Meme Dump ... Happy Pride

There's Still Hope ...

I am still on a high from the joy, the intelligence, the decency, the love, the compassion, the friendships, the sheer beauty of the opening of the Obama Center.

It reminds me of how we used to be when we didn't have a president spout hate-filled rhetoric, or sell America to the highest bidder to line his own pockets, to start wars to deflect from his involvement in the Epstein scandal.

I want to go back to that other America when we could be proud of our leaders, perfect and imperfect.; where our leaders worked toward equality for all, not just their rich friends who bought votes.

I want to go back to leaders who spoke to all of us, no matter our skin color or gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, religion, non-religion; we were all part of the conversation.

I will hold onto this feeling until November when I cast my vote for change here in South Carolina and I will keep it close in 2028 when I vote for a new President and new Congress and new Senate.

Hope.

The Funny Papers

Gary Huck, Lalo Alcaraz, Trevor Irvin, Robert Unell, Rick McKee, Pedro X Molina, Max Espinoza, Nick Anderson, Ed Wexler, Jack Ohman, Macleod, Mike Stanfill, Michael de Adder, Marc Murphy, Scott Stantis,

Why Is It ...

… that I suddenly woke up one day to realize that I know more medications on The Pitt than I do musical guests on SNL.

… that I cannot stop myself when I speak. I was in court once and the judge told me I had to tell the truth, and then started to ask, “Do you swear …” and I replied, “Every day, motherfucker” and suddenly I was in a cell for something called 'contempt'.

… that people say skydiving is scary but I say “What about being at a friend of a friends house and you use the bathroom and the toilet won’t flush? Terrifying.

… that while seeing my therapist he suggested I stop doing weird things, so I told him I went to the park that day; he asked if I’d gotten anything out of it, and I opened my coat and said, “I got this duck.”

… that my friends don’t realize that when I say, “I might join you later,” I mean, “You have a better chance seeing Tupac riding a unicorn than you have of seeing me later.”

… that being an adult ruins weekends … on Friday I’m exhausted after work, and on Saturdays I want to chill but there are errands and chores to be done, while on Sundays I’m pissed off because it’s basically Monday again.

… that when a form asks who to call in case of an emergency I always write “Ambulance” because no one in my family is answering an unknown number.

… that when a friend asked if I wanted to go out on Friday I said I would but I already have my jammies on and everything, and then he said, “But it’s only Tuesday,” to which I replied, “I said what I said.”

… that while at a friends house I remarked that the candles smell like Fireball, and the hostess said, “For those of us who aren’t heavy drinkers, Bob, that scent is cinnamon.”

… that people realize that, while at times they can take me down, I will rise again, like a phoenix, that tripped over an extension cord, hurt my shoulder and then awkwardly stood up.

Happy Juneteenth Freedom Day ... But The March Goes On

This particular National holiday’s origin story began Galveston, Texas, which was at that time the western-most area of the country, when Union soldiers arrived to tell enslaved Black Americans of their Emancipation on June 19, 1865.

Now, those enslaved people had technically already been freed two-and-a-half years earlier when President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, but slaveholders in Texas kept the information to themselves, extending the period of violent exploitation of enslaved African Americans.

But in 1865 the news spread: freedom, and the following year, in 1866, a celebration was had in Texas on that same date, June 19th … Juneteenth … to finally recognize freedom from slavery in the United States.

Of course, here we are in 2026, one-hundred-sixty years later, and we know Black Americans still aren’t entirely free; think of George Floyd and Trayvon Martin and Tamir Rice and Eric Garner and Breonna Taylor and Michael Brown and Freddie Gray and on and on we could go … think of the Supreme Court gutting the Voting Rights Act and the current regime ending DEI—Diversity, Equity and Inclusion—in government.

We still have much work to do to free all Americans, of every race and color and gender and sexual orientation.

We need to free People of Color from the abuses of police and the criminal justice system and some in our own government that work to deny them the right to vote.

We need to free Women from having the government control their bodies.

We need to free Educators to teach American history, all of it, even the ugliest parts; every step forward and every step back in American history.

We need to free Parents to be able to raise their own children as they see fit; to let their children read the books of their choosing; to let the parents make healthcare choices for their own children.

We need to free our Trans Brothers and Sisters to live their lives as they identify; to be fully themselves, to be respected by all of us.

We need to free the LGBTQ+ population from continued harassment and violence by rightwing agitators and politicians trying to turn the clock back to the closet.

We are, none of us, free, until we are all free, and there is still work to be done. 

Juneteenth was signed into law as a federal holiday by President Joe Biden on June 17, 2021.

In 2025, the current president, vowed to end diversity, equity and inclusion in government and there was confusion about whether Juneteenth would stay on the federal calendar. That all changed when the current president dropped Juneteenth and Martin Luther King Jr. Day from a list of days people can access national parks for free though he added his own birthday to the list.

So, celebrate Juneteenth, not matter what this regime says; recognize the meaning and the history, American history of this day.

Happy Juneteenth!

Bobservations

Last weekend we did a massive cleanup in the house after having the floors replaced; plus it was hot as literal Hell on Sunday so we got to stay inside with the AC!!

We each had our tasks and I took care of the fireplace, cleaning everything on the mantel, every on the hearth, the painting above the mantel, and the candles and candle-holder inside the fireplace. When I was done Carlos asked if I cleaned the fireplace; and I said, Yes, and he then asked:

“The mantel? The hearth? The painting? The tchotchkes on the mantel? The bricks? The candles and candle holder inside the fireplace?”

“The only thing I didn’t clean was the chimney because I am going to have it removed and shoved up your ass.”

Cleaning is cathartic.

PS That’s the new floor in the kitchen and the dining room; the dining room chairs and artwork are out of the room until the shoe-molding goes in.

This Tuxedo Tale is from February 2010 and entitled SNOWville, Day 2

I know we didn't have SNOWmageddon or a SNOWpocalypse, but this is big news for Smallville, er, SNOWville, as we usually get a one-day dusting of snow each year. Of course, everything came to a standstill; schools and businesses closed before the snow even fell, but it sure makes the town, and our house, look pretty.

Even better, this was Tuxedo's first experience with snow and, well, I'm not sure he liked it.

Oy, that punim!

Republicans have passed $70,000,000,000 for the ICEstapo and $0 to make your life more affordable. Think about that as election gets closer.

As a good citizen of Camden I made it my mission to follow this man all through the grocery store on suspicion of stealing watermelons by shoving then down his jeans.

I offered to do a strip search and check but apparently there was already a long line of volunteers.

You’re welcome.

Iran gets $350 billion from the US to fix what we destroyed in Cankles war and is keeping their nuclear program.

That was worth it!

PS And he’s still threatening more bombs for a war that has been over and won 38 times already.

In honor of Straight Pride we have highlighted of the states in red where heterosexuals have been persecuted with laws banning straight marriage and straight sex and straight people are forced into straight conversion therapy.

That’s all.

In 2015 Cankles ran on the promise of draining the swamp. In 2026 he decided to have the reflecting pool between the Lincoln Memorial and Washington Monument painted blue like a swimming pool. Trouble was the blue lining heated the water and filled the reflecting  pool with algae.

So, for $14 million of our money he actually created a swamp!

The average lifespan of a female screwworm fly is 10 to 30 days; once they lay eggs in an open wound on an animal they hatch and the maggots feed for 7 days before dropping to the ground, burrowing into the soil and emerging as adult flies.

So then, dearest GOP, tell me how can the first screwworm case detected in the US on day 498 of the Cankles Regime be Joe Biden’s fault?

I’ll wait …

French-born Rayan Ricci is a multi-hyphenate talent reshaping the space where fashion, identity, and storytelling intersect which is all very nice but Would You Hit It?