Shoe by Gary Brookins and Susie MacNelly for September 19, 2023

What is Stockholm syndrome?…..

It was captivating.

There was a test where people role played being guards and prisoners. Each set would begin acting out the characteristics normally associated with their role.

Best example in these times…MAGA. Poor fools are enchanted by their captor.

Vely cleber cartoon team…

I have a shirt I had made that says, “I Love my wife…I have Stockholm Syndrome”…

Shoe is under the author’s thrall.

there was no danger of stockholm syndrome with the last book i was reading. the description sounded interesting – “a 100-yo woman looks back on her eventful life”; it turned out to be a glorified romance novel (yuck) with a bit of banal social commentary. violeta, by isabel allende. thumbs down…

I spent a month on a “3-day trip” to a chemical factory in Texas. There’s some kind of weird tax break if you build your chemical factory in the middle of a working cattle pasture. Every few days, I thought I would be leaving but got extended. I watched some newborn calves grow over that month. When I finally got the release to go home, I was thinking I might miss seeing those little guys grow into …

Wait a minute! I had an epiphany. I not only had Stockholm Syndrome; I had Livestockholm Syndrome!

:) :) :)

For anyone interested in reading about this, there is a book out called “Hostage Cop,” written by, and about Frank Bolz, who was a hostage negotiator. Great book.