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Top Comments: Dreams and kneecaps edition
Two things I’ve had since the day I was born: bad knees and dreams/nightmares that are far too real.My nightmares have gotten less severe since I’ve gotten older. Used to be I’d have at least two...
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Top Comments: Found it! edition
Back in 1997, my grandma and I took a trip to Vegas for our birthdays- my 18th and her 61st. The dates were a mere three days apart and it was always a bond we had. The April girls, the diamond girls....
View ArticleWaiting to exhale
I’ve written about my BFF before here, but definitely not at the length that she deserves.We’ve been friends since grade school and are more like sisters than friends. But even “sisters” isn’t a good...
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Top Comments: Tom Petty memories edition
In the early aughts, a friend of mine worked for the local alternative paper and got press passes to a Tom Petty concert. He had been one of those shows that I thought, eh, I’d really like to see him...
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Top Comments: Under pressure edition
D’oh! It’s been one of those days!More on this in a second, but first a word from our excellently scheduled sponsors:Here at Top Comments we welcome longtime as well as brand new Daily Kos readers to...
View ArticleTop Comments: This Community edition
Next month it will be ten years since I joined this site. It hasn't always been easy-going: there have been ups and downs, long hiatuses, serious fights, and long-held grudges, among other things. But...
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Top Comments: Dog Damn it Edition
Do you ever find yourself saying the same thing frequently throughout the day? A word or phrase that you can’t seem to quit using?Happy Annie Goddamnit — she’s not as old as she looks, and had very few...
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Top Comments: Waiting for Uma edition
I don’t have a lot to say about this, except for what the title says.Uma Thurman was recently asked if she had anything to say about the recent revelations that Hollywood is pretty much a cesspool of...
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Uma Thurman breaks her silence
“I used the word ‘anger’ but I was more worried about crying, to tell you the truth. I was not a groundbreaker on a story I knew to be true. So what you really saw was a person buying time.”-Uma...
View ArticleTop Comments: Foot in Mouth edition
For most of my life, I’ve had a problem with sticking my foot in my mouth. I’ve gotten better about this over the years, as I seem to get more and more introverted every year, but it still happens too...
View ArticleNY AG Schneiderman accused of domestic violence/ update: he's resigned
This will be fairly short since I am posting from my phone, but The New Yorker is reporting on several women coming forward against Eric Schneiderman, all claiming physical abuse. Now Schneiderman is...
View ArticleTop Comments: Broke it! Edition.
So, due to an injury, using a laptop has been unwieldy/uncomfortable for the last month. Because of this, I haven't been able to write as much as I'd like to and am limited to mobile internet use. It's...
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Top Comments: Ooops! Edition
Good evening and welcome to Top Comments!I had a funny story to tell for tonight but…. Ooops! The time got away from me.My best friend and her daughters visited over the weekend, and shortly after they...
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Top Comments: The hornet's nest Edition
I wish this was a metaphorical title, but no….Tonight I will be under siege by angry hornets, and I am resolved to kill every last one of them.More on this in a minute, but first a word from our...
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Top Comments: um.... new neighbor edition?
I feel like my tenure at this fine group that we call Top Comments could be described in one word: procrastination.More on this in a moment, but a first a word from our always timely sponsors:Here at...
View ArticleI could have been a trump supporter
I was fortunate enough to change before my first election, but I could have easily become a trump supporter. I was raised in a conservative household in a conservative town, so it made sense that when...
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Top Comments: In the year of the woman, meet Paulette Jordan Edition
Paulette Jordan wasn’t supposed to win the Democratic primary for governor of Idaho. I have nothing negative to say about her opponent, AJ Balukoff- he has a reputation for being a genuinely nice guy...
View ArticleA (hopefully non-offensive) question for the Jewish members here
First, I want to openly acknowledge that while I know the basics, I am woefully ignorant about the finer points of antisemitism. In fact, I had never even heard the epithet “s/he Jewed me” until I was...
View ArticleApropos of nothing, have you ever done an elimination diet?
I’m working on another heavier and meatier diet diary at the moment, but I’m having a hard time focusing because of my current diet.For those of you not familiar with the elimination diet, it’s not...
View ArticleDamn, I still miss my grandma
Twenty years ago, if you’d have told me that it’s possible to miss someone decades after they left, I probably would have been a narcissistic fuck and told you that you only missed a person because...
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538/Morning Consult Poll on first Democratic debates; the good news and the...
This is amazing if more polls show the same:Remember, this is only one poll — we’ll need to see other surveys to be sure we know how the debates affected voters — but Harris’s second-night performance...
View ArticleThe "straight pride" parade isn't a laughing matter, and we must quit...
As most of you are probably aware, a group of anti-gay bigots recently held a so-called "straight pride" rally in Boston. This stunt could not be more transparent: it wasn’t about “pride,” it was about...
View ArticleThe hardest part is that I never even knew her
This morning as I sat down to breakfast I got a text from my cousin: our grandma is on her deathbed and doesn’t have much time. Suddenly my veggie benedict felt obscene; I still haven’t finished...
View ArticleSigh. Tulsi Gabbard is "threatening" to boycott the October debate
Scare quotes around threat not because it’s a direct quote, but because I think very few people are actually worried that she won’t be on stage.“I am giving serious consideration to boycotting the next...
View Article..... It's also ok (and quintessentially American!) to be mediocre.
This will be short. Like many of you, I'm eagerly awaiting the SCOTUS decision about DACA (deferred action for childhood arrivals). I haven't delved into the legal oral arguments yet, but I have been...
View ArticleLOCAL ELECTIONS MATTER! Sanders dropping out doesn't mitigate the problem of...
Look, I am not a fan of Senator Sanders and I do think he should concede sooner rather than later. I’m really not interested in debating the pros and cons of that; as far as I’m concerned the...
View ArticleNotes on a pandemic: life in a small town epicenter of Covid-19
One thing that hasn’t changed since the first coronavirus cases were confirmed in Idaho is that Blaine County has consistently been home to about half of all cases. I predicted this a couple months...
View ArticleBreaking: earthquake in Idaho, details pending, a few updates
We just had an earthquake, and last I checked the news still hadn't reported on it.Trying to get details now, but through secondhand info the epicenter was north of me at 6.8; but people from North of...
View ArticleI'm on day "everything makes me cry" of the stay at home orders
My title pretty much says it all. The last few days, everything and anything makes me cry and it doesn’t matter what it is. Tears of joy? Had them. Tears of sadness? Check. Tears of disbelief? Strolled...
View ArticleThis one's for my mom
On this day in 1936, my grandmother was born. She was an amazing woman, as I’ve written before, and probably the most singular force in my life for the first two decades of it. She had a really rough...
View ArticleSomething hopeful for a Sunday afternoon
I don’t know if this has been posted here yet, but my wife just showed it to me and I set my deep cynicism aside for a moment and felt hopeful for a minute. It’s called The Great Realisation, and I...
View ArticleFalling Apart
Hi everyone,This doesn't matter. I think I just need to exhale deeply and I guess I'll do it publicly.I haven't been well for quite some time. My depression and anxiety have really sent me into a...
View ArticleAre the USPS protests a good idea?
I apologise in advance for this short post.But on weekend mornings I work at the local C store in my little community. The post office is just a few blocks away, and most of the postal workers stop in...
View ArticleI never thought it would come to this
Never in my life did I think I’d have to go to a food bank- and I have had some serious stretches of poverty. I moved out on my own at 16 and it took some work to make ends meet. By eighteen I had a...
View ArticleElliot Page comes out as trans
I don't have a lot to add to this, but:<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="und" dir="ltr"><a...
View ArticleSo long, 2020! My first Best-of list for the worst year ever
I’m usually not one for year end “Best of” lists- I will often browse the selections of my favorite critics but that’s about the extent of my engagement with them. But this year I, like many others...
View ArticleIf you thought 2020 couldn't get worse OMG WE HAVE TO SAVE OUR BEER!!!!!
I apologise for the all caps but y'all, THIS IS SERIOUS!Whether you love or hate microbreweries and craft beer, this is an injustice that we cannot let stand. I say this only partly in jest.Back when...
View ArticleOde to Joy (or, Notes on Taking Breaks)
We recently lost a long-term, well regarded member of this community. This happens periodically for a number of reasons, but the community is often anguished by the departure.I don't have any answers...
View ArticleI was also gender dysphoric as a child. Here is why it is irrelevant to Trans...
There’s currently a diary on the trending list about a gay man who suffered from gender dysphoria for many years. I am completely empathetic to his story because we share a lot in common as far as our...
View ArticleThe worst and most definitive night of my life is punching me in the face...
[Deep Exhale]I was maybe ten years old the first time I heard my father beat the shit out of my mother.I don’t believe in the supernatural but that house was haunted and when we moved into it we were...
View ArticleWe have a worker shortage in the US and you - yes, YOU- can help.
Depending on one's yardstick, I am either a baby Gen Xer or an elderly millennial. This means that I was born at the beginning of the Reagan Revolution and so my working life has been up and down and...
View ArticleI'm a patriot
When my grandmother died, my aunt and I somehow became responsible for cleaning out her house. This wasn't an easy task due to her tendency to hoard stupid shit and the fact that she kept items she...
View ArticleJust a story that came up today.... (Or- on relationships with food)
While having my morning coffee and browsing the internet this morning, I came across a discussion about how parents can instill in their children a healthy relationship with food. I’m not a parent but...
View ArticleLet's just take a moment to honor John Denver
I wish I could do this story more justice- do a deep dive into what really happened and why- and some day I will. But this morning I’m just going to write about it how I remember it, which will of...
View ArticleConfessions of a TERF
Trans Exclusive Radical Feminist: Self explanatory but, to expand, a radical feminist who excludes trans women from their mission or vision.Kind of a passive definition, isn’t it? For example, my...
View ArticleConfessions of a racist
This is going to be a lot harder to write than my last post (“Confessions of a TERF”), and that last post was really hard to write. BUt…. There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a...
View ArticleThere will be no "Confessions of a Misogynist" (Part One)
It was by accident/happenstance that my last two posts (Confessions of a TERF andConfessions of a Racist) had an obvious theme. Neither were written because they were necessarily timely or relevant to...
View ArticleIt's a great time to be alive.
I am only sharing here what I want to share. Please don't flood me with messages or comments asking questions or offering advice. Thank you in advance. Back in March of this year I almost died. I...
View ArticleMy abortion story
It surprised me when my voice caught in my throat. Just one second earlier my planned response seemed important; now I was silent, watching her cheerfully peel an orange. She was beaming with pride. In...
View ArticleToday
I used to work at the Veterans Home and this was the worst day. Men missing limbs trying to run. Violence increased, meals went untouched.Management increased workers so everyone had only a few people...
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