Considering that my weekdays blur into weekends, and weekends blur into weekdays as of late, I often report on things that happen during the week on weekends and vice versa. This weekend was one of those weekends where I celebrated one loss, and felt very sad about the other two.
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Most of my readers understand why I would buy a round of drinks for my TG friends if our most recent ex-president were to get convicted of a crime and get sentenced to prison. Last week's award of $83,000,000 to E.Jean Carroll in her defamation suit against Trump made me almost want to buy that round of drinks. The man is evil, and he won't stop until he is dead or in prison for life. And in either case, he still poses a threat to this republic, due to the unhinged nature of his cult. Hopefully, we will see a criminal conviction before the general election, if not before the GOP convention. This way, we might see the GOP put up a candidate who is less likely to establish an authoritarian government. Fingers crossed on that....
Next, was the loss of Melanie Safka. Most of us know her by her first name, the singer Melanie. When I was younger, I loved her music, especially the songs "Brand New Key" and "What have they done to my song?" No reason was given for her death. I only hope that it was painless and quick.
Finally, the leader of one of the meetup groups I attended passed away. From what I knew of her, she was a kind and generous person. Sadly, she was found dead in her home this weekend, and I'll be sure to attend her wake this week. Since she volunteered at one of the places I volunteered for, I know I might meet with some of the people I met at this organization. She'll be missed both as a meetup organizer and (more importantly) all the people whose lives are better because she was involved in their lives.
