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Five Snouts Up for the best news show ever: A Call for Global Prayer every Friday 10amPT click here to convert to your timezone -- attend it live on zoom here https://csl.zoom.us/j/556416891. While Stephen Colbert and Trevor Noah use the news as a … [Continue reading] about the best live news show now is spiritual
This may turn out to be more deserving of a tweet than a post, but here goes: Ever since Donald Trump lost the popular and electoral vote but nonetheless turned out millions of voters, the media has been running with "Trumpism" as the new … [Continue reading] about can we stop naming things after him now?
It is an axiom of spiritual work that if I spot it, I got it. And spot it I do.  I am in full scale judgment of Donald Trump not conceding or cooperating with the incoming presidential administration of Joe Biden. So in an effort to free myself … [Continue reading] about What Won’t I Concede or Cooperate with?
I'd heard my family mention Urban Roots positively a few times but never actually stored the information anywhere I could retrieve it (code for: I can't remember stuff like this until I actually go and even then its touch and go). Anyway on … [Continue reading] about Delicious Food & Outdoor Dining at Urban Roots Brewing & Smokehouse–1322 V St., Sacramento
Five snouts up for Borat Subsequent Moviefilm streaming on Prime video now.  Oh. My. God.  Somehow, even though I laughed pretty hard at the first Borat, the 15 year interval damaged my internal hard drive enough that I remembered the irreverence, … [Continue reading] about I loved Borat 2
In July my husband and I purchased a new Tesla Model 3 (the top selling new car in California in 2020 by far).  This is not your Silicon Valley CEO’s $100,000 car, it’s the model that is much closer to real world prices (37K all in for the bottom of … [Continue reading] about Top Things to Know about Owning & Driving a Tesla Model 3
https://youtu.be/OAaZIfeQzT0 (:)(:)(:)(:)(:) a rare 5 snouts up for Aaron Sorkin’s The Trial of the Chicago 7 on Netflix now.  With the exception of The Social Network I pretty much love everything Sorkin has created, starting with A Few … [Continue reading] about 5 Snouts Up for Aaron Sorkin’s The Trial of the Chicago 7
My computer is malfunctioning today so I'll keep this short. I have been, and remain vigilant about who Biden will pick (or use the Republican Senate to justify picking) for his cabinet positions. But so far, so good. The transition team is filled … [Continue reading] about The Transition: Biden So Far, So Good; Trump Makes it Hard
(:)(:)(:)(:) for 40-Year-Old Version directed, written by and starring Radha Blank. This is a fantastic movie: cutting edge, funny, smart, incisive. I could watch 4 seasons of Radha Blank’s Life. Strongly autobiographical but fiction, playwright … [Continue reading] about Four Snouts up for 40-Year-Old Version
So much has already been written about Biden's victory. I just have a few points to emphasize: Stop talking about this like it was a close election. Just because it took several days to be officially declared doesn't mean this was a squeaker: … [Continue reading] about late but decisive; celebrate then agitate
on Sunday November 1st, 1pmPT/4pmET, Rev. Cindy Grimes of the Center for Spiritual Living Ocala, Rev. Abigail Schairer of the Center for Spiritual Living Seattle and I along with other colleagues will be holding a ritual and blessing on the eve of … [Continue reading] about election eve blessing & ritual: release the country & yourself from the prison of your mind & heart
Click a recommendation below to link to the rationale (or just scroll down). California State Measures Prop 14 - More borrowing for stem cell research☒ Prop 15 - Higher commercial property taxes☑ Prop 16 - A return to affirmative … [Continue reading] about bill magavern’s 2020 california (& sacramento) ballot recommendations