I have always been extremely proud to have been named after my grandpa. Gramps fought the fascists in World War II. I wanna be like Gramps.
I miss the days when most Republicans had some honor, the days before they became the fascist cowards that they are under Trump’s presidency. Colin Powell had been a Republican who I respected highly. He was a Republican until he declared himself an Independant after the extremism of Trump’s first term as President.
Powell wasn’t perfect. He made mistakes. He made big mistakes, some that had him crucified by the nation. But I admire how he admits to his mistakes in “It Worked for Me“. The degree of humanity this man had comes across clearly in this book, the extraordinary care and respect he had for fellow human beings, whether they were everyday civilians, soldiers, immigrants, politicians, foreigners. Powell was generous, kind and respectful.
A few years ago, I read R. Lee Ermey’s “How to Get Squared Away Like a Marine”. While I found some things from Ermey’s book useful, I was put off by other things. Through much of Ermey’s book, he was an asshole, and his views on people were too extreme for me. Powell, another military man who rose much higher in rank than Ermey, had a better attitude toward people and life. I felt that Powell had more useful things to say than Ermey.
Though I was never in the military, I had thought of Colin Powell as my general. Though Powell was an old man and he was fighting cancer, reports were that he was doing well, until Covid struck him down at the age of 84. I blame Trump’s mishandling of the Covid 19 pandemic for Colin Powell’s death.
I won’t be someone who sticks his head in the sand and keeps his mouth shut so privileged people can be comfortable with their ignorance.
Thanks to Torkelson for his hit in the bottom of the 9th, the Tigers swept the White Sox, 4-3. They are now 5-4 for the season. Not looking bad. Having more wins than losses is always promising.
So, the Tigers were swept by the Dodgers. Then they won two out of three games against the Mariners. Now they’ve swept the White Sox. Tomorrow, they play the Yankees.
Life is better when it’s baseball season.
So, I was just on Tobias Buckell‘s website. I’d gone by there a few times over the last few weeks, and it was pretty much gone, with a notice telling us that a new site was coming soon. Well, it’s back now, and with a whole new look, and sounds like he intends to use his blog more regularly, like he was back in the old days.
I need to move away from social media. I’m always trying. I try to restrict my usage of social media, to just going on there for a few specific reasons and then getting the hell out of there. But I constantly go on social media because I can’t resist the urge to say something that’s on my mind (which is not one of the specific reasons), and what usually happens is I get sucked into some other crap and end up wasting a lot of time.
I have a nice website that my brother built for me. It has not seen much use over the last few years. I should use the blog here when I have something to say, instead of social media. I going to give it a try, anyway.
I’ll probably still go on social for the few specific reasons. For one thing, Jonathan Maberry recently started a weekly “Ask Me Anything” livestream on Facebook and I enjoy participating in that, so that’s one reason I’ll still be going on social media.
Spring is here again, though it doesn’t quite feel like it yet.
I have seen the movies. I especially like the newer movie. I wasn’t crazy about the older movie. And now I’ve read the book. What a fine story it is. The characters were believable, and I liked the dialogs.
True Grit, by Charles Portis, is a western. Mattie Ross wants justice for the murder of her father and she hires Rooster Cogburn to help find the murderer, Tom Chaney. They are joined by Laboeuf the Texan and become a posse of three.
Don’t forget that the Deaf and People with Disabilities matter. Too often, People with Disabilities are left behind. We’re not even thought of. We’re very often the first people hurt by fascist governments, and no one knows it.