I've been trying to add more walking into my life, now that I don't have it in my commute, and have been semi-successful. I did a bunch this weekend, but also went for a walk one day after work last week! And walked to dinner and back another night. So at least there's that. I feel like I'm basically out of shape, so was heartened after moving when my mother said she was wiped out from going up and down all the stairs -- I didn't actually notice that.

I really need to step away from the politics on Facebook. 1) my Friends made up their minds long ago

Close to 99% of my friends on FB are of a more-or-less similar political bent as me, so I don't generally see posts praising Romney and/or vilifying Obama. The problem is when a friend posts something pro-Obama and their comments get lit up with angry frothing people who disagree. I see those comments and want to jump in, and then realize that it would have absolutely no effect other than to pump up the commenters' RAAAAAAAAGE even more.

So I have to scroll by quickly, even when it's something I agree with. It's not good for my state of mind (or my blood pressure) to engage.

I have two Facebook friends who have liked Mitt Romney's page. One of them is a gay latino who's in a union and probably owes a bunch in student loans (he was a PhD student), and the other is a single mother with a child with a seizure disorder, i.e. a pre-existing medical condition. So I guess it's true that not everyone votes in their own interest.

I only have one "friend" on FB whose political views are diametrically opposed to my own. Thank goodness. I'd have to close my account if I had to wrestle with that crap every time I looked at it. I wouldn't mind talking to some reasonable, smart Republicans; I've gotten some good, different perspectives on things from them before, and even changed my mind on a couple things in the past. But I cannot find amongst my circle of acquaintances any reasonable, smart Republicans. I can quote facts that back up my viewpoints; they just make stupid cruel jokes and redistribute lies and post clever macros. (If it rhymes or has clever wordplay, it must be true! Right?) It's sad.

I should have unfriended her a while ago, I guess; she's the only person from my high school who has ever friended me, and I wanted some connection there, I guess. Don't know why; I didn't give a shit about them then and I still don't, and looks like the feeling is mutual. I'm sure they all know I used to be a stripper, so I suppose they're shunning me or something. (It was a private school run by the Church of Christ.)

Close to 99% of my friends on FB are of a more-or-less similar political bent as me, so I don't generally see posts praising Romney and/or vilifying Obama. The problem is when a friend posts something pro-Obama and their comments get lit up with angry frothing people who disagree. I see those comments and want to jump in, and then realize that it would have absolutely no effect other than to pump up the commenters' RAAAAAAAAGE even more.

So I have to scroll by quickly, even when it's something I agree with. It's not good for my state of mind (or my blood pressure) to engage.

This just happened to me on msbelle's post of an extremely factual list of reasons why Romney/Ryan should not be elected. Then someone replied "I complete disagree with this. Obama must be voted out of office". And I am thinking- did you read it? Because how do you disagree with facts? Also, you could agree with it and still want Obama out of office- vote for Jill Stein.

I feel like I am in Animal Farm, and the poor farm animals are chanting "Four legs good....Two Legs Bad." while the pigs are in the farmhouse playing poker and taking advantage of them.

I have a number of Republican Friends and relatives. Most are not politically active. 3 have Liked Paul Ryan. My Friends in the Red and Blue states will be happy or frustrated. My Friends in Florida I will debate in person if they are on the other side because every vote matters more. I really do love a good political discussion, but it works better when I can see the person's body language and clink glasses to agree to disagree in the end.

Close to 99% of my friends on FB are of a more-or-less similar political bent as me, so I don't generally see posts praising Romney and/or vilifying Obama.

I defriended or hid a bunch of people who posted or liked pro-Soctt Walker stuff, so I don't either. There weren't that many to begin with.

The only pro-Republican stuff in my Facebook "friends" list comes from relatives. And only a few of them are posting much of anything. I've been ignoring their political posts and they seem to be ignoring mine. Although I'm still tremendously proud of converting my Republican-raised (and not, I think, rebelling against her parents) niece. She's very Christian in the "care for the poor, judge not lest ye be judged" vein, and I think pointing out that none of the gospels quote Jesus as saying, "I got mine, Jack," or "do onto the poor as you'd do onto me as long as they're not illegal immigrants," might have caught her attention. Or maybe her boyfriend's super liberal. Or maybe she's just super smart and aware. Who knows.

My uncle made a comment on some Paul Ryan post on FB, and I couldn't scroll back far enough to see what it was! I'm fairly sure it wouldn't have been positive, but would have liked to confirm that....

none of the gospels quote Jesus as saying, "I got mine, jack,"

I'm pretty sure that was Ayn Rand.

Petty: I heard some fascinating news this morning, was told to keep it quiet, and it's already been announced! I had almost no time as an insider with inside knowledge.

Lovely morning. I technically overslept, except I have a doctor's appointment, so it's okay. However, in the interim, we had a technical issue, and it wasn't reported to me, but some of the calls came to me anyway, so I was a bit confused.

And I grabbed the opportunity to both tweet my disgruntlement and to call into customer service of the taxi company. She has access to recordings of the call, and she had already looked up the times I'd ordered a cab, so Tim's first lie will be clearly apparent. I may never hear any more of it, but this is a start.