waving flags is nice but money will help Ukraine more. I researched it, seems pretty up and up. Sent in $50

u24.gov.ua/result/succe...

arguing with people with strong, opposing political opinions is like banging your heads against opposite sides of the wall trying to make the other's head bleed more.

union square 1pm today rally against Trump. No speeches, beyond that now, but a gathering of really pissed off people. If you can, be there.

is a mime's ventriloquist

What can we do? Each word from this administration, every action, creates abject despair. I feel powerless.

Any ideas for us out there?

Whenever someone famous and not elderly dies I see the timeline and mentally do the math. Is he older than me? Younger? My age? How much time do I have left? Should I have already died? Will I die this year?

anyone else getting the feeling that unfettered capitalism is looking a lot like feudalism? I mean there's the kings, lords and then us, the working class paying our taxes to keep them rich.

Today's brag: Metafilter picked up my essay on what I like to call the Diviest Dive Bar in all of Divetown and got about 500 new reads:

www.metafilter.com/207287/Siber...

This is the very best boi. His name is Whiskey. Expect daily shots of him. It prevents colds and bad breath and wards off depression.

I can't tell you what I need but I pick at things until they bleed.

I was going to stop talking but it was a faux pause.

Gaffe Track: a word for when you are minding your own business having a great time and your brain attacks you with a a memory of some stupid blunder or foot in mouth moment and you physically cringe from the memory.

Do I speak French? Oui! It's like another language to me. Coup e'tat, crudite, chevrolet!