October 23, 2020

Hey Nashville, we did great welcoming Joe!!!!

An amazing group of people at Belmont tonight! We got to welcome the motorcade and so great to see Dr Biden greet us and thank us!!

Let's go win this debate!!!

October 19, 2020

Hey Nashville folks, are there any plans for Trump protests at Belmont??

Just curious because I hadn't seen or heard anything locally.

October 17, 2020

Musical karma as I pulled into my early voting place this am

This popped up on my playlist right as I got to the early voting center...perfectly capturing my, and so many others, "rage" in 2020. Had the biggest Cheshire Cat grin under my mask as I Voted for Joe and Kamala!!

September 30, 2020

"That's a President"

I know we're inundated with various videos but just saw this Biden Ad on YouTube and had to share. Damn this one is good!

August 26, 2020

Justin Townes Earle...another remembrance

For those who don't know, Cumberland Heights is a very large addiction recovery facility located in the Nashville area. They are an incredible organization and we support their work. I hope that Justin's tragic passing provides a measure of light on the struggles of those in active addiction and in recovery. My heart still hurts over this...

August 24, 2020

Justin Townes Earle has died

https://www.tennessean.com/story/entertainment/music/2020/08/23/justin-townes-earle-dead-singer-songwriter/3427367001/

Just heartbreaking...Hope you find peace Justin

August 11, 2020

Gave up my favorite sports message board today

I'm a huge sports fan. College football, NFL, MLB, NHL, NBA. I love the changing seasons and the sports they bring. During the pandemic, I have intentionally avoided going onto my favorite sports message board, mainly because boards like that are overpopulated with RW nutters.

This particular board was originally built for all things sports related to a university we support in the south, but the board offers message boards for the full spectrum of sports. I went there this morning before work and I was so appalled and disgusted by the vast majority of the posts that I deleted my account.

I'm used to the rw bent to many who follow sports, especially in the south, but these posts were so extreme I could no longer support the site with my membership. For example: people who are concerned about COVID-19 and college football are "spineless", "gaslighting America", "only promoting this to undermine Trump" over a virus that is "no worse than a sinus infection".

🤦🏻?♂️...that wasn't just one post. It was post after post after post...for my own sanity I left. Makes me a bit sad because I do enjoy the sports banter but this is just too much. I refuse to tolerate this crap in an area of my life that I use to escape from the crap we're dealing with in this country.

August 8, 2020

There are over 6 million people in the state of TN

Only one sixth of that number voted in the primary this week, Republican and Democratic. We can and must do better. The turnout for the Democratic Primary was atrocious. We can change the course of this state if we get people out to vote. I truly believe that.

https://tndp.org/tndp-training-hub/


https://go.joebiden.com/page/-/Digital%20Toolkit/TeamJoeDigitalToolkit/Tennessee%20Social%20Media%20Guidance%20.pdf

July 20, 2020

Trump's unabashed racism

Why is there not more exposure of Trump and his unabashed racism, which was on full force during the Wallace interview?

When asked about renaming military bases, Trump responds by going on an incoherent rant about these bases and the fact we won two world wars, but he followed up that rambling by saying he "didn't care what the military said" and "Who are we going to name them after Rev Al Sharpton"??

This type of racist vitriol from Trump isn't surprising. It's like he purposefully chooses to throw out the most outrageous shit just to feed red meat to his base. I love Rev Sharpton, I haven't always agreed with him but that's on me not him, but no one on the left is seriously suggesting renaming a base after him. The only explanation for Trump saying this is to incite his racist base.


There are a plethora of heroes we could choose from to rename these bases. Personally, I think Ft Hood should be renamed Ft Audie Murphy. You could rename Bragg for any number of true heroes, of all races, and it would better represent to spirit of that base than a confederate general who is widely regarded as a failure as a leader and strategist.

But no, Trump chooses to be a fucking racist prick by throwing out "Rev Sharpton", because he knows his base will eat that shit up. Screw him and wish he was being called out more for this crap.

July 17, 2020

Schools will reopen in 2 weeks, as parents we're terrified

(I apologize at the outset for the long rant)

My son will by starting 5th grade this year. He's an incredibly bright, inquisitive child who has a real thirst for not only taking in knowledge, but retaining that knowledge and putting it to use. (Case in point: during quarantine, we played NBA2K on PS4 many nights. He became fascinated with learning all he could about NBA greats to the point that he can literally hold a discussion about which players he might want in which positions and why on his historic team; ie Kobe has to play SF so that Jerry West and John Havlicek can split SG, and Bill Russell and Shaq as centers. Sigh, I could go on and on). During the lock down in our state, our son did remarkably well with online learning and, in some ways, it encouraged him to prioritize and organize his time to get the necessary work completed.

In less than three weeks, our schools will be returning in our very red suburb of Nashville. The county has opted for a "hybrid model" where children will be divided by last name into two groups with one group going Mon/Thurs and the second groups going Tues/Fri with Wednesday being on online learning day. For parents who wish to keep their kids at home there is an online "virtual learning" option.

Sounds ok on the surface, but, for us, our situation becomes a bit more complicated. Our son attends the county's magnet school. He worked very hard to get into that program and has thoroughly enjoyed that school. The parents had a "Zoom" meeting with the principal last night in which night he outlined the "hybrid plan" and we were informed that, while the virtual learning option would still be available to us and we would not lose our spot in the magnet school if we chose that route, the virtual learning option would not be a magnet teacher, it would not include any magnet options, we would not have access to the Google classrooms at his magnet school, and if we opted into that program we were committing for nine weeks at a time, regardless of what the Covid status of the county may be.

This school is K-12 and is top rated in the state and nationally. We want our child to be able to have the education they offer, but at what cost?! As parents, we're currently feeling guilted into accepting this "hybrid plan". The extra scary part is that the county is only doing that model in two week increments, so they may be sitting in a full classroom in mid August. If we commit to online only, our child will be in that plan for nine weeks at a time. If we commit to the in person model, we're stuck with whatever the county may decide as far as when to open or close schools.

This is such an incredibly overwhelming time for parents. I'm happy we have the options we have, but it does feel like we're being ask to roll the dice on our child's health vs education.