12/14

It has snowed in Portland tonight, at least three inches, perhaps and earlier I went for a walk around the park, had a few beers and then went upstairs to look out the window.

It's gray skies with a black band around it, like my fedora, with the special silence of snow covering everything. It's beautifully muted and precious and it won't last long and I don't have anyone to share it with.

Which makes me feel a little sad.

For the first time in awhile, I am feeling the pangs of being single and I don't really know what to do.

But I saw something beautiful tonight and wanted to share it: So I did.

On your feelings.

I just have had to have a fucking argument with two self-centered assholes who insist that a $15/hr minimum wage is bad. They asked for evidence and I demonstrated where a) you can easily make the argument for $12, and b) Seattle was implementing just such a thing starting ins 2017, with full rollout by 2021.

And the response was 'but, other places are different'.

OK, so, for the cheap seats: FUCK YOU, YOU ASKED FOR EVIDENCE AND I PROVIDED IT. COUNTER THE EVIDENCE OR ADMIT THIS IS ABOUT YOUR SHITTY FEELINGS TOWARDS POOR PEOPLE, YOU SELF CENTERED ASSHOLES.

Huh. I usually feel better after such things. Instead I feel worse.