Oh, FFS! Presented Without Comment

So...

Arizona comes out with a controversial anti-illegal immigration law.

But it's not racist.

Arizona begins to audit teachers to reassign ones who, among other things, have heavy accents.

But it's not racist.

A mural on an Arizona school depicting black and Hispanic *children who attend that school* will be "lightened."

But it's not racist.

As explained by Prescott City Councilman and (former) radio personality Steve Blair, "[D]epicting a black guy in the middle of that mural, based on who's President of the United States today and based upon the history of this community when I grew up, we had four black families — who I have been very good friends with for years — to depict the biggest picture on that building as a black person, I would have to ask the question, ’Why?' ...I’m not a racist by any stretch of the imagination but whenever people start talking about diversity, it’s a word I can’t stand."

Presented without comment because this bullshit talks for itself.

Vincent & the Doctor

WD: Skip this post

( There's one thing that appears to be a season-wide thing that I really like. )

Back to Pantry Bitching

I have laid linoleum. As I said on Facebook, there are things I've enjoyed laying more. One thing amused me... all the advice said "rent a 100-pound roller to get it really flat."

Suffice it to say, I'm well over 100 pounds. Which is why I've just been doing an extremely budget Cirque du Soleil routine on a bit of large dowel rod.

Tomorrow, I buy the molding and shelving and at least install the molding & thresholds. (I'll buy it pre-primed and just leave it that way; white's fine.) That leaves only shelf-hanging, "after" picture taking (y'all didn't think you'd get away without pictures, did you?) and re-stocking.

Goal deadline is next Sunday. With M's help - she's downstairs cutting the thresholds right now, and she pulled up most of the old lino - I'm going to make it with several days to spare.

Next up, decluttering the library, which has been divorced from actually redecorating the library and going through all the books. I wanted to give myself a break from 1) the expense and 2) the physical labor.

Now, if I could just get over the free-floating guilt from not attending the family reunion this year... (It's going on right now. And I'm the only member of my immediate family not there.)