one else is going to do help you. Nope. Self Defense means you are self defending yourself against someone who is not giving you what you want. Like the right temperature soup at a restaurant or saying Trump is not the President.
To wrap this up I will leave you with this. When you run across Republicans who say that they have the God given right to shoot and kill protesters in ‘self defense’ what they are really saying is
They have the God given right to gun down Democrats and anyone else who hurts their feelings or speaks out against their positions.
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I know that language grows and changes, why wouldn’t it? As our community grows and is influenced by different cultures as well as technology (some of my co-workers use emojis inter office communications so I’ll know what they ‘mean’ in the message they sent) it’s bound to change. It’s meant to.
I’m just sorry to see it butchered like a baby seal by the Republican party because they still want to project a a thin ( and I do mean thin ) veneer of civility.
Heads up Republicans. That ship has sailed.
Is It Caturday Already?
The reality is, if people could spread Covid-19 to my dog or my cats, I’d super glue that effing mask to anti-maskers faces and I’d probably give them a wedgie to boot.
My Mom has always said it’s a good thing Cats don’t have middle fingers.
I love this print because it is so ominous and spooky!
