#TuesdayThoughts

#TuesdayThoughts: Back on the blog.

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First, #ChatTuesday, “Control is not ours to have.” And now Tuesday.

I know I’ve been a spotty blogger the last week or so, and the whole story is in the Chat Tuesday post, if you’re the curious type.

Otherwise, we shall pick up where we left off, which is our usual random chatter about nothing in particular. Our coffee break, though I have no coffee at the moment and I don’t know your current situation but we could have coffee and that’s what matters.

It’s a brightly, brightly sunny day, and yet somehow quiet. Not quite summer yet but it’s coming soon. It’s hard to believe May is nearly done, even if this is one month that felt longer to me this year.

That will happen.

I’ve started a rewatch of The Office for some reason, and it’s hard to believe how long ago it came out. It’s still funny. There are a few things that are eyebrow-raising. Still, most of the comedy holds.

That’s not true for a lot of things.

You can forget how talented each and every member of that cast was, how special the chemistry.

Rewatches are fun, I think. Does anyone not do a rewatch? Of something at least?

Anyway, that’s it for me for today. Have a great Tuesday!

Check out  my full-length novels: 
Aunty Ida’s Full-Service Mental Institution (by Invitation Only)   
Aunty Ida’s Holey Amazing Sleeping Preparation (Not Doctor Recommended) 
Her Cousin Much Removed
The Great Paradox and the Innies and Outies of Time Management.
And download Better Living Through GRAVY and Other Oddities, it’s quick and weird and FREE!
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#TuesdayThoughts: Just today.

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First, #ChatTuesday, “Sweet home.” And now Tuesday.

I have no idea how it got so late, I was up weirdly early today. Yet somehow the morning disappeared, perhaps into the pre-part of writing.

That can happen.

And writing writing. That’s not always the fastest either. It’s not like I’m AI.

Though some day I may be. I bet it would come up with fewer fun new words and new ways to use words and grammar though. At least I have that going for me.

Or maybe it will be able to mimic a writer’s voice entirely, which is more than a little creepy. The whole thing is.

We should have stopped it at the robot dogs directly out of Fahrenheit 451. There is no context where those wouldn’t be creepy, speaking of dystopia.

Anyway, it’s a sunny day today, nice after a lot of gloom, and possibly pretty warm. Not yesterday, not tomorrow, just today.

How’s that for a lesson in being in the moment.

Speaking of, I’ve got a lot of moments to be in, so that’s it for me today. Have a great Tuesday.

Check out  my full-length novels: 
Aunty Ida’s Full-Service Mental Institution (by Invitation Only)   
Aunty Ida’s Holey Amazing Sleeping Preparation (Not Doctor Recommended) 
Her Cousin Much Removed
The Great Paradox and the Innies and Outies of Time Management.
And download Better Living Through GRAVY and Other Oddities, it’s quick and weird and FREE!
Peruse Montraps Publishing
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#TuesdayThoughts: Brief.

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First #ChatTuesday, “Life is weird that way.” And now Tuesday.

It’s very sunny, perhaps even warm, and the fact that it’s spring is now undeniable. Good for spring.

I love the transition seasons, spring and fall. I don’t know why, maybe because every day can be whatever it wants to be. They’re less predictable than summer and winter.

You’d think that would be a drawback.

I don’t really have much to add beyond my Tuesday Chat today, I’m a little worded out, so I will wish you a wonderful Tuesday with a day as smooth as you could hope for.

Check out  my full-length novels: 
Aunty Ida’s Full-Service Mental Institution (by Invitation Only)   
Aunty Ida’s Holey Amazing Sleeping Preparation (Not Doctor Recommended) 
Her Cousin Much Removed
The Great Paradox and the Innies and Outies of Time Management.
And download Better Living Through GRAVY and Other Oddities, it’s quick and weird and FREE!
Peruse Montraps Publishing
See what I’m writing on Medium.

#TuesdayThoughts: Void in people’s souls.

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First, #ChatTuesday, “Why the writers strike is just.” And now Tuesday.

Rainy again, I’m starting to feel like I’m in that Ray Bradbury story. Such a sad story.

I don’t want to think about that, on second thought.

Lots going on in the world right now and so much of it seems to stem from greed and greed alone. I don’t understand greed.

I’m not sure why enough isn’t enough.

The desire to “have more” than other people…what does that do? Does it really fill the void in people’s souls?

Or does it only create new voids?

It’s not tenable for a society, either. But they don’t care about that, they only care about whether they can hoard things that have value because people say they have value.

It would be sad if it wasn’t so destructive.

Anyway, that’s it for me today. Have a great Tuesday.

Check out  my full-length novels: 
Aunty Ida’s Full-Service Mental Institution (by Invitation Only)   
Aunty Ida’s Holey Amazing Sleeping Preparation (Not Doctor Recommended) 
Her Cousin Much Removed
The Great Paradox and the Innies and Outies of Time Management.
And download Better Living Through GRAVY and Other Oddities, it’s quick and weird and FREE!
Peruse Montraps Publishing
See what I’m writing on Medium.

#TuesdayThoughts: What a nauseating embarrassment as an American.

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First, #ChatTuesday, “Mother’s Day season.” And now Tuesday.

It was rainy and might still be, once again I find it difficult to tell. On the heels of all the firings yesterday, today we learned that Neil Gorsuch, a SCOTUS Justice appointed by trump, apparently sold land he had listed for sale for multiple years just after he was confirmed.

He didn’t list the name of the purchaser on this disclosure form, and apparently the purchaser had nearly two dozen cases before him afterward. If that doesn’t sound corrupt to you, then nothing would sound corrupt to you.

And this is after learning about Clarence Thomas’ undisclosed benefits from Harlan Crow.

So Chief Justice John Roberts who has whined and complained about the way people say his Court is illegitimate, will have, as his legacy, at least TWO justices under him who, if not doing something improper (!) certainly have the air of impropriety.

And Kavanaugh did have a lot of debt before he became a SCOTUS Justice. Shouldn’t we be the least bit curious about that?

Republicans, of course, won’t do anything about this, even in the face what looks like blatant corruption. Anyone on “their side” does no wrong, no matter what wrong they do.

But what a nauseating embarrassment as an American to have these stories about money actually changing hands, and Republicans completely unconcerned about it. It’s like it’s only their country when they get what they want and they don’t care how they get what they want.

On a global scale, how humiliating to have a party like Republicans who will stand firmly with what appears to be overt corruption, who will revel in never, not once, doing what is right for the sake of what is right because they might “lose.”

Terrible, terrible people, who, no matter how they crow about their religion, no matter how they use it as a cudgel, are utterly, utterly without morals.

And that’s it for this incandescent Tuesday. Have a great day and go let a Republican know what you think about their corruption.

Check out  my full-length novels: 
Aunty Ida’s Full-Service Mental Institution (by Invitation Only)   
Aunty Ida’s Holey Amazing Sleeping Preparation (Not Doctor Recommended) 
Her Cousin Much Removed
The Great Paradox and the Innies and Outies of Time Management.
And download Better Living Through GRAVY and Other Oddities, it’s quick and weird and FREE!
Peruse Montraps Publishing
See what I’m writing on Medium.

#TuesdayThoughts: Even the snow can be pretty.

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First, #ChatTuesday, “Nothing like a little dystopia on a Tuesday.” And now Tuesday.

It’s sunny but chilly, and it wouldn’t feel so chilly if it hadn’t been so hot already. Seems unfair to me. But I’m not in charge of the weather, unfortunately.

I’d go a different way if I was.

At least we should get the spring flowers. I hope. I like those the best. Until the summer flowers, of course. And the fall leaves.

Even the snow can be pretty.

Not that I want any more of that now, thank you. We’ve had enough.

A lot is happening here, trial-wise, and most of it seems to center around trump in one way or another. It feels like things may be coming to head, finally, for him.

Let’s hope it’s the case and he has consequences after a life without them. That would be nice. But there’s much to follow, and likely more to come.

So we’ll see.

Anyway, that’s it for me today. Have a wonderful Tuesday.

Check out  my full-length novels: 
Aunty Ida’s Full-Service Mental Institution (by Invitation Only)   
Aunty Ida’s Holey Amazing Sleeping Preparation (Not Doctor Recommended) 
Her Cousin Much Removed
The Great Paradox and the Innies and Outies of Time Management.
And download Better Living Through GRAVY and Other Oddities, it’s quick and weird and FREE!
Peruse Montraps Publishing
See what I’m writing on Medium.

#TuesdayThoughts: Justice

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No real post today and no #ChatTuesday, I’m focused on the arraignment. So have a great Tuesday and may his fingerprints be extra inky.

#TuesdayThoughts: Ambiguous and a downer

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First, #ChatTuesday, “Frozen on eggshells.” And now Tuesday.

Yesterday’s aberration of sunniness seems to have ended, we’re back to cloudy. I don’t think it’s going to rain, it’s just going to be gray and overcast for no apparent reason.

Oh and the temperature is supposed to plummet on Saturday, so that’s an added bonus. Sorry everything that started coming up, thinking it was time for spring.

Think again.

I finished a show, and though I saw a clear pathway to a happy ending, they didn’t take it. Instead, it was ambiguous and a downer. I don’t understand that, really, because life itself is both ambiguous and a downer.

What’s the point of not remaking it when we can?

I’m sure people enjoy their sad stories, but I like upbeat in the imagined. It makes for better places for escape.

Isn’t that what entertainment is for?

Anyway, that’s it for me on this Tuesday. Have a great day.

Check out  my full-length novels: 
Aunty Ida’s Full-Service Mental Institution (by Invitation Only)   
Aunty Ida’s Holey Amazing Sleeping Preparation (Not Doctor Recommended) 
Her Cousin Much Removed
The Great Paradox and the Innies and Outies of Time Management.
And download Better Living Through GRAVY and Other Oddities, it’s quick and weird and FREE!
Peruse Montraps Publishing
See what I’m writing on Medium.

#TuesdayThoughts: Thinking aloud.

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First, #ChatTuesday, “Flaws shine like rivers.” And now Tuesday.

It’s gray out, and it’s supposed to rain. It feels like it will rain, I’m tired like it will rain. I’m already drinking my second coffee.

I didn’t even think twice about making it.

It seems the weather isn’t done with me yet. Official spring or not.

Last week, trump posted that he was going to be arrested Tuesday, after news that officials were in talks to manage security concerns in the case of his arrest. While it sounds as though trump’s lawyers were told he’d be arrested or have to turn himself in today, being trump, who knows.

Seriously, who knows.

There were barricades going up in New York yesterday around the Manhattan court house, though, and new barricades around the US Capitol. We can remain forever hopeful.

But we’ll see if anything comes to fruition today.

Obviously I hope it does, it’s been a long time coming, but we have no guarantees. I hope it starts a whole cascade, one that gets to every single member of this entire power grab, and I hope trump tries to to throw them all under the bus to save his own skin.

To see them all come to justice would be beautiful.

And I’ll leave you with that very happy thought. Have a great Tuesday.

Check out  my full-length novels: 
Aunty Ida’s Full-Service Mental Institution (by Invitation Only)   
Aunty Ida’s Holey Amazing Sleeping Preparation (Not Doctor Recommended) 
Her Cousin Much Removed
The Great Paradox and the Innies and Outies of Time Management.
And download Better Living Through GRAVY and Other Oddities, it’s quick and weird and FREE!
Peruse Montraps Publishing
See what I’m writing on Medium.

#TuesdayThoughts: Two days in one.

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First, #ChatTuesday, “As big as the universe is wide.” And now Tuesday.

It’s wildly sunny, as though all the rain and snow and dark skies never happened. The weather is behaving itself and I am finally free of it, my brain working as it should be.

So that’s a relief.

There are some clouds on the horizon, but hopefully they will not be my problem.

Today is kind of two days in one, since yesterday was not my most effective. It’s frustrating to have that kind of condition, one where you cannot control it, where it can dictate the type of day you have.

Of course I’m not alone in this, there are so many ways for that to manifest itself, none of them better or easier to manage than others.

Anyway, given I have to do yesterday and today today, I’d better get going with it.

Have a wonderful Tuesday.

Check out  my full-length novels: 
Aunty Ida’s Full-Service Mental Institution (by Invitation Only)   
Aunty Ida’s Holey Amazing Sleeping Preparation (Not Doctor Recommended) 
Her Cousin Much Removed
The Great Paradox and the Innies and Outies of Time Management.
And download Better Living Through GRAVY and Other Oddities, it’s quick and weird and FREE!
Peruse Montraps Publishing
See what I’m writing on Medium.