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Karma is a Churlish Tablet I am having a massive freak out. I was halfway through my post for Tuesday (looka me, being proactive) and my tablet locked. Completely. As in, I can't even shut it down. I know I can just let it drain the battery. And that should do the job. But I haven't finished my…

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A Little Kindness… Have you ever had one of those days where pretty much everything pisses you off? Where even relatively benign events set your nerves on edge? Where you just want everyone, even the nice people, to just leave you the hell alone? Yes? Me, too. In fact, I've been having one of…

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Totally My Circus and My Monkeys I recently read a blog post called "27 Subtle Signs You had ADHD All Along." For most people, this is an interesting article. For me, it's a biography. For example, today I knew I had to write this post. This is not a surprise. I do this every Monday and Wednesday…

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What a Day! There's not much I can say about the events of June 15, 2025, that hasn't already been said by countless pundits, journalists, and SnarkMongers on social media. The current occupant of the White House decided to take a celebration of the U.S. Army's 250th Anniversary and make it all…

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A Slip of the Hand In my last post, I talked about how important it is to verify news stories you read on social media. I was, of course, speaking in general terms. So imagine my surprise when I saw this headine today on Instagram. FBI Just Raided a NYC Art Gallery to Confiscate a REMBRANDT! Wild,…

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The Find Out Phase Four months ago, I wrote a post called, "You Can't Eat Schadenfreude.” It was about how hard it is to watch things you predicted ages ago happening, especially when your warnings at the time were dismissed as overreaction or hysteria. Yeah, if the events of this past weekend are…

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Hello Sayurn, My Old Friend Yesterday, I turned fifty-nine. I celebrated with sushi and Blue Bell Rocky Road ice cream, cuz I'm a total Party Animal. This birthday lands me smack-dab in the middle of my second Saturn Return. Never heard of it? Well, neither did I until years after I'd been through…

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Me vs. The Stars A long time ago, I shared my natal chart with an acquaintance who was a professional astrologer. She took one look at it, lifted an eyebrow, and said, "Well, at least your life isn't boring. ” I didn't need a map of the solar system to tell me that. At that point, I was dealing…

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It’s Not Weird. IT’S Research. In 1983, I saw an episode of the PBS show Soundstage featuring a group called The Roches. I immediately remembered seeing them perform a stunning a capella arrangement "The Hallelujah Chorus" on Saturday Night Live, so I decided to watch. By the end of that one hour…

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Bouncy, Bouncy… Splat! On a random night in August, 1979, I was in a Houston hotel with my sister Susie, my cousin Julie, and Miss Rachel, a family friend. Miss Rachel was watching us while our parents were at the hospital with our terminally ill grandfather. We were in our nightgowns sitting on…

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On June 14, which has no significance to anyone in particular, we should flood the net with positive comments about various politicians. For instance, Barack Obama. Or Joe Biden. Maybe Hillary Clinton, Kamala Harris, Jasmine Crockett or Nancy Pelosi. And be sure to tag it #happybirthdaydonnie.

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Why I’m Really, Really Nice to Alexa The idea of AI has always given me the willies. I blame that on author Ray Bradbury. You see, my older sister Angel was assigned tpBradbury's The Illustrated Man in her high school English class. Being the little nerd I was, I promptly stole her copy and…

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If a Southern Liberal Falls in the Forest… I've been in a quandary since last Thursday, May 15, 2025. That's the day Nottaway Plantation burned to the ground, and the entire Internet exploded with glee at the destruction of this historic home. This is such a hard post to write for me. As a native…

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A Very Mrry Unbirthday My wife forced me to take a mental health day yesterday. It feels weird admitting that. Even when she pointed out the cracks she's been seeing in my behavior, I fought her. My symptoms aren't that bad. I can do it. I'm fine. Perfectly fine. As a long-time advocate for mental…

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The Other “Just Say No” Yesterday, I read an article called “How to Stop Bouncing Back Into Broken Systems” in Psychology Today. It really got me thinking. The article is about resilience and boundaries and how the two are not mutually exclusive. Resilience, grit, and perseverance are all…

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D. I. Why? I have a problem. I'm addicted to YouTube tutorial videos. From making your own cream cheese to those videos where they dig little houses out of the ground, I could watch them for hours. I’m not proud to admit this, but I I have watched more 5-Minute Crafts videos than any healthy…

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Jane, Tiffani, and the Trauma of exercise I love Jane Fonda as much as the next person, but she kinda ruined my life. I'm not talking about politics - she and I are totally on the same side of that fence. No. My beef with Jane Fonda is personal, not political. And it goes by the name, “The Jane…

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It’s May, It’s May… Growing up Catholic, the month of May was a pretty big deal. Fresh on the heels of Easter came the Feast of Saint Brigid. Of course, this was post-Vatican II, after Brigid lost her saintly status, so my elementary school would celebrate the crowning of the Virgin Mary instead.…

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Happy Wife, Happy Life Today is my wife's birthday. She's a Taurus with Leo rising and moon. In some ways, she's my polar opposite. And yet we've been together for twenty five years. A lot of people ask the secret of our long-term success. I always start with "my wife.” Anything I know about…

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Whither Thou, HIPAA? Totally. Fucking. Wrong.

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With a Little Help From Our friend Ty came over tonight to fix Kat's computer chair. I really hate asking for help, but I physically couldn't do it. As I get older, that's happening more and more. And it pisses me off royally. I'm not sure how I got there, but for most of my adult life I have…

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Bless this Mess There were four EMTs crowded into our apartment at 5:30 yesterday morning. My diabetic wife's blood sugar level had dropped dangerously low, and she could not keep food or drink down long enough to raise it. While they checked her vitals, gave her glucose to raise her levels, and…

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Tax Season Very short post. I have spent the last few days dealing with the fallout of a particularly large ADHD tax. I'm going to be brief since I'm not fully caught up yet. Yesterday, I was feeling very overwhelmed and particularly sorry for myself. Now, don't get me wrong - I'm still feeling…

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Eff You, Nancy Reagan I graduated high school in 1984. While it might not seem significant on the surface, my age placed me in a very weird political time frame. I was born during the Flower Power years. My formative years spanned Women's Lib, gay rights, Watergate and the Carter Administration.…

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Lights, Camera… I devote a considerable amount of time and energy to the subject of stress. I work in a very demanding industry, head a neurospicy household, and live in what can euphemistically be called "a very interesting time.” So, yeah… stress. Over the years my wife and I have amassed an…

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Worth a Thousand Words My wife and I have been watching The Good Fight on Paramount+. Set at a liberal, African-American law firm during the first Trump Administration, this comedy-drama perfectly captures the madness that overtook the U.S. in 2016. It's hard to imagine it's been almost ten years.…

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1 April, 2025 08:01 I hate April Fool's Day. Actually, I'm not a huge fan of practical jokes in general. Puns, wordplay, riddles, even Dad Jokes are great. I live for them. Practical jokes? Not so much. Humor should not have winners and losers. This is a hill I will die on. I come by this…

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Ain’t Nobody’s Fool I hate April Fool's Day. Actually, I'm not a huge fan of practical jokes in general. Puns, wordplay, riddles, even Dad Jokes are great. I live for them. Practical jokes? Not so much. Humor should not have winners and losers. This is a hill I will die on. I come by this…

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And the Winner is … "I may lack many things, but opinions are not on the list. “ - Me I have a love / hate relationship with Top 10 lists. I don't have a problem with the concept, per se. It's just the people who make these lists usually…well, they're out of their minds. Plum crazy, to be…

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Peek-A-Boo! I'm going to start with a terrible joke. Question: What is the most dangerous game? Answer: Peek-A-Boo, because no matter who plays, the game always ends at the “I see you.” When you have ADHD, object permanence issues are not a joke. When chaos is a constant factor in your life, it…

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This is the ugliest example of male insecurity I've seen in a while.

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This Louisiana native is deeply embarassed by this moron.

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I freaking love George Takei!

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Greetings from Undercover Some days I can't get out of bed. People say this all the time, but it's rarely something you'd take literally. With me, sometimes it's literal. I've spent decades learning to cope with depression. I've taken meds, done cognitive behavioral therapy, even EMDR. Add in…

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Insomniac Bedbugs and the Pasta of Terror It's no big secret that people with ADHD and Autism often have a rather…adversarial relationship with sleep. My autistic wife and I have both struggled with sleep for most of our lives. Insomnia, oversleeping, talking in our sleep, sleep walking, restless…

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Love Me, Love My Rage . It seems the older, the angrier I get. At least, that's how it looks from the outside. Most people who knew me growing up remember me as studious, polite, and generally happy. They are sometimes shocked when they meet me now. She's so angry! Couple of things. One, if you…

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An Audience of One For the last few weeks I've been working on a couple of short stories I'm really enjoying. I like the characters, the plot keeps me involved, and I'm having fun with the dialogue. Rereading what I've written gives me the same pleasure I'd get reading someone else's story. I've…

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Gawd, he's such a slimeball!

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In Defense of Drunken Tsetse Flies For as long as I can remember, I have been… shall we say, an extremely enthusiastic person? In fact, I tend to cycle between interests so fast my friend Chris once dubbed me an "inebriated tsetse fly.” Starting with a love of Star Trek that began in fourth grade,…

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