First, as always, my vid :

Nothing amazing to report there. Tried to make a thing, followed a method that turned out to be deeply flawed, will try again tomorrow.

Unless I forget. Always a possibility with me.

Then there’s this gem that I got from BlueSky :

And I think that all that Christian hypocrisy is finally starting to catch up with them. Prominent members of the religious right in the USA are standing up and saying. “Hey didn’t Christ say something about being nice or whatever?”.

Yes he did. Y’all need some Jesus, that’s what you need.

Then there is this miracle of language :

They say the best art comes from the worst times and these times of ours are certainly bringing out the wit in people.

Everything about that reply is magic. The turn of phrase, the setup, the rhythm, the way it misleads with the first half to make the punchline all the sweeter… perfection.

That’s not just a snarky reply, that’s a verbal assassination. I only hope to be that good at being righteously bitchy some day.

Nitpick : might have slightly funnier as “by pigeons”. Just a thought.

But the ultimate comedy kill shot came in this form :

And that leads me to the reason why this is actually a great time to be alive : because all over the USA, literally millions of people have flocked to anti-Trump “Hands Off” protests, and it ain’t just Democrats.

Not by a long shot.

In fact, they are on track to have over 3.6 million total protestors today at over 1100 protests in ever single god damned state.

And you know that includes the red ones!

And to put that in perspective, 3.6 million Americans would equal almost 1 percent of the entire population of the good old USA.

I am damned proud of our southern neighbors today. The people of American came out in force today to tell Donald Trump exactly what they thought of what him and Musk have been doing to their federal government.

And here’s the thing : it’s only going to get much, much worse for him in the future.

Because the recession (depression?) caused by the tariffs hasn’t even started yet. Just wait until the prices go up at the same time that people are losing their jobs.

Right now, the protests, while massive, are peaceful. Cops all through the USA are bewildered by the size of the turnout yet they report no incidents.

Turns out you have have millions of people expressing their opinion in a peaceful and respectful way when those people aren’t a pack of degenerate losers.

And nobody even had to poop on anything! Amazing.

And here’s the thing : Americans are primed for a good old fashioned backbencher revolution. All these representatives from the House and Senate that get ignored by the top GOP brass are listening to their constituents and seeing the way the wind is most definitely blowing and while no one of them has the guts to take on Trump alone, when they look around and see everyone in the same pickle, it will give them the courage needed to gang up on him.

And that’s how impeachment happens.

And the top dogs of both political parties better watch the fuck out because if they try to obstruct the needed change like their rich owners tell them to do, they will get washed away by the tide of history and flushed right down the rain with the rest of the sewage.

Get right or get out, motherfuckers.

History is on the march.

More after the break.

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Pangs of anxiety

It’s time for me to admit it : I’ve been feeling somewhat anxious lately.

Not all the time, thank God, just little stabs of anxiety when I am between activities or occasionally when I am trying to relax.

Plus those spooky moods I get now and then. That “haunted” feeling. But that’s nothing new, I’ve gotten those now and then since I was a child.

Back then, they freaked me out. Poor little Fru had no idea what was going on.

Good thing I never believed in the supernatural or I might have thought I was quite literally haunted or somesuch.

I don’t rule out the existence of ghosts, however. But obviously I don’t think they are the souls of the dead roaming the earth.

I figure they are some interaction of pheromones and electromagnetic oddness.

There is a lot we still don’t know about how our nervous system works.

Anyhow, back to anxiety. By talking about these incidences here, I am forcing myself to face them and think about them.

Because I need to deal with this problem before it gets out of control.

Now I knew that a reduced Paxil dose meant a higher risk of anxiety. I am fine with that. There are things worse than feeling anxious.

Like being so numb that you can’t do anything with your life for decades.

That’s pretty bad.

So at least I am doing stuff now. Videos, Onion headlines. Who knows, I might end up writing for the Onion and making a nice living doing so.

Imagine me living in a nice rented house in a pleasant neighborhood. Wow.

I don’t think the anxiety is a problem yet. But I am definitely going to talk with my therapist Doctor Costin in our next session.

Better safe than suicidal.

The thing is, there’s no depression attached to the anxiety. It’s just there. I think I have evolved to the point where I have separated myself enough from my anxiety and depression that I can ignore them as the meaningless noise they are.

I’d rather be calm, relaxed, and happy, but whatever. I will just keep bouncing along regardless and over time I will learn to turn that anxiety into enthusiasm or even just plain effervescent cheerfulness.

So I am not worried about my feeling worried.

It will all work out fine in the end.

I have faith in that.

I will talk to you nice people again tomorrow.