I had a conversation with my former financial advisor when the markets were crashing back in ’08. I asked him to give me an estimate, his best, ostensibly educated guess when the market might turn around or at least stabilize. He assured me it would be soon. The credit default scandal had already been exposed. … Continue reading The 5% Factor in Finance
Had some yard work done that required cutting concrete. My gardener gave me a quote of $150 to do the job. I accepted his bid as fair and equitable, and we agreed he’d do the work last Sunday. He arrived promptly at 8:30 Sunday morning and began cutting our concrete patio. He used a small … Continue reading The TRUTH about Immigrants
IMAGINE working your ass off all through high school, studying instead of partying, volunteering with school and community groups so you can get into a good college. You send out your applications, to Stanford, Harvard, Princeton, as you have a 4.8 GPA, and all the right clubs on your resume. Your mom kisses each envelope before … Continue reading The TRUTH about Mark Zuckerberg
Will shooting them all stop these corps stealing from the 99%? I’m writing a dystopian novel called The Power Trip about 4 Stanford undergrads that build a MMORPS game where PLAYERS manipulate other players — MARKS — to do what they ‘suggest.’ In one scene, the fictional CEO of fictional HealthNet is shot to death on a … Continue reading Murdering CEOs is Trending
Men are the freight train comin’ at ya.Women are the poison in your food… I’m a guy’s girl, meaning I’ve spent most of my life hanging out with men instead of women. The freight train comin’ at ya, I prefer men’s straightforward nature, their directness, their unwavering, solution-oriented trajectory. Men are simpler than women. Not less intelligent, just … Continue reading What Makes a Great Man
Got Covid again last month. Second time, close to a year after my first go-round with it. I’m fully vaxed. Workout 5 miles a day, 5 days a week. No underlying medical conditions. Low-risk age group. I got Covid the first time at a karaoke bar when the person sitting next to me literally spit … Continue reading On Medicine Today
My father is a fervent Republican. My mother was a Democrat. I once saw him put his fist through the maple cabinet an inch from my mother’s head because her vote was going to cancel his in the second Reagan election. Though he never hit her, connected anyway, he often shouted, slammed things, threw things, … Continue reading Believing is NOT Thinking
My daughter, a college senior, told me yesterday that she joined the Palestinian protest on campus. “I believe that genocide is wrong, Mom. So, I stood up for what I believe.” I think she expected me to be proud of her, but her words made my skin crawl. My daughter knows nothing of the history … Continue reading The Fallacy of Palestinian Protests
I’m on Facebook, whining to my friend about a fight with my husband through their IM. In my typical “melodramatic,” (my husband claims, but I call “passionate”) fashion, I’m furiously typing how much of a jerk he is, how often we fight, basically questioning if the sanctity of marriage is sustainable. My friend is empathetic. … Continue reading The AI in Your Pocket or WHY TO BAN TIKTOK
Got feedback for my novella, A Marriage Fable, from a reader. Pam L (She/Her) 3:55 PM Thanks Jeri! I actually read it and enjoyed it. I just hesitate to review because the husband calls the therapist a muslim I think it was, in a nonflattering way, and never takes it back later in the book. It … Continue reading Is WOKE Brain-Dead
