He’s kinda direct; her nephew. Favorite nephew. They had always been close, and since I live over 2000 miles away, her closest family in town. But he’s a Republican who at one time didn’t want his daughter to spend time with her because my mom was too liberal.

Yes, my long term diet should not include mangoes or raw cherries, because those cause a kind of inflammation in me called “anaphylactic shock.” Other than that, no. No one who understands how food actually works agrees that food you are not allergic to causes inflammation. But if you believe it does, I have some…

As I whine about constantly, I became diabetic after a particularly heavy course of steroids (fun fact! the author of The Kite Runner was my doctor at the time and had prescribed that insane dosage, and I had to file a complaint against him because he ignored my calls about not being able to see, drinking gallons of…

As the name suggests, I wear a bra with structure. I also have implants in my shoulders (that alas, do not make me bionic). I've set off detectors at the Social Security offices and airports (where I now get special screening due to the implants) but nobody has asked me to take off my bra and dance around a little.…

Elder abuse is a real thing because people are shitty. I’ll be testifying at a felony elder abuse trial in November against my mother’s brother’s son (I don’t want to use “cousin” and I hate that we share a surname) because he stole $10,000.00 from her while she was recovering from emergency surgery to remove her…

Every fucking time pred is prescribed for my asthma, I just say that breathing is overrated. I don't even need to swallow the pills anymore to get the rage.

Moon face and diabetes! (I was one of the lucky ones who got the diabetes side effect, along with “let’s fight bikers”-level rage and the urge to remove my skin with a butter knife.)

I have a strange set of restrictions, due to being in kidney failure and having an inflammatory bowel thing that doctors have seen but aren’t sure what it is (current dx is chronic subacute appendicitis). I’m also diabetic. So I’m low-residue, high potassium, low phosphate, low calcium, low simple carbohydrate, normal…

As an Old with actual, medically-measurable and imageable inflammatory processes (like elevated ESR and RF), I’m calling bullshit on all of this. Extreme cold makes my arthritic joints hurt like hell - one reason I moved away from a region that has extreme cold. Eating/not eating the current bugaboo of foods won't…

Finally, a celebrity lifestyle brand for me. I was beginning to feel left out.

The current Dalai Lama thinks he's been so successful because he's hot? Okay. How's that Free Tibet thing going, Successful Hot Dalai Lama?

Yeah, where’s my taco, burrito and my bird?? Why go on living if I can’t flip off someone with an emoji? 😁🔫 At least I have 💊🚬☕️

The saddest thing about menopause was the end of relaxing, lucrative abortions. Good times, good times.

Also, is there a network of unaffiliated criminals passing this woman around but using the same tattoo artist? It seems that cracking this case wide open would be not terribly difficult ....

Are iPhone emojis showing on kinja now? Then I can properly show respect for “Blindspit” - 💰

The two states I've lived in, Missouri and California, are open primary states. Not all are and you have to declare, but you can change your affiliation each year. Declaring a party only effects primaries; general elections are open (pretty sure that last part is obvious, but who knows how you do things in Soviet…

Since I think BBT is formulaic crap, I agree.

That's why I'm a registered Independent; so I can vote in either primary. I usually ask for an R ballot and vote for the craziest motherfucker they've got. This has been a family tradition since at least 1920 (the women in my family really knew how to use that vote!).

I have no fucking idea what this show could be about (“What if she is the blind spot?”) but I think her tattoos are kind of cool. But wouldn’t fresh tattoos be more swollen and scabby and gross? (idk, too indecisive to get inked.)

I thinking Trump for the R nom because I don’t think there’s any way he can win in the General, even if Hillary the Annointed* gets the nod.