Well, yesterday, my worn and tattered, 4-year-old Trump flag got all tangled up in my autumnal front door decorations, and so rather than have it completely disintegrate by Inauguration Day, I officially took it down last evening when I got home from my shift.
Here is what it looked like when it was brand new and not so tattered:
And now it is at least clean, and folded, and stored away for posterity. I loved that flag. I wonder if my neighbors will be astounded to discover that it is now gone?!
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Okay!!
On a similar note — I love these guys!!! I am so grateful for them. I guess when heroes are in the process of flying around on their private jet and saving the free world, they dine on fare from McDonalds:
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Okay. Phil is supposed to do a livestream TONIGHT at 8PM Eastern. I guess we shall see!!! Check here later to confirm.
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And tonight is the final show of Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds’ Wild God Tour. It is sold out — in Paris. I cannot even imagine how spectacular the show is going to be, gang.
Here is George Vjestica (Bad Seeds guitar player) in Paris just now:
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And here is Keith from a few years ago, but I love this photo! I found it yesterday on Instagram.
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And speaking of Keith….
Since everything else is changing, I’m not sure how much longer I’m going to do the Daily Feature, but for now, here it is!
Our random selection today came from Chapter Three: The Philosophy of Keith!! And the topic is BOREDOM.
Keith says:
“Boredom? To me that’s an illness.”
And I don’t know about you, gang, but I can seriously relate. I have never been the type of person who easily gets bored. It just doesn’t happen. My mind is always going and going and going.
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Okay!
Another new thing in my life!!
In two weeks, I begin firearms training!
The one and only time in my life when I tried to learn how to shoot a gun (a rifle), I was 17 years old and absolutely terrible at it. But we’ll see how it goes this time. And this time it will be primarily a pistol.
I’m taking the classes HERE: Buckeye Shooting Center:
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And on that note —
Today is the first day that Valerie and I are doing our new creativity/accountability schedule plan — whatever the heck you’d call it!
But we’re both excited to get started. (See yesterday’s post.) And that means I gotta scoot, because I also have to work another (shorter) double today.
So enjoy your Sunday, wherever you are in the world!
Thanks for visiting.
I love you guys. See ya!
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I leave you with this! Continuing that “Americans with Guns” theme!
From Johnny Horton — his huge hit from 1959, “The Battle of New Orleans”. Enjoy, gang!!
Mostly, I mean that I start back to work today, after having had 5 days off.
But also — there is just less and less and LESS news to post here, gang. I mean, besides all the news that you can easily get everywhere else now. Which is a great thing.
I still check all the channels and videos, but there is nothing that requires re-posting here. If I find something, I will, of course, post it.
Phil should be live tonight at 8PM Eastern time. Check here later to confirm. His livestreams are going to remain informative until at least the inauguration.
So it seems that I’m sort of getting my life back. I’m going to keep my Trump flag flying until Inauguration Day. It is a bit tattered, since it’s been out there for 4 solid years, in all sorts of insane weather– including tornadoes. But I guess, once I take it down and fold it up and put it away in late January… I will officially have my life back.
Meanwhile, Valerie in Brooklyn and I are embarking on a plan to get our creativity onto a daily schedule again. She’s a painter and I am, of course, a writer. So each day/night, we’re going to text each other a quick summary of what we each worked on and for how long we worked on it that day.
A type of “accountability” schedule. To get ourselves back into the old, pre-war headspace of painting and writing every day. Yay.
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds played Birmingham last night. and tomorrow they play a SOLD OUT show in Paris and then the Wild God European/UK Tour is over.
It seems like it was an unbelievably successful, beautiful, emotional tour, gang.
Here’s a photo from Birmingham last night:
And beginning in April 2025:
Meanwhile,,,,
Here’s the Daily Feature.
What Would Keith Richards Do?
This is our random selection — yet again, from Chapter Five: Daily Affirmations, and the topic is SURVIVAL & BOUNCING BACK. I found today’s selection oddly timely and personal [see my post from yesterday]!
Speaking to a NYC audience at a 9/11 tribute concert, 23 years ago, Keith said:
“You know, I gotta feeling this town’s gonna make it.”
As usual, he was right.
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And that is it for now, gang.
Enjoy your Saturday, wherever you are in the world.
Thanks for visiting!
I love you guys. See ya!
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This morning’s breakfast- listening music!!
Nat King Cole’s, “Straighten Up & Fly Right”. 1943. Enjoy, gang.
On November 15th 1980, I moved to New York City. Just a wee bonny, intensely fucked-up, sexually abused, suicidal, heavy drinker/drug-taking, but totally headstrong and fearless-despite-all-fears 20-year-old songwriting lass from Ohio… determined to make Manhattan my home!
And it became my home for nearly 30 years.
Post 9/11, though, NYC changed a lot. It really became a horrible place. And prior to Tuesday, the last time I had been to NYC was in September 2019, just before the plandemic & lockdowns. I was no longer a fan of NYC at that point. I went there mostly for business stuff and to visit friends. But I didn’t enjoy the vibe of Manhattan any more.
The photo above is of the apartment building I lived in during my first marriage — to Chong Foun Kee. The Camelot building on the corner of W.45th & 8th Avenue. We were married at City Hall on April 9th 1981. I took the above photo on Wednesday, when Wayne & I were out walking around. My hotel was 3 blocks from the old apartment building! (And it is still in great shape.) (Whereas, the hustler bar that used to be directly across the street from our window has now been torn down.)
Well, anyway. I am back home now in the Hinterlands, gang, but I am here to tell you that I FELL IN LOVE with NYC all over again!!!! And I cannot wait to go back. And, in essence, make it my second home.
Wow.
The vibe there has officially changed. Again.
And while Spirit Airlines is the “no-frilliest” no frills airline I have ever encountered, it makes flying to and from LaGuardia an absolute breeze. Honestly, gang.
You have to pay extra for EVERYTHING on Spirit airlines, but who fucking cares? Not only did they get me there and back without any hassle at all, they actually arrived a half hour early at both ends of the trip. And at LaGuardia, they have an entire terminal to themselves. It took me, literally, less than 2 minutes to get through Security (with TSA pre-check). And, since it is not part of the main “LaGuardia madness,” it is a breeze to get picked up & dropped off by your car service.
If you have access to Spirit airlines where you live, I can recommend them, as long as you don’t care that there are no frills whatsoever. And, YES, it cost me only $80 each way. (!!!!)
And my no-frills hotel room cost me $155 a night.
Even someone such as MYSELF can readily afford this!!
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Okay. So I’m home. [Oh, and PS: I did see Sandra and the new play, but I still can’t post about stuff yet!!]
I did keep on top of all the politics stuff while I was in my no-frills hotel room. And it’s all pretty much the same news now: GREAT, as long as you are not a Deep Stater, or a hardcore Leftist, Neo Marxist, Trump hater.
Oh, and Wayne and I saw a really long line — meaning about 3 blocks long– of what looked like migrants getting on to private buses. With a bunch of official-looking men in bright orange vests, keeping everyone — men, women, children with a ton of luggage — in an organized queue.
Wayne & I just stared at it, you know? It’s really happening, gang. They’re all heading back home. (Although, I’m of the opinion that most of the “migrants” were from South American Central Casting and were harmless and easily traceable with their White-Hat-sanctioned cellphones…)
Anyway. Trump and the White Hats really are already Making New York City Great Again!! And I can’t wait to go back.
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So the news is brief today.
Before I forget, Phil is supposed to do a livestream this evening. I think it will be at 7PM, but check here later to confirm. He says it is good news!
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Andy the Gabby Cabby (UK) – Look What Starmer Just Did‼️ (3 mins):
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Sanity4Sweden – Toronto Rainbow Road. Argentina didn’t go to the UN Party (4 mins):
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James Tabor – Would Finding the Bones of Jesus Prove that He Was Not Resurrected from the Dead? (25 mins):
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This will help you understand what’s behind Trump’s various picks and why the other side is so upset.
“Deep Stater Jack Smith Convicted of Treason and Executed at GITMO
Deep Stater and Trump hater Jack Smith was executed at Guantanamo Bay on Friday after being convicted of treason at a military tribunal on November 4. […]
[…] Admiral Crandall presented evidence showing that Smith had received from the DOJ a $4.2 million stipend and $86,000/day per diem during the time he investigated President Trump. He also produced documents, obtained from Smith’s digital devices, proving Smith had a personal vendetta against Trump. […]
[…] Admiral Crandall told Smith the Deep State’s warfare and lawfare against Trump was at an end and that all like him would eventually face tribunals. He even said to Smith that the Deep State was retiring his body double and abandoning its indictment of Trump.
“You’ve lost, detainee Smith,” the admiral said. “You were destined to lose.” […]”
On November 10, White Hats caught up with and arrested a man they had sought since the day the illegal Biden regime appointed him secretary of the Department of Homeland Security. The White Hat council referred to him as the “Queen of Spades,” the third most wanted felon in the White Hat’s deck of Deep State despots […]
White Hats last week rejoiced upon hearing that Alejandro Mayorkas was in custody awaiting a flight to Guantanamo Bay.
The arrest, a source in General Eric M. Smith’s office told Real Raw News, occurred in Chantilly, Virginia, a mile south of Dulles International Airport, where Mayorkas deboarded a commercial flight from Dubai. U.S. Marines possessing Mayorkas’ itinerary intercepted his chauffeured limousine on U.S. Route 50 as Mayorkas, the driver, and a bodyguard traveled from the airport to Alexandria. […]”
I love this!! Patti Hansen (Keith’s wife) took this photo of Keith on their recent trip aboard the Orient Express!!! (And just FYI — it has always been a dream of mine to travel on the Orient Express, gang. And preferably not the no-frills version!)
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Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds played 2 explosive shows in Dublin while I was gone. Tonight they play Birmingham (buy tickets here),
Sunday night, November 17th, the Wild God Tour of Europe & the UK ends in Paris!! But the show is sold out.
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And our Daily Feature!!
What Would Keith Richards Do?
Our random selection comes once again from Chapter Five: Daily Affirmations, and the topic is EMPIRE. And it is typical explosive Keith!!
In regards to why the British Government didn’t offer him a knighthood, Keith replied:
“They know what I would’ve said…they knew I’d tell them where they could put it.”
I’m guessing that you will remember these resounding words if ever you don’t get a British knighthood, so take heart, gang. You’re in good company!
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And that is it for today!!
I have back-to-back doubles again this weekend, but they don’t start super early, so I will probably still be able to post to the blog in the morning.
Enjoy your Friday, wherever you are in the world!
Thanks for visiting.
I love you guys. See ya!!
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I leave you with this, gang!!
For some reason, this song is how I feel about NYC now — as if it were a person, a living thing. In a way, it is!! I played it on my phone yesterday morning, alone in my hotel room, packed and getting ready to go back to the airport, and it actually left a tear streaming out of my eye…
So here’s to the wee bonny gal I was, 44 years ago today!!!
From 1967, the folk classic by Peter, Paul & Mary, “Leaving On A Jet Plane” (written by John Denver). Enjoy, gang.
I can’t believe the trip is over already. But what a great time I had. My only complaint— I brought the wrong coat; I was fucking freezing the entire time!!!
Anyway. I’m packed, drinking coffee, eating granola bites, and just waiting for it to be time for the Uber to arrive.
Valerie and I had a great time yesterday. We had a 3-hr lunch together. Pizza!! Yay. But then she had to head back to Brooklyn because the traffic in this town is a nightmare. It took her 2 hours to drive back to Brooklyn from Times Square.
We hadn’t seen each other in 5 years(!!!), so 3 hours did not feel like enough. But I promised her that now that Trump is back, I would be coming back to NYC more often.
Also, I realized yesterday, while waiting on the corner of W48th and 8th Avenue for the light to change— I am only 3 blocks away from where Chong and I lived when we were married!!! I was sort of dumbfounded by this. Everything looked familiar and yet so much had also changed.
Okay!! Today I have lunch with Wayne, then Johnny Depp’s art exhibit in Chelsea, then dinner, and then we will finally get to see Sandra in the new play!!!!
Have a great Wednesday, gang, wherever you are in the world!!! Thanks for visiting. I love you guys!!!!💖🗽💖 See ya!
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I leave you with the view from my hotel room!😂🤣😂 No matter which city or which hotel, I always get the best views!!
The flight arrived at LaGuardia Airport half an hour early! But that’s only because we had a really strong wind behind us and intense turbulence almost the entire way!🤣
The hotel let me check in early for a fee, but they gave me a free room upgrade! The room is totally suitable but the hotel is OLD and the lobby feels like a migrant hotel!!
Oh well. I’m here and I’m excited.
Waiting on Valerie from Brooklyn to meet me here for lunch.
It is Veterans Day here in the States. And as it turns out, I have TONS of veterans in my family, going back to the Revolutionary War. (Even including, in my adoptive family, a great-great uncle who served in the Russian Imperial Guard before emigrating to the US in 1904.)
Today is also: a.) my day off; and b.) the day before I leave for NYC, so I am really, really busy today.
I’ve already run all my errands and done half the laundry. Next, I have to clean this insane house, and then pack my suitcase (not much to pack, since I will barely be gone 2 and 1/2 days). Then yoga, wash hair, eat dinner and collapse in front of a re-run of “Mrs. Brown’s Boys” before calling it a night and then getting up at 4:30am tomorrow morning.
There is seriously not much news. Everything, on all sides, is turning into a bunch of speculation about what is coming next. And the “news” that is more mainstream, and the constant Q updates, deltas, etc., could not be more dissimilar. It makes your head spin, how far apart everything is.
But we are getting there, gang. Every day, a little bit from the Q side of things, starts matching up with what is finally becoming public. Yay.
I will probably post to the blog from NYC, but I doubt it will have anything to do with politics!
Enjoy your Monday, wherever you are in the world.
Thanks for visiting.
I love you guys. See ya!
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I leave you with this beautiful thing!!! More from Andrea Bocelli.
It is not from the 30th Celebration film that we saw the other night, but it is from this past summer and in the film, Andrea Bocelli and his daughter, Virginia, sing this same duet and it was just stunning. The Leonard Cohen classic, “Hallelujah”. Enjoy.
I’m doing another double today, but both shifts are with the same patient so I don’t have to do a lot of driving around today.
It’s a rainy autumn day here, so it’s a nice day to not do a lot of driving around.
The only thing I really wanted to post today was the replay of Phil’s live last night, in case you missed it! He had some interesting intel, all of it good — unless, of course, you’re part of the Deep State and heading to gitmo…. then, maybe, not so good.
As expected, Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds played 2 shows in London that appeared to be just jaw-dropping!
There were tons of photos and videos, but I have been just really exhaustingly busy so here is just one of the photos, from the first night:
And then this also happened:
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Kara and I saw this on Friday night and it was just glorious. Stunningly beautiful, gang. What a great film.
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And that is it for now.
I’ll be back tomorrow morning. I have the day off, but I will be cleaning house, running a few quick errands and then packing my suitcase for NYC!!!! I leave for the airport early Tuesday morning. I already have a bazillion butterflies crammed into my wee bonny tummy!!!
Have a great Sunday, wherever you are in the world.
Thanks for visiting.
I love you guys! See ya!
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This is a much older performance, but he sang this in the 30th Anniversary celebration film and our hearts were just soaring, gang. Absolutely breathless. Enjoy.
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