I went out to coffee with Gary. The story of why we traded Thursday for Tuesday is that he agreed to drive down to Philadelphia with his cousin so said cousin can visit with his children before Gary goes back to work after his winter layoff.
Implication: cousin is not currently in a driving capacity. I can read through lines - I know cousin. But we dour New Englanders are unlikely to pick at other peoples scabs.
We usually spend two hours talking and watching the girls come and go. As weeks go it wasn't that great. The constant winter is probably taking wind out of everyone's sails.
The news channels are pumping up the Thursday-Friday Nor'easter. Albeit in a low key way. I wonder if it isn't all a scam, this weather predicting business. By early Thursday afternoon the stores will be picked clean by people who apparently don't eat unless a storm is coming.
Over my left shoulder I heard a story about a person who was born a woman but doesn't "self-identify" as either a woman or as a man and is suing "it's" former employer because people insisted on calling her "Miss".
I could have predicted that.
I get some people are confused. Some people are gay. Some people are straight. Some people are bi. Some people are asexual.
Let's go with some simple rules here. If someone doesn't want to be called "Miss" just call them by either their given or last name. If they don't like those have them pick a name. Because we can't really call "Hey you, It." Unless you are playing tag.
Let's take this another step further. If you were either born with, or currently have a penis - use the men's room. If you were born without, or currently do not have a penis - use the women's room.
Sorry to sound insensitive - but for crying out there are an almost infinite number of possible combinations of human sexuality and it is unreasonable to think that society can somehow come up with a bathroom solution for every one of those combinations.
I just wish I had thought of the "self identify" argument years ago. Then I could go hang out in the girl's bathroom in high school.
Our former Marine High School Principle would have seen through the ruse, though.
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