Post Election Red, White & Blues

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When your team like the Baltimore Ravens beats the Pittsburgh Steelers, nothing in your life changes fundamentally, other than a temporary emotional response. And a discount on Papa Johns pizza, but I wouldn't call that a "win". When your team like the Ravens loses to the Steelers, the same holds true. Because that's sports.

Politics is played like sports. Team colors, trash talking and a really subjective view, especially when a flag is thrown and penalties are called on your team. But governing is not politics. It is not sports. And it has many impacts on our lives. And it isn't down to one leader (President, Governor, Senator), or body (Congress, Justice Department, DMV), but the whole dysfunctional system.

They don't read your Facebook posts, but they do read your emails, petitions, letters and phone messages. Regardless of your "side", which for many truly is neither, I like to think the team is all of us. So I'll continue to vote, and continue to write and call the many different people in the system. It may not make the change I want directly, but it does make a difference.

9/11 Thirteen Years Later - I'm Listening

I shared the following on Facebook this morning. I thought it was worth sharing here.

The world changed 13 years ago today. A lot of innocents were lost in a moment. "Never forget" almost sounds insulting. How can anyone forget what happened that day? The days after? The months after? The years after?

For whatever reason, our timelines are peppered every single day with divisiveness, snark, anger, hatred. I would hope we can move back to face-to-face, one-on-one civil conversations over coffee, or juice, or Kombucha, or whatever your beverage of choice is and just talk to each other. And not just about the issues but the solutions. And, more importantly, each other.

We seem to spend so much time trying to be heard we forgot how to listen. I know I'm guilty of that and am trying to do better. I think that's the best way I can honor those who have fallen before me.

Previously on Twitter - May 2014

I wanted to try something new. I love Twitter simply for the clearinghouse it offers my brain for jokes, especially the ones I'm not using in a script. But tweeting a joke is like pouring a Dixie cup of water into the Atlantic. They still make Dixie cups, right? I'm tossing 140 characters or less into a stream of millions of other tweets posting at the same time. So I decided to go fishing in my own Twitter stream (apologies), and paste some of those jokes here. With Twitter's embed feature, they look prettier than a copy/paste. And because they're embedded, I'll stick to a monthly post so it doesn't take too much time to load. Enjoy!


Jokes

Polishing my guitar. #NotAEuphemism
— Mike Morucci (@GCGeek) May 24, 2014

But what if my Dad isn't graduating? @Hallmark

— Mike Morucci (@GCGeek) May 21, 2014

No matter how angry I get, I'll never stoop to calling a woman the "C" word: Coulter.

— Mike Morucci (@GCGeek) May 13, 2014

"If you notice any of these symptoms, call your doctor..." I haven't had a "your doctor" since I was nine. And his name was "Mom".
— Mike Morucci (@GCGeek) May 12, 2014

Apple to purchase Beats by Dre for $3.2 billion. Could be like Dad trying to put on your skinny jeans. You said everyone cool wore these!

— Mike Morucci (@GCGeek) May 10, 2014

On the Serious Side

Reading #YesAllWomen tweets for 30 minutes. Taking it all in. Honest, courageous & necessary. And very sad. Raise all boys to be kind men.

— Mike Morucci (@GCGeek) May 25, 2014

Whether your celebrating, honoring or remembering, I wish you all a very Happy Mothers Day! OK, Mom! Jeez! "Whether YOU'RE celebrating" ;-)

— Mike Morucci (@GCGeek) May 11, 2014

Reason # 1397 quitting my whorporate job to write full time was the best decision I ever made. I now love Mondays! #AmWriting

— Mike Morucci (@GCGeek) May 19, 2014

Well this feels kind of awesome! I'm on IMDB: http://t.co/zBAubwtBzO #ScriptChat

— Mike Morucci (@GCGeek) May 9, 2014

Our comedy web series @ClickTheSeries debuted this week! New ep coming Wednesday. Check it out here: https://t.co/yxSOhjhjfP #ScriptChat

— Mike Morucci (@GCGeek) May 5, 2014

From @midnight's Hashtag Game

#UndateableBecause they're either your parents or your roommates, not both. @midnight

— Mike Morucci (@GCGeek) May 21, 2014

#UndateableBecause you say "supposably" @midnight

— Mike Morucci (@GCGeek) May 21, 2014

The Second to Last House on the Left @midnight #BadPrequels

— Mike Morucci (@GCGeek) May 7, 2014

Ferris Bueller's Early Dismissal @midnight #BadPrequels

— Mike Morucci (@GCGeek) May 7, 2014

Mr. Smith Pops By Arlington @midnight #BadPrequels

— Mike Morucci (@GCGeek) May 7, 2014

Game of Clones: The Pew-Pew Wedding #WorseStarWars @midnight

— Mike Morucci (@GCGeek) April 30, 2014