I have been sad lately because my nephew, 14 years my junior, suffered from juvenile diabetes his entire life. That life ended last month. He was 40 years old. My family has become estranged from each other, but even so, at least for me, the loss of someone I loved hurts. Pete, our name for […]
Truly Special Election Day for the Tucson Community: Ron Barber Wins AZ District 8 Election for Giffords Seat
I just got back from walking my dog, the one that survived the africanized bee attack a few weeks ago. I walk her after dark as in Tucson it takes a few hours to cool off enough in the evening for me to want to take a quick jog around the neighborhood. It is 9 […]
If I Had My Life To Live Over
WEEK #56 (6-10-12 to 6-16-12): If I Had My Life to Live Over… I would not want to change anything that would alter my timeline one iota, because one small change could shift every aspect of my life to a point that my beautiful, intelligent, light of my life, my daughter would not be born. […]
How Have I Missed Garfunkel and Oates Until Now?
Seriously, someone has been holding out on me. Why hasn’t someone told me about these two before now? I hold you, yes, you, responsible. You should have told me. How the hell is a 55 year old over the hill fat lady supposed to stay up on these things so that my inner skinny 23 […]
Stream of Consciousness Notes from the Ron Barber GOTV Concert
Stream of Consciousness Notes from the Get Out The Vote Concert 9 June 2012 Rialto Theater 5-8 p.m. Get Out the vote concert in support of Ron Barber. “Higher ground” music as the set up ended — Stevie still rocks the vote. Jen Cox, Ron’s campaign manager introduced the mayor. Jon Rothshchild, Mayor, “We have […]
Hackers, and Security, and Databases, Oh My
It is that time again, on steroids, and it is about as much fun as hemorrhoids. Time to check my security settings on the website, tighten down the connections, and so on, with all the routine weekly checks, but the biggy today is to see what damage might have been done per the Linked In […]