Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. – Matthew 11:28

Today should be fun. My little town has a major Labor Day Parade. The entire corps of cadets will be marching in the parade. It should be quite a site. All those handsome young men in uniform.

There is not a lot to write today. I spent a lazy weekend binging on episodes of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and eating takeout Chinese food. Honestly, there isn’t much more to report. Isabella and I just lazed around. It was a good weekend after a very busy week. This week will also be busy. I have two receptions to attend (I may only go to one of them), and I’m sure there is still more to do to get our new exhibit ready for the opening.

There were a thousand different things I could talk about, but honestly, I have nothing to say. I could give an update on Isabella, who’s doing great by the way and is rarely more than three feet from me. I could talk about my depression because I was feeling a bit low last night. I could talk about how busy I have been at work which is fantastic and I love every second of it. I could talk about the dinner I had with a wonderful and lonely older lady, we talked and laughed and had a grand time. I could talk about any of these things but I’m just not in the mood to make a full post of them.

So instead, this is what I will do. If you have a question for me, ask it. I will do my best to either answer it in a comment or it will be my Monday post. Ask me anything you want, and you are quite likely to get an answer.

I have to take my car in to be serviced today. My air conditioner has died, my tires need to be serviced, and my oil needs to be changed. I hate going to a mechanic. Everyone I’ve ever dealt with when servicing my car always tried to get me to spend more money than necessary, and sadly, I don’t know enough about cars to know the difference. Luckily, I have found a garage up here that is well trusted. It’s actually owned by a woman, and from all accounts, she never tries to cheat her customers. She did great work last time I took my car to her, so I’m hoping the same will be true this time. It’s nice that this place is giving me a loaner car for the day.

I went to bed last night but completely forgot to schedule a blog post. I might have an exciting update later in the day though. I just have to see how the day goes.

I’m taking the day off from blogging, maybe several days, because I’ve been quite depressed the last few days. Part of it is because of the Orlando massacre, but also because of some issues of my own. I just need a day or so to sort some things out in my own mind. Thank you for your patience.

The largest mass shooting in US history. It happened during pride month. It happened because a maniac saw two men kissing. A maniac that followed Islamic terrorism and pledge his allegiance to them. A maniac that obtained his guns legally. A maniac that the FBI deemed unimportant. When will we stop this kind of violence.

First of all, ISIL must be destroyed. It’s extremists must be driven from US soil. It’s extremism needs to be driven from this earth. The United States is not the only country that ISIL has attacked. We are not the only nation that has seen the terror that their extremism brings.

Second, America needs gun control. No one except the military needs military grade weapons. People are not going out hunting with these weapons, they are merely killing others with them. Those who aren’t killing others are compensating for their small little dicks. They say that they are protecting their families but who among them protected the 50 people killed or 52 people injured in Orlando? Who among them protected the children who died in Newtown, CT?

I hate guns. I hate the feel of them. I hate the recoil when they are shot. I hate the noise that they make. I hate everything about a gun. I was raised to know how to shoot one, and I am good at it, but it doesn’t make me want a gun. It doesn’t make me want to fire a gun. It makes me hate them more.

I agree we need laws to protect Americans, but those laws need to limit the kinds of guns that are sold in America. We need to accept that mental illness is real, and people can be easily led by bigotry. Think of the number of people following Trump, a bigot and a fool. There is much to be done and Trump’s strategy of creating more bigotry is not the answer, neither are guns.

I was reading last night and time got away from me. I was almost to the end when I realized that I needed to set up my post for today and then get some sleep. I’ll finish the final few pages today and have a book review for you tomorrow.

Have any of you read any good books lately?