Conventions

 Okay, so we all know I'm a news junkie and I love national politics.  So some thoughts that have no productive intent...

What is wrong with Junior?  I dunno much about drugs, but that dude had, like, sweaty eyelids.

I don't even need to say anything about Kimberly Guilfoyle.  We all saw.

I think Eric is coming for Jr's spot as favorite son.  He looked way more sane, has his new beard going for him, and has a normal family.  Junior, on the other hand, seems to be dating Every Negative Female Stereotype (I hear she also goes by "Kim"), although I'm sure his infidelity charms his father.  

For some reason, I expected more from Tiffany.

Melania seems to, like, care about her historical legacy.  What a notion for the Trump family, who, in my perspective, are quite short-sighted in that respect.  

Anyway.

Yes, are evacuated.

My spouse and I were evacuated on Tuesday evening.  These are a few pictures from before we received our evacuation notice.  

We hope our hope survives, but we were able to get our cats and chickens out.  We have what matters.

 

Youth Offering: Buffy Group Week 6

Ana Maria Archila

"I found the courage in myself and I understood that courage is a currency that is contagious.  When you are in the presence of someone who is doing something difficult, something courageous, you feel invited to do the same.  When you are in a place where solidarity is being displayed, you find abundance in yourself and you, too, can participate in acts of solidarity.  And I think that's why I believe that even though we lost the fight around Kavanaugh, there was massive transformation happening in our country because people witnessed and participated in an act of courage and acts of solidarity that transformed their sense of their own power, and at the end of the day, that's how social change happens.  It resides not in the hands of politicians who failed, mostly, to lead with moral clarity.  It resides in the hearts of people who listen to the voice inside that says, I must do something."
--Ana Maria Archila, Co-Executive Director of the Center for Popular Democracy, September 26, 2019 on "The Takeaway," from National Public Radio.

Youth Offering: Buffy Group Week 5

For adolescents and high school kids, I recommend watching Buffy and using these videos to talk about it:
Season 1, Episode 5 :