Karolyn

What?!?! How? Why?

Delusions of topography?

I'm never get over the fact that this administration's war on trans people is being carried out with the pretext of "protecting women and girls" while the president is a pedophile rapist.

Until we pass a nationwide ban on gerrymandering (which we need), Democrats should gerrymander every state to the fullest extent. 52-0 in CA, 17-0 in IL, and so on. No more unilateral disarmament. Time to get serious about fighting back.

Wow — that’s some extra motivation for leg day!

I’ve been mostly offline/ avoiding news during our staycation, and I come back to this???

We’re just fully in our “Trite, Ridiculous Villain Era” now, huh?

UPDATE: Governor Abbott just threatened to REMOVE THE TEXAS DEMS FROM THEIR SEATS if they don’t return by 3pm Monday (so Republicans can steal 5 seats in Congress using a special session about the flooding as cover) — and charge them with FELONIES.

We are over the cliff.

I’m sorry. I hope you find peace and rest.

maybe it would help if we advertised taxes like golf handicaps or matchmaking brackets. "you're so good at capitalism bro, we gotta make it fair bro."

Wow! This is great! Thanks!

A dappled harbor seal (or: sea puppy) basking in the sun mid-blep. His eyes are closed and his tongue is bubblegum pink. He is a good boi.

Sea Puppy Blep!

We went to the Seattle Aquarium today, and this adorable chonk was putting on a show — a full 360° flop-about to find the perfect basking spot. Then he yawned, stretched and 3-4 people all responded “Oh big stretch” or “Good big stretch” simultaneously. 😂

So…Women are Menu Items to be Ordered. And also the “order” should be a group decision.

Gross. But, also, weak and sad. I can’t imagine being a whole ass adult still trying to publicly play “Would you rather: girl edition”

Just yikes.

Start your morning with two minutes of the testimony of Samuel Garcia, an average American who drove 3 hours to speak truth to power to the Texas legislature. Let’s decide that we are all Samuel Garcia. Get in their faces and make them listen. Mr. Garcia is a great American.

it is beyond the pale to view the existence of trans people as an acceptable sacrifice to “beat fascism”

if “beating fascism” leaves trans people exiled from society you did not actually beat fascism at all

Follow up:

Do you have a cell phone? Does it work even when not plugged in to a wall?

So, you’re familiar with the concept of batteries.

a man with a beard is standing next to a woman with the words `` there can be only one '' . Alt: Sean Connery in The Highlander in all his ponytailed and goateed glory, recites the Most Important Rule of the series: “There can be only one”

Possible culprit:

As a white adopted-cow, what about “Sir Chillingham” (he seems deserving of a title) — after the wild white cows. Could be Chill for short.

First: he’s adorable. Want to pet!

How about Ferdinand — does he like to sit, just quietly and smell the flowers?

Teen 1 (who is just as arachnophobic as I) is attempting to bug-vacuum the offender.

Should this go wrong and the spider kill us both (as is, I am sure, its plan), please sing songs of her bravery.

A spider on the ceiling of my shower just tried to kill me. (You may have heard me scream)

M isn’t here.

Asking strangers into my home (to kill the spider) might get me killed.

I may have no choice but to burn the house down in self-defense.

A fuzzy yellow and black bumble-butt sticking out of a closed pink hibiscus blossom, with bright green leaves behind. Makes a lovely petal sleeping bag. I hope my guest didn’t mind the flash!

This night-owl bumble bee has yet to select his room for the night. The fuzzy black and yellow bee is clutching one of a trio of unopened hibiscus blooms-to-be. The bright pink tips of one of the nearly-blooms is visible, as well as the bright green leaves.

It’s that time of year when I become a Bee Hotelier.

My hardy hibiscus blooms, all the bees go nuts, and the bumbles decide to sleep over.

We had to divide and conquer for vacation this year. M & teen 2 are in the UK with family. Teen 1 and I are staycationing.

I haven’t been a single mom in a WHILE. It’s exhausting.

But today, we’re getting pedicures. It’s been ages. These little piggies are ready to be pampered.

Excellent. Now chase it with an overpriced caffeinated beverage and fully revel in the JOY scoldy Boomers wish to deny you.

That’s what it’s really always been about: “HoW dARe tHE PoORz eXpeRieNcE plEAsuRe!”

Ugh! That awful, brash, discordant whining – drowned out by a set of bagpipes.

A political cartoon shows Trump’s tiny hand (so tiny you can barely see it) holding a six shooter on Fifth Avenue and aiming a Blind Justice as she holds up the scales and a sword. She has Rule of Law written on her, and each of the bullets in the gun are labeled Alito, Roberts, Kavanaugh, Gorsuch, Barrett and Thomas.

Pretty much

I am reminded that the Union in the Civil War had a series of military leaders who would not take the fight to the enemy. This is why when people told him to get rid of Ulysses Grant, Lincoln said “I can’t spare this man. He fights.”

Writers: “To make it really clear who the bad guys are, we’re going to make them nazis AND pedophiles.”
Producer: “Is it not enough that they’re nazis?”
Writers: “No.”

A white plate with two croissants sits on a gray placemat atop a dark wood table. At 1:00 o’clock to the plate is a white mug with a large “K.” The mug is filled with tea, a splash of milk, and — most importantly — topped with a bright blue drink umbrella accented with white flowers.

Even when the vacation has become a staycation, some traditions must be honored:

Drink umbrellas are mandatory on day 1.

It’s a tie:

I’m “man makes laws for” (esp. post-Dobbs)

And

“worry, one allowed” (but I’m WAAAAY over budget)

Apologies to the guys in Elementary and Middle School who had a girlfriend, but she lives in Canada…

You were simply ahead of your time.

Some states allow for child marriage — for a child to be legally raped and semi-controlled by a man (who is now her legal guardian till she’s 18). It’s disgusting.

But IN NO WAY does it excuse the much, much more monstrous reality that Thomas Jefferson was an enslaving, child rapist.