Author Archives: A Dreamer

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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In case we forgot about the pandemic…

Posted on June 4, 2020 by A Dreamer

My bar has been open for takeaway and someone popped a positive… To their credit, they immediately announced it, shut down, and everyone is on paid quarantine leave for 14 days. 2020 just isn’t going to give us a break … Continue reading →

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Fascist in Chief

Posted on June 2, 2020 by A Dreamer

I swear, there is no situation that man can’t make worse and now we have an occupying army in DC, and folks getting teargassed so he can have a fucking photo op at a church he doesn’t attend and doesn’t … Continue reading →

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Monday again

Posted on June 1, 2020 by A Dreamer

And not a restful weekend for anyone. And this morning, the BBC is interviewing a white dude… I’ll at least give him credit for knowing our craptastic history and referring to these as police riots. The police just showed over … Continue reading →

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