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<\/center><\/p>\n<\/a>— 1 —<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n *facepalms*<\/strong> I swear… the following exchange takes place at least weekly:<\/p>\n Me: “45 can’t get more offensive than he did with [insert event]. Monday’s embarrassment to the country: calling Elizabeth Warren “Pocahontas”<\/a>… while meeting with Navajo code-talkers from WWII… while standing under a portrait of Andrew Jackson.<\/p>\n The Navajo Nation was not amused by this<\/a>. Even better, Peter McDonald, the president of the Navajo Code Talkers, gave a beautiful speech talking about diversity making us stronger<\/a>. <\/p>\n <\/a>— 2 —<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Pain is part of life.<\/strong> Emily DeArdo<\/a> wrote a beautiful piece on the fiction of a painless life<\/a>. It is definitely recommended reading, especially in light of all the “wrongful birth” lawsuits going on.<\/p>\n <\/a>— 3 —<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Holy moly.<\/strong> First Matt Lauer<\/a>, then Garrison Keillor<\/a>. Part of me wants to deny this and think this must be a witch hunt, but when you hear the details of what allegedly happened, it does appear that both of them (and everyone else) behaved improperly in some way\/shape\/form. Denying it, however, doesn’t fix the fact that something big had to have happened and it also invalidates the experience of anyone who has a “why me” story, myself included. I almost want to agree with Mike Pence in not being alone with a member of the opposite sex ever, but that’s also not the answer. (Not to mention, there’s nothing wrong with a meeting in a public place like Panera<\/a> for something like strategic planning.)<\/p>\n <\/a>— 4 —<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Pope Francis’s words on healing.<\/strong> I don’t think a devotion to Christ’s wounds will fix every wound life throws at me<\/a>, but it’s an interesting thought.<\/p>\n <\/a>— 5 —<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Online meetings.<\/strong> My Quick Takes are going up an hour late because I had to host an online meeting for school<\/a>. Thankfully, it went well. \ud83d\ude42 Zoom<\/a> (the platform we used) is pretty cool.<\/p>\n <\/a>— 6 —<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Advent calendar fun.<\/strong> A few weeks ago<\/a>, I posted about Jacquie Lawson<\/a> and my fairy godmother (one of my mom’s college friends) sent me one of her alpine calendars<\/a> this year. Yay!!!<\/p>\n <\/a>— 7 —<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Some lovely Advent music.<\/strong> For those looking for excellent Advent music, I offer my Advent playlist<\/a>.<\/p>\n
\n45: “Hold my beer.”<\/p>\n
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