WYFP - Yesterday Was My Father's First Yahrtzeit.
My father died on July 3rd, 2019 at 4:06am. It’s July 3rd, 2020 — 12:25am as I sit here trying to decide how I feel about that.A whole year has gone by in a blink. I remember the last time I saw him...
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WYFP? Why does it take 133,000 deaths for some idiot to wear a mask for a...
All photo-op, all the time, as IMPOTUS* the spokesmodel, does a pageant walk while masked. He’s gone from ignoring mask rules to following them in specific circumstances, and only because he canceled a...
View ArticleWYFP - Prepare To Move!
We are now two weeks from moving day — and haven’t been over to the trailer yet to clean it out. Part of it has been that both Mum and I have been feeling a bit under the weather — and part of it is...
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WYFP? Open Thread: break up Big Meat, cut it off at its base
WYFP = “What’s Your (F*ing) Problem?”xI'm honored that @SenWarren and @SenBooker cited reporting that @estherhonig and I did for @MotherJones in their letter to meatpacking companies. I hope that...
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WYFP - Moving! So Many Feels.
So it’s Thursday. We’ve been working on the trailer for 2 weeks now, and there is still a ton to do. We did get Roomie’s end of the trailer finished, so he’s ready to move in Friday at least. I’m...
View ArticleWYFP: Open Thread Elebenty
Went out to the farm. Two of the restaurants we frequent are up for sale, one is closed for remodeling, but the Culver’s in Freeport has reopened its dining room with reduced capacity. We will find out...
View ArticleWYFP - This Moving Thing SUCKS
This moving thing sucks so much. I had great intentions this week, move it all over, hang out with Roomie — and did nothing for 2 days. Well I did hang out with Roomie a bit, but I didn’t really move...
View ArticleWYFP: I got nuthin' Open Thread
I got nothing. That’s my f**king problem, so this is an Open Thread.What’s yours?
View ArticleWYFP - In A Word - Laura.
So, who had double hurricanes for August? I didn’t.The first one wasn’t so much really, pretty underwhelming. The second one on the other hand — that was a bit more intense. Nothing really blew around...
View ArticleWYFP: F*** Cancer
When I signed up to write this week’s WYFP? diary a couple weeks ago, I planned on talking about how my digital media and writing business is struggling. More specifically, I sometimes wonder if I’m...
View ArticleWYFP - Treading Water
Ah, school. We’re a couple of weeks into the semester now, and while I’ve been on top of things so far, I feel like any second now it’s all going to blow up in my face. It’s an anxiety thing, I know,...
View ArticleWYFP? Vaccine Guessing Game
Despite the tragic news about Ruth Bader Ginsburg, we still have a pandemic happening. I’d like to hear your thoughts on the vaccine(s), when you think they will happen, will you get it, etc.As with...
View ArticleWYFP - Quarantine Blues
So I’ve been in quarantine since last Monday, my roomie tested positive for Covid. I’ve felt generally pretty shitty, but I’m pretty sure I didn’t get it after all. I do have yet another ear infection...
View ArticleWYFP: Living Alone (And Tolerating It) Edition
Hey folks, it's been a while. I explained my extended absence from the site in another diary, so here I am again.For those that don't feel like revisiting that diary, the Reader's Indigestion summary...
View ArticleWYFP - What A Week!
It’s been a week. School has been rough this week with a lot of midterms, I have a speech due on Sunday, and the High Holy Day season is still going on. I’m holiday’d out.Monday I had a geology exam....
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WYFP? Open Thread
xGerman ad for a soda with zero calories...it says: “two zeros, one tastes good”Bro... pic.twitter.com/T3wlxdigBf— Lexi Alexander (@Lexialex) October 17, 2020xINBOX: I shit you not, @realDonaldTrump...
View ArticleWYFP - I Can Breathe!
So it’s been a week. I had an asthma flare up and thought it was covid — went and got a test and everything, ended up getting some prednisone, so my breathing is much better. I also had some...
View ArticleWYFP: How I've spent my fall quarantine.
Laying low.Cut back on visits to the farm, so they include quarantine time.Lots of time online.Lots more sleep.Regular visits to the grocery store.Resisting overeating.My FP? Trump is still free to...
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WYFP? Open Thread (1,8,9,36)
x“U.S. District Judge Paul Diamond appeared startled when the lawyers then acknowledged that the observers had, in fact, been permitted within 15 ft of the poll workers."’I'm sorry, then what's your...
View ArticleWYFP - Exam Time!
It’s been exam season here at the old trailer, and it’s been crazy. Trying to balance all the work out, and sleep enough and not freak out. I’m trying to pull a 4.0 to raise my GPA up a little and have...
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