Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

The willow is too close to the house.

đŸŽ¶ Those boots were made for mockin’ đŸŽ”

Everything is totally normal and fine!!!

’Where will you hide, Roberts, the laws all being flat?’

rich, arrogant assholes who equate luck with genius

Hell hath no fury like a farmer bankrupted.

You passed on an opportunity to be offended? What are you even doing here?

Welcome to day five of every-bit-as-bad-as-you-thought-it-would-be.

“The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits.”

We still have time to mess this up!

Every reporter and pundit should have to declare if they ever vacationed with a billionaire.

President Musk and Trump are both poorly raised, coddled 8 year old boys.

There are more Russians standing up to Putin than Republicans.

Make the republican party small enough to drown in a bathtub.

You are so fucked. Still, I wish you the best of luck.

Following reporting rules is only for the little people, apparently.

Let me eat cake. The rest of you could stand to lose some weight, frankly.

The arc of the moral universe does not bend itself. it is up to us to bend it.

Hot air and ill-informed banter

The fight for our country is always worth it. ~Kamala Harris

The rest of the comments were smacking Boebert like she was a piñata.

Nothing says ‘pro-life’ like letting children go hungry.

Republicans choose power over democracy, every day.

Someone should tell Republicans that violence is the last refuge of the incompetent, or possibly the first.

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  1. 1.

    HeartlandLiberal

    Wife and I are meeting our son and a family he lives with for breakfast, so we can visit before our pending trip to Europe. The restaurant is my favorite for weekend breakfasts, they make Eggs Benedict that is superb. To which I always add a side of applewood smoked bacon. Take that, arteries.

  2. 2.

    BillinGlendaleCA

    We’re taking the dogs to be shot this afternoon. I mean get their shots. I’m debating on whether to try to install Windows 10 on my tablet.

  6. 6.

    satby

    Going thrift store shopping with an old friend. More for fun catch up on each other time than to actually buy stuff.

    Then making more soap. Because that’s how I spend every weekend. I’m still hoping Ruckus shows up in a thread because he hasn’t answered the message I sent him at my Etsy site. Hope he’s doing ok!

  7. 7.

    BillinGlendaleCA

    @Baud: Still Technical Preview, the Beta should be out later this month. My tablet stores part of Windows in a separate compressed recovery partition(WIMBOOT is the technical term), so I can’t use the regular upgrade procedure. I’d have to do a clean install and I don’t think there’s a way back to Kansas.

  10. 10.

    Tommy

    @HinTN: I am so jealous of that. I am a hiker/walker. Zion is one place I’ve never been. Please walk around for me a little there.

  11. 11.

    BillinGlendaleCA

    @Tommy: That’s what my landlord is on occasion good for. The little one went out a few hours ago and started barking up a storm. Opened the door and saw two eyes staring at me. There was an Opossum on the brick wall in back of the cave.

  13. 13.

    OzarkHillbilly

    @Baud: It’s on my list too.

    Gonna take down a couple dead trees for firewood, plant my potatoes, get started on fencing in the chicken run, and if I have any time after all of that, I’ll think of something else that has to get done.

  14. 14.

    Cervantes

    You appear to be serious about preparing for The Big Hike.

    That is great!

    hat, sunblock and phone cord

    One of these things is not like the others.

  15. 15.

    ThresherK

    Hiking or walking myself, in my neighborhood.

    Trying to find out at what point I can call my ambling “hiking” v. merely walking. Is it about the effort of making an elevation gain, having to watch my placement on unsteady terrain/roots/rocks underfoot, or something more?

  16. 16.

    Tommy

    @Cervantes: LOL. Each year I go off for two weeks to a National Park. I am a tech nerd but I don’t have a phone with me. I don’t need a phone :).

  17. 17.

    MattF

    Will be a slow day, I expect. Filed my taxes yesterday, without a “You have already filed” disaster, so good on that. Second round of cataract surgery next Thursday, so ten minutes for lining up my pre-op medications. Take a long-ish walk. Go to the library. Maybe start reading “Station Eleven,” which has gotten very good reviews.

  19. 19.

    PsiFighter37

    Looks like a great day in NYC so far – clear skies and already in the mid-50s. About to head out and do some grocery shopping now (going in the morning is pretty much the only way of avoiding lines at Trader Joe’s here in Chelsea)…also planning on going for a run to test out how my knee is doing (again). Physical therapy has really helped me regain a lot of strength in my legs, particularly the quads, so hopefully I’m able to run my race in a couple weeks without any issues out in Big Sur.

    On the other hand, I’ve been reading a lot of stuff about how DSCC and other PA Dems are trying furiously to find an alternative to Joe Sestak. What the hell is their problem? Are they pissed he ran and knocked of Specter in 2010 (who would’ve gotten creamed by Toomey)? It’s all very frustrating, and the fact they can only find some former state legislator to run against him is indicative of how pathetically weak the bench in PA is – western PA is no longer a good ground for statewide candidates as it’s moved rightwards, Kathleen Kane completely imploded, and everyone else from the Philly area is a chickenshit. I’ve met Sestak before, and he comes off as an intensely thoughtful guy who would be a really good senator. The only person I would take over him would be Patrick Murphy, but I get the impression he’s done with electoral politics for now (at least based on his Facebook page – he is having tons of fun raising his two little kids).

  20. 20.

    SuperHrefna

    I’ve got a ticket to see Sufjan Stevens tonight, so I’ll be going into Manhattan. Trying to think of a few other things to do there, maybe I’ll try Momofuku Milk Bar? I’ve heard good things about it,

    I’ve got surgery on Monday ( a lumpectomy of a large but hopefully benign lump) so I’m trying to keep myself from fretting over things that can’t be helped.

  21. 21.

    ThresherK

    @Tommy: Back when they invented putting pigment in reclosable tubes, and that led to an explosion of outdoor painting, I wonder if people had that conversation the way we do about people busy documenting being someplace more than actually being there.

    (I can’t claim purity here: I am a new GPS app user, because I never lived within walking distance of a park before and never had a tablet before.)

  22. 22.

    geg6

    @PsiFighter37:

    You are exactly right about PA politics.

    As for me, just preparing for the Cole and Lovey invasion. Koda knows something is up. She’s being crazier than usual this morning.

  25. 25.

    debbie

    @ThresherK:

    I, too, will be hiking my neighborhood. People around here are very yard-proud, and the spring flowers/flowering trees/bushes are all coming out now. I’ve been contemplating an art project of mapping out all the yards, but there’s so much stuff, it’s almost overwhelming.

    The amount of changes these past 5 days is absolutely amazing. Last week, I thought spring would never come. Today, I’m afraid I’ll miss it all.

  26. 26.

    the Conster

    @SuperHrefna:

    Love Sufjian. I saw him in a small club in Portland, ME. What a huge talent. I’ve got tix to see Tower of Power this week and I’m psyched. Their new lead singer is local, so it should be a great show.

    It’s amazing what a couple of days above freezing with the strong April sun will do – the last tiny bit of snow is just about to disappear. It’s a tiny patch 1 foot by 1 inch, and three weeks ago there was a mound at the end of my driveway as high as the top of the trunk. Spring is springing here at last!!!

  27. 27.

    the Conster

    @geg6:

    Good luck!! Hope you like manic energy!! Lovey is going to be such a love though. We’ll want pupdates plz.

  29. 29.

    Cervantes

    @PsiFighter37:

    I’ve met Sestak before, and he comes off as an intensely thoughtful guy who would be a really good senator

    I’d vote for him over any imaginable Republican.

    DSCC and other PA Dems are trying furiously to find an alternative to Joe Sestak.

    Yes, it’s embarrassing.

  30. 30.

    PsiFighter37

    @Cervantes: If anything, the fact that someone like Allyson Schwartz (who was always seen as a ‘rising star’) got absolutely steamrolled by Tom Wolf in last year’s gubernatorial primary showed that the quality of the PA bench ain’t great.

  31. 31.

    ThresherK

    @debbie: Sounds like you’re not far from us in CT.

    We’re getting a 25F gain in today’s high temp compared to Thursday. It may be even warmer than normal here this weekend, which is something I couldn’t say since Halloween.

  33. 33.

    gene108

    I overslept for a group exercise class I was supposed to go to. I am going to wallow in self-pity bit longer about oversleeping.

    And then I’ll do some exercise on my own. Go grocery shopping. Cook. Do house cleaning.

    You know…living the dream…

  34. 34.

    Peale

    im debating whether to be east village hipster or Williamsburg hipster today. But yeah, today is definitely hipster day today.

  35. 35.

    OzarkHillbilly

    Good read over at Think Progress: ‘It’s Racist As Hell’: Inside St. Louis County’s Predatory Night Courts.

    I have lived in Jennings and Bel Ridge and am well acquainted with the surrounding municipalities, so I can attest to the accuracy of the reporting. I have also “rode the circuit” too (back in the bad old days when I was poor and going thru an ugly divorce etc) and can say that the jails are worse than it is possible to describe. I was stuck in the U-City jail for about 12 hours once and when describing it to a friend a couple days later I realized I was shaking uncontrollably at just the thought of going back.

    I finally called a reporter at the Post Dispatch because nobody deserved to have to live in those conditions (one guy was there for stealing donuts). When I called back a couple days later she said that strangely enough everything was clean and good smelling and the heat wasn’t 110 degrees and the inmates seemed happy, clothed (they were wearing only underwear when I was in, because I am not kidding about the heat). Oh and well fed too. Of course, she only got in after an unexplained delay of about 8 hours.

    I comforted myself that at least there was an improvement, for at least a little while.

  36. 36.

    danielx

    Going to be a beautiful weekend, all kinds of things I need to do like get up on the roof to blow all the silver maple crap out of the gutters…so clearly the only thing to do is take a road trip to the Hot Luck & Fiery Foods festival in Madison IN, which is one of the old river towns on the Ohio. Beautiful little town and major stock up on salsa, sauces, etc.

    Also too, the spring peepers residing at the wildlife refuge down the way are having a great time. Not my recording but they sound exactly like this. For me, anyway, one of those primal sounds from my childhood.

  37. 37.

    Dave

    @PsiFighter37: What about Bill Peduto? He seems like a viable candidate down the road, to me at least. Or am I just making the error of comparing him to Ravenstahl?

  42. 42.

    SuperHrefna

    @JPL: Thanks, I will! It’s my first time seeing Sufjan live, and it’s in the beautiful Beacon Theatre so I think it will be a real treat.

  43. 43.

    Scout211

    @Baud:

    We camped there last September. We were very impressed with the shuttle bus system in the park now. Most of the park is not accessible by car anymore.

    The park is gorgeous.

  44. 44.

    Sister Rail Gun of Warm Humanitarianism

    @Raven: Don’t have to. I have some brilliant shrubberies right off my front porch.

  45. 45.

    WereBear

    @HeartlandLiberal: Actually, it’s turning out to be the English muffin that’s the heart problem there. Get a double bacon and enjoy!

    I am torn by Betty’s announcement. On the one hand, I fear for her epidermis, out in Florida without hat or sunscreen. Those hair part sunburns are the worst!

    On the other hand, I am usually the one, ready and rarin’ to go, at the door yelling “Would you come on already!”

  47. 47.

    WereBear

    @geg6: I’m so excited for you and Koda!

    Dogs are very good at body language. You think you are just standing around, but your body is beaming “PUPPY!”

  49. 49.

    Zippity

    Ready for a sunny day without gale force winds. Dealing with the few leaves left from the fall, then going to go ride my horse. Yesterday it was so windy that a large Bouncy House, set up behind a building, was picked up and moved into one lane of a four lane street as I was driving by. Thankfully, no one hit it. It was empty, just set up at the business that rents them.

  50. 50.

    germy shoemangler

    What do you all think of this prediction?

    GOP: Bush for president with Walker as VP,

    Dems: Hillary for president with Castro as VP.

  51. 51.

    Glidwrith

    Got an unexpected bonus at work – not huge, but enough for me to get a front loading clothes washer to replace my 20 yr old top loader. Looking forward to the water and energy savings, since the farmers up North can’t be arsed to do so.

  52. 52.

    gelfling545

    Took Flora for her longest walk yet – 4 blocks. Then it started to rain & she hates to get her feet wet so back home quick! She spotted a pit bull & was sure she could take him on (she’s about10 in tall & 9 lbs.) so quick became really quick. I just watched the video of Lovey & Thurston & she is running around the house looking for the puppies. She’s sure they’re in here somewhere. The chilly rain & standing water has put off yard work I planned for today. Best wishes for Lovey & her new human.

  54. 54.

    SuperHrefna

    @Gin & Tonic: Are you Orthodox? Hope you have a lovely holiday! It must be nice getting all the Easter goodies ( that you don’t bake yourself, yum, I wish I were in your kitchen) at a discount :-)

  55. 55.

    Gin & Tonic

    @SuperHrefna: Easter candy 50% off, indeed. But I’ve always hated Peeps and that crap.

    There’s an old recipe, possibly from great-grandmother, for a type of sweet bread. Calls for 30 egg yolks.

  57. 57.

    Debbie(aussie)

    I have to get some sleep. Am off for my first session of volunteering with RSPCA QLD. I am really looking forward to this.

  59. 59.

    kindness

    Saw that header and thought it said Appalachian Trail & thought Oh Betty you cad!

    Here in my neck of N. Cal the grasses have all dried up and gone to seed. Till those get knocked down we got to be careful the dogs don’t get stickers in their ears/eyes/noses because of course dogs get stickers where ever you don’t want them to. Too early. Usually it doesn’t dry up like this till May/June. Not this year. No Goatheads yet thank god. They’ll come.

  61. 61.

    Omnes Omnibus

    @JPL: Even the GOPers in the WI legislature are having doubts about the education cuts. (No link as I am on my phone)

  62. 62.

    geg6

    @Dave: l

    Well, he’s certainly a gigantic improvement on Ravenstahl, that’s for sure. But he’s not been in office long enough or had enough exposure statewide to think he’s ready for a statewide office yet, if ever. He’s definitely a Yinzer and I’m not sure that translates well across the state.

  63. 63.

    SuperHrefna

    @satby: Thanks! Every time I think about it I feel frightened but I’m doing a pretty good job of not thinking about it.

  65. 65.

    germy shoemangler

    @JPL: I wonder if Bush would consider Rubio for VP, or is that an impossibility.

    Also, cutting education funding: Isn’t that what they all do to public education? They want their charter school buddies in charge.

  66. 66.

    Pogonip

    @geg6: Cole’s bringing her to you? That’s nice. Pix if you get a chance, please!

    I was glad to find out Koda’s a dog. Lovey’s too young to find out there are places with no dogs. It’s the canine version of learning the truth about Santa. With any luck Koda will give her the mothering she didn’t get from Ginger.

    Anybody know what’s up with Ginger?

    I eagerly await the next installment of “Cole’s Canine Castle.”. We probably won’t be lucky enough to get more puppies but it’ll still be fun to read.

  67. 67.

    Pogonip

    Betty, why was he rushing you? Was he afraid the trees would be leaving and you wouldn’t see them?

  69. 69.

    Pogonip

    Cleaning. Boring but necessary.

    Tomorrow’s Orthodox Easter, so technically you would be within your rights to eat that last chocolate bunny you hope everybody else forgot about. Orthodox readers, if any, Happy Easter!

  70. 70.

    ruemara

    Heading to a morning workout since my work machine is bogged down rendering. This chick’s hair is killing the processors. My driver’s side boot axle is a mess, so, once the workout is complete, the car goes into the shop & I walk home.
    The roommate & girlfriend have gotten on her roommate’s nerves in record time of them starting to abuse her lease conditions, so they’re here and someone is snoring fit to kill. Looks like they may be here all weekend, unfortunately. I’m debating letting them take over the lease and freeing myself from the apartment. I kinda want to get out of here, even though I have no plan.

  71. 71.

    Tommy

    @kindness: I got a print out. In a binder sitting to the left of me. From the late 90s, of the entire Appalachian Trail. Step by step. I had places I’d get sent food where I’d hop off the trail. I was going to walk the entire thing. I had it all but planned but never did. It pains me to this day I didn’t.

  74. 74.

    Tommy

    @Gin & Tonic:

    But I’ve always hated Peeps and that crap.

    Could somebody explain Peeps to me? I Got some for my nieces Easter basket. But you’d have to hold a gun to my head for me to eat one. Can somebody explain.

  76. 76.

    WaterGirl

    @geg6: Very excited for you! Sad for Cole and holding my breath for what Lily’s life is like when ThurstonHowl decides lily is his new playmate. But so excited for you and John and Koda and Lovey!

    I think you should ask Cole for keys to the kingdom so we can get front page pupdates whenever you feel like it. Promise him you’ll only do open threads for pets. We’ll get pupdates and we won’t have to go so long between BJ threads. Win-win!

  78. 78.

    Villago Delenda Est

    I forgot my hat, sunblock and phone cord because SOMEONE was rushing me.

    Man, Obama really gets around!

  80. 80.

    Tommy

    @Cervantes: Hey to plan doing something and actually doing it are two different things. At the time I looked into it was not this “hip” thing. The amount of planning was pretty over the top. I did most of it and just never started hiking.

  84. 84.

    Glaukopis

    Studying for the Chinese class I started on Thursday. Pretty excited. Also refurbishing and reevaluating my emergency kit.

  85. 85.

    Tommy

    @WereBear: I am that strange guy that doesn’t like chocolate. Marshmallows covered in sugar is not something I crave. In fact I don’t like.

  86. 86.

    PurpleGirl

    @Tommy: Peeps are pure sugar; you want something super sweet, so sweet it hurts your teeth… have a Peeps. I haven’t eaten one in decades, just too sweet for me. However, I have put Peeps into a microwave. They brown and burn and smell. It can be fun to watch them burn,especially if you don’t like them.

  87. 87.

    Brachiator

    Another Saturday work day for me.

    A hike sounds like a ton of fun. I think, though, that I would always at least take a hat with me.

  88. 88.

    PurpleGirl

    Geg6: Have you any idea about what time Cole is arriving with Lovey? Or is he just winging it — when he gets there, he gets there.

  89. 89.

    Scamp Dog

    @Tommy: They’re marshmallows with a colored coating, so if you’re a sugar fiend they’re great. I’ve eat a few when I’ve seen them on sale and wanted a marshmallow.

    Then a couple of years ago I ran across a recipe for home-made marshmallows, tried it out, and now I am DONE with commercial marshmallows. Putting some real vanilla in makes them a lot better than store-bought. Yum.

  92. 92.

    skerry

    Going to a bridal shower for a daughter’s friend. 4 weddings this summer. Guess this happens when the kids get their 20s. Awaiting the rash of baby showers in a few years. These weddings are over the top. Incredible amounts of money being spent.

    Also, get off my lawn.

  96. 96.

    askew

    @PsiFighter37:

    Sestak is apparently a gigantic asshole behind the scenes. He has had incredible staff turnover because he is so verbally abusive to his staff. kos has said that reason alone is why DK won’t endorse him.

    I personally never got the appeal of Sestak, but the way the PA Dem party is imploding right now he might be the best bet.

  98. 98.

    Sister Rail Gun of Warm Humanitarianism

    As an addition to my post in the last night’s pupdate, my first edition Nexus 7 announced this morning that Lollipop 5.1 was available.

    By itself, it didn’t help noticably.

    But while going through the available app updates, I tripped over an HP printer app of some sort. The tablet got snappier as soon as I removed it.

  99. 99.

    J R in WV

    So we have a tiny pond by the front door. Technically it’s a water control device to throw water coming out of the hillside away from the house foundation. It attracts many amphibians as we’re quite a way up hill from the hollow where puddles allow them to be wet and happy.

    An agile bird is trying to build a nest on top of the front door frame, which is about 1.5 inches wide. Much green moss stuck together with a little clay mud. Probably a Phoebe or similar fly-catcher type of bird. Not afraid of being around people, unfortunately.

    I’ve scraped off the door frame twice a day for nearly a week now, and the bird is stupidly persistent. There are a dozen better places within 20 yards, where the destructive human giant won’t be scraping off the foundation of the nest.

    But we don’t want birds in our hair every time we go through the front door. Other doors are totally inconvenient. And these birds tend to reuse nesting places every year for like forever!!

    The chorus frogs are breeding now, the third wave of vocal amphibians in the tiny pond, which is about the size of a dining room table. The wood frogs and peeps were first. The salamanders are probably also in there reproducing, but the leaves make them hard to spot.

    But that silly bird is making me crazy! Not so far to go, maybe, I admit.

  100. 100.

    Cervantes

    @Tommy:

    Hey to plan [x] and actually doing [x] are two different things.

    Sure. An extreme example would be where X is nuclear war!

    Anyhow, I’m off. Have a great day!

  109. 109.

    Randy P

    @Tommy: Can’t explain. People love em or hate em. I’m in the latter group.

    Same deal with those orange “circus peanuts”. I was amazed to learn that there are people who not only eat them but are downright fanatical about them.

    To me, the best use of peeps is in the annual Washington Post “Peeps Show”, which, sadly, has apparently been renamed the “Peeps Diorama Contest”. Too hard to post a link on my phone but google it and prepare to be amazed.

  113. 113.

    germy shoemangler

    @Randy P: Same deal with those orange “circus peanuts”.

    God, I haven’t eaten one of those in years.

    And I remember the little candy wax bottles of sweet syrupy liquid. You’d bite the top off the “bottle” and drink. Also, the candy cigarettes in their little cigarette packs.

  115. 115.

    germy shoemangler

    The James Dean youtube I linked to is just a short commercial. I’m still not sure what they were advertising. But it shows Dean surviving the crash, appearing at Woodstock(?) and receiving a Lifetime Achievement Award.

  117. 117.

    Ruckus

    @satby:
    Strange, I replied to your message the other day. But I just checked your site and it doesn’t show any message. I’ll try again.

    Just send you a message.

  118. 118.

    Brachiator

    @Sister Rail Gun of Warm Humanitarianism:

    As an addition to my post in the last night’s pupdate, my first edition Nexus 7 announced this morning that Lollipop 5.1 was available.

    Careful. Some users are reporting that 5.1 bricks the Nexus 7.

    http://9to5google.com/2015/04/10/nexus-5-nexus-7-bricked-android-lollipop/

    “This is definitely concerning. Several people are reporting on Google’s product forums that their Nexus 7 devices have stopped working following updates to various versions of Android Lollipop. And while it may not necessarily be the same exact issue (as users are reporting a wide variety of different symptoms), some Nexus 5 users have seen their device become unusable following recent Lollipop updates as well.

    It’s not exactly clear which updates are affecting which devices, but the problem appears to be fairly widespread
”

  120. 120.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    The commercials on this AMC Godfather marathon are so irritating I may turn it off, even though I don’t think I’ve seen it but twenty-five or so times.

  121. 121.

    Gravenstone

    @Randy P:

    Same deal with those orange “circus peanuts”. I was amazed to learn that there are people who not only eat them but are downright fanatical about them.

    I loved those – when I was eight. I grew out of it.

  123. 123.

    mai naem mobile

    @J R in WV: you can get that plastic stuff with the pointy plastic needles sticking up so birds won’t nest in a spot. We have them in our back patio on the columns because our bird dogs loved chasing and at times killing the chicks and birds that were nesting there.

  125. 125.

    germy shoemangler

    The NYTimes is running a piece on why Rand Paul should be taken seriously. I scanned the comments section and found this, which I loved:

    If Paul had a brother who would be the governor of a swing state, and could hide valid ballots to ensure that he “wins” that state in the election, then we would be in big trouble and a repeat of the false “winner” of the 2000 election would be in store for us. But we are not complacent, silent fools anymore, we will stand up and demand that nobody is handed the presidency on a platter because of fraud. Social media means that we the people can monitor election results, and we will. Never, never again will the presidency be left up to the corrupt Supreme Court to decide, and never, never again will we allow any governor to put ballots in trucks and run them all over the highways to make sure that they are hidden and not counted. Never again. Here that, Paul, Walker, Koch brothers, the entire Bush clan, Rubio, and all those who have already made their plans based on buying the Oval Office?

  126. 126.

    PurpleGirl

    @geg6: Thank you. I want to be home and on-line to see what threads there are when you get Lovely. I’ve missed a lot of threads that I would have found interesting to comment in because of my irregular sleeping patterns recently.

  127. 127.

    Mnemosyne (tablet)

    @J R in WV:

    Can you put a birdhouse on a pole somewhere that it might find a more tempting place to nest?

    I wouldn’t be surprised if part of the bird’s plan is to use the Big Scary Humans coming and going to discourage any potential predators. There was a hummingbird at my parent’s house in Arizona that would hover in front of the sliding door until one of my parents came out and chased the woodpecker away from the hummingbird feeder.

  131. 131.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    @Aleta: I keep trying to get out, and they keep pulling me back in!

    I’m going through paper work and emails and I thought this would be a good distraction. Too good, even with commercials.

    Christening scene coming up.

  135. 135.

    Mnemosyne (tablet)

    @Major Major Major Major:

    Advice you can take or leave since I have not been in your specific situation, but when I would get in a bad place with depression while I was being treated for it, it sometimes helped for me to remind myself that my brain was lying to me, so I really shouldn’t make any decisions or take any action until I’d checked with someone else (usually my therapist, but my BFF was also on standby). It helped keep me from doing stuff like impulse shopping. Good luck, and I hope you’re able to get those misfiring synapses under control soon.

  136. 136.

    a hip hop artist from Idaho (fka Bella Q)

    @Major Major Major Major: Sounds like a plan; you’re in my thoughts. Spring is always tricky with activation, even without a switching disorder dx. And crossing date/time zones probably exacerbated the seasonal thing. Be well.

  138. 138.

    Brachiator

    @germy shoemangler:

    Social media means that we the people can monitor election results, and we will.

    What a bunch of dopes.

    Interesting comment otherwise, but I have no idea how large the libertarian lunatic fringe might be.

  141. 141.

    WaterGirl

    @Randy P: Circus peanuts! I had forgotten all about them. But now I have to tell you my circus peanuts story.

    Background: My mom believed in giving the sex talk pretty early.

    So I’m maybe 5 years old and we are at Brookfield Zoo. We go to the little peanut machine where you put in your coin and it dispenses peanuts. My older sister says she wants to feed peanuts to the elephants and (so the story goes) I shout “Not Daddy’s!”

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    SWMBO

    @J R in WV: Have you tried putting a fake snake near there? We had a friend who parked his car under a tree (assigned parking) and the birds in one day could make his car look like Mel Brooks in High Anxiety. I told him to get a cheap rubber snake and put in the tree just above his car. Worked like a charm until the landscaping guys went to trim the tree and did a freak out and dissect on the thing. Yeah, the birds came back but he moved a couple of months after…

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    Cckids

    @Tommy: Sugar + sugar with colored sugar on top. They were a treat when I was a kid & we only got candy 4-5 times a year. My kids always hated them, though they’ve made some impressive Peeps dioramas over the years.

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    WaterGirl

    @Ruckus: Sounds about right to me. I don’t like most frosting, either. The texture is grainy and it tastes like chemicals. Might just be the only thing that’s bad for me that I just don’t like.

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    WaterGirl

    @SiubhanDuinne: Yuck pretty much describes my attitude toward peeps, though I might have gone with ick, depending on the day!

    When I eat sugar, I’ll take a good homemade brownie or homemade chocolate pudding or homemade cherry pie. Peeps? So not worth it!

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