“You guys, Hitler wants to see Poland succeed”

From ‘South Park’ to ‘Love is Blind,’ Colorado’s pop culture spotlight was bright in 2025 trib.al/Oc0L4qD

Today my husband and I went to the mall and lived to tell the tale. It was packed. Parking was a challenge. We weren't expecting that. It was worth it. We traded Christmas cash for an 8-quart Le Creuset oval dutch oven. If you want one, they're on sale right now for $299. The other sizes aren't.

We've spent the last week working our way through both seasons of "The Knick," which is set in 1901. An observation: The more things change, the more they stay the same. Rinse and repeat.

"we're trying to shut down science that produces results we don't like, it's a very worrisome trend. And we have seen this other times in history, and it never really ended well."

DHS "recently announced the end of TPS for nearly 4,000 people from Myanmar, many of them persecuted Christians. Starting in January 2026, the US government will deport them back to a country run by a military junta that has been bombing churches and treats Christians as one of its domestic enemies"

Prosecute them all. Beyond the depravity of this, it's pure theft. The local prosecutor should open an investigation and charge them all.

Ladies and gentlemen, I just spatchocked a chicken for the first time in my life--and I don't even own poultry shears. I'm also roasting said chicken in a Le Creuset cast iron skillet instead of a roasting pan, which I've never tried before. It's a day of new adventures.

OK, it's Christmas in the kitchen. I just made a pitcher of homemade Irish cream (Smitten Kitchen) and now I move onto steamed cranberry orange pudding. This afternoon I'm roasting a whole chicken. I might spatchcock the chicken if I can figure out how. I don't own poultry shears.

My husband is all about safety. For Christmas, he gave me a rear vehicle sensor for my e-bike and a mobile phone holder for my bike as well. He also presented me with a dashcam and cell phone dock for my car. This is caring. This is love.

Merriam Christmas

Sara Kendzior wrote at length about Garland in at least 2 of her books. She didn’t write much that is positive. A partial summary can be found at the link below… sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/servants-o... Her account is objectively damning of both Garland and his lack of action against trump.

I just got back from a lovely afternoon walk in sunny 70F weather on Christmas Eve. Denver, whatcha doin??

For some reason, Comcast Xfinity cannot manage to keep a bunch of channels intact on cable service in south Denver. These include Rocky Mountain PBS Create (248) and Paramount, among others. It's a system problem and for the egregious cost of that service, Comcast really should fix it.

Tired: MSM stole my content. Wired: Cabinet secretary stole my content.

Happy holidays! Probably my favorite stop-motion from the past few years. Really enjoyed creating this one.

James Merril’s poem “Christmas Tree,” written while he was dying of AIDS. 1995.

Spoiler: Everyone who is not vaccinated gets measles and some who are get breakthrough infections and they all get complicatedly sick for a long time and the people lying are the anti-vaxxers Gift link I Feel Like I’ve Been Lied To: When a Measles Outbreak Hits Home www.nytimes.com/2025/06/22/u...

god, this makes me so angry. vaccines are a miracle of the modern age! and people are just... "rip to ur immune system but im different"

Happy Festivus to all that celebrate….is everyone ready to air out their grievances?

Air those grievances, show those feats of strength. #Festivus

Bari’s complaint was “there’s nothing new here” and while that’s untrue it’s also irrelevant “we intentionally sent people to be tortured in a hellhole and bragged about it and The Hague is too good for everyone involved” is a story that simply cannot be told enough

of course none of this controversy is about defending or explaining journalism or human rights investigations—it’s about a group of powerful people who want to reserve the right to deny reality, however poorly, whenever they want to or are told to

This has been made available, so for purposes of commenting on Bari Weiss's decision to spike the story, here's a live-post of that segment. It begins with a "you may recall" summary of the deportation to el Salvador. Describes the admin's claim that it could deport the men without due process

There are tasks I loathe; grocery shopping is one of them. For that reason, my husband does it. This morning I needed something from the store, so I headed out. The prices. My god, the prices. How is anyone affording anything from food to toiletries? How does a smallish box of cereal cost $7?

On the first day of winter, Denver gave to me…

Given the bullshit going on with 60 Minutes, it seems like a lovely night to enjoy the antifascist themes of The Sound of Music over on ABC.

All of these links went to promotion of this story earlier today. All these links are dead now — that's how thoroughly they've scrubbed this.

For the past 20+ years, I've been in a battle with my metabolism. The more I struggled w/my weight, the more I gained. I held onto the high-quality ski clothes I worked so hard to afford, knowing that someday they'd fit again. Well, they finally do--just in time for there to be no snow in Colorado.

The actor Michael Sheen used all his money to start a fake debt collecting business, buy 900 people in Wales's debt, and excused it. If Musk bought ALL $194 billion in medical debt in the U.S. and excused it in the same way, he'd still be the world's riches man by hundreds of billions of dollars.

It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans. 🧵 1 of 9

Authoritarianism isn’t subtle. It’s a president joking about paying himself $1 billion from the public treasury and expecting subordinates to make it happen. www.mediaite.com/media/tv/tru...

Wishing you peace and fruitful introspection this winter solstice. Have you gathered your 13 intentions? www.mother.ly/life/winter-...

It all started in 1955 with a misprint in a Colorado newspaper and a call to Col. Harry Shoup's secret military hotline. Shoup played along with the tiny voice who called, and a tradition was born. From the NPR archives.

Covid causes immunosuppression, which makes you a more hospitable host to other pathogens: easier to get, for longer. Viruses mutate inside infected people, that is because that is where they reproduce. Covid has given *every other virus* ample reservoirs of people to evolve new strains inside of.

As patches set upon a little breach Discredit more in hiding of the fault Than did the fault before it was so patch’d.

Transparency at last 🙄

Apparently, Pierre Soulages was in charge of redacting Epstein files (this is a joke for maybe three people).

DOJ won’t meet Friday deadline to release all the Epstein files. They’ve been redacting Trump’s name all year in 24 hour overtime shifts and it still wasn’t enough time.

My dad was one of the architects of the Kennedy Center. He was also a polio survivor who died of post-polio syndrome. And he was just one of the genuinely kindest, gentlest men you could ever meet. Every single thing this admin does feels like a personal affront to his memory.

Happening where I live: Colorado has had an essentially snowless winter so far, we're looking at hurricane force dry wind, they're setting up center for folks w/out power, and Xcel is cutting power to prevent fires. Meanwhile the Trump Administration wants to eliminate NCAR for 'climate alarmism'.

The party that claims to revere the rule of law just shrugs and then applauds the orange man's bold choices.

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Clever, brutal, and hilarious. Pay attention because the details are 💯. youtu.be/XkEy_IttHKE?...

Happy Epstein Files Day to all who are celebrating.

NEW: Colorado Sens Hickenlooper and Bennet announce they're putting a hold on the Senate appropriations package to demand funding for NCAR. Bennet said today that the Trump administration's move to dismantle the climate/weather lab is retaliation for Tina Peters' imprisonment.

Well, it was fun while it lasted. These chodes will totally make it a fash-fest.

I have jury duty again in a few weeks. My husband and I get called for jury duty approximately every third year. This feels like...a lot.

positively disgusting to join his name to the slain president. He has to do all this stuff while he is in office cause no one will after he goes. Dem nominee in 2028 must vow to reverse this maddness