Sensory Dispensary
“The record you didn’t know you needed is what I am listening to in the other room.”
“The record you didn’t know you needed is what I am listening to in the other room.”
I have lived a life where I have felt misunderstood, unappreciated, unsupported and outright harmed by a whole lot of people who should have been the ones taking care of me. Over the last few days I have been fighting a battle with my family…
A few months back I got a message from Imerman Angels, an organization I had registered with when I had completed my cancer treatments. Imerman works to “connect cancer fighters, survivors, previvors and caregivers to Mentor Angels, cancer confidantes with similar stories and experiences” Turns…
Usually around 10:30 – 11:00 I will start to get a little hungry so I have a late night snacky – a mix of various crackers like Cheez-It Grooves, which are awesome, and some peanut butter filled pretzels. Sometimes Gina will mix in something else…
In my last post I mentioned that I try to find something each day that makes me smile, makes me happy or brings me joy. I decided that the best thing I can do when I do find that thing is to share it with…
Last night I was having yet another discussion with a family member trying to explain how the sexual abuse I experienced as a child still has significant effects on me to this day, and specifically how it feels like they just don’t seem to comprehend…
I was looking through my news page the other day and saw a story that caught my interest from the tech site XDA. I like browser extensions, they are often interfaces to useful apps and services I use like 1Password or Raindrop, or they can…
In response to the absolute cowardice of Disney in their buckling to threats by the authoritarian regime in control of our current administration, leading to the removal of Jimmy Kimmel’s show, we have canceled our Disney+ / Hulu account. We have also discontinued any viewing…
You might think you know me, but do you really? Someone mentioned The Weepies yesterday and it got me to put on some of their stuff this morning. They were so good and seeing them in a super small theater years ago was one of…
Earlier today I was sitting at my Mac working on Gina’s next podcast episode when I got a notification of a new email. I don’t get a lot of email and very little of it is actually important so I don’t know why I have…
I wrote the following in response to a comment I received on yesterday’s post about Charlie Kirk and Donald Trump, and those who refuse to disavow the hateful speech and ideas from them. I believe I should share this response as a post as well…
I have made no secret of my tremendous dislike for Donald Trump. We share no common ground that I can think of. I can honestly say that aside from my being unabashedly, unashamedly liberal, I also just genuinely find the man to be loathsome, dishonest,…
One of the great tragedies of mankind is that morality has been hijacked by religion. So now people assume that religion and morality have a necessary connection. But the basis of morality is really very simple and doesn’t require religion at all. Arthur C. Clarke
While I have no way to prove this to be true, I would be willing to bet that the big monitors in the situation room at the White House that are usually used to monitor troop movements and watch Special Ops Missions now just run…
Right around this time, 32 years ago, we were winding down our wedding reception. Gina had chosen 3 songs she wanted the DJ to play at the end of the reception – Lyle Lovett’s “She’s No Lady“, Dr. John’s “Makin Whoopee” (with Rickie Lee Jones)…
I was up a little before Gina this morning so I shuffled a playlist to get some music started. She came down a bit later and: Her: Your music is really hitting me in a particularly pleasant way this morning. Me: Nice – it’s my…
