preferred places to stay in NYC

I stayed at Hotel Indigo in Brooklyn, and liked it well enough. The primary draw for me was the proximity to several subway lines, including the A train -- which made it easy to get from and to JFK airport.

Goodness. One of my exceptionally entitled male friends (white, cis, straight, able-bodied, advanced degrees and very good job) posted on FB that he is sick of the people who say things like "if you support Trump, unfriend me." His wide-eyed disingenuous stance is that "I embrace and LOVE the differences between myself and my friends! If they support a different candidate from me, I LOVE that! If something as meaningless as an election can end a friendship, I posit that it was never a friendship to begin with."

Only someone who will be minimally affected by Trump's platform -- and can't FATHOM how it might destroy the lives of people who aren't like him -- can sit there and say that with a straight face. Daaaaaang, son.

I am really thinning out my FB feed this election season, I tell you what.

Aargh, Steph. Mine is mostly friends of friends, but it does make my blood boil.

One of my friends posted that he could no longer stay silent-- that if you have LGBTQ friends, and were posting FB memes supporting Republicans, you could expect your LGBTQ friends to be upset with you and says something. Basically- don't say you love me, a gay person, then post things in support of Trump-- if you do so you are voting against me, a person you say you love

One of his (white straight male) friends responded with "No we are not! You voting for Hillary is a vote against me (many of my personal beliefs). Thank God for the 3 branches of government! Achieved rights can not simply be brushed away!" and then "Vote at every election, keep marching, keep fighting... I'll be supporting your rights all the way!!!"

WTF?

Also, an all white production of "The Wiz" is weird, right?

I haven't been watching the Democratic Convention consistently, but I read up on it each morning (and why, today, with the Post's announcement of Hillary's nomination, were the only pictures of BILL Clinton and a smaller one of Bernie Sanders?). However, I liked this article and I love the photo.

One guy on a friend's page was all, "YOUR FEAR MONGERING TACTICS WILL NOT WORK ON ME," and I pointed out how nice it must be to face fear on a facebook post instead of in your daily life, as it is and would be more so for women, minorities, LGBTQ folks, immigrants, and the disabled.

He said, "you don't know me."

I didn't respond, but I was definitely relieved at the truth of that.

Also, on a separate post, a beer dude is mansplaining why it's dumb to have raised hackles at beers brewed/marketed for women.

I can't even with today.

I feel a little embarrassed: I didn't know all that stuff about Hillary's early career before he got elected. I'm way more excited and impressed by her now -- and it wasn't as though I thought she was unqualified before!

Don't feel bad, I've lived in Arkansas all this time and didn't know a lot of it. I think part of it is that at the time they didn't make a big deal about efforts she spearheaded to avoid accusations of nepotism and local conservatives making a stink about a woman overstepping her place. Hillary took a lot of heat from Bill's opponents in the 80s for not being a Donna Reed-style housewife. And getting the job done was more important than getting credit for it, which is perhaps the most basic and essential difference between Clinton and Trump.

Have a meeting with my boss this afternoon. Sounds like I may be getting a minion for a little while.

Yay Minions!

Political conventions should end, I need my sleep cycle reset.

This! I normally go to bed at 10 and am just not able to sleep in to make up for lost time.

So I went to a viewing party with a whole bunch of strangers! It was great. Part was to see the inside of a house I have long admired, and part was to party with like minded Dems. It was great. Met a bunch of nice people. We were all trying to reassure ourselves that the Florida predictions were not accurate. It is hard for us to fathom that a state with such diversity and a high percentage of immigrants could possible go Trump. But then our host reminded us they voted for Gov. Scott. So I will likely be joining neighbors on campaign stuff.

One of the women was a professor at a medical university in the 90s and worked with Clinton on the healthcare program. She was in her 80s and a serious activist.

Holly shit.

Donald Trump Challenges Russia to Find Hillary Clinton's Missing Emails

Mr. Trump's call was an extraordinary moment at a time when Russia is being accused of meddling in the U.S. presidential election. His comments came amid questions about the hacking of the Democratic National Committee's computer servers, which researchers have concluded was likely the work of two Russian intelligence agencies.

So Trump is actually calling on Russia to hack Hillary's emails. This after strong evidence it was Russia who leaked the DNC's emails in order to help Trump.

wtff?

Also, an all white production of "The Wiz" is weird, right?

Yes.