I haven't been very active on here for a while. I'm trying to take a hiatus from disturbing news as a stress-management strategy. I initially established the Peckishly persona for posting humorous and satiric posts, but haven't felt very funny in a long time.

What's on my mind? Well, I keep thinking of the phrase, "A well-informed electorate is a prerequisite for democracy," and how true it was.

#grieving

We may have stumbled on the fatal flaw in American democracy: the ability to vote for its demise.

#grieving

I may have been full of shit, but I was a much more interesting, engaging and entertaining person before I realized I was full of shit.

#humor #SelfReflection

Oh sure, the pioneers of the old West had it rough, but I'll bet they didn't spend nearly as much time as I do opening and closing resealable plastic packaging.

#humor

Notice: The Annual Convention of the Association of Hermits, Recluses and Voluntary Shut-Ins has been canceled again this year for obvious reasons.

#humor

I'd love to see Stacy Abrams as US president one day, but she has three major things working against her. She's too female, too black, and too smart.

@dgar Hold up, you do music? 😜

Public address announcement in an Albuquerque Walmart: "Attention, shoppers, there's a black dog running around the parking lot, and it's probably your dog. So please take a look because it's running behind the cars and might get hurt or run over. Thanks."

I love this town!

#humor #NewMexico #ABQ

@Alice
Be sure you lean in close enough to whisper to them - and watch them very, very closely.

This week I'm staying in Albuquerque, as I do from time to time. Once again struck by the wisdom of situating the city just where Interstate 40 and Interstate 25 intersect.

#humor #NewMexico #albuquerque

Who says commercials can't be thought provoking? Imagine, if you can, the concept of a "transferrable lifetime guarantee."

@StillIRise1963
In a perhaps poor attempt at humor, I was implying that, as a Medicare-dependent senior who would presumably have to worry about dying if Medicare is taken away totally, at least I won't have the added discomfort of worrying about burdening my non-existent offspring with the decision of whether to keep me alive or let me die.

@StillIRise1963
As a childless senior dependent on Medicare, at least I don't have to worry about saddling any offspring with that dilemma.

I kind of like the term Xitter for the old bird site, in part because it represents one of the few examples of the letter "x" being pronounced with the "sh" phoneme.

#humor #birdSite #linguistics

@rancoisse @RickiTarr Right! Trying to hide my opposable thumbs & etc.

@GottaLaff
Please take what time you need for self-care. Your value to us is long term. We can get by on our own for a bit if need be.

@Alice
I once wore a pull-over golf shirt inside out all day long without having it pointed out to me by my coworkers.

@hn50
This totally validates my choice only to use analog toothbrushes.

My doctor prescribed a particular drug that had some rare but profound side effects, among them confusion, disorientation, delusions, etc. After the second day on the drug and noticing no such side effects, I mentioned as much to my wife, asking whether she had noticed anything amiss. She gave no answer. So I asked again, in a joking kind of way. Still no answer. So I asked once more, more urgently. That's when I remembered that I'm not married. And so began my descent into madness.

#horror