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.
Not So Fast
Our dog adoption is on hold.
Air-Minded: Shirtsleeves … In Space!
As you know, whenever there’s more to say, as a blogger I’m contractually obligated to say it!
Maybe Not Over After All (Updated)
I’ve seen dozens of social media reports of vaccinated people catching COVID, the Delta variant specifically. I originally thought those reports were trolling attempts coming from the anti-vaxx Trump crowd, but I now think they’re sincere, bottom-up attempts to warn us.
(Don’t) Pass It On
I’m a blogger. I love to share, but I’ve learned to hold some things back.
A Place to Hang My Hat
We’re so consumed by the awfulness of the Trump era, a known known, we forget the colossal badness of the George W. Bush administration and how much damage it did here at home and around the world.
Fun with Stamps
It’s not that decision-makers ignore warnings. They know about them. But they also think about what acting on those warnings will cost, and what the odds are that predicted failures will ever come. Profit trumps safety every time.