Author Archives: A Dreamer

A decent nights sleep

Posted on June 13, 2020 by A Dreamer

And I’m slightly less “fuck the universe” this morning. Being Saturday doesn’t hurt, either. My only nod to Phase II is getting grab and go at Starbucks. This morning there was a tiny antique car gathering in the parking lot … Continue reading →

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Well, we made it to Friday

Posted on June 12, 2020 by A Dreamer

And the President very much wants to run a tank through the middle of Seattle. If only he’d been this amped up to do something about the pandemic. Last night I had a big wallop of sad over all this. … Continue reading →

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In an alternate universe

Posted on June 11, 2020 by A Dreamer

I’d be excited about Phase II starting tomorrow, because it would mean we’d really effectively dealt with Covid19, with metric fucktons of testing, tracking and quarantining. But, on a federal level, we appear to have forgotten there is a pandemic … Continue reading →

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It’s. Only. Wednesday.

Posted on June 10, 2020 by A Dreamer

And I need a month off, I swear. Two days of micro disasters around the house. Two instances “We’re gonna do a FUN THING!” at work, neither of which I would categorize as fun. (Thank god, for real voluntary, but … Continue reading →

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A less terrible Tuesday

Posted on June 9, 2020 by A Dreamer

We still have a pandemic and society is barely holding it together, but the cat is fine and the toilet is fixed. So, our Lee statue in Richmond is coming down, but there’s a 10 day injunction. The temporary injunction … Continue reading →

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Oh FFS

Posted on June 8, 2020 by A Dreamer

Because life really does go on and boy howdy is it a Monday already. We’ve got a plague, a societal breaking point due to police brutality, a fucking toilet that refuses to fill with water and a cat deciding to … Continue reading →

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Some lighter notes

Posted on June 7, 2020 by A Dreamer

Because life does continue. This week has been adventures in owning an old, but very loved car. An intermittent oil pressure light. Given that there was no puddle of oil in the driveway or smell of burned oil while driving, … Continue reading →

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Well, someone didn’t get the memo

Posted on June 7, 2020 by A Dreamer

I’d been saying how pleasantly surprised I was that Fairfax County PD had made itself rather small and invisible the past two weeks, rather than making things worse as many other departments had done. The chief even put out a … Continue reading →

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So, what do we do about the police unions?

Posted on June 6, 2020 by A Dreamer

As someone who is VERY pro-labor and pro-union, I think first we need to stop thinking of them as unions. But mayors seem to be unwilling or unable to stand up to them – and when the union publishes the … Continue reading →

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Wasn’t quite prepared for that

Posted on June 5, 2020 by A Dreamer

So, my neighbors are black and I don’t know them terribly well, much in the same way I don’t know any of my neighbors terribly well – we just aren’t usually outside and the way the houses are laid out, … Continue reading →

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