if you’re anything like me, you’re often called upon to celebrate with others their milestones that are meaningful to them yet somehow not to you, this is likely one of those moments. after 16 years on snicholsblog@blogspot.com and about 4 years … [Read more...] about we are live on snicholsblog.com!
which feelings am I allowed to have in the pandemic?
if you’re anything like me, you’re alternately angry, sad or afraid during the shutdown. so is everyone, so so what? in a weekly spiritual support group that i’ve attended for years we tell each other what is going on in our lives. some days things … [Read more...] about which feelings am I allowed to have in the pandemic?
(:)(:)(:)(:) up for gentefied in spanglish on netflix
four snouts up for season 1 of gentefied streaming in spanglish on netflix now. this show centers on a mexican-american family headed by a grandfather, played by stunningly by joaquÃn cosÃo, who owns a taco shop and his 3 adult grandchildren in boyle … [Read more...] about (:)(:)(:)(:) up for gentefied in spanglish on netflix
(:)(:)(:)(:)(: up for bong joon-ho’s okja movie on netflix
four ½ snouts up for bong joon-ho’s okja, co-produced with netflix in 2017 and streamed by me last night. this may be the first time i’ve gotten to use my snout-based rating system to rate a movie that is actually about pigs and where there are … [Read more...] about (:)(:)(:)(:)(: up for bong joon-ho’s okja movie on netflix
biden’s people need to negotiate a coalition government with sanders
many people in social media are aggressively and impatiently calling for bernie sanders to resign and endorse joe biden so we can get on with the general election and the business of beating donald trump. this seems reasonable if you see this … [Read more...] about biden’s people need to negotiate a coalition government with sanders
shutdown stage five:Â acceptance (allowance)
i live in sacramento where we have been in a locally ordered countywide shut down since midnight on wednesday march 18th. on march 19th, 20th, 22nd and 23rd i covered the first four stages of shutdown: denial, anger, bargaining & depression (see … [Read more...] about shutdown stage five: acceptance (allowance)
shutdown stage four:Â depression
i live in sacramento where we have been in a locally ordered countywide shut down since midnight on wednesday march 18th. on march 19th, 20th and 22nd i covered the first three stages of shutdown: denial, anger & bargaining (see those posts). … [Read more...] about shutdown stage four: depression
shutdown stage three:Â bargaining
i live in sacramento where we have been in a locally ordered countywide shut down since midnight on wednesday march 18th. on march 19th and 20th (see those posts) i covered the first two stages of shutdown: denial and anger. none of this is linear, … [Read more...] about shutdown stage three: bargaining
shutdown stage two:Â anger
as we saw in my post on march 19th, i find myself going in and out of various stages with this shut-down. stage two is anger.  anger at making such a big deal. at first i was angry that people were making such a big deal out of something that … [Read more...] about shutdown stage two: anger
Shutdown stage one: denial
as i mentioned in my post of march 13, 2020 below, i have noticed myself evolving over the course of the pandemic. then recently i noticed that others were too and that different people are on different stages. what is unique to this situation is … [Read more...] about Shutdown stage one: denial
let’s eradicate covid-19 in consciousness & reality by 2 weeks of shut-down: my journey from skeptic to advocate of close everything
i have been one of the biggest naysayers around on the pandemic of fear in this covid-19 thing. i have collected the opinions of health experts who point out that people die from various flus for which we do and don’t have vaccines, that we need to … [Read more...] about let’s eradicate covid-19 in consciousness & reality by 2 weeks of shut-down: my journey from skeptic to advocate of close everything