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  A lot of likes for James   I have no issue regarding what people choose to believe in- God, the noodle man, Buddha, Allah... whatever gets you through the day. The problem as always is when you start pontificating in my space. There is a video on Bluesky where James Talerico is speaking about spirituality. It looks like he's speaking in a church setting which is exactly where it should be. So why is it on Bluesky? Hey, I get it, Bluesky isn't just a platform for political views. I see cats, food, movies, books and terrible anime art all the time. The problem is Talerico is running for a political position, a senator, in Texas. I have no doubt he will win because Texans loves their Jesus, along with guns and pick up trucks. The majority of Texans will still vote Republican because even when gas costs $6 and a bag of apples cost $7, you vote for a Republican. But a few believe everyone has a right to be treated with kindness and they don't really care if Donna loves Sarah...

  Every year we see her. One day of the year we get an update on Dannielyn. Who is that you ask? She is the offspring of Anna Nicole Smith . Who, you ask again? Smith was big (in many ways) for a few years. I think she was trying to be the next Marilyn Monroe. Smith had a pretty tragic life and committed suicide after the death of her beloved son. Dannielyn was just a baby and for awhile no one knew who her daddy was until a DNA determined it was a nice looking man who was smitten with Smith. He seems to have been a good Dad and every year we see them at the Kentucky Derby, where the celebs gather to drink mint juleps and wear goofy hats.  When something is happening regarding Michael Jackson, as in a new movie (which allegedly never mentions he was a pedophile who invited young boys into his lair, all with the permission of their parents) we get an update on Jackson's "children," who look absolutely nothing like him in any of his constant face morphing phases. We are onc...

  Here they come, people. The little humans will be getting out of school for summer vacation. I come from a poor family (I see three songs already, here) so my sisters and I did nothing for three months. There was an occasional trip to the cottage in Wauconda or Diamond Lake in Mundelein, but that was only when the temperature reached into the 90's. Sometimes, someone would get a baseball game going or a marathon Monopoly game started. Otherwise, we were left to our own imaginations. I was terribly jealous of our neighbors who set off for Florida or the Ozarks for their annual holiday. I begged my girlfriend to sneak me in their station wagon one year.  Summer camp was something the affluent kids got to do. I actually felt sorry for them because I would not have done well away from home. I got homesick with one night sleepovers so I couldn't imagine weeks away. I assume there is loads of activities to keep the rugrats occupied such as crafts, swimming, races, food... you know...

  Yikes! She looks like an SS blackshirt, ready to take someone out. Not a good look, Erika. Well, it looks like the widow Kirk's fifteen minutes are nearly over. She realizes she's not the chosen one, that she can never replace her dead husband in the role of racist, misogynist, white supremacist. She would go against the bro code which is to have the little woman in the kitchen and the bedroom, not the next prophet who will lead the incel tribe to victory.  Stanley Kubrick was a nut. His daughter is a fallen nut from the tree. She's a Trump supporter and an Erika critic. She claims Kirk is a spy or something. It's just a way to get her out of TP, the club for wannabe Nazis.  Erika has been snubbing JD lately, refusing to take part in their public get togethers. Poor girl. Charlie would not be happy the way people are treating his widow. I doubt he'd be happy the way his baby, TP, is being run into the ground either. Damn women. They ruin everything.  Get back in t...

  I'm not sure if Banksy has explained the significance of the recent statue that had been stealthily erected in the middle of the night in London. The idea of art is to find your own interpretation. So, here is mine. "There are none so blind as those who will not see." - John Heywood. It certainly seems to fit what we are witnessing  today- the MAGA mentality, who voted for a man they believe exemplifies patriotism, who truly epitomizes of the American flag waver. "One nation, under God..." People choose to see only what they want to see and this phenomenon is nothing new. I became interested in reading about eight Germans who snuck onto American soil via u-boats during WWII after reading another book, "Shadow Divers," by Robert Kurson. It's about a group of deep sea divers who find a German u-boat at the bottom of the Atlantic near New Jersey in the early 90's. It took them seven years to identify its long held secrets. I found it absolutely ...

  They stood behind Trump for twenty-two minutes. They never said a word. The orange man talked about himself and how he's in excellent shape and sound of mind, very intelligent. They could suit him up tomorrow and he's ready to go. I'm not sure why people who have done something so amazing fuck it up to stand behind an asshole who has zero interest in them. These astronauts, the women's tennis team, the jockey hockey misogynist dopes.  Why?  I was feeling nostalgic for a brief time because I felt like my happy self when watching the astronauts go around the moon in early April. In these past few years where I am mentally exhausted I nearly cried because for a few moments it was beautiful to see something so humanly amazing. There was no hate, anger or divisiveness. It was people, doing their jobs, loving the moment, all without rancor or animosity. We were witnessing the best of humanity. It felt really good to watch four people who seemed to care and respect each othe...