Oh thanks, Bobert, I really need a place to vent about my Marine Brat boss who is just doing her best to make my life a living hell.

She fails to grasp that I was a Union activist with the City of Chicago in the 80's --- those of you who know Chicago get my drift. There ain't nuthin about street politics I don't know; smarter people than my current drill sargeant boss have tried to make me look bad and failed. I know this game. I DID leave that job once the Union was in because I don't LIKE this game, but I am a master.

Oh, and my UU congregation seems to be in the process of committing hara-kari. 20 people are out for the minister because he is honest about the fact that he is bisexual, although in a committed heterosexual marriage. They come up with all kinds of reasons he is a Bad Person but it is still rank homophobia and they're being jerks and tearing apart my refuge from the storms of life. I could just spit.

Andd people who don't like cats ...

And good dancers who won't waltz when I ask them

And the occasional snake-about-women who won't take no for an answer, your reputation precedes you now go away,

diabetes regimen is high on my I-don't-like-you list

knees that quit long before you are ready to give up folk dancing

aphids on my roses

cats that run away to die alone and break your heart

A/C condensers that go out and stick you with a $530 repair bill']
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cats that walk on your kkeyboard, thinking whatever you are doing could not POSSIBLY take precedence over petting ME ...

'scuse me; I'm gonna go sit down and pet that cat ...