By Andrea Menzies
Not Everyone Likes You And It Is Okay.
Category: Book Club News
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Tax Day Blues
By Andrea Menzies
Just a couple days from the April 15 tax due day in the US, and tempers are still flaring about money all around. The worst part about paying into taxes for some is knowing many don’t feel the burden as much anymore.
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2025 Trip To DC To Protest Healthcare Funding Cuts
By Andrea Menzies
I went to Washington DC to protest healthcare cuts, and join future political protesting. America is not “left wing” or “right wing” now it is “Clown Car On Fire Wing” metaphorically speaking. The media says Americans are not protesting, but they are just not covering much of it. I hate Trump’s government. It is crushing women’s healthcare back to medieval times and this is why I am joining the Feminist Alliance Women’s March. American people must use our rights to protest before they are taken away. I stayed in hotels and traveled hours as I also wanted to see more peak bloom cherry trees, and panda bears at the zoo in addition to protest. However I got COVID right before traveling, and I have had asthma since birth so it destroyed my right to political protesting in many ways. This will not be my last try at protest and travel. I have hated Richmond, VA with every ounce of my soul since the year I stepped foot here as the town only has raping, beating, ugly, and abusive men to date. I had many long term relationships in other towns, and the lack of companionship is agony. Now I have even more reasons to leave for political protesting needs. As the photos prove I will travel hours to escape the nightmare happening in the world around me.
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Anne’s Birthday
By Andrea Menzies
Happy Birthday to Anne Brockett! She is having a landmark birthday party for her 80th today. This is why I had to drive around to the airport so much this week. It was for the many trips for our out-of-town family. We had many restaurant dinners for both Mexican fajitas, and also Chinese food. Tonight was one of the cake parties with candles. The clean-up will be wild.
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School Work Day
By Andrea Menzies
Top posters of the week at places I work for Chesterfield Schools. I started teaching there in 2019.
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First Month Phoenix
By Andrea Menzies
I made all A grades in my first month as a University of Phoenix Master’s Degree student in the Masters of Education program. I have been planning on enrolling for years, but my student loans were blocked. Also it is intimidating going to school as an adult, and juggling my teaching day job with night school. This is why I went to online school as it is organized well for working adults. Thankfully, the conflict is resolved and school is going well this month. I enjoy having real challenges for the year.
P.S. : There will be no podcast this week due to massive homework exhaustion. The final exam all nighters have been epic.
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All A Grades
By Andrea Menzies
I made all A grades at my University Night School classes this week. I am trying to keep up the winning streak so there will be no weekly podcasts on my WordPress blog.
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Ice Week
By Andrea Menzies
Extreme ice storms have blocked roads where I live in Virginia. Trees are falling knocking out power. This is a third week with cancelled school days in it. I am really ready for spring now!
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Chicken Love
By Andrea Menzies
So true! The funny thing is eggs are expensive, but chicken hot dogs and nuggets are the same old price.
I thank the heavens I never voted for Trump, and voted against him.
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Episode 2 Season 1 – The Super Bowl
By Andrea Menzies Episode 2 Season 1 – The Super Bowl Every week the FH7publishing.com book club recomends a good book on a subject. This week’s book has the full title “The Super Bowl: Football’s Game of the Year” by Matt Scheff part of The Big Game Lerner Sports. It is available for $8.31 on Amazon as a kindle book and is worth the money. Every year at the end of the football season the top teams in the NFL battle for the Vince Lombardi Trophy. It has amazing half time shows and hilarious TV commercials. This book has amazing football trivia. It includes the chapters Comeback Magic, Facts at a Glance, The Big Game, Greatest Moments, Clutch Performers, and Super Bowl Culture. My favorate trivia point was the quote: “In 2013, the lights went out at the Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana, during the Super Bowl. It took 34 minutes to get them back on.” It even has a photo of Barack Obama watching the Super Bowl with 3D glasses on in 2009. This podcast is recorded in February 9, 2025 yet in another year the Superbowl happened at the New Orleans Superdome in 2013, but with a far more troubled set-up. My mom and daughter had a Super Bowl party at my mom’s house that I went to watch. “I’ve been there! I’ve been there!” I said about one million time as I watched the Super Bowl and pre-game shows set in New Orleans. My University degree I use for teaching is from Loyola University New Orleans, and I lived just a few miles away from the Superdome, and French Quarter in my own apartment for many years. I used to bike around the areas they showed on TV every week for student meet-ups. My Uncle Patrick Brockett was a University Professor at Tulane University, and I got discounts to go to school in that area. It was very fun to see a reminder of old times past. It was also good to see the area bounce back after the tragic bombing that happened there earlier this year. New Orleans is a town that is symbolic of creativity and individuality since before there was a United States of America, and so it is often a target to controlling and repressed American people. I give the book 5 out of 5 stars as it is a fun and colorful read. Tune in next week for more book reviews and recommendations. Audio Podcast Links Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/3hFnHauKqdOATjsHfKi6xm Podbean https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-wazwa-17f085f More at FH7publishing.com
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