The firing of Jeffrey Toobin, who committed an indiscretion, not an assault, from his position as staff writer at The New Yorker, after 27 years.
The legitimacy of the #MeToo movement gave rise to possible excesses of caution and political correctness, culminating in #MeToobin. At a critical moment, when his talents and insights were needed, it was hard to say who was served by his dismissal.
by Monkey's Dad November 12, 2020

An unjustifiable excuse to take risks with your own life and the lives of others, during stay-at-home orders, in the coronaviral pandemic.
Her family begged her to stay home, but she finally flipped and went to the grocery store out of sheer boredumb, figuring what the hell.
by Monkey's Dad April 11, 2020

Psychological-Science-Fiction.
A dominant movie genre, when movies get made again, looking back at the meltdown of human life on earth in 2020.
A dominant movie genre, when movies get made again, looking back at the meltdown of human life on earth in 2020.
"It's classic Sci-Psy. Totally. One guy, he's a shrink. With a gun. Alone in New York! Humans are afraid to breathe, afraid of each other, dying by the millions! A fucking game show host is stoking race war, there's nobody in charge, everyone is going insane and pretending to be ok! The one lone guy has two days to save the planet. It's called "How Does That Make You Feel?"
by Monkey's Dad July 03, 2020

... as asked by Republican Senator Ted Cruz of prospective Supreme Court justice Amy Coney Barrett, to ascertain her judicial ideology and fitness to sit on the bench.
The four questions Cruz asked:
1) How long have you played the piano?
2) Do the kids do piano lessons as well?
3) You and your husband have seven kids. How did you manage with the distance learning? What was that like in the Barrett household?
4) What advice would you give little girls?
1) How long have you played the piano?
2) Do the kids do piano lessons as well?
3) You and your husband have seven kids. How did you manage with the distance learning? What was that like in the Barrett household?
4) What advice would you give little girls?
by Monkey's Dad October 14, 2020

The March 19, 2020 lockdown, falling on the Vernal Equinox - the time when the sun crosses the plane of the earth's equator, making night and day of equal length.
The Vernal Equilox, everyone in lockdown, endless night following endless day, no one outdoors to observe or to celebrate, Netflix flowing seamlessly into Prime Video.
by Monkey's Dad March 19, 2020

She knew her kids looked up to her, yet suddenly faced with total loss of income, feeling her symptoms of coronavirus increasing by the hour, she feared she would become their unstrung hero.
by Monkey's Dad March 25, 2020

The paranoid, extreme right-wing conspiracy theory that Bill Gates planned to use a COVID-19 pandemic to take control of the global health system.
He was convinced that this amounted to Bill Gatesgate, yup, Billionaire Gates had spent years conspiring with Obama, and Hillary! to make money off the whole damn thing, which wasn't real anyway.
by Monkey's Dad April 17, 2020
