I kept saying peanut butter cups are not what they used to be. Way back a long time ago (thank you, Alley Oop by The Hollywood Argyles) they were two for a penny, or a nickle. I forget. It was a loooong time ago. I bought two on my way to school every day I had the right coin. In my opinion, the original size is the only one that tastes as it should. Or used to. Interestingly enough, to me anyway, is I always found Hershey’s chocolate to taste different according to shape, a fact I’ve since read is real. Anyway, check this out:
This. Why is this necessary? Don’t eggs already come in the perfect holder?
Check out The Late Show With Stephen Colbert channel on YouTube to see his interview with James Talarico, who I have seen a lot of Instagram and has some very good things to say. Check him out. It’s titled:
Rep. James Talarico On Confronting Christian Nationalism, And Strange Days In The Texas Legislature
Here’s a quote from the interview, but check him out on Instagram.
“Jesus in Matthew 25 tells us exactly how you and I and every one of our fellow believers how we’re going to be judged and how we’re going to be saved. By feeding the hungry, by healing the sick, by welcoming the stranger. Nothing about going to church, nothing about voting Republican. It was all about how you treat other people. I’ve said before, don’t tell me what you believe. Show me how you treat other people and I’ll tell you what you believe. “
And here’s another bit
“Jesus gave us two commandments. Love God and love neighbor. And there was no exception to that second commandment. Love thy neighbor regardless of race or gender or sexual orientation or immigration status or religious affiliation.”
And one more
“…there is a point to this craziness. They want us talking about furries and bathrooms. So, we don’t realize that they are picking our pockets, that they are closing our schools, they are gutting our health care, and they are raising taxes on all of us while they cut taxes for their billionaire donors. The culture wars are a smoke screen because the real fight in this country is not left versus right, it’s top versus bottom.”
So I came across the youtube channel called Built To Eat, and it breaks down how and why food is not food in a lot of instances, and it made me realize that I feel sorry for people much younger than me who have no idea what food, actual real food, tastes like. It’s kind of sad. Every cost-cutting measure that is taken means you are eating less food and more chemicals and artificial substitutes that mean the product no longer resembles what it once was. I have not bought Domino’s pizza, which used to be a mainstay, in years, because it is really crap now. Papa Gino’s is not what it once was, either. Just one example. I remember what things tasted like, what their texture was, and so many things are just not what they once were. It is very discouraging, because I am no longer capable of making things from scratch. Even bread. What has happened to bread? The taste is wrong, the texture is wrong, and I wonder if I could make bread myself, would it be the same because flour has been modified and changed so much? I read a while back that today’s flour in the US bears no resemblance to the flour I grew up eating. I see things all the time wondering why there are so many children with food allergies, so many young people with colon cancer, and more health issues too, and seriously, nobody can figure out that our bodies were not designed nor are capable of digesting and utilizing the crap that is in almost all of our food today? We are killing our species in so many ways, not just food, in the name of profit. I wish I had a solution, but sadly, I do not.
I AM A SEED. If this does not give you a feeling of power, IDEK. I AM A SEED. It just makes me feel like I can accomplish anything. I can protest, sign petitions, blog about the shit that is going on in my country, and not feel hopeless or despairing. This really said something to me. Hope it does for you, too, NEVER GIVE UP NEVER SURRENDER
Has anyone else noticed how perfect February is on the calendar?
Bright, sunny day in the 30’s. Sunshine makes such a difference. I have full-spectrum overhead lights that I turn on every morning for a few hours, and even they, which look like a sunny day in here, are not enough to combat the blahs that gray days bring. I never had a problem til we moved to New Hampshire, and the entire time we lived there is seemed like the sun never shone the entire month of February. I’m sure it did, but it just was gray day after gray day. Gets you down, for sure.
Am trying to avoid the bad news and only check social media every second or third day now, because I am just so angry, and frightened, and frustrated, and appalled at my fellow humans for their blatant cruelty and the way so many celebrate the harm done to others. It is extremely demoralizing, and I am having a hard time coping with pain and fatigue already, and don’t need more downers. But you have to know. You have to speak out. I think this is what went so wrong in Nazi Germany. Those who weren’t happy to steal other’s homes and possessions when they were sent to the camps, were just sitting by and letting it happen.
“You’re not supposed to be so blind with patriotism that you can’t face reality. Wrong is wrong no matter who does it or who says it.”
If you can, purchase books that project 2025 is looking to ban. mass deportations are starting. if you see ice vehicles or agents, yell ice raid and la migra as loud as you can. if someone asks who you voted for, keep your mouth shut. they’re fishing for traitors. if anyone, anyone at all asks about your neighbors or their legal status in the us, you know nothing. don’t be the reason that their family is separated. if anyone asks about your religion or lack thereof, keep it vague. this administration will look for any excuse to persecute you. your friends are trans or queer? for the next four years they’re not. don’t expose anyone’s status as a trans or queer person to anyone else, even if you think you can trust them. did someone you know get an abortion? no, they didn’t. they were never pregnant. in short, don’t be a snitch, and keep to yourself these next four years. we’ll make it through this even if it seems hopeless at times.
The system has been broken for eons, and nothing is done to change it in a positive, only a negative (Yay! Nazis in charge!) way. Maybe we just need to throw them all out and start from scratch. IDEK I have no answers. I am just frightened about where we are going to end up.
Backing up my January blog posts, was looking through and saw this again. Got me thinking. This woman is asking us to pray to her Christian god that her son gets a job that allows him to kidnap, torture, and murder people. Does she not know that the designation of ‘Christian’ means ‘follower of the teachings of Christ’? Have not completely read the bible, but I think the New Testament, the one for AFTER Jesus was born and all that followed, does not mention Jesus approving of randomly murdering people just because you can.
So I’m thinking that we are not going to get the apartment we were hoping for. Late this afternoon I received an email requesting more information, more paperwork, more explanations. This is due 9am Monday morning. They are trying to tell me something, me thinks.
Campbell’s is closing the Hyannis operation. I love Cape Cod Chips. Anyway, here is what Campbell’s says, which I firmly believe is the usual stuff corporations put out when the do these things:
“This difficult decision reflects a careful assessment of our business needs to strengthen our operations and position our Snacks business for long-term growth,”
I think this is corpspeak for “More money. We need to make more money, regardless of the cost to our employees or anyone who is not us.”
Never sure about posting these, but it seems to be important to share info about the horrors we are being subjected to, with the occasional bit of good news that actually happens as well. So here:
strangely peculiar 