A little bit of heaven A whole lot of hell
Hola Darling Ones, When I turned 26 during my AOL days (geminmat@aol.com, y all) in June of 1998 a guy I was IMing with on the reg wrote me a song. The only thing I remember is it ended with you re twenty-six years old. It was a sweet gesture and I treated it like the cherished artifact it was. I downloaded that WAV file (did we have MP3s in 98?) and saved it to a 3.5 floppy disk, which I…
Well, Darling Ones, I did it. I popped my post-stroke wheelchair user (PSWU) concert cherry last night. It was John Cougar Mellencamp, and I m glad I saved myself for him and the Mystic Lake Amphitheater. Last night was many PSWU firsts. I ate inside a restaurant with friends. I met my social media friends Carrie Kyle in actual life. I accidentally hit a very angry man with my foot because Jonas,…
Hi Darling Ones, It s been a hot minute since I ve written. I turned 54 a few weeks ago; got a motorized wheelchair named Jonas; planted a salsa verde garden; Sister #2 Ben put laminate flooring in Supergenius HQ; and yesterday I ripped out my own beating heart and donated it to MPR. Getting rid of Ruby was rough, and not just because Capital One was a pain in the ass about getting me a notarized…
Hello Darling Ones, It s been a long time since I took to the web to complain about a book, but I read one yesterday that infuriated me more than any book has in a long time. For the most part I quit a book the moment it starts to annoy me. Doesn t matter how far I get into it. I ve DNFed (did not finish) at 75% though. Life is too short and all that. Another thing I tend to avoid... Continue The…
Hello Darling Ones, Now that the government has deemed me unable to work enough to support myself due to my disability I ve been thinking about my career as a cog in the capitalist machine. Really I ve been thinking about Kinkos and, more specifically, resume paper. You young uns might not know that resume paper was a thing. According to a quick Google search it might still be a thing, but I…