Jan. 6th. I remember seeing it unfold on TV and then raising the alarm on social media. It turned out to be much worse than I realized while it was happening. #Jan6th

My mom has reached the wandering phase of Alzheimer's and I am losing my fucking mind!!!

If you aren't alarmed, you are choosing not to pay attention, because nothing has directly affected you yet.

I know everyone is telling us to rise up and do something, probably something I myself have said to people in other countries, but no one ever says exactly how it should work. For example, does anyone think that the people in Russia like Putin's dictatorship/oligarchy? It's terribly oppressive, yet they don't rise up and overthrow the despot. They are very spread out geographically. They've protested, but they just get thrown in the gulag. They do not hold economic or political power. People have also not risen up in many other countries, or they have tried and failed (like in Turkey). The people of Hungary are probably well situated to overthrow Orbán, yet he is still in power. It definitely looks like Iran is having a revolution, because those folks have nothing left to lose. I know I was devastated when the Arab Spring did not work. Remember how many people were involved in that? It was not for a lack of trying. From what I can tell, you have to get the military (and police, if possible) on your side. Economically shutting down the whole country would definitely hurt ourselves, but the ultra wealthy can always wait us out. It's so frustrating. Most U.S. residents live paycheck to paycheck. Honestly, I need help figuring out what to do. I already protest and put pressure on elected officials. I'm sure everyone from the outside looking in would like to see us all in the streets, but without military support, it's a Tiananmen Square situation. I am willing to die for the cause, but it needs to bring about change. #US #Politics

Living in the U.S. is a little like being in a dissociative state. There's such a disconnect. Near me, new businesses and housing are going up like gangbusters, even though we know thousands have lost their jobs. Then I find out that my government has kidnapped the leader of another nation. Everything feels brittle and shattered. And when everything breaks into jagged pieces, you're much more likely to cut yourself, even while cleaning it up. #US #Politics

I may have asked this before, but does anyone have a kickass way to prepare quinoa?

I think the best way to make sure your baby grows up to be a power quarterback is to give them a cool name. I looked up the top college quarterbacks and they all have super cool names: Fernando Diego Jayden Gunner Trinidad Demond Haynes Byrum Ty Colton Taylen Devon Bear Marcel Jalon Bryson Carson Conner Sawyer Caden Cale Lunch Catin Arch Cameran Athan Alonza Braylon Rocco Cutter

Watching one of the College Football playoff games, and it might be hard for those of you outside the U.S. to imagine just how big collegiate sports are here, how much money they make, and how big some of the universities are. The student body population of Ohio State University (including graduate students) is over 67,000. That's bigger than a lot of cities.

I really dig seeing the stuff Y'all create: photos, paintings, drawings, woodwork, ceramics, fabric arts, etc. You are a creative bunch and I'm grateful.

It's snowing a lot on Long Island, New York, U.S.A. where my cousin and his family live. His daughter is determined to make enough snowballs to "destroy the world." Should we be concerned about this child? 😄