Crystal Stryker

Picture of a double male orange extension cord Text: You heard there was a secret cord That you could use to meet The Lord (Cause you don't care bout power safety, do yah?)

We all deserve better than this.

In my town there's a family owned HVAC company that will say "yep, it's old. Runs good. Keep maintaining it, and it'll keep running." Protect these people at all costs.

Hedge fund owned HVAC company is obnoxious about "this could blow any second. you're on borrowed time."

“Kids. Where’s dad?”
“Outside.”
“Why?” (It’s windy & 40.)
“Just..let him be. He ordered a new extension cord for his leaf blower and he’s excited about it.”

Close-up image on a TV of the Smooth Coat Chihuahua named Nacho from the National Dog show. He looks simultaneously confused and terrified.

If the experience of living through 2025 was a dog.

The CDL test is in English.

anyway. conde naste should fire Nuzzi, fire the hack editor at vanity fair, reverse its gutting of teen vogue, and apologize to all of us for this nonsense.

Reporters who fact-check Trump to his face are not “stupid”, they are not “piggies”, and they are not “ugly”. They are doing their jobs, and doing it under pressure most of us will never experience.

We should be grateful for their service. I appreciate their courage now more than ever.

* kid grabs my hands *

“Mom. I want to express my gratitude that we are not a turkey trot family.”

If anyone is keeping track, today is the first day my kid has looked out the window and said, "hey look at that weird van. Do you think it's ICE?"

I may be sucked into a black hole but I'm sure going to raise hell about it on the way in.

Here is my peace plan for Ukraine/Russia.

1. Russia gets the fuck out of Ukraine.

2. Putin goes on trial in the Hague.

3. Russia pays everyone for everything.

4. Trump gets impeached, convicted, and sent to jail.

Thanks for your attention to this matter.

Kid 1: are you out of your mind? We do not have the equipment for that.

I still can't believe that the man who bragged about grabbing women by the pussy; who explained to camera how hard his cognitive screening test for Alzheimers was; who encouraged the assassination of his own vice president is still legally at liberty, let alone being president of the United States.

Kid 2: look, I’ll help you but we have to slaughter it at the FARM. That way it’s THEIR mess. Obviously.

Kid 3: is this a joke? Are you joking right now?

Let’s make Dad do it.

Asking all my kids the same question. “Hey. I’m going to buy a turkey at the farm tomorrow. If they are out of processed turkeys and all they sell me a live one, would you help me kill it?”

My eldest child is helping my youngest write a fictional rough draft and it’s giving me life.

“You have the freedom of the entire universe. Make your main character funny. Make him break rules. Make him a hopscotch champion if you want and then write all about what goes on there.”

When people are forced to choose between paying rent, feeding their family, or seeing a doctor, our society has failed.

We need a system that guarantees universal access because life and health are not negotiable.

Anything less is injustice dressed up as policy.

When a sitting president calls for death to lawmakers, it’s not a warning sign, it’s the emergency siren. He is talking like a dictator and telling you exactly how he plans to use his power.

This is how democracies fall and how dictatorships begin.

If you are an architect and you design a hospital SO confusing that a team of volunteers is obliged to hand out single-spaced 11-step directions on double sided flyers explaining how to get to the mammogram center, you're doing it wrong.

No one “deserves” to starve or be denied healthcare.

The richest country in the world can easily provide for all, and people shouldn’t have to prove they matter to be fed, housed & cared for.

It’s past time for a universal basic income, universal healthcare, affordable housing & food.

I DID IT. I left my house at night, in the winter, drove to a new place and lugged my first quilt for show-and-tell. Decided to join the guild. Look out, world.

A sign: if your child is here for their annual well visit and you have additional problems or complaints addressed you may be billed your copay or deductible as per your insurance coverage.

This, in a pediatric office that serves low income people. 😠 Also saw the receptionist be mean to a Spanish speaking parent.

We sure make it hard to be a poor person in this country.

Medicare for All would save $450B a year.

Every dollar spent on food stamps generates $1.50-$1.80 in economic activity.

Each dollar going to low-wage workers adds $1.20 to the economy overall.

It’s not about what this country can or can’t afford.

It’s about priorities.

Schools in crisis: Immigrant student enrollment drops, straining budgets From Miami to San Diego, schools around the U.S. are seeing big drops in enrollment of students from immigrant families.

Heartbreaking. Public schools are for everyone.

A summary of history of Pennsylvania rail tourism includes sentence “Tourism rebounded almost immediately after the city dismantled the gallows.”

Yes, yes. First rule of tourism marketing: remove the evidence of public executions

In addition to testing above grade level on certain things, the little scamp was finishing the entire day's worth of school work and learning by like 10:15. They can tell that stuff when you go to virtual school.

My ND child started virtual school this year. I've suspected he's 2E but his brick and mortar school didn't think so. (They were like he's bright, not gifted.) Anyway, we got a call yesterday from an administrator at his new school and they are moving him to all gifted classes.

No, high school PTO. I do not need anything from your online store.

Every now and then I think about the other dogs in our obedience classes. I wonder how the super nervous Doberman is doing. His name is…

Kevin