Yep, the pollen is in the air. The particulate matter that now annoys my nose is everywhere. I use to not have allergies but in my dotage my body has decided that it doesn\u2019t like pollen any more. I have never done well with mold. <\/p>\n
At least the Mets are at 500 right now. They still don\u2019t know how to work their own specially designed for them ballpark but everyone else does.<\/p>\n
NBA is in playoff mode. There have been some interesting calls by the refs.<\/p>\n
I am participating in some thing on Live Journal called the Real Live Journal Idol, which is having its ninth and final version right now. I do it because I enjoy writing essays based on prompts from the owner of the contest. This year I have been trying to come up with some real twists on the prompt given and it has not be easy but it has been educational.<\/p>\n
This past week the prompt was \u201cstep on a crack\u201d. My mind went immediately to DEVO but I am a child of the 60s, 70s and 80s. But that was the low hanging fruit so I mulled it a little more and came up with an essay that I think does the job nicely.<\/p>\n
In writing that essay I talked about how a young woman spoke to me about how she admired how I could hold my own in a group of men. I had to tell her honestly I don\u2019t see gender. I mean I see gender but it doesn\u2019t really influence how I speak to someone. For me people are people and I don\u2019t see how speaking differently to one makes any sense what so ever. Then I thought about how more of my close friends are male rather than female. So I apparently don\u2019t speak \u201cfemale\u201d well but I wouldn\u2019t know how to if I tried.<\/p>\n
I don\u2019t care about gender, race, religion, sextual orientation, or political beliefs when I talk to someone. I care about the person I am talking to. I have some friends that we both know we are on opposite ends of the political spectrum but we are still friends. I was once informed by a gay buddy that I was not a fág hag because I wasn\u2019t trying to straighten anyone out. I treated gays like people not some precious unicorn to be collected and shown off. People are not just one thing. People are a myriad of thoughts, emotions, experiences, and beliefs. <\/p>\n
Doesn\u2019t mean I get along with everybody. There are some people I rather not interact with. And there are people who prefer not to interact with me. Their loss since I am a pretty interesting person to know. <\/p>\n
I am grateful for those people who enrich my life by being in it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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