Up Again Another delightful addict is out adding their chemicals to the air. And again I am up at 237 am struggling to get air in. So. why is this legal? For years I have struggled to sleep at night because some horrible chemicals added to my air by smokers and vapers standing near my house and smoking. I have lost countless hours of sleep because I cannot breathe and sleep. I have had to miss so many events with friends and taking earlier shifts at work. I even had to refuse a job because I cannot sleep through the night with the disgusting chemicals the neighborhood addicts put into the air. Remind me why this is legal? Vape and smoke?
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Sacred, Sacred I have to believe, to live in the United States, "I could be wrong." I could be wrong. I have to say it because I have such a negative and horrible opinion of all Republicans. They start wars, encourage insurrection, drive us into debt as a nation, refuse to tax the billionaires that bribe them. They voted to keep secrets for pedophiles, which made support politicians who have committed this great evil. But I really want to have actual unity; it doesn't mean I don't speak my mind. A Republican might consider me a "baby-killer" because I am pro-choice. So maybe they are wrong as well. I truly think that the reproductive capacity of women is so sacred, you must not have the use of force involved in this part of our bodies. That is what government is, ultimately, the use of force. Our founding documents mention "sacred, sacred honor" but this sacred area of a woman's body is being dishonored, not only through rape and objectificati...
The Stars and the River
I was intrigued about the brightest star in the Phoenix constellation. It is Aanka. It is considered part of a binary system, where really only one star is visible because the other is so bright. This made me think of Albus Dumbledore in the Harry Potter books. Albus is well-known to have a Phoenix which provided the feather for Harry's and Tom Riddle's wands. It intrigues me that, to my best knowledge Albus and Aberforth are never seen together in the books. They are imagined together; they are remembered together; but in the real actual happenings of the books, they are never together. I also find it intriguing in the Half-Blood Prince that when Albus and Harry walk past the Hog's Head, the sign creaks though there is no wind. Is there some sort of alert system that lets Aberforth know when Albus or Harry are near? I also say this because in Deathly Hallows, Aberforth knows even without seeing him, that Harry is near. Harry is covered in the cloak, yet Aberforth opens th...
Water all around the Island I have never been good at understanding science. So much of it seems invisible and it is hard for me to visualize invisible things. I realize how absurd this sounds. But I think, sometimes, does the Bible have to be the opposite of science? I feel like there is a disagreement: is the Bible just a tale and science is real? How strange. Many years ago I was in a play called "Inherit the Wind." I believe the main character eventually realized one does not necessarily negate the other. It was concerning the Scopes Monkey Trial. I played Rachel. The guy who starred in the play said, "Why is everyone so ridiculing of the Bible?" I thought about that because I also felt this disdain for the Bible and I thought I should not dismiss the book with disdain or an arrogant "know better" attitude. By the way, because I have also never been good at understanding how to stay on the same topic, Mayor Linda Lingle was also in the play, which was ...
SPOILER ALERT- The Widower D.L. Fisher I am in the middle of this audio book right now. Jessica Preddy, the narrator, seems to have a somewhat limited range of different character voices and I think she says "goodness sake" like "goodnesses sake," but I enjoy listening to her warm and articulate voice. However, I am having trouble following the plot. When listening to this book, I feel as if I have tuned in to Book 2 in a series without having read Book 1. There are many references to past dealings with various characters; but not a lot of description or introduction to the circumstances of their previous interactions. Am I missing something? This is not to say I don't enjoy the book. I do. I like the main character Carrie (hope she's not the villian); and enjoy the warm narrator voice. In fact have re-listened to the chapters several times. I feel like this book will build to an exciting conclusion, and want to enjoy the excitement of the conclusion; I...
Finally we know why Russia went into communism and Stalin killed so many thousands of people: it was caused by a woman. Glad we solved that one; though, I will say, we do seem to be the plot device for most disasters of epic proportion. I was trying to listen to an Audible book on Rasputin; but I got to a certain point and it seemed the mystery was solved. The fall of Russia's empire, the Bolshevik revolution and all the carnage and horrible murders done by the KGB, it was because Czarina Alexandra gave unwelcome, no, apparently FORCED her unwelcome advice on her husband, which destroyed everything. So at that point, as much as I would love to listen to a book on Rasputin and give a review to a self-published book, hmmmm, I think I've heard this one before. The person in the relationship who has the least power is ALWAYS the culprit. Isn't that how it works boys? Oy. Even a non-monk, non-psychic, non-mystic WOMAN could have seen that coming.
Various brands all together On one road, in Schaumburg, Illinois, is a Four Points by Sheraton, a division of Marriott, or something. Then if you drive to the next building, it is a Fairfield by Marriott. Then if you go in the Fairfield and look across the roof of where the pool and gym are, and attached to the Fairfield, is a TownePlace Marriott. What the heck? Three Marriotts all right next to each other. It seems like there is not a lot of competition in the hotel industry. I think that corporations have many unfair advantages over human beings who wish to provide a service and support themselves and their families. Corporations seem welcome to act without a conscience. And we expect them to do whatever they can to destroy competition and maximize their profits. Plus, it was quite hard to figure out how to turn on the mini fridge; or, at least how to make sure it was on. I couldn't figure out how to turn the thing on so I had to take a picture of the mini-fridge in the Fairfield...