PhotoFriday-grOOVyBurt&PoliticallyCorrectGeorge
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Posted:Dec 24, 2021 4:25 pm
Last Updated:Dec 30, 2021 2:45 am 67135 Views
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Every birthday, sobriety date, and even X-Mas, I ask for scantily clad men donning gifts of Chocolate and every year I don't get scantily clad men bearing gifts of chocolate.
However, this year, a scantily clad man arrived in the mail minus the chocolate. Groovy is a term that often used when I in my youth. Folks from my generation will remember when Burt Reynolds posed nude in Cosmopolitan Magazine.
I had the poster and pinned it above my grandmother's bed. Suddenly we heard. "Get that !@#$!!! thing off my ceiling!
I took the liberty of making grOOvy Burt a tad bit more Politically Correct with the help of George. It might make a few SFF Chosen Frozen folks happy but probably not. My intent is the same regardless. I am not sure I REALLY to see what grOOvy Burt is hiding.
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The Celebration of Yule
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Posted:Dec 22, 2021 12:02 am
Last Updated:Dec 25, 2021 5:19 am 67494 Views
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When I married Grumpy, we created a blended family. He had four daughters from a previous marriage, and a from his second marriage.. My older was an oops while my younger resulted from my first marriage.
Grumpy's was technically an only but became a middle when my two sons joined the household. His mother also married a man with two sons thus making my stepson a middle in both households.
The dilemma was always which parent gets the for Christmas. We finally decided to celebrate Yule with the boys and let them spend Christmas with the other parent. Grumpy and I would go out to a Chinese Diner for Christmas.
My younger and I will keep this tradition on Christmas Eve. He'll spend Christmas Day with Friends. I have an invite to spend Christmas day with my Quaker Girlfriend. I am not sure if I will yet. I have to eat sparingly, and feasting is not a great plan. The company would be great regardless. My holidays are usually quiet and I am fine with that.
Yule is the darkest day of the year but when the light starts growing stronger. I can embrace the darkness and even my shadow self while looking forward to the growing light.
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The F-Word, Firetruck, Let's Go Brandon and the First Amendment
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Posted:Dec 17, 2021 6:42 pm
Last Updated:Jan 1, 2022 5:34 am 68388 Views
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The United States has a Constitutional guarantee of Freedom of Speech. This doesn't give a person the right to shout "FIRE!" in a theater but it does give a person the right to express an opinion that others might deem offensive.
We also have a right to criticize our government officials including the President. Historically, countries like Canada do not have such a luxury. Thus Canadians can look at Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's back side and say, "OH LA LA!!! What an AZZZZZZZZ?! but will get taken to task if they say "!@!#@#!!!! What an AZZZZZZZ?!" Either statement about the QUEEN will get them thrown in the tower.
Much to the amusement of West Virginians. our Governor on national television when he quoted that West Virginians should "Follow the F*CKING Guidelines. Thus when I at a BLM protest, I took a spin off the WV Govenor's quote and used the term, "Enforce the FirtrUCKING LAW" regarding the Civil Rights Acts. It also regards the THlRTEENTH, F0URTEENTH, and FIFTEENTH Amendments of the Bill of Rights in the Constitution.
Cohen v. California, 403 U.S. (1971), a landmark decision of the US Supreme Court holding that the First Amendment prevented the conviction of Paul Robert Cohen for the crime of disturbing the peace by wearing a jacket displaying "F*ck the Draft" in the public corridors of a California courthouse.
The Court ultimately found that displaying a mere four-letter word not sufficient justification to allow states to restrict free speech and that free speech can be restricted only under severe circumstances beyond offensiveness. The ruling set a precedent used in future cases concerning the power of states to regulate free speech in order to maintain public civility.
As Justice Harlan said in the decision, "...while the particular four-letter word being litigated here is perhaps more distasteful than most others of its genre, it is nevertheless often true that one man's vulgarity is another's lyric"
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Photo Friday - FiretrUCK, FERK, &Fairies
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Posted:Dec 16, 2021 11:25 pm
Last Updated:Jan 4, 2022 8:24 pm 68513 Views
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My Quaker Girlfriend and I have lobbied and attended protests together. One year I was at the Union Station Food Court. A young man asked if I would buy him a meal so I did. My girlfriend was in a Deli by Judicial Square. She purchased a meal for a homeless man. I took the metro to meet her at Judicial Square and we compared stories. It was a coincidence how we both purchased meals for individuals at the same time.
We spent the night in a nearby church with the Delaware River Keepers and made protest signs. It was front of the FERC Building and we were eventually escorted out of the building by police. (Secret or otherwise) What a couple of trouble making Quaker women we are.
I DID attend the Women's March. The two protests that I didn't go to was the one in Charlottesville and the January 6th Gathering.
Let's Go Brandon, but I REALLY don't buy the idea that Biden stole the election.
I DID attend a local BLM protest and created a sign utilizing the WV Governor's quote "Follow the ******* guidelines." This quote was in regards to the pandemic crisis.
My sign at the BLM protest, "Civil Rights - Enforce the FiretrUCKING Laws!!!!!" I had it in the window and my landlord suggested that it was profanity. Whatever!!!!
Focusing on my Fairies is much more peaceful but a Senior Activist does what a Senior Activist had gotta do. Life of Life's Terms.
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Photo Friday Lette "E"
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Posted:Dec 9, 2021 8:45 pm
Last Updated:Dec 11, 2021 8:00 am 69531 Views
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Christmas is actually a Season - Hence the Twe1ve Days of Christmas. After the Season of Christmas is e*piph*a*ny!!! The season began with the arrival of the THR3EE Wise Men! a sudden manifestation or perception of the essential nature or meaning of something. an intuitive grasp of reality through something (such as an event usually simple and striking. An illumination discovery, realization, or disclosure.
Irish Folklore is that special blessings and good luck comes to families who receive the Thr3EE Wise Men during the Christmas Season in the following year.
I love Pumpkin Spice EVERYTHING so my friend decided to gift me with a box of Pumpkin Spice Donuts. The problem is that most of my EXCESS weigh goes to my hips and thighs. I advised to reduce the size of the hips to assure a more successful Surgery in 2022. Thus, after the l2 Step Meeting this EVENING - I transported those most EDIBLE Pumpkin Spice Donuts to the outdoor Food Panty Box near the church.
Someone ELSE will be EATING those marvelous Pumpkin Spice Donuts. The ones who usually utilize the outdoor Food Pantry are the Pilipino workers from the Greenbrier Hotel. They tend to be slender enough that a few extra calories won't hurt them.
EARS of Corn made good corn chowder but I'll making Pumpkin Curry Soup instead.
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A Mercury Retrograde Kind of Day
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Posted:Dec 9, 2021 6:47 pm
Last Updated:Dec 18, 2021 6:52 am 69462 Views
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Today I had two medical appointments. One at :45am and the Second one at 3:30 pm. This morning, I on my way out the door and got a phone call. It said, "Greenbrier Cardiology" on my phone. They needed to reschedule my appointment for next wee "Right On!" I thought, I can get home early. I
I drove to Greenbrier Orthopedics for the :45am appointment. It turns out that Greenbrier Cardiology and Greenbrier Orthopedics are in the same building. I walked up to the window for the Orthopedics and told that my appointment is at 3:30pm.
Dang! I totally confused. I questioned if senility knocking on my cranium. I checked my calendar. Orthro at :45am - Cardiology at 3:30pm. I am going absolutely mad! I hung around town, had lunch, and did some chores and drove back to the medical building. I walked up to the window for the Orthopedic doctor, No one there. The receptionist at the Cardiology window advised me that they all went home for the day.
What the FiretrUCK! She confirmed at I had a 3:30pm appointment with the Cardiologist.
It turns out that I not screwing up after all, it the cosmos playing a prank on me.
Sometimes things happen for a reason. It's been hurry up and wait for this problematic hip to get fixed. The Cardiologist told me that the Orthopedic doctor would refer me to him before the surgery anyway. He ordered an echogram and a stress test. He said it would be a chemically induced stress test. That sounds really scary.
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Let's Go Brandon and the Shanghi Parade
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Posted:Dec 3, 2021 12:29 am
Last Updated:Dec 18, 2021 2:14 pm 71371 Views
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Tonight, I attended our local GOP Club. I looked forward to telling the meeting about my lobbying adventures. The biggest topic of the meeting the New Year's Day Shanghai Parade. It is similar to the Doo Dah Parade in Los Angeles. It's meant to be tacky. spoofy, and humorous.
It suggested that our theme be "Let Go Brandon!" This is the euphuism for "FiretrUCK Biden." We decided to debate the issue "Pro versus Con" along with a secret ballot. I debated on the Con side but the Pros got the vote soooooooo........... a few lefties are going to get offended.
As we were standing in line to our yearly membership dues, the gentleman in front of me commented "Maybe we could be right in back of the LGBT group. I let him know that I am a member of the Log Cabin Republicans. It's going to be interesting.
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Photo Friday "D" for Grumpy's DRAGONS
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Posted:Dec 2, 2021 9:18 pm
Last Updated:Dec 4, 2021 4:42 am 71099 Views
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A few years back, I was at Wal-Mart in the break room reading an article about how our departed loved ones will leave signs that they are still around. could be a feather or a silver coins. I tend find keys around the house. I was thinking that was doubtful that Grumpy would send me a feather. He loved dragons. He would leave me a dragon.
I was leaving the breakroom and walking back my register when I looked on one lower shelves in the book department. Lo and behold, I found a dragon incense burner. That dragon incense burner went home with me that night. It was F!VE d0llars.
He purchased a blue dragon in California and placed in a pet carrier on his plane trip back West Virginia. He told the security folks that it was his pet dragon and was advised that pets were not allowed on the plane. They opened the pet carrier and made an exception. . I gave most of the dragons to his daughters but I kept the Blue Dragon
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Intuition and the Doll in her pocket
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Posted:Nov 29, 2021 12:29 am
Last Updated:Dec 2, 2021 9:30 pm 71929 Views
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Vasalisa has a secret, a gift from her dying mother, a tiny doll she carries always in her pocket. “Hide her. Feed her when she is hungry,” her mother had said. “And when you are uncertain or afraid, ask her to guide you.” At each turning of the forest path, at each fork and crossroad, Vasalisa touches the doll, and the doll guides her surely through the darkness. Women Who Run With Wolves
I frequently transport neighbors to the food pantry, medical appointments, and shopping. So earlier last week, when a neighbor asked me for a ride. I didn't think anything of it. I have driven him to the post office before. I was a bit surprised when he asked me to turn on a narrow uphill road to an abandoned house where he dropped off a package and we left. That seemed kind of weird.
Later on, he knocks on my door telling me that he needed to go back again. My girlfriend/neighbor was also there. We had been out and about all day. We didn't feel like going anywhere else. Maybe later. She texted me that night telling me that she agreed to take him on Monday.
"That Doll in my pocket" started jumping up in down and red flags started waving all over the place." I went outside and noted that my girlfriend's apartment was pitch black. I worried about it all night and in the morning, I check to see if her car was still there. I knocked on her door. She was still in her night grown. I told her how I drove Rodney up a narrow uphill road to an abandoned house where he left a package. I had a really bad feeling and neither of us should transport him anywhere.
We are both "12 Steppers" and have been around the block a few times. She mentioned that if we even have an "inkling" that he is doing something illegal, we would liable. I was thinking more in terms of personal safety while she was thinking about legal consequences. Different experiences and perceptions. We decided to head to the local coffee house and get out our tarot cards for more insight. Ironically, my neighbor on the other side was in the coffee house. She mentioned that she read tarot cards at one time. I asked her which ones and she said she forgot. Dang, if she wasn't so germophobic, she could play cards with us.
Apparently, Rodney asked another neighbor who gets around on a rickety old bicycle to deliver the package. He took one look at that hill and declined.
Our cards confirmed that something shady was going on that could lead to potential incarceration. We did the three coin toss which is Yes or No answers. No No No!!!! Don't drive Rodney up that hill.
We were walking back to our abodes when Rodney stepped out of his apartment. "NO ONE wants to drive up that hill." You got that right, I responded. Especially in the snow. "By the way, what's in that package?" "Something", he tells me.
Something is a nebulous word. I really don't want to know but neither my girlfriend or I are willing to go to jail over it.
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Photo Friday - "C" for Bernie
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Posted:Nov 26, 2021 10:48 am
Last Updated:Nov 27, 2021 5:20 pm 71837 Views
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Catholic Families - My ancestors were Catholics who came to the Americas because they were not allowed to be Catholics in England. They settled in Maryland and eventually migrated to Kentucky which was Virginia at that time. Land grants because of their participation in the American Revolution.
Chicken Feet and Chards can both be tossed in the instant pot for Bone Broth.
Charleston is the Capital of West Virginia
I carried this Civil Right Sign at a local BLM Protest
Once upon a time I compromised a gentleman's virtue in the Confederate Graveyard
and....................................Yes!!!!! I got my covid shots PLUS the Booster!!!!
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