Covid Snark

My therapist said that you should pause before saying something and think "Is it true, kind, necessary or helpful?"

Which is why I turned to mrsguy when my friend won the lottery of season ticket holders to do something special at a Mariners' post-season game. I looked at fb after the mystery honor and saw a closeup of him and lots of other people on the field, holding up part of a gigantic American flag and wanted to comment "They made you TOUCH that thing?"

mrsguy owwwwwwwt!

Pet Peeves

An ongoing list, in the order that it comes to me:

1) People naming their black cats after black people.

Limpics 2016

It's time for the Limpics again, and crotchety mrsguy is not feeling it.

I can only think of pestilence, pollution, and how the billions of dollars they spent on the spectacle would have been better spent on the people of Rio. I predict that by the time the Limpics are over, that place is going to be like a Superfund site.

When I was little, the Limpics were on a high, from a PR perspective. It seemed the purest and best expression of athletics. I could not *wait* to see my favorite sports. I was super into track and field, which is hard to believe now, since I am such an advocate and practitioner of sloth.

Anyway, after reading up on the 1936 Limpics earlier this year I did a deep dive into the life of Avery Brundage. For a good old slimy time, read his Wikipedia entry. Given his ties to our fair city, I am extra horrified by his thoughts and deeds.

I will be loving the empty aisles of the grocery store this next few weeks.