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  I'm looking forward to November 4th when I don't see anymore political ads. The one above is new to me  Let's discuss.... First off- Michael is not normal. College kids like tailgates. No one else should ever be doing a tailgate. (This ad was targeted towards college males) They didn't mention anything about frat parties where you text your bros to see if, "the shop still open?" But, Michael, those boys have it made. You are nowhere in their league. I'm guessing they don't vote either and they don't have to because they're living the life, while you are cooking overpriced burgers on a grill in a parking lot.  Michael hates politics. Well, that's a ringing endorsement. And it is truly the MAGA mentality because they know absolutely nothing about anything. If they did, they would realize they're being used and those in power right at this moment don't give a shit about you.  Record high inflation. How is inflation the Dems fault? Co...

  It's Halloween week, kids! I like Christmas, who doesn't, but Halloween is special. I still enjoy watching the kids go out trick or treating. We live  near the lake where the fancy people have their big houses and they get into the spirit of the season. Adults are everywhere, watching the little ones. Cars, up and down the street as parents track their children. "Elio, Aria, Kai, don't eat that candy!" But, I will now take you back to the days of shag carpet and rotary phones where Halloween was thee day. Free candy. Can you smell that stash? Aaaaahhhh... Before we hit the streets we had to get into the spirit of the season and that was when we called Mary. "I believe in Mary Worth..." My big sister was the instigator in these summonings. We weren't allowed lighted candles so we made do with Dad's flashlight and the dark bathroom. We stood in front of the medicine cabinet mirror and called her name. Except - we never got to round three because ...

  Ah, Sunday. My least favorite day of the week. As a child it meant getting ready for school. For me that meant putting on my Teflon exterior. And sometimes it meant having to go to church, if Mom felt guilty enough, although she never went. I think our dad drove us and sat outside or probably waited at the local bar while the five of us squirmed in itchy dresses and sat on hard pews.  Sunday was also football. It's still about football, which brings me to the topic of this post. I don't pay much attention to the sport anymore, never watch it. But I can't help noticing the story about Jalen Hurts and his blood clot. Seems he got hit in the leg awhile back and blood clots formed and moved up into dangerous territory. He's now on blood thinners and is out three months which is pretty much football season. I'm not sure what the big deal is here except other players like Aaron Rodgers are coming out blaming the medical staff for Hurts hurt. Rodgers said it wasn't s...

 So, Yassamin Ansari, the Arizona democratic representative, is dating 24 year old Jack Cocchiarella, a political analyst, and the right is in an uproar. Oooh, sparking concerns about the age gap. Did you have any concerns about Karoline marrying her daddy doppelganger? How about John Rose stalking a fifteen year old?  You fucking hypocrites. You FUCKING hypocrites!  Orange man - 80, trophy wife - 56. Mistress and diaper changer, 34. John Rose, Tn. Republican shit - 61. Wife - 37. They met when she was a teenager in high school. Kash Patel - 46, current girlfriend - 27. Karoline Leavitt -29, Daddy husband - 61. Jesse Watters - 47, wife - 33. The double standard is well, typical. The only problem I see with these two is spelling their last names. Is it because she's older than Jack? Or, is it because y'all have selective memories? It's okay for some sleazy creep to get cozy with a teenager, but this is news!? I haven't even made a list of scumbags who left their wives fo...

  Hmmm, Nicolas Cage got me thinking of pancakes. I don't believe our mother ever made us pancakes. Maybe she was intimidated by our grandmother who whipped out Swedish crepes during holiday dinners, which was rare. Not the crepes, but getting together, sharing a meal with the whole family, even though Grandma lived across the street. My mom and grandma, my father's mother, did not get along. They never visited one another. In fact, I don't recall my grandmother ever walking inside our house. I don't know how Grandma normally got to work but sometimes she had to ask Mom to drive her there. The windows would frost up by the iciness in the car. Even as young as I was I noticed Grandma's tightening of her lips and statue like posture as we drove her to work. Thanksgivings were pretty awful, except for the food. We ate in silence then quickly left. Mom would open her first can of Old Style as soon as we got home.  I like pancakes, except for the time I was on a date wit...

 I like to read books and watch movies where children are the heroes who save us all from aliens, clowns, creeps and human predators. Stephen King has figured it out. Use children. Who were the protagonists in the movie, 'It?' Kids. Who saved a town from gangsters and brought back gold? The Goonies. Who saved us from the Dementors? Harry and crew.  One big television hit was, 'Stranger Things,' where young adults saved the world from the The Demogorgon. And one of my favorite raunchy, gorey movies is, 'The Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse, where teenagers obviously go after zombies. Adults are rarely seen in these films.  In the Scout movie they've all been evacuated and have left their children to fight the enemy. And, who unfortunately saved Ohio from being vaporized by aliens? The kids in Super 8.  Why do we enjoy seeing children save us? What happened to us, the adults and our lack of believing we can get it done? So, we don't even try anymore? Chil...