By Andrea Menzies
I was taking a social media break, but the Trump swear-in was too scary. The social media owners section photographs showed me we must desperately support what few uncensored posts we can get. I am now officially switching to Tumblr and Blue Sky for most of my postings.
By Andrea Menzies
Many thanks to my new podcast followers on YouTube this week. Love of good books is the last thing you can talk about on the Internet these days without friend and follower loss.
By Andrea Menzies
I may be obsessed with reading animal rights books because I will miss having a president agreeing with the cause in the White House. Wild biting shelter dogs never bit him. It is very scary how many social media owners were at the new president’s swear in. As more people are getting news from social media it screams of book burning level censorship. I am going to use Blue Sky and Tumblr more as they at least try to support women’s health care.
By Andrea Menzies
Welcome to the Podcast Return of “Frozen History 7 Book Reviews” on WordPress. The last episode was in 2024. This week marks the return of reviews with Episode 9 of Season 6 – Animal Stars.
The TikTok ban made me return to doing a podcast. If people don’t point out real information about politics, books, and jobs is happening on the Internet all webpages will get banned. It is like blaming Turkeys for Thanksgiving to say controversial thinking is the fault of webpages that have that thinking published.
This is the 4 star review of the book by Marty Becker fully titled Animal Stars Behind the Scenes with Your Favorite Animal Actors. My uncle Jim Brockett has an interview in this amazing book on page 236 called “Diamonds Are a Big Cat’s Best Friend” talking about his many movies including Evan Almighty. There were dark days before animal trainers were put on movie sets where animal abuse sometimes went into films. The American Humane Association documents their battle fighting against animal cruelty in the book. I think the book is great, and I give it 4 out of 5 stars. Please like and subscribe to my full review at FH7publishing.com or here at Frozen History 7 Publishing at WordPress.com for the full review blog.
#2025 Animal Rights, #2025 Animal Rights Politics in Film, 2025 Book Review
By Andrea Menzies
Woot I got the 30 day streak badge on the Sunny Heath and Fitness app. You can use their equipment for extra points, or use it for free with other equipment you own already. It is thousands cheaper than Peleton. My mom and daughter ate dinner with me around Christmas time, and they made what seemed like one million cakes and pies. I am trying not to let the calories do what they want to do on my thighs. In addition this is my last post on social media for a while. The other day one of my students quoted a social media post I made back to me from weeks ago. I never try to add students to my accounts, and it is against school policy. A few of my student friends from High School and University are all I want to see viewing my posts. Unfortunately students have older friends, older family members, and make fake accounts for Internet stalking. Your life is pretty pathetic if stalking a single mom teacher online is the one way you can feel excitement in your life. So I am taking a break from social media on the Internet, as it seems nice educated student people never communicate with me on social media anymore and trolls, scammers, and haters have become the entire population of the Internet. I blame Internet phones greatly because when a $2000 desktop PC was the one way to go online nice and fun student people were 99% of the Internet. I couldn’t wait to open my e-mails to see all the party and concert invitations near campus that were not fake scams. Once prepaid Internet phones started to be sold next to pawn shops in strip malls the Internet was almost all trolls, con-artists, and porn spam overnight. Fitness apps are the only good thing left online, and my latest New Year’s Resolution is to only post family or fitness app related content if I ever post again. People who are depressed cannot get out of bed much less do many workouts, and I am showing off my positive view on life.
By Andrea Menzies
Many thanks to my friends from New Orleans that sent me information about their safety this week. It is nice to know we still stay in contact over the years and are still friends. I used to live less than ten miles from the Quarter in an apartment by myself for years. It is strange New Orleans had ramming safety barriers, but skipped using them that night. Every concert I go to lately has guards, bag checks, and pat-downs. Some will not even allow normal sized purses. I thought they were paranoid, but that is the right amount of carefully watching customers in dark times.
By Andrea Menzies
Dear New Orleans friends please check in on blogs or social media. Let me know if you are okay. I am working teaching jobs right now because I graduated University with a bachelor’s in New Orleans before hurricane Katrina, and my completed high school diploma party was in Austin, TX. I still visit friends every year or two in these areas for birthdays, baby showers, concerts, and anniversary parties. I was scheduled to go to New Orleans for New Year’s this year, and would have been right next to Bourbon Street on New Year’s Eve. I was in a pretty dark mood when my car broke down, and I had to cancel all my December plans, and missed friend time. It seemed like random horrible luck. Now I know someone must have been praying for me pretty hard, and the bad luck was good. There was a horrible bombing on Bourbon Street in New Orleans on New Year’s Eve, and now I live in fear that people I know may have been sitting right there in areas I recognize on TV news. I have gotten some texts, but some more messages would be appreciated.
By Andrea Menzies
It was New Year’s Eve years ago that I gave life to my daughter in Texas surrounded by a boyfriend, friends, clubs, concerts, and parties. Without my dating and friends my honors student daughter would not be alive. I hate my sister Lily Duran forever for dragging me to the toilet hole called Virginia where I have no boyfriend, no dating, no friends, and no parties. I have no real joy in the sewer of agony and crime that is Virginia. All my doctors tests showed me healthy, virus free, and clean at this month’s doctor testing, but that is not good enough here. People in Virginia have been blocking me from dating fearing I will get attacked again. If men attack women it is the attackers that are garbage NOT the woman. The horror is the clearest of all on this New Year’s Eve the worst I have had in years which used to be the best night of all. At least with a new year I have hope to get back to the fun places, people, and times.
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