Here’s the thing about Jodi Shaw: she’s real; she’s right; and she can rap. Recently, I shared a link to her Library Rap with a few friends. They liked it, but mostly they just didn’t get why Jodi’s whiteness was … Continue reading
Contemplations #3 w/ Trigger Warning
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Masks: Off? On? Off? I took off my mask! We were at University Village to drop off a MacBook at the Apple Store. Yes, we wore it in the store, used their hand sanitizer, sat six feet away from our … Continue reading
Me and Meritocracy
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About the title: I’ve been reading the book Me and White Supremacy this week, so this title just came to mind. I still cringe whenever a speaker, much less a writer, puts herself first. Never begin with “me,” don’t ya … Continue reading
Damn Those Asians
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Damn those Asians. Why can’t they just be ordinary. We wouldn’t have to discriminate against them if they would just chill out, stop studying so much, stop practicing their instruments, stop excelling at so many things. Could their parents just … Continue reading
Contemplations #2
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My Contemplations Are Lagging I wrote one compilation of contemplations this year. That’s it. It’s not that I haven’t been contemplating, it’s just that 2021 seems to be moving along so much faster than 2020 that I’m not finding the … Continue reading
The Trial of Derek Chauvin
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I had not planned to watch much of the trial of Derek Chauvin (accused of murdering George Floyd in May of 2020). Yet I watched a section yesterday of the prosecution questioning the police chief and training officers, so I … Continue reading
Information Collides in My Head
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I spouted off in my last post, in case you didn’t notice. I’m hoping that seemed unusual to you. I try to avoid writing in the heat of the moment so that initial emotions have time to subside a bit. … Continue reading
Cop Kills Criminal. CPC Leader Wails.
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I’m sorry, but this just makes me angry. A year ago, a black criminal was killed by Seattle police. In the wake of the death of George Floyd, his name was shouted by protesters as an example of our out … Continue reading
There’s Too Much Money in …
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I’ve seen the riches, and they are many. An errand took us to downtown Bellevue today. Awhile back another errand took me to an area east of downtown, but today we hit the center of the wealthy part of town. … Continue reading
Energy, Energy, Where Have You Gone?
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Good grief, it’s March! Daffodils are blooming, rose bushes are pumping out new shoots, temperatures are shooting up into the 50s on good days. And what am I doing? Very little. I got my tax documents together and sent them … Continue reading
Talking to “Others”
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Today I spoke to a local unit of the Seattle King County League of Women Voters about my recent discussions with a new (to me) group of people who do not share my voting tendencies. As you may recall, I … Continue reading
Independence Feels Good
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I’ve been talking with a new group of people recently. Many of them consider themselves politically independent. Some of them voted for Trump. Some, reluctantly. Some of them voted for Biden. Some, reluctantly. None of them are crazy. They’re diverse … Continue reading
