A person on unemployment could, theoretically, bring home roughly as much as $3,340 per month gross ($46,700 per year) in Texas but that is dependent on how much they made before they were unemployed. Unemployment benefits are purposefully complicated and the amount one receives is based on the most recent 4 calendar quarters of earnings… Read More Unemployment Benefits are Complicated
I’m having a difficult time understanding how so many in this country can justify both the police shooting citizens who they thought had a gun and then in the same breath argue for something like “constitutional carry”. Not fun facts at all: – Isaiah Brown was shot by a Virginia Sherrif’s deputy while he was… Read More American Policing and the 2nd Amendment
Do I think 30 executive orders in the first week of Biden’s presidency is crazy? In short, yes. Not so short additional thoughts based on all the “Oh my god, we’re doomed!” posts/headlines/blogs ect. I’ve seen: Executive orders are not new, every president since the very first has used executive orders to quickly issue federal… Read More Executive Orders
I write a year end thing for myself, and to share, every year and have done for about 15 years. Normally I love writing these but this was not an easy one to write. Not because I am reluctant to see 2020 go, but because so much awful has happened in the last 12 months… Read More Saying Goodbye to 2020
I abandoned and then forgot about this blog, obviously. Scotland had another 2 days and then we explored Ireland for 4 days – it was a fun trip. The Highlands in Scotland are phenomenal and Ireland looks like a postcard and the Gap of Dunloe will be one of my most charished travel memories forever,… Read More Time Jump
September 6th, 2016 Our first day driving in Scotland was a bust to say the least. It started out well enough, the car was easier and quicker to pick up than expected and we quickly found a quaint little cafe in some suburb of Edinburgh to stop and grab breakfast. The food was fantastic (I… Read More Popped Tires and No Whisky: Scotland day 3
September 5th, 2016 After lunch all four of us walked along a smaller side street and up, what felt like, a thousand stairs directly to the entrance of Edinburgh Castle. I didn’t expect much from Edinburgh Castle to be honest. I thought it would probably look like a movie set, be over crowded, the most… Read More Edinburgh Part 2: Edinburgh Castle
September 5th, 2016 I am not entirely sure what I expected Edinburgh to be like but the city I found myself in wasn’t it. Due to limited time here on this trip we didn’t venture much outside of the Royal Mile and the Grassmarket but despite the narrowly defined areas and a lack of time… Read More Edinburgh Part 1: The Palace at Holyroodhouse and Grassmarket
The blood was aggressive today, at one point soaking through the cotton of my super Tampax in less than an hour. Shedding seems too passive a word. Today my uterus was certainly not just causally shedding its lining but unapologetically tearing it away with jagged, uneven claws instead. My uterus rebelled today. Tossed around this pain… Read More I’m Definitely Not Pregnant
I broke down tonight. After a movie, at a friend’s house with twelve other people. I didn’t see it coming but I felt it happening. The dining room was cramped, and hot. We were all gathered around the table playing a card game meant for fewer people. I lost. Someone pointed out my loss and… Read More Alone
