November has not been a good month for me emotionally. My Done Nesting site has stalled, like everything in my life seems to do sooner or later, due to a lack of funds. October is usually the difficult month for me, but this year it expanded into November. I will not let this be a […]
Personal Challenges, Problems, and Sucky Situations
I am frustrated enough to spit nails, as my Mom used to say, although what she would actually say was “mad enough to spit nails.” But only dogs become mad as my husband, in his role as the semantic cop, is wont to say. The vile corruption of our elections by evil blubbery little men […]
Dear 20 Year Old Self
Dear Lil, I’m writing from the future to give you some advice; you really need it and you don’t have friends who will tell you the truth, your family is unsupportive, absent, or just plain wacko, and you are on your own thought you won’t really understand and internalize how terribly alone you are for […]
AZ Senate Race Garners National Attention
The Arizona Senatorial Race Gets Nasty and Receives National Attention I really wanted to entitle this post, “Festering Fictions by Flake” but did not want to keep it for an F Day Post. Jeff Flake is playing dirty with an attack ad featuring Cristina Beato against political opponent, war hero, doctor, swat team leader, and […]
The Eyes Have It
Actually eyes are part of the Central Nervous System. No other part of the CNS is exposed to the outside, to others. Perhaps that is part of the reason that the old English saying, “Eyes are windows to the soul” came into being. There are also all the muscles around the eyes and in the […]
What Does This Mean To You?
When almost anyone asks me what something means, I will answer with gusto. Meaning and how we create meaning is one of the major interests of my life. Semiotics is how things mean. Semantics is what things mean. The question, no matter what the “something” is, gives me a chance to ply my trade. I […]