The Schloss-Blog is crying over the shooting in Nashville and lamenting over the lack of response from Congress, particularly from Republicans.
Don't know about you, but I'm ill, fatigued over it all. In other words, sick and tired of hearing "thoughts and prayers."
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In Tennessee, it's OK to pass laws restricting women's reproductive rights - or what Republicans call "protecting life." But they won't protect lives by passing the restrictive gun laws that require deep background checks and provide red-flag alerts on people who probably shouldn't be allowed to purchase guns.
Tennessee legislators, local and national, promote automatic-weapon ownership and they outright refuse to legislate about the weapon that took 6 lives, including three 9-year olds.
If you support this, if you vote for people like this, you are as much to blame as they are.
Hmm ... tornados rip across the south in the wake of these shootings. Maybe God is sending a message.
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Fast Company, God bless 'em, this week has six things you should never say that would otherwise make people hate you, especially at work.
They include: "No problem;" "Whatever;" "It is what it is;" " Pissed off;" "Can't;" and "Hope."
This has been a public service message, courtesy of The Schloss-Blog, just spreading the gospel.
I can't be sure, but I hope you don't consider that it is what it is. Whatever, it's no problem and please don't be pissed off about it.
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Indiana has passed a bill that prohibits gender-affirming care for trans people.
Just another way for backwoods racists in this country to marginalize another minority.
What's next, voting restrictions? No, wait...
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Hey Tennessee, you can't be pro-life and pro-gun, and thank you, Bo Mitchell of the Tennessee legislature, for asserting that.
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Watching Iowa and Caitlan Clark upset South Carolina in the women's NCAA Final Four semifinals and wondering...
...Dawn Staley, why didn't you take the ball out of Caitlan Clark's hands? Why? She killed you and you let her. She should've been doubled every time she touched the ball, every time, no hesitation, pick and roll notwithstanding. Anyone but Clark should've had to beat you, instead, Clark beat you.
She gets 41 of Iowa's 76 points, assists on most of the rest.
And you let her. And on offense, with Iowa playing four in the paint and letting you have the 3-point shot, you took it. And you shot 20 percent on them.
Twenty percent!
Your bigs, who are so good, couldn't get the ball in the post. Why didn't you play two-high on offense and keep the lane clear for your guards? Y'know, like the dynamic Zia Cooke, who took it to the hoop so effectively all game.
No adjustments at halftime. Kept relying on offensive boards and waiting for Clark to slow down. You can bet LSU will not let Clark beat them. She will be doubled and forced to give up the ball as much as possible. Which doesn't mean Iowa won't win.
But it sure meant, Dawn Staley, that you wouldn't win.
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The COVID-19 emergency, according to Congress and the President, is officially over.
So go get your vaccination or updated shot to keep it that way.
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Jalen Carter (Georgia football) and Brandon MIller (Alabama basketball) will both be lottery picks in their respective sports' pro drafts.
Isn't participating in criminal activity wonderful, rewarding?
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There are five thing, according to a Fast Company article, that ruin an employee-manager relationship.
They are: "Bare-minimum Monday;" "Trust;" "Being too Busy;" "Keeping secrets;" and, of course, "Being overly critical."
So, if you show up for work on Monday still hung over from the weekend and do the bare minimum because you don't trust your manager (and vice versa), and you keep up an appearance of being too busy, which, of course, is a secret while you're overly critical, of each other, that is, then you and your boss probably don't get along too well.
Have a nice week.
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Good night, Mrs. Calabash. Here's to you, Jill Biden.
More Sunday night, Catie, on my Radio Free Phoenix rock 'n' roll show, and a riff on my R&I friends, and stay tuned for the Bohemian Night Cat, John Kirk DeRitis.
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