Filler

Oops. I was doing so well, updating a couple times a week.

This post, I have not researched any new topic.

The WOTD is Mansuetude. It means mildness or gentleness, but it looks like man-sweat to me, and I'm not sure I get along with this word.

Here are some blog posts I want to make in the near future -

1) Purposefully reading books by authors who are not white men

2) I am such a wimp about making calls to support issues, even though I know it is more better than e-mailing

3) The start of a conversation I had with my state senator

but for today. here's what I love, and what sometimes I literally do just to feel better for a few minutes. I look at petfinder at pictures of adoptable dogs and now also rabbits. This makes me happy because puppies are adorable (and when I say puppies, I mean dogs, of any age). Sometimes it isn't entirely happy, because I find a wonderful puppy who I know I would just love, but I know I can't get a dog right now, so it won't be that puppy. I know I want to help that pupper, though, so maybe the whole exercise is actually more about me reaffirming to myself that I am a guy who loves dogs and that I can feel good about myself for wanting to take care of a doggo that needs a home. Is that helping anyone/anypup else right away? nope, just helping me. So it's a self-care thing that, as soon as possible, will lead to being a pup-care thing.