Summer visitors have arrived. No time for blog. Must show them my state. Continue reading →
Month: July 2017
Social workers need support services available for families if we are to impact the problem
Have you noticed the pattern yet? Every two to three years another report is released about the Office of Children’s Services (OCS) that loudly proclaims that the system designed to protect Alaska’s most vulnerable population is failing it. Children fall through the cracks. Children languish in foster care. Children are placed in foster homes where the horrors are worse than the homes from which they were removed. The list goes on and on.
Every time this report comes out… and let’s be real here, it’s the same report each time with just a different date and slightly worse statistics… the Continue reading →
I’m about to go all “old lady” on you
OK, I’m done. I’ve had it. Please, oh please, no more celebrities wearing see through dresses, bikinis that look to split their asses in half, side boob shots that are just sad and those stupid dresses where the sheer part goes all the way down but the real dress only goes to the knees. And I don’t need someone’s boobs pushing through a see through top. Make it all stop. For the love of god, leave something for the imagination. If I never see a celebrity ass again, it will be too soon. Continue reading →
Happy July 4
If you’re from New Jersey and can’t find a beach to go to today, check in with your governor. I’m sure he’ll be able to find you a spot on his private beach. Continue reading →
Book recommendation
The Soul of an Octopus. Doesn’t sound like it but the book is fascinating… especially for those of us who believe that humans exhibit great hubris in believing they are the only sentient beings on this earth. Continue reading →
AT what point
At what point does Orangeman become such a national and international embarrassment that it rises to impeachable offense? Surely we must be at that line by now. Continue reading →