as a San Francisco native, I approve this message.

This - I have screamed until the veins pop out in my forehead to my in-laws about this. They have grandkids and should worry about the future.

This is why my profile pic is usually of my dog or Lucille Bluth.

I came almost a decade ago - it’s not so easy now, unfortunately. Not impossible, but not as easy as it was when I came. I’ve since gotten my citizenship here through my grandparents too - having an Italian last name didn’t hurt. Italy will go back 5 generations for citizenship, so that is something to consider if you…

never wait for the ‘perfect’ time - it will never come.

Maureen Dowd has never NOT been a twat.

as a public service.

I was a victim of the 2008 crash - I worked in commercial construction so I was hit hard and hit first. My husband and I sold everything we had in San Francisco (where I grew up) and moved my retirement plan from 65/70 to 48 - we couldn’t afford it, but I looked for work for almost two years so I just said fuck it,…

I think this was a bit more popular (at least on the West Coast back in ancient times)

Oh, I learned that the hard way.

I was bored the other day and decided (unwisely) to head over to Breitbart and read the comments for shits and giggles.

It fucking KILLS me that so many of us - myself included - find ourselves waxing lyrical about the heady days of George W Bush. We didn’t think it could GET any worse - oh, how naive we were.

I literally read that with my mouth open in disbelief.

It must have been too warm for his cravat.

and Clay Aiken.

I have never been so happy to be old, child free and living in a tiny mountain top town in Italy. NEVER.

I’ve had cold sores that are more fucking aggressive than the Democratic Party.

yeah, that hit me pretty hard, too.

Thank you. I’m an old and thought it was only me.