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Babes and bots,  I know it's been a while since my last confession and I hope you'll forgive the interlude. I was busy putting my mother's shoes on. My lovely mother, who recently had hip replacement surgery, has been wheeling about the house true to her badass form. With distinction. Please give her your love; she deserves it.  We can't blame all our problems on our mothers, though, much to Gen Z's dismay. So it's only appropriate that I take responsibility for my part in the absence: I suffer from a common problem that plagues many. When I am not busy, I am not productive. Now, I can see how one would point out the fatal flaw here. As in, why don't you be productive so you can be busy? To these haters I say, why don't you give the federal government a stimulus check to offset our nation's torrential debt? Or, why don't you force a smile if you wish to achieve existential happiness?  My mother once told me that smiling at yourself in the mirror ...

Babes and bots,  It's time for some truth bombs. If you don't wanna get real with me about climate change, water rights, wildfires, and abortion, feel free to skip #2, #3, and "less preaching more aggression." 1. Mary Oliver is depressing as fuck. And super Christian. Who knew she was so into God? A lesbian nature poet? I had no idea. Shows you how many assumptions I make about people...I should really stop doing that.  2. If you had any reservations about the state of the world, don't worry, everything is still awful. But there are some pretty awesome people out there still doing great things, and you can be one of them. If you're up on the Line 3 pipeline situation, you're probably about as upset as I am. And if you have a unique stake in the matter because your family's land continues to be ravaged by Big Oil, who is in cahoots with the government despite the fact that it suits no one, you are probably a great deal more of many things, "upset...