As a longtime Jeopardy watcher and someone currently in the contestant pool, Aaron Rodgers and Ken Jennings have done the best jobs so far.

I work in higher ed in a department deemed essential to campus operations and am unapologetic about the fact I’m overweight. I really don’t like exercise and am not great at dieting. The one upside to working a mix of on site and remotely during the pandemic is that I’ve noticed that I eat a bit healthier due to being…

Well at least Phyllis Schafly has a kindred spirit coming to join her in her mini-circle of hell. 

My dad in his mid 60s was a straight ticket Republican and socially conservative up until the early 2000s. He’s still retains some socially conservative views, like being anti-choice, but that’s more due to him being a church going Catholic. He’s taken to skipping the annual “abortion is evil” sermon because at this…

Similar situations were happening even when it was supposedly health care workers and long term care residents only. I had family that’s still vaccinating people in Wisconsin who was getting family and friends who weren’t eligible in because there were extra doses remaining. She used the excuse that they would have…

I’m in a position where I’ve been fortunate enough to keep my job, while working a mix of remote and onsite work during the last 10 months. I understand the dilemma that people who are not in my position of economic privilege are in, because I worked retail before my current position. My view is people try to shame…

I’m in Wisconsin and an essential worker in higher education. I just found out today from my boss when she asked during a meeting to confirm that I wanted the vaccine for a list she had to submit to HR. HR then sends the list to campus health services, which handles the vaccine distribution. I had thought that myself…

FWIW, the decision wasn’t surprising. I’m from Wisconsin and there have been multiple police shootings and deaths from police shootings over the past decade. Police in Madison and Milwaukee, both more diverse and liberal than Kenosha, have not been charged for fatal shootings, most recently in the last couple months.…

As much as I would love to see the perp walk, I’d rather have him flee the US to exile in Russia. If he were to end up in jail, him and what remains of his supporters would try to portray him as a martyr and political prisoner. I fear him in jail would be similar to Charles Manson’s reach while in prison.

The Secret Service will probably do their part to ensure a peaceful transition of power, especially after his behavior this weekend. He likely exposed his Secret Service detail to Covid. I’m sure the ones stuck in the SUV with him during his pathetic parade are furious with him.

Once Roe is overturned, many Republican voters will lose their one reason why they were Republicans. Most of these are older, less affluent and more reliant on Social Security, which the GOP seems hell bent on gutting, and not well educated and/or informed.

I got my flu shot 2 weeks ago during my annual physical. I haven’t gotten the flu in several years, but have had to deal with my father who has gotten a really bad and nasty flu the last two years.

Ron Johnson. He’s trying to bring back from the dead his pet Hunter Biden is a corrupt nepotistic political spawn “investigation”, just to hurt Joe Biden’s chances in swing states and with undecided voters. Apparently, his fixation on Hunter Biden has caused him to overlook the actually corrupt nepotistic political…

I have more than enough masks, probably more than is really necessary given that I work have to go into my workplace 2 days a week, but the second one with the Warhol inspired screen print portraits was my favorite. There were a couple I found on Etsy with that or a similar pattern. I also found some Barbara Kruger…

I also work in academia and am a bit of a skeptic about how useful diversity hiring programs actually are for the people hired and the institution.

One high profile example of this is artist Jimmie Durham who has long claimed to be Cherokee, despite being born to white parents in Texas and having no ties to recognized Cherokee bands. He was involved with the American Indian Movement’s leadership. He has used his claimed Cherokee identity to further his career,…

My parents’ late Weimaraner was a very special dog with severe food allergies. The dog needed special prescription diet dog food that was meat and grain free. Yeah, we ended up with a dog on a vegan and gluten free diet. My dad estimated that between the vet bills and dog food, his average monthly spending on the dog…

I’m from Wisconsin and Dane County which wasn’t opening everything up last week. I went to my dad’s place an hour north where most bars and restaurants had switched back on Thursday morning. It has been over 2 months since I last ate out, pizza in Chicago. It was hard to commit to continue getting carryout when eating…

My father’s in the process of moving and closes on his new place in a couple of weeks. It’s about an hour north of where I live, a smaller farm town compared to the large city I’m in. He’s working from home for a period TBD with the only requirements that he have a good internet connection and some space with no…

I thought I had picked up enough toilet paper, cat litter, and cleaning supplies at the end of February during Menard’s latest save 11% off rebate promotion. During normal circumstances, I’d be fine. I finally found the double rolls of Charmin tonight at the grocery store after almost a week of the store being out of…