Happy Friday! Today is National Security Technician Day (okay), and National Handwriting Day (mine is terrible). And it is my 14th anniversary at TNP, which is freaking wild. Never in a million years did I think I’d still be here — which is not a dig against the organization as much as evidence that I resolved to job hop and clearly forgot to follow through. I guess I’m more of a loyal employee instead.
I am horrified by what’s unfolding in Minnesota, and heartened by the Minnesotans who are putting themselves on the line to protect their neighbors amid protests and strikes.
One of the reasons I voted for George W Bush (yep, I know, I’ve grown, changed, and continue to repent) was because Bill Clinton’s administration was responsible for 6-year-old Elian Gonzalez being torn from a Miami closet at riflepoint in the name of The Law. Everything old is new again, and worse this time.
It’s impossible to segue.
Here’s the Friday 5: this week’s theme is No Cap, which is slang for no lie.
- When were you most recently looking like a snack?
We passed on dressing up on the cruise, so probably the wedding we attended in October. I don’t have occasions to look like a snack anymore. - What is your current outfit giving?
It’s giving work from home chic: business (a nice sweater) on the top, slob (fuzzy leggings, slippers) on the bottom. - Of stuff you’re consuming these days, what really slaps?
I’m reading Katabasis and it’s really good! I was a little intimidated by the academia vibes, because academics do like to pretend they’re above everyone else, but it’s a book about two genius idiots making an idiot decision so they can continue to be seen as geniuses. Like all modern books, it could be shorter. - What era are you in?
I’m in the era of advocating for myself. - What might you do today to broadcast main character energy?
I don’t even think I’m the main character in my own life, let alone in other’s lives.
And that’s all, folks. I’ll be back Monday with my 2026 Vision Board.
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