Of course the (pretty much all-white) educational establishment in the US has been saying for decades that higher ed is to key to solid middle class living. Except it's not. 💔

With a slew of corporate sponsors? Sounds like many gods to me.

Whole Language has been a decades-long debacle that has not only negatively affected reading skills directly but has also destroyed kids' ability to interpret *anything* written. Do not ask why test scores are down. 🤨

American farming involves many things he hates: manual labor the environment dirt animals vegetables immigrants

I know that judging folks by their grammar is harsh, but anytime I hear/see someone use "I's" I lose respect for them. Like, I know you people say you hate pronouns, but the word "my" is RIGHT THERE.

May the GOP reap the benefits of this truth forever. 🔥

The main idea here is that Gallup polling is dead. 😑

We bought our house in 2021. Why would Google Maps *now* show completely wrong property lines? 🤨

"Like" is doing quite a lot, here. "...is a ranting crazy person..." #fixedit

When is it *not* hormones? 🙄

CHEAPSKATE NOTE: I recommend buying prescription glasses online instead of in person. Mine are 1/3 the price of buying them in person--I'm talking about $300 v. $1000. (Yes, my eyes are terrible. This is not news.)

This somehow does not make me feel *better* about it. 😳

Mother's Day. I don't know. Growing up, my parents never approved of me. Never liked my style. Every career suggestion got shot down. When I decided I wanted to teach? 😬 The emotional shit. Hooboy.💔 But my grandmother...she just loved me. That's it. Loved me. Oh, I miss her so much. ❤️

Another relic in my grandma's house? She had a Philco fridge from around 1949, when they moved in. She replaced it in 1990 not because it broke bc it *never* once broke, but bc the freezer was too small. Sad for my cousins bc it was a milestone when we got taller than that fridge. 😊

A story: My very first group project for my MLIS was analyzing ethical issues around the fictional scenario of a library having a book returned with a note in it detailing the assassination plan for a US president. I got a quotation from the Deputy Director of the CIA.* That was not online. 1/2

But I just saw the assertion that Trump knows the Bible better than the pope! Doesn't that imply he would be familiar with the sin of gluttony along with, I don't know, at least a couple of the Ten Commandments he obviously relishes in defying?

THAT WOULD BE AWESOME.

"Just when I thought it was going all right You tell me it's black when I know that it's white..."

"Preservation"? Is that what he's calling demolishing huge chunks of it these days? Rose Garden-->Grim Patio

Note: The national GDP contributed by CA is larger than that of some countries.

"Capital stock growth." Nope. Inflation, up. Unemployment, up. Local housing market, soft. 🤨

Why do these chuckleheads insist that every single piece of everything has been responsibly digitized?! *tears hair*

Since I tend to give away books after I read them but our library stays full, GOOD GRIEF, I MUST LIVE IN LIKE SOME KIND OF SUPERHOUSE. 🤣

So a day that ends in "y," huh? 🙄

New word: sillage me: Wtf is "sillage"? (reads explanation) me: Oh! It's the Polo miasma!

*nod* My attitude toward tattoos flipped when I saw an ad with Jody Watley in Rolling Stone that showed her ink. That was the moment.❤️

Oh no. I just *shudder*

Hear, hear! 👏👏👏

Pupdate: Here's Butter Bean (6-yr-old shorty bull) with a "bear bush"--and he ended up with those little white spirea flowers all over him. 😆 These are getting somewhat "girdled" by the abuse! #dogsofbluesky

This is beyond disappointing, especially as I know who it is and adore many of his own books. 😒

I LOVE THIS IDEA! Here's a beautiful story about the power of acceptance that does an amazing job dealing with issues of grief in a positive way. I was seriously impressed by how this novel unfolds. ☺️ #BeAnAmbassador www.goodreads.com/en/book/show...

The Deep South has never been able to admit they are the product of the biracial society created by design hundreds of years ago. (Antebellum New Orleans was, of course, it's own thing.) Multiracial democracy? Surely you jest! 😑

Wow--I haven't done a good handwriting decipher job since I left teaching. "They investigated me for month--found nothing!!! So 10 year old charges re[something]. It is a treat to be able to choose one's time to say goodbye. Whatcha want me to do--bust out cryin'!! NO FUN--NOT WORTH IT!!

Can something be both "opulent" and smack of immature over-indulgence at the same time? Maybe a gilded turd, I don't know.

"Don't cross the streams."

Isn't he implying, if he can "name names," that he already knows who his accusers are? Let us parse for a moment how he could already know the redacted names of said persons. 🤨

Another day, another disappointment in the obituaries. #metoo

What a nightmare. 😳

Oof, no. NOT THE SPICY STRING. 😳

TRUTH. My 6-yr-old shorty bull still chews an antler at bedtime. It's part of his go-to-bed routine.

15(ish) best movies... The Princess Bride It Happened One Night Wizard of Oz Fifth Element Godfather II Rogue One The Thing Psycho Notorious Train to Busan Night of the Living Dead Beauty and the Beast The Lion King The Philadelphia Story Ghostbusters Aliens Nobody's Fool Cool Hand Luke

[string of expletives and screamy noises] A BEE BURROWED IN MY HAIR AND STUNG MY SCALP. [more expletives] [cursing bee's entire lineage]

Slightly diminish a book: How the Grinch Stole Tuesday

Apparently, Blanche has no idea how restaurants work. 🤨

Slightly diminish a book David Coppernugget

Looks like some tens of people showed up, even!

Negligence. Pure, deadass negligence. 😳