Sometimes my brain goes into mental overload... trying to sort out what's truth and what's bullshit... well, with the feloniousfuckwadführer, it's all bullshit...
And, with wrestling inside over the cries for someone in the top to finally put a stop to all of this devastation to our government, people on US soil- immigrants and Americans alike, and when our so-called leaders, our checks and balances are going to put the foot down, and end this ass-ministrations cesspool.
I too miss George Michael so very much (he was such an amazing, gentle, generous and genuine soul who, like many others, we lost waaaay too soon). While many Wham! songs take me back to the somewhat relatively happier times of my youth, 'Last Christmas' is one of my absolute favorite songs of all time. (And I HATE the holidays...always have. Holiday music is like water torture to my fucked up neurodivergent brain!)
But somehow, some way, whenever I'm feeling especially overwhelmed by it all, an article of yours comes at just the perfect moment and simply hits different. Your writing gives me hope that there's at least one other person on the planet who sees the dumpster fire of our world for what it is; giving voice to my weird, twisted, GenX affected perspective and actually manages to make me laugh out loud, giving me just enough motivation to 'just keep swimming' through this river of shit, hoping for a happier existence on the other side.
Man....I sooo wish I was financially able to contribute to your writing. But trying to eek out a life from that laughable disability check, when I regularly have to choose between paying for prescriptions or food, means I simply don't have it. (Fortunately the local food bank feeds me & selling plasma affords me the ability to keep my own little mooch of a BFF Yorkie rescue alive.) But if supportive juju, overwhelming admiration & genuine gratitude for your work was gold, you, Mai & Mooch would be living in Fort Knox!
Thank you doesn't seem nearly adequate enough for all you do. Brightest of blessings to you & yours during these trying times!
Totally hear you on this. When you cover Trump’s chaos day after day, it doesn’t just sit on the page. It gets in your nervous system. It’s not weakness to admit it takes a toll. Naming it is how you stop it from running the whole show.
Glad you’ve got Mooch, your mic, and a community that actually listens. Rest where you need to. The season hits different when the country’s been clenched for years, but it doesn’t stay that way forever.
It is hard to stay positive given the daily shit show with drump. Plus we are individually dealing with past losses and challenging present circumstances.
Everybody, do what you need to do to stay healthy, sane and true. Day by day.
Mooch looks insanely cute as usual, albeit none too thrilled to be wearing hats.
It's never been a wonderful time of year for me. It's cold, it's wet, it's dank and cloudy more often than not, and it's early in the season yet. Pretty soon the ground will be covered with several inches of sooty slush.
Sometimes you just gotta take some time off and chill. Take some pics, listen to some music, sip some vino, etc. Whatever it takes to recharge the batteries.
Taking pics in the icy cold is no fun - but can yield some pretty amazing results if you keep your eyes peeled.
Music is the cure for all things that ail you. At the mention of George Michael, a fantastic musician, I could hear his music in my head. Keep your holiday season soft and as uncomplicated as possible. There are no reasons to let it cause financial, mental or spiritual distress. Rest, relax and enjoy what you've got and those you love & love you. Mooch is such a cutie, gotta love a dog! Happy Hump Day to All !!!
Don’t ever think you are alone and nobody understands and can empathise with you. I have had to put both my parents into a care home this year and Christmas feels all wrong. My mum’s birthday is also Christmas Eve so it’s a really special time of the year. It’s heartbreaking.
I have struggled with the “black dog” all my life. It’s a shit 💩. It’s not a bad thing to see a shrink I do it every couple of years. I live across the pond and my heart bleeds for you and what you are all dealing with in the USA. The only saving grace is that he won’t be around forever, sadly his damage will take decades to heal from 😢. Evil bastard. Please please be kind to yourself.
Today I looked at photos albums with my mum (93 Alzheimer’s) of happy memories, birthdays, holidays it was such a lovely few hours. Maybe it’s worth a try.
Take care and keep up the fantastic work. We are so lucky, we have homes, working utilities and food on the table.
I agree with your philosophy. I'll keep all my SubStack writings free for at least six months, hopefully gaining a following that enjoys my content. We will see. I enjoy your politics. Stay strong. We can take Donald down together.
Piling news about Donny Dumpster - fire on top of the STANDARD ISSUE COMMERCIALISM does NOT constitute doing oneself a favor. TAKE A SABBATICAL already !
I haven't done ANY baking, decorating, or shopping. Don't even want to listen Christmas music (and I LOVE Christmas music!). I'm guessing the next three Christmases will suck as well. 😔
Margie - A Pentecostal friend of mine used to say, “Don’t let the devil steal your joy!” Strangely apropos I’m afraid. This man and his minions have stolen so much from us. Don’t give them your Christmas too. You would be casting pearls amongst swine. I’m sure you don’t need my religious meanderings. Look at it this way: You deserve your Christmas. The Lord of Christmas wants you to have it, and in abundance! (Dickens anyone?). The one true gift of Christmas is just waiting to be unwrapped. In the meantime, just living through these days can be exhausting. Be sure to get yourself in the spirit with your favorite things. I just got a box of white chocolate truffles and I’m giddy with gladness! You have a Merry Christmas, Margie, and a wonderful New Year too.
I agree with you. It is definitely not the best time of the year. Pace yourself because you've been burning your candle from both ends covering all the Chaos going on. Peace be with you my friend!
I am too. Last night I slept 3 hours and the night before 5. I’m feeling anxious and not into the holidays even though I decorated and am trying to be upbeat. I have to go out with my work team tomorrow. They are great but not looking forward to that either. This administration is a constant drag. I’d love to ignore them and pretend like nothings going on but you can’t do that either-that’s what they want. I guess everything in moderation.
I get it.
Sometimes my brain goes into mental overload... trying to sort out what's truth and what's bullshit... well, with the feloniousfuckwadführer, it's all bullshit...
And, with wrestling inside over the cries for someone in the top to finally put a stop to all of this devastation to our government, people on US soil- immigrants and Americans alike, and when our so-called leaders, our checks and balances are going to put the foot down, and end this ass-ministrations cesspool.
I too miss George Michael so very much (he was such an amazing, gentle, generous and genuine soul who, like many others, we lost waaaay too soon). While many Wham! songs take me back to the somewhat relatively happier times of my youth, 'Last Christmas' is one of my absolute favorite songs of all time. (And I HATE the holidays...always have. Holiday music is like water torture to my fucked up neurodivergent brain!)
But somehow, some way, whenever I'm feeling especially overwhelmed by it all, an article of yours comes at just the perfect moment and simply hits different. Your writing gives me hope that there's at least one other person on the planet who sees the dumpster fire of our world for what it is; giving voice to my weird, twisted, GenX affected perspective and actually manages to make me laugh out loud, giving me just enough motivation to 'just keep swimming' through this river of shit, hoping for a happier existence on the other side.
Man....I sooo wish I was financially able to contribute to your writing. But trying to eek out a life from that laughable disability check, when I regularly have to choose between paying for prescriptions or food, means I simply don't have it. (Fortunately the local food bank feeds me & selling plasma affords me the ability to keep my own little mooch of a BFF Yorkie rescue alive.) But if supportive juju, overwhelming admiration & genuine gratitude for your work was gold, you, Mai & Mooch would be living in Fort Knox!
Thank you doesn't seem nearly adequate enough for all you do. Brightest of blessings to you & yours during these trying times!
Likely plateauing due to the holidays. People zone out for a month and also want to save money.
Totally hear you on this. When you cover Trump’s chaos day after day, it doesn’t just sit on the page. It gets in your nervous system. It’s not weakness to admit it takes a toll. Naming it is how you stop it from running the whole show.
Glad you’ve got Mooch, your mic, and a community that actually listens. Rest where you need to. The season hits different when the country’s been clenched for years, but it doesn’t stay that way forever.
Great comments from all of your Mouthy Renegades.
It is hard to stay positive given the daily shit show with drump. Plus we are individually dealing with past losses and challenging present circumstances.
Everybody, do what you need to do to stay healthy, sane and true. Day by day.
Peace to all.
Mooch looks insanely cute as usual, albeit none too thrilled to be wearing hats.
It's never been a wonderful time of year for me. It's cold, it's wet, it's dank and cloudy more often than not, and it's early in the season yet. Pretty soon the ground will be covered with several inches of sooty slush.
Sometimes you just gotta take some time off and chill. Take some pics, listen to some music, sip some vino, etc. Whatever it takes to recharge the batteries.
Taking pics in the icy cold is no fun - but can yield some pretty amazing results if you keep your eyes peeled.
I have problems with sadness and depression every holiday season. This all (gestures) makes it far worse.
Peace be with you my friend RB!
Music is the cure for all things that ail you. At the mention of George Michael, a fantastic musician, I could hear his music in my head. Keep your holiday season soft and as uncomplicated as possible. There are no reasons to let it cause financial, mental or spiritual distress. Rest, relax and enjoy what you've got and those you love & love you. Mooch is such a cutie, gotta love a dog! Happy Hump Day to All !!!
Don’t ever think you are alone and nobody understands and can empathise with you. I have had to put both my parents into a care home this year and Christmas feels all wrong. My mum’s birthday is also Christmas Eve so it’s a really special time of the year. It’s heartbreaking.
I have struggled with the “black dog” all my life. It’s a shit 💩. It’s not a bad thing to see a shrink I do it every couple of years. I live across the pond and my heart bleeds for you and what you are all dealing with in the USA. The only saving grace is that he won’t be around forever, sadly his damage will take decades to heal from 😢. Evil bastard. Please please be kind to yourself.
Today I looked at photos albums with my mum (93 Alzheimer’s) of happy memories, birthdays, holidays it was such a lovely few hours. Maybe it’s worth a try.
Take care and keep up the fantastic work. We are so lucky, we have homes, working utilities and food on the table.
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I agree with your philosophy. I'll keep all my SubStack writings free for at least six months, hopefully gaining a following that enjoys my content. We will see. I enjoy your politics. Stay strong. We can take Donald down together.
Thank you for this podcast! I just re stacked it!❤️💪💪💪💪💪
Piling news about Donny Dumpster - fire on top of the STANDARD ISSUE COMMERCIALISM does NOT constitute doing oneself a favor. TAKE A SABBATICAL already !
Thank you for all your reporting; you are doing a great job, making it slightly easier (and more hopeful) to live through the Terrible Orange Menace.
I haven't done ANY baking, decorating, or shopping. Don't even want to listen Christmas music (and I LOVE Christmas music!). I'm guessing the next three Christmases will suck as well. 😔
Yeah, I still have my Halloween decoarations up. Bah HumBug !!!
Margie - A Pentecostal friend of mine used to say, “Don’t let the devil steal your joy!” Strangely apropos I’m afraid. This man and his minions have stolen so much from us. Don’t give them your Christmas too. You would be casting pearls amongst swine. I’m sure you don’t need my religious meanderings. Look at it this way: You deserve your Christmas. The Lord of Christmas wants you to have it, and in abundance! (Dickens anyone?). The one true gift of Christmas is just waiting to be unwrapped. In the meantime, just living through these days can be exhausting. Be sure to get yourself in the spirit with your favorite things. I just got a box of white chocolate truffles and I’m giddy with gladness! You have a Merry Christmas, Margie, and a wonderful New Year too.
I agree Margie. It's hard to get motivated to do the things we love at this time of year because of the chaos.
Baking, decorating,singing, listening to favorite Christmas music. It's so sad. Peace be with you!
I agree with you. It is definitely not the best time of the year. Pace yourself because you've been burning your candle from both ends covering all the Chaos going on. Peace be with you my friend!
I am too. Last night I slept 3 hours and the night before 5. I’m feeling anxious and not into the holidays even though I decorated and am trying to be upbeat. I have to go out with my work team tomorrow. They are great but not looking forward to that either. This administration is a constant drag. I’d love to ignore them and pretend like nothings going on but you can’t do that either-that’s what they want. I guess everything in moderation.
Or has “moderation “ become our byword for partial surrender?
I don’t think so. You can’t go 24/7