Alexis McBride

April 3, 2020

A Strange Email Exchange With a Woman From My My Alma Mater; Women’s Rights in the Islamic Religion; Women’s Rights in Abu Dhabi, the Mecca for Women; Maybe Not Wearing a Hijab When I Met the Sultan is What Went Wrong; Wearing a Veil in Indonesia, a Peaceful Women’s Movement

Faithful readers will know that I graduated from the University of Alberta – the ceremony was on my birthday, May 29, 19641. Also in attendance was my “wished for father, Frank Meunier whose picture is…

April 2, 2020

Phoney Words From a Catfish; Growing Old With You a Message Spread by Catfish; Embarrassed By al Prior Blog that Insisted I was Going Up on Men; Did Not But Only Ones I Have Met Not Catfish

Yesterday’s blog speaking about catfish bought this particular creepy catfish back to mind. He had sent me an email, about a year ago, and it was terribly romantic! Here are some of the contents. “…

April 1, 2020

Help I Have Been Catfished Again; Between a Rock and a Hard Place; Not Elected But a Dictator; Two Poems By Fazza; No Longer Allured Which Is Defined; Catfish Defined and Illustrated; I Am Tuff; Definition of Catfish; Got Along Without You Before I Met You Gonna Get Along Without Now; Wondrous . Villa Williams Who Has a Gap Like I Do.

Someone called Sheikh Hamdan wants to chat on WhatsApp. Here are my responses: One was immediate and the next , with some thought:Me: But why on WhatsApp Makes no sense to me. I am not…

March 31, 2020

Commenting on Statistics; The Correlation Between Instant Intimacy and Unavailable Men; Emails from Two Men; Intimacy and Desultory Defined; Little Do They Know

CPI got an advance copy of my statistics, she had this to say:She: American Samoa? Russia? Nigeria? Covering the world! Interesting to see if numbers go up as activities decline.Me: I remember meeting a man…

March 30, 2020

Happening Upon An Incredibly Interesting Article about Shakespeare and the Plague; A Re-Examination of https://youtu.be/YPg3PmhBbS4; Scenario, Plausible and Disillusion Defined; Absolutely Amazing Statistics

Somehow I happened upon a fascinating article about Shakespeare and the plagues that he endured. “Plague erased social, gender and personal differences. Shakespeare responded by emphasizing people’s unique and inerasable difference. His work is a…

March 29, 2020

Not Just Surviving But Thriving Under Home Shelter: A Fazza Poem; Then a Curve Ball; An Example of Brazenly Authentic; Ending With Good Bye Charlie

Never in a million years would I ever think I could even survive under these conditions – I have not ventured outside my apartment in three or four days, not seen a soul except the…

March 29, 2020

The Book; The Dryburgh Nose, the Strange Habit of Nose Bumping; The Tale of How I Almost was Named Regina that Rhymes with Vagina; A Fazza Poem Emblazoned on a Photograph; Thoughts on Contentment, Perhaps Due to Home Sheltering

Just some background, CPI is not only smart but was a librarian. So I sent her an email:Me: How many words does it take to write a book, usuallyShe: As many words as it takes…

March 27, 2020

A Personal Thank You to Princess Haya; Mirage and Besotted Defined; Poets Have Empathy Study Shows; But Then a Total Surprise Resulting In a Blog With a Before and After

This was very recently found on a CNN website, it was posted on March 5, 2020, the day of infamy for the Ruler of Dubai. This rendition included a statement made by the exceedingly brave…

March 27, 2020

Not Anyone, or Anything is All Good or All Bad, Not Even Donald Trump; Conventional Treatment for the Virus, a Piece of Cake; Open Up This Country; New Yorker Disappoints; CPO’s Wisdom

Donald Trump touted a medicine, originally intended for malaria, as the wonder drug for treatment of the coronavirus. It ends up he was wrong, not a big surprise. “Hydroxychloroquine, a medicine for malaria that President…

March 26, 2020

I Hate to Preach Insurrection But That Appears to be the Only Solution; People Go to The Streets, Go to Work, Open Up Their Shops; It is Too Late for Containment Says a Harvard Epidemiologist; 40-70% of All People Will Get the Virus; Leaders Do A Horrible Job Trying to Save Their Rear Ends

I hate to preach insurrection but this lock down is ridiculous. What is Insurrection? It is an uprising against an authority or government. It is rebellion, revolt, uprising, mutiny, revolution, insurgence, insurgency, rising, rioting, riot,…