So, this past weekend we scattered my dad's ashes...along with the ashes of his two dogs. It was a chance for me to visit with my brother and dad's widow. This is always interesting because they are both leftists. I find them very, very interesting...and not in an uplifting way. My step-mom lives...in Arizona. Says she'll never live in California. See the irony? She's a sweet person, but obsessed. She brought up how Biden really won Arizona! I'm not even following the story anymore so my reaction probably didn't excite her. My brother pointed out, "Yeah, they asked the court to not make the results of the audit public so you know he really won!" I'm like, "Oh, ok." See...I'm not a Republican. Far from it. But, if you are around a liberal and don't agree with everything they say they consider you a Republican and then start trying to rip you apart based on their false premise. They're really obsessed. And...when you dig a little deeper you can see they're pretty dark.

My brother has become a real thorn in my side. Continues to make rude comments and tries to start fights like we're 8 years old again. I simply don't have time for it anymore and told my immediate family after arranging all the arrangements for dad's ashes I'm done doing shit for people. I told my kids, "Call me Dad Lebowski", and they laughed. My brother doesn't have a job, smokes a lot of weed, and lives off what he inherited from my dad. Totally irresponsible, inept and fixates on the most mundane tasks...

I started messing with the lefties. At lunch after our little ceremony, for some reason dictators came up in the conversation. They like dictators, you know. I mentioned that there was a poster of Mau Tse Tung at my kid's high school (California). No reaction. Then, I went on to say, "He beat Hitler in the number of people murdered. But, my personal favorite Pol Pot. He really got brutal!" They smiled happily and seemed to agree that Pol Pot was great. My wife later elbowed me and chastised me a bit. These people are really screwed up. I have to laugh but I don't want to be around people like this anymore. At the very best I just don't have time for it anymore. At least I got a good chuckle out of it. And, it's funny how shocked they'll be when I become Dad Lebowski...(planning for my upcoming retirement, you see...)

How about you? Do you have any crazy, totalitarian family members? Let's hear about it!...