The Removal & an Accident with Box Wine

Boy oh Boy, how I look forward to the avalanche falling with Trump. When he won the election an alarm went off and without a doubt that alarm is warranted - Republicans Bob Corker, George Bush, Jeff Flake and John McCain all now confirm.

I dedicated this space to covering the uncovering of an American traitor. The repurposing of this space (my Facebook page) was (is) jarring to family and friends and all those who prefer fuzzy family reminisces (I love these, too) and who prefer dead animals transformed into romantic and delicious dinners (my very favorite) or who prefer attempts at the elusive triple entendre (and the unicorn-like 'multi entendre' which layers sexual reference into a delicious sounding but baffling matrix of allusion much like good baklava.) I love all that (and also cat and cucumber videos, esp. these).

Anyway, it was unfair to those who got jarred and they left. Now it's just us, and since it's just us, I want to share something personal.

I miss writing about those things above but what I really miss is sharing humor and today the pang that never ceases became especially sharp. Perhaps I'm stupid to think my words could make a difference but it feels important to cover the removal. Three things seem especially important about this - first, it's really fascinating to know about and to write about; Trump is endless content - in fact that may be the lesson - that minds saturated with info crave additional entertainment, even (as Russian research showed) if the info is not true. It's fun to write and I hope enjoyable to read - we might as well enjoy ourselves. Second, while there is a ton being written, it's so complicated that the threads confuse and neutralize each other. I'm trying to add focused perspective on the removal. Finally, (and this is an invitation) the record created here can be a place friends, family, others? can come to while waking up - there is much referenced in the posts where source material can banish false impressions. Waking up will take many forms (some dangerous, another story) and it is my strong desire that the record created here can be a place where good persons entranced by Trump and Russia's hate can hang out and come around - we must welcome folks back. Seriously (speaking to myself, I've got a trophy block list here and even more IRL). We're going to come through this - there will be a morning after - and relationships matter, a lot.

But none of that covers the confession, which was glanced over above. Out of everything I long to share in this space, humor is the most painful cavity. Today that cavity was poked. Someone introduced a news site, 'Total Frat Move' which covers college life. It has helpful guidance such as, How to Justify Your Subpar GPA to Potential Employers.

The online publication came to attention for their in depth reporting on a serious incident which lead to a crack down on campus fraternities in Tennessee - a near fatal 'butt chugging' event that landed a not-gay fraternity member in the hospital. Franzia* wine - which resulted in a blood alcohol level north of .4. Yes, 'butt chugging' is exactly what it sounds like and yes, to all the questions; it's that, so don't think about it because it's really kind of disturbing. (The brother who landed in ER with soiled pants, a damaged rectum and the notable BA level is not gay - it's really important to him and his family that everyone know this).

This all was tickling my funnybone. Then the longing separation for sharing life's special moments dug in - the latest story hit on the TFM wire. It's really not funny. Not at all, really, but it caught at a weak moment and, well - you decide. There's a serial washing machine pooper on the loose. Eight times this person has pooped in a washing machine at one of the Southern Illinois University laundromats.

What kind of animal would do this? What kind of news source would cover it? Yes - these questions will be bravely addressed once the Trump avalanche breaks loose. These questions, and many more of even greater import, with graphic illustrations, interviews and modern photography will be answered again on this FB page once the current mess has been cleaned up.

First things first. But we can still laugh a little, right?

*Franzia, TFM points out, is a favorite among the Greeks and Italians in West Virginia.