Several years ago, I read an article about the Finnish government’s complete overhaul of their services for children a few decades ago. The first step was the famous Finnish baby box - a cardboard box that doubles as a cradle - filled with essentials for a newborn child. Because it is Finland, it includes essentials…

I’m willing to bet that Pelosi and Schumer manipulated the hell out of Trump. In fact, I see Pelosi making Trump think it was his idea. She probably said to him “your idea of a a 3 month deal to keep the government open and fund Hurricane relief is a brilliant one, Mr. President, Chuck and I are fully on board!”

I really liked the Gap favorite tee in extra long, and bought a bunch of them. When I re-ordered, they were tissue-thin crap.

I’ve been thinking about climate change. Who would benefit from a warmer climate? What country has a vast amount of potentially arable land once the permafrost melts? What country benefits the most from an ice-free Arctic? What country benefits from having a climate denial proxy in charge of a major world power?

“As mayor, what I would like to discourage is assembly,” Barnette said.

I worked in environmental regulation for almost 10 years. I once was at a bar with a person who said he was a real estate developer. He asked who I worked for. I told him. He then blew his cigar in my face and said “I hate you guys. You cost me money.”

I read or heard somewhere this weekend, and I wish I could remember where it was, that during times like these, everyone should be keeping a journal and just writing down the way things are- so that as our country slips into totalitarianism, and democracy is lost, we can remember what life was like. That is to say…

You’re awesome!

I was at the gym on January 2nd of this year. There were many heavy people on the sacred cardio machines, doing their things. There were a handful of already fit-looking people hovering around that area waiting for machines, getting huffy. (I was in the adjacent weight area for the first time, my…

Ive been thinking for a while that the only way out of this would be some sort of mandatory national service for everyone. Sort of like Israel’s, except not specifically just for military service. You should have the option of going military, or police, or fire, or some other social service.

We need to do everything in our purview. The Democrats have won the last six out of seven elections but not always been allowed to serve. The Electoral College is not a minor obstruction to justice.

I wonder how we as a country are ever going to move on from this. Even if we were to unseat the opposition, how do you deal with the fact that half the country voted for a man for the sole purpose of inflicting pain on the other half? It’s like being stuck in that marriage in Gone Girl.

Oh I’m sure Greg Abbott, Ken Paxton and Texas Republicans will soon redouble their efforts to restrict reproductive rights, ban sanctuary cities and pass regressive transgender bathroom laws.

We had a talking parrot when I was a kid and they are so incredibly smart. He would yell “shut the door” whenever anyone left the house and learned to count in English and Spanish from watching Sesame Street with me. His language skills were incredible and he actually adapted and learned. My mom hated him and always…

“God’s got this.”

Always relevant.

Here’s an idea: even if you want to say climate change isn’t settled science, maybe it’s not a bad idea to find alternative sources of energy when fossil fuels are held by people who hate America and when they’re a finite resource?

The original pic was shared in a public Facebook post from the daughter of the nursing home owner/manager. She was pleading for help. And what were half of the comments? People insisting that the picture was fake.

O you’re right. It was so terrible how it sneaked up out of nowhere. Like there was no months long talk about it, or 25 consecutive days of debate in the Senate. Or that it was passed in the morning of December 24th, when most people are still at work. Or that the vote was broadcast on all the major networks. Man…

Dear MVP,