Breathing Without Thinking About Breathing

~~Holidays are in full swing.~~ Are you like me? With Christmas only days away, I have yet to buy a single present. If food and housing are your luxuries and your disposable income has been disposed of, giving gifts feels a bit much. With that said, I’ve wrapped up my 2025 gift ideas and can’t wait to share them with you.

Handwritten apologies. (Does anyone still read cursive?) “Sorry, I chose food.”
Instead of a feast for the family, I will perform an interpretive dance with plastic food glued to a plate.
For some, I will gift individual socks whose partner has ‘been disappeared.’ I will remain silent, provide no explanation, and allow the sock time to provoke thought, reminding people of our current immigration policies, without crossing the line into the forbidden subjects of politics and religion.
I will provide vouchers to a select group (who would not hold me responsible for the outcome) for either a healthcare procedure or a single car repair. (I’m not qualified in either field, but YouTube videos will be my guide.)
🏆Let’s do what the Swine in Thief does. I’ll steal something from the recipient, wrap it, and give it to them for Christmas. I admit to having done this. When my spawn were wee, I bought an ugly Christmas tie for their father as a gift from them. Twelve months gone, he hadn’t worn it. I was sure he had forgotten about it, so I found it. We wrapped it, and they gave it to him again. He didn’t recognize it. The third year we presented him that tie, he caught on, and so the joke ended, as all great jokes do, with the rule of three.

How is that a Trump trick?

Trump announced his plan for benevolence (an act that in itself negates the good deed.) He claims to be providing service members a $1,776 bonus, but it is money he has taken out of their housing funds. He’s calling it a “warrior’s dividend.”

Let’s remember Trump is about to embark on another W. Bush-style oil war. This time, Venezuela will be the target. (He dipped his toe in Greenland but realized his toe wouldn’t survive.) Redirecting his urge to pillage to South America, the five-time draft dodger (who wants to play war games) will not hesitate to put “boots on the ground” in a country we have no valid reason to invade. The convicted felon is itching to abuse his power and distract us from the Epstein files.