Good morning!
*Please forgive the grammatical errors.
And the lesson here regarding escaped Hep C monkeys is, DON'T TEST ON ANIMALS. That's the lesson. Don't test on animals.
I think whoever rented my room before me fed this squirrel:
This adorable little fluff comes by regularly.
It's a very Minnesota thing to do when you live among rabbits & squirrels to feed them. HOWEVER I try not to so they can forage for themselves BUT with more and more building development on God's land, foraging can be a challenge for these poor little creatures. This particular squirrel comes by at least twice a day. And since there is no screen on the window, whenever I want it open there's a chance I'll see the squirrel. Therefor, the little guy or gal can help me eat my blueberries and carrots. I never finish them in time anyway.
I have sunflower seeds and pistachio nuts too but they're lighted salted and flavored. Not good for wildlife.
Have you seen Russell Hartley online? The things he says reminds me of my grandma. 😁
Russell Hartley, who I believe is married, mentioned in one of his short reels that he's connected to TikTok somehow and (in part) that's how he makes his money. Joking aside, there's truth in what he says. Hartley does joke around quite a bit BUT he also says the same things my grandmother used to tell my brothers and me.
Our dad taught my brothers young that women are expensive and if you want a woman you need a car, a house, and a stable good paying job. Its not complicated, boys. Your job is to provide. It's funny to me when men who are 40+ forget they were raised that way too. Oh how they conveniently forget that society in the 70's and 80's pushed men to be leaders, providers, American success stories, unlike today it seems where young men don't have the same motivation to be successful. Young men today are in big trouble. Ever since getting my Ring cam, story after story in the Ring cam community is a young (usually) black male stealing Amazon packages and looking into parked cars. Even in my neighborhood, I pass by the same young black males on the street who are just lurking, following people around, waiting for an opportunity to steal something, to mug someone muggable. That's why I do whatever I can to help the twin cities Catholic mission with meals and care packages, because those fellas want to get off the streets. Those fellas are helping themselves get clean, learn a trade, find a job, etc. And if that means they have to share a quad (dorm) with nine other bunk bed roomies just to have a roof over their heads, three meals a day, a shower, clean clothes, and learning annexes, plus read the Bible every day too, welp, beats living on the street, right?
The Lutheran church tends to help women and children more with housing, childcare, raising children, etc., so, whatever I can do to help the Catholic church get these men back on their feet, I'm in. Let's go. America needs our men strong and able, not weak and hopeless.
AND...
I mentor all young women, if a man you like insists you work outside the home, earn a paycheck outside the home, and do all the cleaning, cooking, and raising children, what on earth do you need him for? 2025 science, honey. You don't even need direct contact with a man to get pregnant. I don't encourage single women to get pregnant. I'm against it actually. But if you have the money to stay home and raise a child, good for you. Adoption is also an option.
I said it on my last blog for ten years, I'll say it here too, I am a big believer of gender roles even if the couple consists of two women or two men. Gender roles, meaning a feminine role, and a masculine role. Feminine role runs the home, masculine role runs the country/world (meaning anything outside the home).
If I have to tell a man to take out the trash or mow the lawn, ugh repeatedly, what's the point of having him around, to give me aggravation? No thanks. I'll mow the lawn or pay the neighbor boy to, and take out the trash my dang self, and he can go stew somewhere else most likely never considering what he did wrong. And that's just mowing the lawn and taking out the trash!
AND ANOTHER THING
Don't take a gal out and then complain about how much money you spent on her. Thank goodness I have my own money because if some guy took me out on a date and then complained about how much he spent, or even worse expected something at the end of the night, he might risk being one appendage short.
You've seen theTikToks of gals recording their boyfriends/husbands on the kitchen floor literally crying like babies after being caught cheating and then told to pack up and hit the road. This is what happens when we lose our male mentors for the boys.
Unpopular opinion: Once your son is in fourth grade he don't need his mama anymore. He needs his daddy or any educated/successful male mentor. Is there still a Big brother/Little brother program out there? Because fellas, if you have two hours every Saturday and you're available for an occasional phone call just to keep a boy doing well in high school guiding him to the next step of success afterwards, what an impact on all of society you will have made with just a little bit of your time.
America is so ready for the next Martin Luther King JR, President John F. Kennedy, and even President Ronald Reagan. We are ready. We need those mindful articulate true American leaders. Or at the very least better speech writers. Those guys had the speeches that moved America. 2025 I have no idea what the president or government are saying and doing anymore. Who knows.
I want to see more women care about social issues. I'm angry the First Lady does absolutely nothing with her office. What has she done with her office? Correct me if I'm wrong. What has she done for the betterment of women, children, the poor, the hungry, the unhoused, or anything to move this country towards social progress.
I want to see more women be involved in volunteer work. I want to see more men care about their homes and country by being part of the solution. Marches and flyers, websites and podcasts, will not make American leaders of industry. Entertaining, yes. Leaders of industry, no. Hard work, education in a trade (an actual TRADE) and ingenuity keeps America independent and strong. Granted, I'll be dead in 20 or 30 years but I don't want to see America and Americans flailing any more than we are now.
There's a scene in the movie VICE, ladies, put your foot down! Tell him to make something of himself or he can go pay for hookers, get an incurable disease, and be a big fat "ZE-RO!" for the rest of his life. Because no trad-wife will have anything less in a trad-husband than a lifetime earning financial success with shared family/social values. Simple. Tell him to straighten his back up!
America needs to do better. Our men need to do better. Sure, we could entertain the notion that women could rule the country but what about the male population? What then would we do with the men folk? Y'all worried about Reagan nuking the world, well the orange turnip currently in OUR white house cares more about a ballroom than he does making certain we maintain dominance over dictators like Kim Jong Un, furthermore care for the American people. I worry, seriously worry, Trump will hand over America to Russia, China, or North Korea. That's a real concern. Trump is the kind of man who would start WWIII just to stay president. FYI, for a war like that, as in every world war, there's a draft. For you younger generations, historically that means all men between 18 to 65 years of age will have to register with the government for the draft lotto. If/once the majority of 18 to 45 year old men are killed or MIA in war or whatever, the government will draft-lotto the remaining 45 to 65 year old men. Remind me again, who runs the Department of Defense War? And ladies...
Guess who takes up the slack on American soil while the fellas are fighting Trump's war, that's right, YOU. And if you think you don't make enough money now at your job, welp, let me say it this way, you know how when you were a kid your parents told you to babysit your little sister for free because she's your little sister and you love her, right? Yeah, it'll be like that if there's a war. You love America, right? Of course you do, and that's why the government will insist women working for free during wartime. Just saying. EXAMPLE: American politicians are happy to keep paying themselves while shutting down the government meanwhile forcing the country into free labor and starvation. That's what's going on right now. Monsters.
Every week things in this country just gets worse and worse and worse. Food costs, out of control. Medical costs, out of control. Unemployment rate, out of control. Jobs being gouged for the sake of saving a buck, out of control. Price of housing, out of control. Government pay themselves while the American people starve. Every week this country spirals more and more out of control. Every week. That's not an immigration problem. That's an incompetent uneducated orange jackass who don't give AF about anyone but himself - problem. And really, does that man not know by now he's orange? That's not a normal skin color. Never in my lifetime did I think I would have to actually say FEED THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. FEED YOUR PEOPLE.
We American Gen X elders survived Bush I & II. War on American soil was always a possibility with those two BUT not only is war a possibility now with Trump, I'm not the least bit confident America would be on the winning side. What happened to America's dominance? Tourism is WAY down since Trump took office not only because tourists don't want to be harassed by ICE agents but who wants to go to a country where the leader most likely wants to go to war just stay a third term in office? "Putin, good. Putin, bad. China, good, China, bad. Tariff. No tariff. Tarriff. No tarriff." Not only that, but the way Trump politically bends over for China, Russia, and North Korea on his coherent "good days" is utterly disturbing, while creating static with Canada and Venezuela. If Trump wants to tell anyone to F off, tell Putin, not Canada and Venezuela. What's wrong with this guy? If you told me Trump was selling America to the highest bidder, I would not be surprised. Maybe one of his dictator buddies want a new ballroom? Selling America sounds like it could be a chapter straight out of his book Art of the Deal. Amiright? Maybe he's building a ballroom for Putin? Who knows. After his embarrassing "Come on, grandpa, over here" behavior with Japan's new Prime Minister, anything is possible.
Boys and girls, young people are for DOING. Old people (like me) are for advising and mentoring. No more over 70 year old geezers running for the White house. Let's make a rule, if you cannot run up the White House steps, you should not serve a term IN the white house. How about that. Cap the age limit to run for president to 65. If you're collecting social security you're too old to be president. Not sorry. If at 57 years of age I'm too old to be a waitress, at 70 you're too old to run an entire country and her people.
Agreed, Mr. Chieng. HOWEVER...
Common sense plays a large role here too, as well as motivation and desire to succeed. If someone lacks motivation and common sense, they're not going to read or study.
Most dogs and men are motivated the same way. "Whose a good boy? Are you a good boy? Yes, you are! Yes, you are! What a good boy! Such a good boy! Now who wants a treat?" And dogs are motivated the same way.
AND LOOK...
We all knew Usha Vance was going to take a severe political beating but did she know? There was no way the MAGA party was going to accept Usha. No way. If an affair between these two is true, it would not surprise me one bit. Marriage is marriage, but possibly being the next president of the United States 🇺🇸 or the next First Lady, is too intoxicating for these two to give Usha Vance a second thought.
Let the slut shaming roll. Unlike the Catholic church I am pro slut shaming.
Oh dear.
Anyway...
Last night was Halloween. This wins best costume! So cute! Thank you for posting.
Do people actually take their kids out trick or treating still? How safe is that candy I wonder. I imagine Halloween parties for kids are held at their schools. Remember when we were kids some people handed out boxes of raisins. I actually liked the raisins. Not a big candy eater.
Because I spend time at the mission and I take the metro, twice last week I started to feel funky. I had a flu shot in LA before coming out to MN but this isn't that. I'm going to move closer to the mission once my current room rental Eexpires in January. I want to spend more time being useful there. Herd immunity. I'll get used to the environment.
For the first time ever I had to buy a Ring cam for my room rental. People just can't help themselves. They have to be nosy. I'm done with airbnb also. When I travel I'm going to stay in hotels. Its cheaper and no one gets in your business. I'm so tired of people going through my stuff. Like what are you looking for? My old lady cotten underwear? Plus, I started getting heart burn after I ate for like a week. Weird. Like someone was messing with my food. Now that I got the Ring cam my food is fine. No more heartburn. Hmm. This is the world we live in. Cameras. Can't trust anyone anymore. Oh well. Cheaper to eat out anyway. I found a great Greek restaurant, and pizza shop with tasty calzones, nearby. Finding food remotely close to the food I grew up with is super difficult in this neighborhood. My how times have changed. Where are the German and Swedish restaurants? Where are the steak and potatoes? This is still Minnesota, eh? How many Thai restaurants does one street need? Amiright? That's my only gripe. You do you, but Minnesota still needs it's hearty meat and potatoes take out. Believe it or not, there still exist Minnesotans in Minnesota.
As I was saying, I advise everyone who stays in airbnb these days to get a Ring cam for your protection. If the home owner objects they're 💯 shady. Just go back to staying in hotels. Besides, you could stay at the Hilton or Four Seasons for the same amount of money pretty much. Off topic, I'm suddenly craving a Margherita pizza.
Now that I've been wearing my cross again my Hashimoto's flair up has "coincidentally" gone away. I don't believe in coincidences. I do believe in faith, prayer, and mind over matter. Thank you, God, for taking care of me.
I'll let Pope Leo XIV take us out.
OK bye!
