As some of you may know, I try to stay away from refined carbohydrates as they tend to promote weight gain. For those interested in what causes weight gain I would recommend reading “The Obesity Code” by Jason Fung, MD. However, the biscotti above are some of the most delicious this writer has tasted. The lemon blueberry is absolutely the best! Therefore, I am suspending my avoidance of carbs in this specific instance so that I may temporarily enjoy these tasty home baked treats. Thank you, Terry.

Shit show.

Cataclysmic disaster.

They are intellectually and morally corrupt.

This will not end well.

Yes, dear readers, it’s that time of year where we celebrate Festivus. 

The house is beautifully decorated! 

The Festivus poles are ready!

The party was wonderful. There were feats of strength-yes, really. There were Festivus miracles! And there was one little special guest that helped clean up the carpet when wine was splashed from a dancing glass.

Little man Toby! So, cute. 

Miriam readying for her karaoke debut!

Yep, it’s Toby again. We all wanted to take him home with us but his mom said no.

Ciao.

Yep. Still staying away. 

Found a karaoke app this evening and have had lots of fun singing. Since I don’t know how to properly sing, I have to stop and give my throat a rest. I can’t seem to figure out how to sing from the gut. Will work on it. 

Ciao.

Still disconnected.

48 hours and no Facebook or Twitter. How long will I go? Stay tuned.

NPR tracked down a fake news writer. Here’s what he had to say.

We’ve tried to do similar things to liberals. It just has never worked, it never takes off. You’ll get debunked within the first two comments and then the whole thing just kind of fizzles out.

Another interesting quote and this is for you Trumpers:

Some of this has to fall on the readers themselves. The consumers of content have to be better at identifying this stuff. We have a whole nation of media-illiterate people. Really, there needs to be something done.

Couldn’t agree more.

…has not been too bad. I have been disconnected from Facebook and Twitter for over 24 hours. No shakes yet. Not sure if I will go back to Facebook. Facebook not implementing a fix for fake news because there was more conservative fake news than liberal and, therefore, would have been “unfair” has me pissed. Really, Zuckerberg? Fake news is fake news – your refusal to deal with it is part of my reason to avoid your platform.

Did you hear about this one? “An entire D.C. neighborhood was on lockdown Sunday because some dope with a gun believed a fake news story that wildly and wrongly linked a neighborhood pizzeria to a child sex ring.”

Fake news has consequences beyond an election. Real people can get hurt. Just stop it with this shit news. It’s already done enough damage. PEOTUS, for god’s sake, has tweeted fake news. His Natl Sec nominee has tweeted fake news. Good gawd people!

Ciao.

November was depressing as hell. Here’s hoping that December fares better.

My other half enjoys the lights this time of year so here you go.

Ciao.

I am using the WordPress app on my iPad to write this blog post. Please note my new site URL http://mirlisa.com.

This is going to be short because I need to go get a haircut.

Ciao.

PS. I edited on my iPhone while waiting for my appointment. Passed the test.

PSS. Note that some items, mostly videos, may not appear correctly yet. I will be combing through to fix those.