I'm happy for the Academy for making a point of inclusion this year, but where has it been for 90 years? They squalled when Marlon Brando turned down an award. Shrug.

I could write a book about women's differentiation in the workplace. Me, all I ever wanted to do was an honest day's work, not make a statement.

They fall back on identity politics when they have nothing else to talk about. Del Toro is an excellent director, I'm glad he got it, I don't care what his ethnicity is, he's about as Mexican as I am probably if we were to peek at our respective DNA (seriously) I've REALLY been into African sci fi of late, it's very very good and really "out there".... thought Coco theme song was really beautiful too, the show they did with it. I need to get that movie. Me? I really enjoy all that cultural stuff. I don't know what is wrong with other people, I just sorta shrug. Might be a legacy of living in Hawaii at age three, and having a blonde daddy, and a brown mom. It's just a non-issue to me.

By nature of genetics, we are prone to promote those who "look like us" not that I agree or think it's right. But wars have been based for eons on "those people look funny, let's go shoot them and take their stuff away" ........... I could explain it in terms of "the Selfish Gene" but it would bore everyone.

Odd how you tend to be right overall, but the Vulcans (a mythical race from outer space) have their IDIC principle. Just the opposite.

I was speaking of "people who look like us" in the very very shallowest of terms.... common to people who fall in love with a photograph without getting to know the person first. (Probably looks like their father or something.... the usual Freudian stuff.) All wars are fought for the most superficial of reasons. I think people of good conscience and kindness are universal and have nothing to do with surface features.

https://nypost.com/2018/03/12/warrens-native-american-problem-is-only-going-to-get-worse/

I saw Liz Warren on the telly this morning (Fox of all things) and I was rather touched by her story about her parents, not dissimilar to my own family. The thing about "being Indian" for Okies, is, most who take their heritage seriously have some how attached themselves legally to a tribal group. Native Americans were actually handed money for signing loyalty oaths and registering with the Dawes commission in the late 1800s. In my case, we all got membership cards with the Creeks back in the 1960s, my grandma had a roll number and was quite glib about our family history.

When I talked to my local genealogist at the library he said "some people are shocked at the DNA return".... I wasn't, my ancestors were quite honest and up front thankfully. I have no idea why Warren would not get her DNA done, it's super simple and easy. LOL I did talk to a distant cousin I found through ancestry.com and they were tickled about their Native heritage.... hehe less than 1%!!!! (Turns out I have a teeny dash of Cherokee in me too! LOL my Native American DNA rolls out at 6%)

Anyway Warren sorta made sense this morning, I think some of the Senators are starting to get a clue about helping rather than hindering the process of government in DC.

I love that song actually. Always liked Anne Murray.

I was listening to the news today, it seems the US Navy is hard up for good techs on their aircraft. We could also limit illegal imports from the south who get all the jobs as maids at Best Western on fake SSN cards, lots of the unemployed could get good jobs changing sheets at a fairly well hiked minimum wage. I don't get much over a minimum wage in Washington State. I just get to break up fights and be threatened by angry parents, but at least I don't have to scrub toilets.

There's plenty of jobs, assistance in financing if you want to get education for higher paying jobs, and there are shortages. People working at bum wages can always move up. No one ever said life was gonna be easy.

My next job might be at Walmart at the rate I'm going. A nice job folding sheets also has a certain appeal to it, if you have a good walkman to make the day go by quicker. I'm two years shy of when I can access social security, but I don't want to do that yet. It's allegedly best if you wait on that,

The post was not directed at you, leslee.

It was directed at "poor people" of which I have many in my own town. It's popular to stand on street corners with signs in your hands here... usually with a sympathy dog sleeping next to you. Many of these people are alcoholics or meth users from what I can tell. Some live in meth houses, some camp in the woods. Being older and more mature now, I think about the time when *I* drank far too much and did REALLY stupid and dramatic things. I grew up and applied myself. I thought of the future. Hopefully what I did will be enough.

Every time I pass "the Poor" here in town, I think "there but for the grace of the Supreme Being go I" then mutter to myself about all the poo I've had to put up with to get the moderate level of existence I have. It wasn't luck, I worked/work darn hard. And remind myself that the older I get, the more fragile that existence is liable to become.

I told the story elsewhere that I was on the road, got gas in Sacramento, and some homeless dudes (physically fit too) came up to me at the gas pump, saying "Hey I'll just be up front, I need some money".............. now I was a single woman, they could have offered to clean my windshield or something if they wanted to earn a dollar, but I'll be up front too. They were just butt lazy and wanted something for nothing, money just handed to them. I gave the guy a dirty look and said NO very firmly. They went and bugged someone else. But just think, if they washed everyone's window and got a dollar, they'd do pretty good by the end of the day.

Laziness angers me, a lot. IMHO many of the homeless should be herded into a reservation (like some of my ancestors were) and given at least raw materials, but be made to build their own shelters and grow their own food. No excuse for them sitting on street corners begging, other than they are either drunk, or just lazy. Both of which are personal choices. The few who have genuine mental disorders, should be medically cared for... it's probably not that many.

No I have no business making mistakes at work, nor in spending a bunch of money chasing the Moody Blues across the globe. Been doing my own soul searching since last Christmas.

rant over.

Facebook has just gotten boring, I can't make the videos work.... I have no desire to add a bunch of friends either. I get friend requests all the time from people I have nothing in common with. I thin friends often... I only got on there to keep up with my nieces and nephews and see photos of the kids. Which I do.

I have two IDs on there, one has all the Moody groups feeding into it and I can skim that super fast. All in "one basket" I guess you could say. Block many fans for posting trivia or spewing negative vibes, It's very thinned down and I enjoy once a week or so, reading all the Moody posts in one spot. Easy peasy.

FB changed some protocols... guess it bent some out of shape. A lot of ads, which I swiftly eliminate etc.

It's worked well for me. JUST Moody stuff coming in. Easy to scan, hit hide, and move onward. Do a search for all the groups, add 'em as you find them, some admin gals take forever to add you, some break their fingers adding. Choose a fake name if you are shy about your real ID being out there. I use all fake info on mine.