“Your calm is a weapon. Your health is a weapon. Your boring…unglamorous…un-dramatic endurance is the one thing he cannot tax…cannot out-yell…and cannot outlive.”
You bet I'm ready! I've got a bottle of sparkling mead on ice, waiting on the news. And to paraphrase the Greatful Dead, "there will come a day I will dance on your grave and unable to dance I will crawl, crawl, crawl!"
We have 2 bottles of exquisite champagne sitting in our spare fridge for that day. We shall toast to every patriot who stood up, every writer who told us to keep the faith (that's where you come in, Jack!), every organizer, every "leaker", every activist, every law firm who fought the anti-voting attempts, every staffer who answered the phones. In the meantime, we'll have a drink tonight and toast Robbie Kaplan, her team, and above all her client, E. Jean Carroll. Cheers!
Okay, older than dirt. BUT, I eat right . . . mostly, get almost enough exercise, listen to music, try to avoid headlines before bed, get supreme satisfaction from thinking up one more adjective for the dumb fuck in the white house, enjoy my kitties, post irreverent comments on Substack, and remain bolstered by my fellow travelers. Sleep still a bit of an issue. But is that a start?
Oh Jack, believe me when I say that I plan to outlast him…and then dance in the street! Our kids used to tell us how boring we were, now they’re “boring” too! We live a quiet, sweet life…and I exercise every day to keep my body flexible and strong…there’s so much more of life I want to enjoy, along with the day I get to dance in the street!! Excellent plan for ALL of us, no matter our age!! As always, thank you Jack!
Having been born with a highly reactive nervous system, historically calm was a not so much…. That said, been healing the trauma big time and the anxiety has almost gone dormant. Sure, there are days…..
BUT….. I can truthfully say there isn’t a ton that gets me cranked up and/or tangled up in my shorts these days. I’m am just offended enough by all that’s going on to take the attitude, when it comes to t, of ‘you are not man enough to defeat me. Watch this!’ (There’s a reason women like E. Jean, Katie Phang and others like them are my heroes!)
I’m older and well aware that none of us gets out of this game alive… way more days behind me than ahead but…. I have walked through some fires and, like metal, it has tempered me. I really want to live long enough to see at least the beginnings of the new world that is being created, the one where it’s truly about we, the people! I do the things (good sleep, mostly decent diet, connect with friends & loved ones, engage in fun…. enough movement? working on that along with focus on strengthening further) so fingers crossed I live another 20-25 years!
Thank you, Jack! I have a folder in my email titled A-Read Often (so it floats to the top). This article is going there and will be read often!
Excellent plan
Excellent advice
Much appreciated
Lillian...thank you.
I'm glad you like it. Truly.
-Jack
Jack, your cal is a balm to my soul. Thank you
Calm
“Your calm is a weapon. Your health is a weapon. Your boring…unglamorous…un-dramatic endurance is the one thing he cannot tax…cannot out-yell…and cannot outlive.”
Tick tock, tick tock. We will outlast him.
#HoldFast
You have incredible instincts to know exactly what we need to hear and when we need to hear it!
A great winning strategy, grounded in reality and a much needed timely piece.
My goal, outlast this SOB if it’s the last thing I do. My sleep score last night was 96, I think I’ll be okay.
Me, tooooo...Bill Corbett!
Me, too! EVERY TYRANT DIES!!
My thoughts exactly.
You bet I'm ready! I've got a bottle of sparkling mead on ice, waiting on the news. And to paraphrase the Greatful Dead, "there will come a day I will dance on your grave and unable to dance I will crawl, crawl, crawl!"
#HoldFast
Remember, we are NOT the crazy ones!
Peace out.
We have 2 bottles of exquisite champagne sitting in our spare fridge for that day. We shall toast to every patriot who stood up, every writer who told us to keep the faith (that's where you come in, Jack!), every organizer, every "leaker", every activist, every law firm who fought the anti-voting attempts, every staffer who answered the phones. In the meantime, we'll have a drink tonight and toast Robbie Kaplan, her team, and above all her client, E. Jean Carroll. Cheers!
: "The wheels of justice turn slowly, but they grind exceedingly fine"
NICE! I LOVE your "family tree with dementia hanging off the branches!"
Thanks, Jack. I needed this today! #HoldFast
Okay, older than dirt. BUT, I eat right . . . mostly, get almost enough exercise, listen to music, try to avoid headlines before bed, get supreme satisfaction from thinking up one more adjective for the dumb fuck in the white house, enjoy my kitties, post irreverent comments on Substack, and remain bolstered by my fellow travelers. Sleep still a bit of an issue. But is that a start?
Oh Jack, believe me when I say that I plan to outlast him…and then dance in the street! Our kids used to tell us how boring we were, now they’re “boring” too! We live a quiet, sweet life…and I exercise every day to keep my body flexible and strong…there’s so much more of life I want to enjoy, along with the day I get to dance in the street!! Excellent plan for ALL of us, no matter our age!! As always, thank you Jack!
Christie
Thanks for the reminder, Jack.
Very timely.
Gallows Humor?
In MY childhood home...
we called it SCARCASM.
Sarcasm that left wounds.
I learned young, how to quickly devastate with words.
Because I know HOW TO, doesn't mean that I HAVE TO use that tool.
But it's there .. nonetheless.
But, WHO has the plan in place, to replace the chess board pieces immediately? Sincerely, sick of this shit. Beverly
Great positive article I needed right now! Thank you Jack!!
Bingo!! Thank you for the reminder and pep talk!
Having been born with a highly reactive nervous system, historically calm was a not so much…. That said, been healing the trauma big time and the anxiety has almost gone dormant. Sure, there are days…..
BUT….. I can truthfully say there isn’t a ton that gets me cranked up and/or tangled up in my shorts these days. I’m am just offended enough by all that’s going on to take the attitude, when it comes to t, of ‘you are not man enough to defeat me. Watch this!’ (There’s a reason women like E. Jean, Katie Phang and others like them are my heroes!)
I’m older and well aware that none of us gets out of this game alive… way more days behind me than ahead but…. I have walked through some fires and, like metal, it has tempered me. I really want to live long enough to see at least the beginnings of the new world that is being created, the one where it’s truly about we, the people! I do the things (good sleep, mostly decent diet, connect with friends & loved ones, engage in fun…. enough movement? working on that along with focus on strengthening further) so fingers crossed I live another 20-25 years!
Thank you, Jack! I have a folder in my email titled A-Read Often (so it floats to the top). This article is going there and will be read often!