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Paris is Burning is a must see. it's an emotional rollercoaster but in the end it's about persevering as a community through the dark early days of the HIV and AIDS pandemic.

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Sara B. was the first writer on this mommyblog that made me cry (at work, no less!). And now? I cry again. Thank you.

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Grace, utterly relaxed at her place in the window this morning.

https://substack.com/profile/671070-paulomatic/note/c-60480937?utm_source=notes-share-action&r=edsu

She always hears us, so she staggered to her feet and greeted me with a huge yawn.

https://substack.com/profile/671070-paulomatic/note/c-60481043?utm_source=notes-share-action&r=edsu

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she looks like she's singing Pagliacci, only with the long-time-ago "no more rice krispies" words

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I would love when things aren't gay or straight, black or white, male vs female, KKKRISTIAN vs everything else sane.

I'm sick of this shit. I'm fucking 66 years old, and I have to still protect a woman's right to choose. I want to punch almost every Republican right in the throat. With votes*

In the meantime, my husband is currently spraying me like you would do to a cat..

I'm so not calm. xx

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// Moving the body unlocks feelings. //

They (the instructors) told us the same thing about massage therapy, and not to be surprised if we (or our clients) suddenly started crying, or had panic attacks, or laughing.

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Or sleeping? :-)

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I've had a few do that.

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The movie is over if you'd like to join us there for OT!

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I woulda stayed shut up if you didn't give the all clear. :)

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T here was a movie? Oh, it's Caturday night. {{{takes a gigantic hit for the fiftieth time tonight}}}

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Some fucking guy approached me on the street today trying to get me to do some stupid-ass tourist pirate thing. He was attempting a British accent. It was ... crap.

Him: Avast! Are you in the mood for an adventure?

Me: Want to wake up wiv a crahd arouhnd ya?

He gave up immediately and I continued to the pub.

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North Beach by chance?

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Cannery Row, Monterey.

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Ew. Posh.

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Oooh. Fancy.

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Faux Pirate World problems.

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I woulda gone full British but there were kids around.

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Does that begin with a demo of the "half brick" solution?

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Especially with all of those apostrophes...but that's Cockney, yes?

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I'm Medway but it's really close to Cockney. I can fake Cockney.

"you fackin' cahnt" was what I didn't say

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THat cracks me up for some reason. I think this headache has ruint my braain.

RUINT!!

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Oh my Dog.

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- The non-partisan group Political Polls shared a new general election poll Friday afternoon with a curious finding: Biden led Trump 45 percent to 44 percent post-debate. The previous poll "was a tie," the group noted on social media.

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-biden-debate-2668642905/?cx_testId=4&cx_testVariant=cx_undefined&cx_artPos=6&cx_experienceId=EXC93

Hopefully the upcoming Fox poll will prove disloyal as well.

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See, that's why they should have an audience at the debate. Then they could hear first-hand when normal people jeer and boo Trump when he acts like an asshole. Then the press wouldn't get so full of itself.

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Course he's pretty much asshole all the time so they gonna be doing a whole lot of jeering and booing. That sounds fun. I'd go to that!

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Taco's or GTFO!

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We did tacos yesterday. Today was chow mein.

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So you’re saying that today, chow mein was your main chow.

:P

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Please don't confuse me. {{{giggle}}}

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That flash! Sooo bright. Come over here, gotta claw for ya.....

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There was no flash.

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Good thing!

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Hamiltonstan requires special permits to use flash.

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Understandable. High degree of danger in that land.

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Only if you displease the household gods.

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Is novel backwards.

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This one slays me.

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If he's a sniveling little bitch now -

Raw Story: Trump unhappy he's not getting enough praise for his 'fantastic' debate performance

- wait till the polls come out. Early indications are that America already knew Joe is old. How could we have missed it with the constant refrain from trump's loyal MSM?

The danger of setting low expectations I suppose.

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"I lied more than anyone else in history. Nobody has done more for lying than I have. Also Black jobs."

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I 'member when POTUS was a Black job, not too long ago.

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Railroad porter was a traditional "Black job." And Joe Biden loves him some railroads.

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"And teh Blacks love me, cuz convictions! And sneakers!"

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"WhaaaaaHH!"

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Boohoo.

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"Where the fuck is your chin?" (Too lazy to post the cartoon, because substack.)

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Jason fucking Miller?

Get the fuck out. May as well ask Gutfeld.

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Or Jesse Two Ts.

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Yep 🤣

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Oh right. The guy with a Truth Social account knows all about Washington State. FFS.

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Wonder if the subtext is "Russia has managed to hack Washington State election computers"

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I wish we could embed images...

woman-makes-wanking-motion.gif

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- Ukraine Update: North Korea commits boots on the ground in Ukraine

trump's besties doing what they do.

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I hope they had a cardboard cut-out of Trump saluting each one as he arrived.

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Offer to feed them and they'll switch sides.

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did they bring their trumpets?

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Future fertilizer for sunflowers.

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Hungry cannon fodder.

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