Birther idiots

I cannot believe that there is still conservative stupid chat about President Obama's citizenship status. Idiots. I recall when so many of the conservatives wanted to change the rules for Arnold S., the ex-gov. of California, because they thought he'd be a great president. And if they bothered to check, they'd realize that John McCain, the Republican who ran against Obama, has much less claim to U.S. citizenship status than Pres. Obama has. My cousin Walt has posted on fb some idiotic claim that the Supreme Court is going to re-examine whether Pres. Obama has a right to be president. Golly gee, you reckon his source is credible? Of course not. He might as well be reading the National Inquirer, except that the National Inquirer seems high-class compared to the shit he reads.

Oh, well, by now I should know that reason, logic, and fairness aren't high on his list when it comes to his own prejudices.

It's been a good day, for the most part. I spent the day in the office grading papers. A couple of students came by. Tomorrow night I'm going to go to "Vagina Monologues," mainly because one of the women in the play is a former student and she has nominated me to be a Vagina Warrior. My Esteemed Spouse drove up after he taught today, and we ate out at Applebee's. (Big Rapids doesn't offer a lot of options!) Then we returned to the apartment to have coffee and chat. He's still really stuffy from his cold (and I am hoping against hope that I don't get it). I won't drive back home until Saturday morning, only to return Sunday afternoon. Sigh.

I also am now a faculty advisor for P-Flag, an organization for parents of LGBT sons and daughters. I'm also a member of a couple of sociology students' committees as their outside member. I'm going to be doing a presentation for the Faculty Teaching and Learning Association soon. AAAGH! Spring Break cannot come soon enough!

Retirement would be sweet. I'm jealous of my cousin Mary, who apparently is going to be retiring in a couple of weeks or so. I guess it's a good thing, though, that I'm not retiring.

My son Daniel's boss (he is apprentice to a silversmith) has had a bleeding ulcer and has been hospitalized and having tests. I do hope that Daniel won't be out of work. Even if he isn't being paid, it is a good thing for him to be occupied. I firmly believe that people with too much time on their hands tend to become obsessed with themselves to the point of mental illness.

I've got to stop feeling so damned angry all the time.

My friend Sarah Dickerson's mother died of Alzheimer's recently. She emailed me this morning. It's so sad, but at the same time, I'm glad that Sarah is no longer waiting for the worst to happen. It has happened. Now she has to cope with it. I feel so sorry for her, but the worst is over now.