The gown card reads “I need a tee shirt that says Easily Amused.”

Yes, please. I would like that tee shirt.

I have lots of tee shirts. Because I find them amusing. They run the gamut of “save the bees…or else” to “Be Prepared.” This last is a Lion King reference with Scar on the front of the shirt, surrounded by green wafts of smoke.

I have pandemic tee shirts. I have vaccination tee shirts, I have two “Practice Safe Science” tee shirts.

Recently I bought a bunch of Star Wars tee shirts. What? They were on mega sale because of May 4th.

Most recently I bought several so-called women’s issues tee shirts. I have a “Roe, Roe, Roe, Your Vote” one, and a “They Won’t Stop at Roe” one. The ones that kicked off the protest tee shirts were an Alan Turing one I bought in 2020 and two different Ally tee shirts that I bought to volunteer last May for Pride. My current favorite is one that proclaims “He Who Hath Not a Uterus Should Fucketh the Hell Up”, attributed to Fallopians 19:73. I have 2 of that one, one a tee shirt and one a tank top.

The newest one is one with a rooster on it that says “Regulate Your Cock”.

I’m going to wear these for Tuesday Top of Mind posts. Or maybe, all week long. Until the November election.

To get me in the correct mind space.

So much about life in these United States these days is not amusing.

Far from it.

From the culture wars around LGBTQ+ and the rot of women’s reproductive health, and the book bans. These issues are ALL helped along with jerry-rigging of the states by the Republicans to ensure that they and they alone control the state houses and the governorships. All the while making it harder for people who are citizens to actually get out and vote.

So, yes, I will take several of those “Easily Amused” tee shirts. My sense of humor needs all the help it can get.

If you want to know how I am feeling, just read my shirt.

Or my head. My mowing hat says “Fuck These Laws” with reproductive health pins all over it.

But mostly read my shirt.