MG Farrelly
Mighty Good Fanciness
Chicago wants your money
Jul 29th
I had a lovely time with the City of Chicago today. A lovely expensive time. Elise got the brunt of it, but this…this is the line.
No, actually, this is the line you stand in to get in the line.
One funny story here. A loud and boorish man was in front of Elise. he shanghaied the security guard, peppering her with quesitons about “how long this was going to take” and “what was the estimated wait time”. This culminated in him saying “y’know, at Disney World, they have these signs by the lines that tell you how long you’re going to wait.”
The guard look at him, and she deadpanned “Sir, I’ve never been to Disney World.”
Random, hard-working security guard, for the win.
What a lovely lady
Jul 29th
For decades, the GLBTQ rights movement has advanced a very simple idea. If you know someone who is gay you’re far less likely to be intolerant. Operates on the basic principle that it’s easy to discriminate against “the other” but it’s a lot harder to embrace hate when it’s your friend, your sister, your mom.
This woman, this lovely woman, is the embodiment of that. She won’t stomach hate because it would hurt people she loves. Just watch, it will make you hopeful, I assure you.
Oh, and when Sarah Palin or Michelle Bachmann try to lay claim to older female voters, remember this fine, free-thinking woman.
So much sadness
Jul 28th
This story will make you cry for many reasons.
First, a loses his son in one of our endless, costly wars. Sadness
Then, he is told he must change the memorial he has built for him by the cemetary. Sadness, but perhaps understandable?
Then, the man states how the grave is a “second home” and he visits it “3-4 times a day”. Oh God, the sad…it hurts.
Finally, the man’ age? Eighty. His son was just 20 years old. Meaning he had his son when he was SIXTY. A sad, elderly man, mourning the son he sired in his twilight years.
I’m going to go cry myself to sleep now.