Thursday Takes
Donna’s always coming up with ingenious ways to fix things and make them better. In another life, she’d have been an engineer. Wait. She’s an engineer in this life, minus the degree.
Getting Out
Can there be anything more courageous and self-sacrificing right now than guarding the perimeter of the airport in Kabul?
It’s All a Racket
We’re having a proper Arizona monsoon for a change; the first to live up to its name in the 23 years we’ve lived in Tucson.
Le Mouton Volant
The Afghan people could make a difference … if they wanted to. There comes a time to say fuck it and move on.
Parasites & Leeches
You think you hate capitalism now? Just wait!
Pickup Hicks
God, enough with the evil and the stupidity already!
Tough Choices
Both friends took me to task for lumping restrooms in with places women or men should not have to share with non-GRS transgender women or men. They’re right; I shouldn’t have.
The Grammar Policeman’s Other Ball
One of the last things they do before they’re intubated is beg me for the vaccine. I hold their hand and tell them that I’m sorry, but it’s too late.