Quitting my TV news career has come with many benefits but perhaps none as important as how it has affected my ability to parent. My relationship with the Producer would have consisted of about an hour in the morning (stressed about what I’d cover that day) and an hour at night (still stressed about what went wrong with my report that day). I’ve started “Hold On to Your Kids” by Gordon Neufeld and Gabor Maté and I highly recommend it. They describe the era since World War II as one where peers have taken over the role of parenting, calling it “peer orientation”. They write, “Orientation, the drive to get one’s bearings and become acquainted with one’s surroundings, is a fundamental human instinct and need. Disorientation is one of the least bearable of all psychological experiences. Attachment and orientation are inextricably intertwined. Humans and other creatures automatically orient themselves by seeking cues from those to whom they are attached.” This has also got me thinking about my pressing question about why so many journalists prefer group think over curiosity. Are we adults also suffering from “peer orientation”?
I can’t believe how many people grocery shop on Christmas Eve - including Santa! We went after church and ran into him at the Publix bakery. Maybe no one left any cookies out for him - a sign of hard times or is it a healthier America? The older I get, the more I find myself slowing down through Christmas. The reason we were even grocery shopping on Christmas Eve is because that morning, I decided to relax in the sauna instead of racing off to do errands. What are we all rushing around for? Truly, what’s even crazier than talking about some old fat dude driving reindeer through the sky is saying that there is an actual God who intervened in this crazy drama we call life by coming to us in the flesh, born in a stinky barn so that through his message of radical love & faith, he could show us the way back home - and in death - tear the veil between Heaven & earth. Maybe we stay busy at Christmas because this message is almost too great to grasp. But it is the only message that really ...
The day after I walked up on “naked Santa” in the gym sauna, I returned to find one of his elves taking muscle man photos of himself. His back was to me so he didn’t see that I was watching as he took one after another after another muscle man picture. So, all of this begs the question: does anyone use the sauna for sweating anymore? Maybe I’m missing something as I’m new to gym saunas. I hope everyone has a fabulous Christmas, and for the new year, let’s make saunas for sweating again.
Rudolph the red nose…goat, sheep, horse, dog, cow, chicken. I usually find that time escapes me but when I watch this video I wonder if I have too much of it on my hands. 🤣 Poor ole’ Sassy is used to my antics. I’ve been harassing her with costumes since I was 11 years old. The other animals are hoping this doesn’t become an annual tradition. (No animals were harmed in the filming of this music video.)
I recommend everyone ask their local representative. At the city/county level to watch this 11 minute video. They're the ones who permit it in your local town. Ask the representative for your specific district. So you can address them as your representative. I was surprised that mine actually watched the video, replied to me and is seeking to look into it.
To actually get any reply was a surprise. (I contact them periodically about various concerns.) I don't think most of our representatives will accept the fact we know a police state is being built out. But, the fact Flock is insecure does capture attention. We have to hit it where it's going to get some attention.
This Flock Camera Leak is like Netflix For Stalkers - YouTube
