Thursday Thoughts - filter this

Worrying when I see people post pictures with snapchat or other filters and people are like omg you're/she's beautiful and they're all thank you like it's an accurate portrayal. Wait - do people think they actually look like that? This is why I'm anti-filter. I don't want you to see me in person and be afraid because I don't look like a smudged out mannequin with eyes that are alive with alien intelligence as I have portrayed online. As a rule, I do not use filters, so unless you see a hashtag from me like #iusedafuckingfilter, it is safe to assume nothing you see from me has a filter on it. Also, everyone: you look great as you are. Women in real life are glorious.

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Watching I can honestly say right now I don't watch anything and haven't for quite some time. Is this how fading into booknerd oblivion starts? When you have no common knowledge of current movies or TV?

Asking you to click on this link and click to vote once a day every day for the executive director of Covenant House Pennsylvania. I have met him and heard him speak multiple times. He does really excellent, important work. Please share it as well - if he wins, Covenant House gets a $50,000 donation and those kids could really use it. 

Taking advantage of the Kindle First program, where you can choose a free e-read on the first of every month. This month I picked The Heart Echoes by Helena von Zweigbergk. It's a translation, and sometimes my brain rejects them, but I'll give it a shot. 

Choosing my Book of the Month Club book on the first of the month  - this month I chose The Blinds because it sounded like a good mix of the Wayward Pines trilogy, The Never Open Desert Diner, and another book I can't recall the title of right now.

Reading The latest in the Kate Burkholder series. Well, I finished it at 11:40 last night. Show Us Your Books is Tuesday!

Awwing over Geege stuffed like a sausage in this little bed.

Pulling my dogs in a motherfucking wagon. What? Geege's stroller is no more. This is sturdier, can fit all three, and can cart all of my shit to the beach when the dogs aren't in it. And it folds up nice nice to store down the shore.

Finding  Bill Browder's Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing testimony buried under Mooch stuff and the ludicrous transgender serving ban. Browder describes a Russian system of government that operates in the shadows using corruption, blackmail, torture, and murder, all led by Putin, and the moment you enter their world, you become theirs. I think almost everyone in the trump admin has entered their world.

Lacking the strength to get into legal immigration today. I'll just say I'm with her. I find I can usually say that except when the her is Ann Coulter or Tomi Lahren or Martina White.

Reclaiming my time. You guys know I don't like gifs, so for me to post one, you have to know I love it. Freaking Maxine Waters, I continue to love you.

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Chuckling over this McSweeney's Blue Apron satire. 

Sharing an e-card like every Thursday

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