God’s thoughts, or Man’s?
Housing the homeless ain’t that easy
For a long time, I have balked at seeking transitional housing, mainly for two reasons: (1) There must be a thousand buildings in Baltimore City serving that function, each with its own application process, eligibility criteria and rules — not to mention desirability. There’s no way to find “the right place” without going to each one in person. (2) I have heard too many credible horror stories of negligent house managers and conflicts with residents who abuse substances, abuse the property, and abuse each other.
Fortunately, the case manager at the clinic appears to have equipped me with the very short list of highest-rated outfits.
Last week’s City Paper cover story sets forth a microcosm of what is, in fact, the big picture:
A new program for the city’s homeless leaves them struggling amid a chaotic system of care
Normalizing obscenity
A new vocabulary word, perhaps, for some readers: “unexpurgated.” Continue reading Normalizing obscenity
Hope and vision
As of March 7, I will have been homeless five years.
This morning I took first concrete steps to get myself into transitional housing.
This is essential if I’m to get job. For some time, I’ve been living off life insurance policy proceeds, but in the near future, that money will run out. It’s urgent that I get an income.
The shelter where I’ve been staying is extremely comfortable, perhaps too comfortable, but it has very rigid hours that make it nearly impossible to hold a job while one stays there. Currently, having to carry my two heavy bags and backpack with me wherever I go, severely limits my ability to commute. Transitional housing will spell having a place where I can stash my stuff, and freedom to come and go as I please. I will, for example, be able to take a night job.
Related: Obstacles to my prosperity
The strange case of Ronald Ilg
Unbelievable.
He’s an exceptionally personable person. He makes friends easily, and they quickly become convinced that he’s a good guy through and through. But boy, does he ever have secrets.
“Do the Right Thing,” part 1
Raheem sacrificed his life to destroy the “Wall of Fame.”
It worked.
Was it worth it?
Related: “Do the Right Thing,” part 2
Originally posted 2016-02-24.
Podcast — Transgenderism
Chromosomes, not pronouns
Transgenderism
Related:
- Musth
- The Alphabet People
- Dad Takes His Son for a Manicure and Pedicure After His Teacher Told Him It’s ‘Only for Girls’
- Parents pull 4-year-old from church school for promoting ‘gender identity’ lessons: ‘Cruel deception’
- David Reimer – Wikipedia
Music:
- The Kinks, “Lola”
- The Romantics, “What I Like About You”
Lashon hara
I won’t read certain things that may appear in my news feed. Continue reading Lashon hara
ΔFosB: The genetic addiction risk factor
I only this week became aware of this.
Wikipedia: FOSB
The article is extremely technical, but makes clear in no uncertain terms that Delta FosB is the genetic risk factor for addiction. All addicts have it, regardless whether the addiction is chemical or behavioral.
It also helps me understand how, without having been born with the specific genes for alcoholism, they came to be present for me in middle age; how, after decades of consuming alcohol no differently than any normal person, I abruptly became a “drunk” at about age 32.
Related: Alcoholism basics
Originally posted 2016-02-23.
My last post about McDonald’s
(Probably.)
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