I’ve been looking for gig work lately and, as part of my search, I naturally went to LinkedIn to see what was there. Sure enough, when I clicked on some link, I was confronted with a dialog box inviting me to subscribe to their premium service in order to see some leads. The monthly fee, … Continue reading Premium Subscription for Leads to Gig Work | LinkedIn Premium Edition on Blog#42→| Blog #42
This post will be updated daily as the Biden administration works to Trump-proof our government as much as it can before January 20, 2025. During 2018-19, I maintained a running post called “Things Trump Did While You Weren’t Looking” Click here for 2019 Click here for the second part of 2018 Click here for the first part … Continue reading Things Biden Is Doing Before Leaving | Blog#42→| Blog #42
Tom Homan, Donald Trump’s border czar nominee and mass-deportation apparatchik was interviewed by journalist Kaitlan Collins on CNN last night. Collins kept him on the air a lot longer than she does most guests and allowed him to speak to his heart’s content. It was quite the appalling scene, with Homan describing exactly what he … Continue reading Trump’s New Border Czar Speaks Rather Freely | Mass-Deportation on Blog#42→| Blog #42
The nature and character of fundraising emails has taken a weird turn since the 2016 election, with messaging becoming far more strident, insistent, accusatory at times (are you voting for Trump?), and now, a weird melange of cutesy, TMI (the picture), and unserious, information-less appeal “written” by… a pet. The lack of capitalization, by the … Continue reading Weird Fundraising Emails | Jayapal Edition | #Dems on Blog#42→| Blog #42
So, our president had a comatose deer-in-the-headlights moment on the worst possible occasion at the most crucial time in modern times… Is that cause enough for us to lose our minds? I don’t think so. With the time we have left in the current electoral cycle, I would still rather get behind Biden than take … Continue reading Blog#42 on Leadership, Old Age, Incontinence… and Our Vice President | #2024 on Blog#42→| Blog #42
Dear Friends, When I started feeling unwell in May this year, I had no clue that this would be the start of a radical life change for me. It was a very stressful time with our apartment lease ending and our landlords wanting to increase the rent considerably after they’d raised it substantially the previous … Continue reading I’ve Come Down with Cushing’s Syndrome Again – Life on Blog#42→| Blog #42
Our attention was drawn to the skies a week ago when a sizeable Chinese spying balloon was seen in our skies and then shot down a week later. As our media is wont to overdo, the non-stop news cycle was full of smart and not so smart analysis about spying, the times we live in, … Continue reading Of Balloons, UFOs and The Times We Live In | Destabilization on Blog#42→| Blog #42
I was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis two years ago this month. Nothing about my experience has been easy or common. When it comes to medicine and pharmacology, I consider myself more savvy than most patients thanks to a quarter of a century of caring for a loved one with multiple ailments and a myriad of … Continue reading Rare Side Effects: My Journey with Rheumatoid Arthritis | #RA on Blog#42→| Blog #42
Orange County’s COVID-19 Disaster: Othena As a caregiver in Tier 1b, I became eligible for a COVID-19 vaccine in January. I signed up on January 7th, when the Othena app became open to people in my category. Othena is the website and app used by Orange County’s health department to manage vaccinations for eligible populations. … Continue reading Orange County’s COVID-19 Disaster: Othena | #COVID19 on Blog#42→| Blog #42
Chasing 58 While Running From a Pandemic | Introspection on Blog#42 It's been five years since I wrote a birthday blog post. I ended my 53rd birthday post with: So, for at least another year, you’ll find me still shaking it up and getting into trouble. My hope is for a 53rd year of rebuilding, … Continue reading Chasing 58 While Running From a Pandemic | Introspection on Blog#42 →| Blog #42
