FYI

Someone asked me why I didn't comment on the midterms, the simple answer is: they aren't over yet. But also, there's been so many responses and perspectives articulated online and off that the nuances of that many responses leaves me mentally exhausted. I'm happy the Dems took the House back. I'm overjoyed that there were so many firsts—first Muslim women elected to Congress, first refugee elected to Congress (also a woman of color), first gay out-before-the-election governor (Colorado), first indigenous (i.e. truly "American") women elected to Congress, first lesbian mother elected, and so many more.

As for another "mass shooting," how much more obvious can it get that the real terrorist threat in this country is and has always been mainly coming from white men. White men with any demonstrated domestic violence in their past, i.e. cop coming to their door for spousal or parental or pet or property abuse, or any affiliation with any organization that promotes violence, should not be able to purchase or own any kind of deadly weapon, period. Any kind of assault weapon should be banned too etc. etc. But the first suggestion would be a small start. Though unlikely to happen soon, possibly eventually.

SATURDAY CHURCH

SATURDAY CHURCH is a small movie with a big vision. Writer/director Damon Cardasis put together a great cast, led by Luka Cain who is the reason to see this flick. His character, an adolescent seemingly trapped by the contradictions of his desires versus his family's and community's expectations, is so quietly charismatic he elevates what could have been a predictable message film (the message being tolerance and understanding for gay and transgender youth) to an exceptional and truly independent film. It doesn't hurt that the musical and dance numbers are totally unexpected and uncontrived, for my taste. Glad I saw it.  

A BAD ASS AND A GOOF WALK INTO A VOTING BOOTH

me and my youngest (Flynn) voted

him for the first time!

(he's the bad ass

I'm the goof...)

YEP

to paraphrase others:

our votes count,

if they didnt some top Republicans

wouldn't be trying to suppress them,

if they didnt there wouldn't be

billionaires trying to buy them,

and if they didnt there wouldn't be

russians trying to hack them...

our votes count, so

if you haven't already,

let's all go vote Nov. 6th

ROY HARGOVE R.I.P.

I didn't know him personally, but what a tragic loss for his family, fans, friends, and music. [here's the NY Times obit]

JUST ANOTHER REMINDER

the street address is 238 Central Ave in Brooklyn, the rest is a mystery to me

HAPPY CELTIC NEW YEAR, ONCE AGAIN