Carmen Fox, Author of books and stuff
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Reader and writer of PNR, UF, Halloween Stories, a Puzzle Book and secretly dabbling in Crime Fiction
Staying out of politics is easy when the discussion focuses on potholes and speed limits, but it’s so much tougher when the outcomes affect your day-to-day, your principles and your very life.
March 23, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Staying out of politics is easy when the discussion focuses on potholes and speed limits, but it’s so much tougher when the outcomes affect your day-to-day, your principles and your very life.
Another question I was asked during my discussion with young people about WW2 was, “What did the Jews do to piss off the Germans?”
I can’t even process that much ignorance.
Whatever happened to “Education. Education. Education”?
I can’t even process that much ignorance.
Whatever happened to “Education. Education. Education”?
March 9, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Another question I was asked during my discussion with young people about WW2 was, “What did the Jews do to piss off the Germans?”
I can’t even process that much ignorance.
Whatever happened to “Education. Education. Education”?
I can’t even process that much ignorance.
Whatever happened to “Education. Education. Education”?
A surprising number of younger people think that Russia was on Germany’s side during WW2. If this is you, you’re disqualified from participating in democracy from now on.
March 9, 2025 at 6:51 PM
A surprising number of younger people think that Russia was on Germany’s side during WW2. If this is you, you’re disqualified from participating in democracy from now on.
With Trump declaring English as the official US language, what are the chances that he himself will start learning it?
March 3, 2025 at 11:06 AM
With Trump declaring English as the official US language, what are the chances that he himself will start learning it?
“Sensitive skin is a science,” the ad tells me.
An advertising agency was paid money for this? I could get on board with “Caring for sensitive skin is a science,” but no, “Skin is a science” was the winning slogan. Are noses a science too? How about my right big toe?
An advertising agency was paid money for this? I could get on board with “Caring for sensitive skin is a science,” but no, “Skin is a science” was the winning slogan. Are noses a science too? How about my right big toe?
February 27, 2025 at 1:28 AM
“Sensitive skin is a science,” the ad tells me.
An advertising agency was paid money for this? I could get on board with “Caring for sensitive skin is a science,” but no, “Skin is a science” was the winning slogan. Are noses a science too? How about my right big toe?
An advertising agency was paid money for this? I could get on board with “Caring for sensitive skin is a science,” but no, “Skin is a science” was the winning slogan. Are noses a science too? How about my right big toe?
With the AfD gains in the German election, it has become clear how the East wishes to use the freedoms it won from their Russian overlords when the wall fell: by returning to Germany’s dark past.
I know there’s a lesson in there…
I know there’s a lesson in there…
February 24, 2025 at 10:06 PM
With the AfD gains in the German election, it has become clear how the East wishes to use the freedoms it won from their Russian overlords when the wall fell: by returning to Germany’s dark past.
I know there’s a lesson in there…
I know there’s a lesson in there…
Man: Colin’s become a right tosser, the way he speaks about the female server. If he treated my sister that way, I’d punch him. But the guys don’t seem to have a problem with it, so no harm, no foul, right?
Also man: Why do women think all men are skeezy? I’m a good guy.
Also man: Why do women think all men are skeezy? I’m a good guy.
January 30, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Man: Colin’s become a right tosser, the way he speaks about the female server. If he treated my sister that way, I’d punch him. But the guys don’t seem to have a problem with it, so no harm, no foul, right?
Also man: Why do women think all men are skeezy? I’m a good guy.
Also man: Why do women think all men are skeezy? I’m a good guy.
What is the root of bad-isms (racism, sexism, ableism…)? Is it fear? Is it feeling awkward around the unfamiliar? Is it a sense of superiority? Is it a matter if masking a sense of inferiority? Is it misinformation? Is there one or multiple causes? I sincerely want to understand.
January 27, 2025 at 12:44 PM
What is the root of bad-isms (racism, sexism, ableism…)? Is it fear? Is it feeling awkward around the unfamiliar? Is it a sense of superiority? Is it a matter if masking a sense of inferiority? Is it misinformation? Is there one or multiple causes? I sincerely want to understand.
The news has always had an air of car-crash TV about it, but right now it feels more like a nuked-up, supercharged Thomas the Tank Engine on collision course with a children’s playground. It looks harmless at first glance, then SPLAT.
January 27, 2025 at 10:47 AM
The news has always had an air of car-crash TV about it, but right now it feels more like a nuked-up, supercharged Thomas the Tank Engine on collision course with a children’s playground. It looks harmless at first glance, then SPLAT.
Somehow I’ve landed a role in a disaster movie. The government denies there’s a problem and steers us blindly into multiple catastrophes, while I’m frantically trying to get my family to safety.
Where tf is Jeff Goldblum when you need him?
Where tf is Jeff Goldblum when you need him?
January 27, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Somehow I’ve landed a role in a disaster movie. The government denies there’s a problem and steers us blindly into multiple catastrophes, while I’m frantically trying to get my family to safety.
Where tf is Jeff Goldblum when you need him?
Where tf is Jeff Goldblum when you need him?
The thought I lost the other day relates to the connection between l steps 1. the love we feel for others is generated by/in ourselves and 4. therefore we are worthy of love. I’m missing the linking piece(s). Help?
PS: I’m not ruminating about love but about kindness and self-worth.
PS: I’m not ruminating about love but about kindness and self-worth.
January 24, 2025 at 10:36 PM
The thought I lost the other day relates to the connection between l steps 1. the love we feel for others is generated by/in ourselves and 4. therefore we are worthy of love. I’m missing the linking piece(s). Help?
PS: I’m not ruminating about love but about kindness and self-worth.
PS: I’m not ruminating about love but about kindness and self-worth.
I love my sherpa-lined socks. I love my sherpa-lined joggers. I love my sherpa-lined sweater. I only wish I also owned a sherpa-lined something for when I take a shower, because my bathroom is cold af.
January 23, 2025 at 3:06 PM
I love my sherpa-lined socks. I love my sherpa-lined joggers. I love my sherpa-lined sweater. I only wish I also owned a sherpa-lined something for when I take a shower, because my bathroom is cold af.
So, I really can’t stand Musk, but am I alone in thinking his gesture wasn’t a Nazi salute? I typically think of the Nazi salute as being performed in front of you, along your line of sight, not so far to the side. It looks more like he was awkwardly trying to curry the crowd’s favor.
January 22, 2025 at 8:48 AM
So, I really can’t stand Musk, but am I alone in thinking his gesture wasn’t a Nazi salute? I typically think of the Nazi salute as being performed in front of you, along your line of sight, not so far to the side. It looks more like he was awkwardly trying to curry the crowd’s favor.
Banning a SM platform upsets some people more than banning books did/does. I don’t know how to feel about that.
January 19, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Banning a SM platform upsets some people more than banning books did/does. I don’t know how to feel about that.
How do we separate artists from their creations? Has the internal value of their work been obliterated by their actions? Does our outrage begin before or after their conviction? I’m seriously struggling with this.
January 19, 2025 at 9:38 AM
How do we separate artists from their creations? Has the internal value of their work been obliterated by their actions? Does our outrage begin before or after their conviction? I’m seriously struggling with this.
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I hear what you guys are saying about the Oscars, and how they're a celebration of life, and the show must go on, blah-blah-blah, so-on-and-so-forth. It all makes a degree of sense, but to me it still feels like Nero fiddling while Rome burns. Or in this case, wearing fancy clothes while LA burns.
January 17, 2025 at 1:17 PM
I hear what you guys are saying about the Oscars, and how they're a celebration of life, and the show must go on, blah-blah-blah, so-on-and-so-forth. It all makes a degree of sense, but to me it still feels like Nero fiddling while Rome burns. Or in this case, wearing fancy clothes while LA burns.
The other day a thought occurred to me that was important to an argument I was making. It was eye-opening. A week later, I can no longer put it together. Frazzled pieces of it remain in my mind, but as a whole, it has disappeared. I feel the loss so much it hurts. Stupid brain!
January 17, 2025 at 8:24 PM
The other day a thought occurred to me that was important to an argument I was making. It was eye-opening. A week later, I can no longer put it together. Frazzled pieces of it remain in my mind, but as a whole, it has disappeared. I feel the loss so much it hurts. Stupid brain!
Coca-Cola is now MAGA. That might work for half the US, but for li’l European Me that is hugely off-putting. It’s difficult to explain except to say that supporting someone who believes other countries exist only to serve US interests does not endear you to those other countries.
January 16, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Coca-Cola is now MAGA. That might work for half the US, but for li’l European Me that is hugely off-putting. It’s difficult to explain except to say that supporting someone who believes other countries exist only to serve US interests does not endear you to those other countries.
One of the most harrowing aspects of the Pelicot trial is that many, if not most of the offenders lived within 60km (37 miles) of the victim. How many more didn’t go because they prefer their victims to be conscious or because the invitation sounded like a trap? The world is a scary place!
December 19, 2024 at 10:17 AM
One of the most harrowing aspects of the Pelicot trial is that many, if not most of the offenders lived within 60km (37 miles) of the victim. How many more didn’t go because they prefer their victims to be conscious or because the invitation sounded like a trap? The world is a scary place!
Many of the offenders in the Pelicot trial suggested they were unaware the woman had not given consent.
The forum where they were “invited” to participate was called “Without her knowledge.”
The forum where they were “invited” to participate was called “Without her knowledge.”
December 19, 2024 at 10:09 AM
Many of the offenders in the Pelicot trial suggested they were unaware the woman had not given consent.
The forum where they were “invited” to participate was called “Without her knowledge.”
The forum where they were “invited” to participate was called “Without her knowledge.”
I’ve always had an irrational fear of being wealthy, so I want to try aversion therapy. Who can help?
December 5, 2024 at 12:43 PM
I’ve always had an irrational fear of being wealthy, so I want to try aversion therapy. Who can help?
When you have a plan and it’s what you need to do, but you know it’ll hurt a lot… Yet I’m still looking for a loophole.
November 18, 2024 at 10:43 PM
When you have a plan and it’s what you need to do, but you know it’ll hurt a lot… Yet I’m still looking for a loophole.
I woke up after a solid 13 hours of sleep. I think this might be some sort of record—or maybe something to worry about. The weird thing is, I still feel tired. Maybe feeling tired is part of the human condition, though, because everyone around me seems to be permanently tired too. Curious.
November 16, 2024 at 1:22 PM
I woke up after a solid 13 hours of sleep. I think this might be some sort of record—or maybe something to worry about. The weird thing is, I still feel tired. Maybe feeling tired is part of the human condition, though, because everyone around me seems to be permanently tired too. Curious.
The only things moving in Laura Loomer’s face are her eyelids and her lower lip.
It freaks me tf out.
Listen. She’s a grown-ass woman who can do what she wants with her body. My point is that the stuff she says is disturbing even without looking like it’s coming from the mouth of Chucky’s Bride.
September 17, 2024 at 7:46 PM
The only things moving in Laura Loomer’s face are her eyelids and her lower lip.
It freaks me tf out.
Listen. She’s a grown-ass woman who can do what she wants with her body. My point is that the stuff she says is disturbing even without looking like it’s coming from the mouth of Chucky’s Bride.