If you are in the Edmonton area Fiasco is still missing - please check garages and sheds and engines! Let's get him home, please share x
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If you are in the Edmonton area Fiasco is still missing - please check garages and sheds and engines! Let's get him home, please share x
I have definitely caught myself thinking Vance has to be better before remembering what he's actually like. I also hold on to the fact that he doesn't seem to command the blind loyalty Trump does.
Me: Spencer, you're a good boy. Well, actually you're not. Good boys don't stand on the table and eat the butter. Spence: But I'm still cute! Me: Yep, still cute and lovable. Spence: Then who needs to be a good boy? Me: Well, I'd really appreciate it if you'd try to be a good boy. Spence: We'll see
I feel so much better about my terrible parallel parking skills now. I'm nowhere near that bad.
Oh no! Well, hopefully you'll get a milder and shorter case then.
I also went 5.5 years covid free and am just now recovered from getting it for the first time. I was doing so well but I think 10 months is just too long to go without a booster.
No, just like I don't really think that I'll win the Powerball tonight. It's just fun to dream.
I'm so annoyed by this. I currently have covid for the first time and I'm sure that the fact that it's been 10 months since my last booster contributed to my getting it. Anyone should be able to get them and I think they should be every 6 months.
The guy who posted it is a librarian who works in the movie section of my library. It was definitely intentional.
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There should be a law that if you mention a pet on here there should be a picture of the pet within your last 5 posts. Seriously, don't make me search for the kitty and puppy pics. #dogsky #catsky
I still stream, but I've checked out DVDs from the library for years as well.
I am definitely not a fan, but I am glad for his trying to counteract the TX gerrymandering. I'm glad he has good coms people to attack MAGA. I definitely do not want him as a presidential candidate. We need to go with people who are willing to stand up for trans rights not throw them under the bus
I think I must have gotten in from a family member in the household that does a lot in public or my brother & sis-in-law when I picked them up at the airport. They did mask on the plane and at their event, but not sure if they masked while they were touring. They have had some light cold symptoms.
and I got my last booster in I think October, maybe November so I'm sure that's worn off. Of course, who knows if I'll even be able to get a vaccine this year with the new recommendations. We also need to start masking again. I know I've been a little lax on that when I do go out.
Well, I finally got covid. Not happy. I don't even go anywhere & I do grocery pickup so less likely to get it there. My teeth hurt. My throat hurts like crazy. My doctor prescribed paxlovid but said don't pick it up if it's too expensive. It's over $1,200 so not getting that.We need 6 month boosters
I am one the few that just found the first one to be just okay. Second one was amazing. Third was enjoyable.
Not long before I left the bad site, I saw a thread from someone refusing to give their baby the vitamin K shot because god wouldn't let a baby be born without everything they need. She was mad at the doctor's response and the fact that the drs put that she refused the shot in the baby's chart.
I thought this was a universally loved movie! I guess I need to rewatch. Although I do tend to forgive a lot of real-life dealbreakers in romcoms.
I do think some people are more naturally inclined to art but if they don’t work on it they’ll lose that or never improve. My brother had a natural talent that he developed by years of classes and practice. He gets named when people attribute it to just inherit talent because he worked hard.
You can also just hire an actual artist.
Book 39- The Moviegoer by Walker Percy. I really should have kept this thread up while I was reading these books. Then maybe I'd remember something about this book to comment on it. Overall I remember it as a little meh.
Book 38- The House of Dies Drear by Virginia Hamilton. Good YA novel
Book 37- House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski. I decided to read this after seeing it recommended on this site many times. I'd never heard of it before. Not really a fan. It was interesting but not scary as it was billed. I'm not sure I really understood it past the surface level.
Book 36- On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century by Timothy Snyder. A must-read for everyone.
Book 35- The Maid's Secret by Nita Prose. Another fun mystery in the series.
Book 34- Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism by Sarah Wynn-Williams. Eye-opening and very well written. Highly recommend.
Book 33- Vera Wong's Guide to Snooping [On a Dead Man] by Jesse Q. Sutanto- Another fun, cozy mystery by Sutanto.
Book 32 cont- I enjoyed the stories the author told about the disability awareness courses she taught and student reactions most. This book is so timely right now since so much disability funding and disability rights are in danger. I think this would be a great book to be taught in schools. 2/2
Book 32- Sitting Pretty by Rebekah Taussig. Ableism and disability rights have long been an interest for me so I didn't find much eye-opening for myself, but it's definitely a book I think everyone should read to understand what daily life for a disabled person can be like. 1/2
Books 29, 30, 31- Her Unexpected Roommate, Pregnant by the Playboy, and Bidding for the Bachelor all by Jackie Lau. Lau is one of my favorite romance authors and none of these disappointed. Highly recommend checking this author out if you haven't yet.
Book 28- The Bletchley Riddle by Ruta Sepetys. Super fun middle grade mystery/adventure.
Book 27- The Body in the Backyard by Lucy Score. Another fun mystery featuring the psychic Riley Thorne. Perfect for fans of madcap mysteries.
Book 26- The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller. I loved this book so much. I really didn't expect to like it so I avoided reading it for years. I was so wrong. Highly recommend.
Book 25- Deep End by Ali Hazelwood. I continue to love Hazelwood's writing and characters.
Books 23 and- This Poison Heart and This Wicked Fate both by Kalynn Bayron. Interesting premise and I enjoyed the character but the pacing, especially in the second book, was inconsistent. The conclusion was a let down.
Book 22- The Between by Tananarive Due. Not at all what I expected since it was billed as a horror novel. Interesting concept and incredibly written. Definitely recommend.
Book 21- Last Call at the Local by Sarah Grunder Ruiz. Sweet, cozy romance set in Ireland.
Book 20- Thieves' Gambit by Kayvion Lewis. Fun heist book.
Book 19- Needy Little Things by Channelle Desamours. Good, but uneven mystery. I look forward to any future books featuring the main character.
Book 18- Binti by Nnedi Okorafor. Been meaning to read this one for years, short but great.
Book 17- Triptych by Karin Slaughter. Solid mystery, so very different from the tv show. Not sure if I'll continue with the series or not.
Book 16- Margo's Got Money Troubles by Rufi Thorpe. One of my favorites of the year. Funny and seems like a breezy light read but actually brings up a lot of interesting questions about how we judge/think about people.
Book 15- Wild Faith: How the Christian Right Is Taking Over America by Talia Lavin. Great book that explains some of how we got where we are today (in the US) and where we're going.
Cat-sitting was fun last weekend and the beginning of this week but I'm glad to be back to my normal routine. The young cats have now decided they don't have to be well-behaved around me, but they're so cute that I don't care.
My favorite Chinese place has a level between mild and medium that they call slightly spicy. Pretty sure it's code for white people medium. They also always double check if someone says spicy that they understand Asian spicy isn't the same as American spicy to make sure they're ok with it.
Right? I'm 4 of the ones with a checkbox next to them, all three of the examples used in the other category plus some.
I would like one too. Someone else mentioned it was someone who was using open enrollment to go to a different district. If that's the case, I think it might be legal as long as their district doesn't charge them. It definitely has gotten harder for people with disabilities get an education recently
Oh they definitely complain about Massachusetts, Boston specifically.
Right? I think she can afford to hire people to do that
My dad also taught me the 3 right turns make a left. He also told my brother to never turn left from a certain exit at our high school. My brother did not listen and had an accident.
I would rather they just be automatically limited than the beeping. I can't stand the no seat belt beep. I will put my seatbelt on after getting the mail at our cluster box then going down the 15 mph road in our no outlet street just because it will start beeping 2 houses before I get to mine.
Okay- this is it. This is the reason.
This is something my dad really instilled in me when he taught me how to drive. He would also point out any time we saw someone who was speeding and they ended up stuck at the same light as us later.
This discourse just brought the case to mind.
There was a case about 5 years ago in my town where a woman was in a car with someone else and her abusive ex was following them.Not sure if they were speeding but they may have been.It ended up with her being shot and killed in the car. Not saying that's a common thing or a good excuse for speeding
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Took Spencer for a mile walk today since it rained& was cool. On the way back he insisted on cutting down the street in front of our house & going in the front instead of going on the sidewalk behind our house & going in the back like usual. He was just so tired. Got in& he promptly got the zoomies.
Same! I hate it so much.
A few years ago I found out he did a cover of I Can't Make You Love Me and that's supposed to be melancholy not sexy as hell! But it was sexy.
Weird my best friend's mom was over 50 when she got breast cancer and they told her to start screening at 35. Maybe because it was a mom not an aunt? Or maybe an insurance difference.
But it's natural! Natural always equals good.
Yet they denied a grant for a city in my state to build a chip factory earlier this year. Makes so much sense.
I wouldn't actually be surprised if that was their end goal.,
They're not bad! I did a report on Abilene for a class.
I have reported you to the authorities for her having less than 5 pillows. That is unacceptable.
so-called positive people that is.
Took me a long time to figure out why I liked some positive people& not others.I finally realized that genuinely positive people acknowledged hard issues, didn't minimize them& had empathy.The other so-called people refused to recognize the hard realities of situations& just wanted to ignore things
Yeah, that was the thing is my parents would worry about me if I was too late. If it had been the time of cell phones they probably would have just called me and made sure I was okay. I don't think I ever actually came home more than 10-15 mins late without calling so I never got in trouble.
When I started my current job everyone talked about how great the PTO was. It was about the same or a little less as I had when I worked for the post office but no sick leave. Your PTO is your vacation and sick leave. Sadly, it probably actually still is a good amount of PTO compared to many places.
I never had a curfew per se. I had to tell my parents when I'd be home by. Then, if I wasn't home by that time and hadn't called with a good reason, I'd get in trouble. Now I'm sure if I said I'd be home at 3 AM, they'd probably veto it and ask me to pick a more reasonable time.
I guess if no one's going to use my 20+ year old idea for the sequel, I'm glad it's in another Celine's hands.
When I think about how a movie from 1995 is equivalent to a movie from 1965 when it was 1995... I get very sad. 90s movies are great and not old. I say as my knees creak when I bend them.
I have to say that working from home was the thing that made cooking way easier. I'm not as tired, I can do prep work on lunch/breaks, &I can actually make something healthy& quick for lunch w/o having to plan ahead. But the MAHA people are still anti-wfh. And yeah, I don't care what other people do
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Pork chops. Turns out they don't have to be bone dry.
I agree, but then I'm worried that maybe that's part of a plan to isolate us from outside eyes.
I legitimately only realized like 5 years ago that everyone I know uses jar sauce. They thought I was weird for making sauce from scratch. I'm not even Italian.
And 3,2,1 Contact and Square One (Mathnet)
Singing songs I change the lyrics to so they reflect things happening around me. Like, "Go, go rumba, you'll make clean today! Go, go rumba, you're doing fine. You and your brushes are ahead of their time!" Or sining a made up song to my dog or Little Lion Man since he sometimes looks like a lion.
I'm so sorry for your loss. May her memory be a blessing.
It is so crazy to me that people think salsa isn't a veggie. Unless they want to say it's a fruit because it's mostly tomatoes and tomatoes are technically fruit. Usually I just hear it's best on a chicken breast or baked potato instead of eating too many tortilla chips with it.
Our 2 things of blueberry Oreos went so fast that I didn't even get to try them.
Never had In-N-Out, but Freddy's is so good.
Only subject I ever got unsatisfactory in.
I feel the need to explain that *I* know a wall wouldn't keep smoke out.
Oh man, we're going to try to build a wall to keep the smoke out now, aren't we?
a reminder that @bookshop.org is doing free shipping right now through July 11 w/ the anti-prime day sale and that means you can stick it to a billionaire, support your local indies (and by extension your community), AND get books!!! (If you want to buy my books today, I won't be mad about it!)
The Man Who Came to Dinner
Ah fuck we got the Philip K Dick future 😞
I've been saying for years that superhero comic books are just soap operas for men. I do not mean that as an insult in any way.
I've seen several people post the same warnings from different libraries in a FB Libby recommendation group. It will definitely depend on the library. Some may be able to absorb the cost or cut back on lesser used things to make up the budget loss, but the poorest areas won't be able to.
Yeah, it's going to differ by library. If it's well funded by local or state funds then they may be able to make up the lack of federal funds or divert from some things to that. It will hit the rural and least funded libraries the most.
And nice PTO package means decent in US job terms, I get about 4 weeks plus another 5 days of floating holidays to make up for the holidays I have to work.
I took a whole week off a couple weeks ago for the first time since I've had my current job (5.5 years) and it was so nice. But of course, I want to make sure I always have 80 hours of PTO on hand for emergencies so even with a nice PTO package, it's hard to take a lot of days off at once.
Yes! Always take your PTO and don't lose any.
Even knowing what I know now, I'd still go.
I finished The Wellness Trap by Christy Harrison while sitting in my super comfy oversized chair in my book nook while cuddling with my dog.P
There are 45.1 million registered Democrats in TX.Shunning those who are down there, calling reps, knocking on doors, etc. doesn't help your cause. There's tons of LGBTQ people there as well& refusing to help their state doesn't help them. Plus, you really shouldn't need a reason to help kids.