G+: Marching, Marching I'm planning to attend the Women's March in Rockford IL Saturday – schedule has opened up. Be there or be tainted quadrotriticale. Women’s March Rockford Rockford is very diverse. This is an uplifting and empowering event highlighting and bringing to light the diversity of women in our population. All people, whether identifying as female or not, are encouraged to stand together at this event. WHEN: Saturday, January 21, 2017 START TIME: 10am START PLACE: Lucette Salon & Spa – 508 E State St, Downtown Rockford END PLACE: Emmanuel Episcopal Church END TIME: 12pm End reception with information…

G+: Twitter, where I have been spending most of my time lately, is borked from the combined onslaught of the "PEEOTUS" scandal and the Obama farewell speech Twitter, where I have been spending most of my time lately, is borked from the combined onslaught of the "PEEOTUS" scandal and the Obama farewell speech. Read at Google+

G+: And A Little Man-Child Shall Lead Them By The Nose So this happened: Trump tweets about stuff HE wants us all to talk about. He sets the headlines for the day, he doesn't have to answer questions, and he can grab the attention of a news-starved press any time he wants. Oh, and maybe follow Putin's lead about having more nukes. Meanwhile the last time Trump held a press conference, it was July 27 and he was a complete joke. Donald Trump has a brilliant media strategy Read at Google+

G+: Ken Griffin Donates $12Million To Build Separate Bike/Ped Lakefront Paths This is TERRIFIC news for the running/cycling communities in Chicago! Chicago Tribune Read at Google+

G+: This Week In "Bryan Fischer Is A Dolt: Hillary Only Won California" And all the other 19 states she won were rightfully Trump's because of the extra 3 million votes. Huh? Bryan Fischer: ‘Hillary Clinton Won California, Donald Trump Won Everything Else’ | Right Wing Watch American Family Radio’s Bryan Fischer seems to be having a very hard time coming to grips with the simple fact that Donald Trump won the presidential election despite losing the popular vote by nearly three … Read at Google+

G+: Elf on the Shelf Originally started out as a promotional item with chocolate at Christmas, I think, and then people (like my mom) started collecting them. They came in different size and different colored elf suits, and the first I remember them was in the mid to late Sixties. The "Elf on the Shelf" picture book came later, after people started family traditions to use their collections of elves to mess with their kids' heads. Elf on the Shelf isn’t a real Christmas tradition – it’s a post-truth doll for a post-truth age | Stuart Heritage | Opinion |…

G+: Clarksonism: Angry White Guys Talking Trash Is Still Sort Of Funny This Guardian review of the Grand Tour is pretty tepid. The show itself runs hot and lukewarm. Unmasked American "Not-Stig" is kind of annoying; they should have poached Tanner Foust from the old American "Top Gear." Foust would have been annoying in a way that could stand up to Clarkson's guff, send Hammond into a "My American Bromance" tizzy, and make May spout surly but erudite insults. But no, they cast some NASCAR guy and there's no interaction between his sequences and the hosts. The humor between the…