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Joe Lieberman disappointingly reemerged to remind us that he’s still alive.

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Since when do we limit our critiques to things we could do better ourselves?

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Ron DeSantis, the grand wizard, oops, governor of FL

After roe, women are no longer free.

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Made it home from Connecticut about a half hour ago after having spent basically 22 of the last 36 hours in the car, and man is it good to not be driving or riding for a change. Put close to 4k (3986) miles on the car, driving to CT and back to get ABC and the kids, then to the beach, then from the beach to CT, then back home, and I got pretty solid mileage- about 26 mpg, which is pretty good considering the bulk of the journey had 4 people, all of their stuff, plus a jam packed cargo carrier. I really like the Honda.

Before I left this morning, I checked last night’s sobriety thread and later on during the drive I had a chuckle about this:

Man do I have you guys fooled. I say this because you guys only get what is filtered multiple times and gets outside my head, because I promise you there is a ceaseless torrent of horrid shit going through my mind. If I am not thinking about or doing something that takes my full attention, what is going through my head is just awful a lot of the time. Sometimes I wonder if I am just a monster and sociopath. I mean, I am actively judging the fuck out of everyone every single minute of the day, and I am hear to say most of you are coming up lacking.

What brought this up, you say? What action caused me to erupt today and think about this? Let me tell you. It was about two hours into the drive, and it was a sunny, beautiful day. It had been raining, but I made it through the rain, and it was blue skies and fluffy clouds, I had a nice coffee buzz, the roads were pretty much clear sailing, I was listen to music, and all in all pretty damned happy. And then it happened. I came up behind a woman driving along, got in the passing lane, started to pass, and I saw it:

For no reason whatsoever I just yelled out loud “FUCK YOUR KIDS LADY.” Not at her, mind you- she had no idea. But I yelled it nonetheless. I don’t even know if she has any kids. For all I know she is some saint who just cares about kids. But it happened. I startled even myself.

At any rate, I am glad to be home. What are you all up to tonight?

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  2. 2.

    Ohio Mom

    Guess we don’t have to worry about all that approbation going to your head.

    Belated congrats on your anniversary.

  3. 3.

    frosty

    Priceless! The rotating tag line when I saw it was “Naturally gregarious and alpha.”

  5. 5.

    p.a.

    NOBODY’S internal dialog is fit for public consumption, if mine is any indication too. Wasn’t it Miss Manners who said hypocrisy is the key to civilized society?

  6. 6.

    jl

    ” I am actively judging the fuck out of everyone every single minute of the day, and I am hear to say most of you are coming up lacking. ”

    It’s called the human race, Might want to read up on those assholes when you have some spare time.

    Edit: glad you had a good vacation at the beach. You are happy and relaxed now, right? Right.

  9. 9.

    Gravenstone

    My first thought was “what fresh hell has Alain unleashed tonight?”. Then I realized your insert is showing the moderator control panel. Welcome back. I’m sure we can ruin anyone’s mood if given a fair chance.

  11. 11.

    HinTN

    @p.a.: I think it was Gore Vidal who asserted that trivial insincereties lubricated social interaction, or some such shit.

    ETA: I was young and a purity pony when I first read that and it took years of growing up to recognize his truth.

  12. 12.

    Schlemazel

    I wish we had those plates here on the tundra. I would get them custom. they would say
    EAT THE

    We are all dysfunctional in our own way Cole, you are not special

  14. 14.

    Mnemosyne

    I spent most of the morning talking over the plot of my book with another writer and doing the same favor for her. People seem to like my plot when I actually lay it out, but I need to actually write up a timeline of exactly what the villain’s evil plot is, who is (or is not) helping him, and how it screws up the lives of the hero/heroine at crucial points in the story.

    I need to accept the fact that I am a plotter, not a pantser. Trying to pants it just leads to frustration and writer’s block.

  15. 15.

    Phylllis

    As my husband says about me–lover of humanity, hates almost every individual I’m required to interact with.

  16. 16.

    Walker

    Three weeks ago I posted that my cat Marcus had escaped and I could not find him. This morning I got him back and he is safe. A lot thinner, but safe.

    It was not easy to get him. I had to actively trap him. The SPCA told me that a cat that has lived his entire life indoors will go to ground (out of fear) if it escapes outdoors. That on average, a cat like this will stay still and not move for 7 to 10 days. And when the cat does start moving again, it shifts its mindset enough that it can be very hard to get it back in the house.

    We saw him for the first time on Monday (over 2 weeks after he escaped). He looked healthy, but was very afraid of us. He would not approach and ran away when we approached him. So I went nuclear. I got two Have-A-Heart traps and filled them every night with tuna. I ringed my screened in mudroom with tuna to draw him. I caught two raccoons and a possum before I got him. But we woke up at 5:30 this morning to find him safe (and wet from rain) in the trap.

    Took him to the vet immediately and he got a clean bill of health. Now we just need to feed him so he stops looking like a skeleton.

  18. 18.

    jl

    @Mnemosyne: thanks that just went on my reading list. My uninformed, unfair and harsh judgments of other people have become stale and tired lately. I need renewal and rebirth!

    @Gravenstone: This blog has a ‘control panel”? Really? Doesn’t sound right. Can’t be.

  20. 20.

    Schlemazel

    As for what I was up to today. We took advantage of unbelievable weather for August. Low humidity and 70s. Went walking at Afton State park. I will be sending pictures to Alan for the morning thread. It is a glorious park that is all very deep woods next to the St. Croix river. The only downside is that the woods are so thick there are no great vistas to see really fabulous river views. We will go down to Frontenac for those. That is on the bend in the river and in addition to great hiking there are really wonderful views of the Mississippi.

    It was a glorious day

  22. 22.

    PhoenixRising

    I am hear (sic) to say most of you are coming up lacking.

    As are you. You’re perfectly normal in that regard. Happy Losing Your Shit At Strangers Day, though.

  23. 23.

    SiubhanDuinne

    I get it. Just a couple of minutes ago I was on Facebook, and a (distant, not blood) relative was ooohing and aaahing over some damn baby that isn’t even hers, but she’s put up pictures of this baby about every other day for the past year and she keeps posting photos of frilly stupid lace canopy-covered cribs and shit like that, and I JUST.WANT.TO.FUCKING.BARF.

    I don’t actually hate babies, and no offence at all to those of you who are blessed with them, I’m delighted they’re in your life, but honest to fuck.

  24. 24.

    p.a.

    @Walker:

    I caught two raccoons and a possum…

    Braising works well. Carrots, rosemary, or creole style hide the gamey taste.

    ETA: glad to hear the cat is back.

  26. 26.

    Mnemosyne

    @Walker:

    Phew! I’m glad you were able to recover him. Did the vet have any advice about getting him to calm down once he’s back in the house, or do you just treat him like he’s a new semi-feral and let him adjust at his own speed?

  28. 28.

    Roger Moore

    Whether you’re a good person isn’t measured by what you think. We all have good intentions we fail to follow through on and terrible thoughts we never act on. Those things don’t matter. What matters is what makes it out of your thoughts and into your actions. The guy who raises money for animal shelters, stops to pick up (and adopt) lost dogs on the side of the road, and refinishes his house to make it nicer for his girlfriend’s children is a mensch, even if he gets angry and fed up with the stupidity of the world.

  29. 29.

    mai naem mobile

    I have a lot of internal dialogues when I see young people dressed ridiculously or fave or neck tatoos. It’s usually about how dumb dumb dumb, especially those huge neck tattoos. Also tongue piercings and those big inside the hole earring things. Not easily reversible if reversible at all. Yeah,I’m an old fart.

  32. 32.

    Walker

    @debbie:
    @Mnemosyne:

    Once he got in the house, he reverted back after a few hours of detox alone. He is a bit stressed, but doing okay.

    It is not that he forgot me. It is just (according to what several people told me) that a stressed indoor cat cannot think straight when it gets outside and is overwhelmed. So everything is a threat.

  35. 35.

    Laura

     I promise you there is a ceaseless torrent of horrid shit going through my mind

    Dear brother Cole, it’s not just you. We are all struggling, on our way to who knows where. We may get there, by and by, but we are all struggling, and we are not alone in the lonely struggle.
    YMMV.

  36. 36.

    Quinerly

    @Walker:
    Wonderful news. I remember your original post and kept meaning to inquire…just never saw any further posts from you on anything. I know you are thrilled.??

  39. 39.

    SiubhanDuinne

    @Baud:

    I like babies. They are the most dog-like of all humans.

    Interesting. I don’t think a baby has ever sniffed my crotch.

  52. 52.

    A Ghost to Most

    I hear you,John. I’m crazy on a good day, and the last year’s events, coupled with working in an environment full of coal humpers and Rump supporters, has left me very short with them. I may need to retire early if/when I tell some weasel to go Fuck themselves. I’m under a year now, so if it happens, I’m good, even eager.

    Glad you are safely back from you undisclosed location.

  53. 53.

    jl

    My most recent episode of harsh and vindictive judgment of others was the eclipse post today. I’ve seen an almost total eclipse. It’s gets fucking dark, is what. I didn’t notice all this metallic other wordly nickel alloy silvery sheen brilliant darkness BS. I hate all you entitled eclipsers with your eclipse snobbery. Fucking eclipsers. I hate those damn eclipse snobs. Hate ’em hate ’em hate em. I HATE THEM!

    Henceforth, I will note well, will never forget, any eclipse snob micro aggression.
    I’m also sick and tired of all you assholes who can spell and rub it in normal peace loving people’s faces all day long.
    Now excuse me, I am going to go fume and rage in private for awhile over a variety of well justified grievances against sundry peoples.

  61. 61.

    jl

    @lollipopguild:

    ” Baud2020 bumper sticker. Vote for Baud he is better than you.”

    How about:
    ” Are you good enough for Baud 2020? He sure ain’t.”

    Edit: if we add
    “He’s a bozo, a hobo and he’s got a loser taint”
    then we have a chant! For the convention!

  62. 62.

    Omnes Omnibus

    @jl:

    I didn’t notice all this metallic other wordly nickel alloy silvery sheen brilliant darkness BS. I hate all you entitled eclipsers with your eclipse snobbery.

    You are a man of prose not poetry. But I am not judging you. ::side-eye::

  63. 63.

    Patricia Kayden

    “I am here to say that most of you are coming up lacking” is the funniest thing I’ve read all week. Thanks Cole!

  67. 67.

    Schlemazel

    @Baud:
    My mind is a raging torrent, flooded with rivulets of thought cascading into a waterfall of creative alternatives, aglow with whirling, transient nodes of thought careening through a cosmic vapor of invention.

  70. 70.

    Mnemosyne

    @Baud:

    That, too. I managed to get through the vast majority of my nieces’ and nephews’ childhood without having to change their diapers.

    Take ’em out to do fun stuff, get ’em all sugared up, and drop them back off at home right when they start to get cranky. Aunthood is the best. ?

  71. 71.

    planetpundit

    You think bad thoughts. You may sometimes speak the. Howvwe you DO good works and at times greta works; You are a good man Charlie Brown Cole>

  72. 72.

    Quinerly

    @Baud:
    Poco was ready to hit the campaign trail for Baud/Poco 2020 but his “body girl” was attacked in her eye at 7 AM by a table sized palm tree when she was giving it a drink of water. Urgent Care. Scratched cornea and iris. Poco is cranky. He didn’t get to do his campaign walks.

  73. 73.

    Schlemazel

    Cole:
    If only you knew what’s inside of me now
    You wouldn’t want to know me somehow,
    But
    You will love me tonight,
    We alone will be alright,
    In the end.

  74. 74.

    Gelfling 545

    @HinTN: Just this. Quite a bit about human nature is, well, deplorable. It’s what we do with it that matters.

  75. 75.

    debbie

    @Mnemosyne:

    Poop. Vomit. I got it all, but never tired of my nieces and nephews. It’s great being an aunt: all the fun, none of the responsibility.

  77. 77.

    Omnes Omnibus

    @Mnemosyne: Uncling is even better. There is almost no assumption that one might be competent with the little ones so one is never asked.

  81. 81.

    Kristine

    I promise you there is a ceaseless torrent of horrid shit going through my mind.

    I am certain that if people could read my thoughts sometimes, I’d be run out of town on a rail. I sure as hell would have no friends.

    We all think shit. But we (mostly) keep it to ourselves, and we don’t act on it. I haven’t read all the comments, but I’m betting others have said this, too.

    You’re a Good Man, John, whether you believe it or not.

  82. 82.

    jl

    @Baud:

    ” My mind is a serene oasis.”

    Good rejoinder to all those cat calls about sumps and pond scum.
    Glad you are working on framing for 2020 already.

  84. 84.

    SiubhanDuinne

    @jl:

    Now excuse me, I am going to go fume and rage in private for awhile over a variety of well justified grievances against sundry peoples.

    “Well-justified grievances,” I think you mean. “Well justified” requires a hyphen when used adjectivally.

  85. 85.

    Schlemazel

    @schrodingers_cat:
    Nah, kid is tender and light flavored, you would not want a red. I’d suggest a dry white like a sauvignon blanc or maybe a rose’ but not a sweet one

  86. 86.

    FlyingToaster

    @schrodingers_cat:

    What wine goes with the kid sampling, I would think a burgundy or perhaps a merlot.

    Too strong. Unless the kid’s particularly gamey, you want a nice fruity cuvée. For a gamey portion, a hearty central coast Zinfandel or Primitivo would match best.

    [Note: I just brushed my 9-year-old WarriorGirl’s hair. She’s NOT on your menu.]

  89. 89.

    Mnemosyne

    @Quinerly:

    The newborn stage is no fun — all they do is sleep, poop, and vomit. Once they’re actually sitting up and more interactive, then those among us who are easily amused (like me) can play peek-a-boo and other amusing games.

    But I’m the kind of aunt who’s willing to pick small children up by their ankles and swing them around upon request, so YMMV.

  90. 90.

    Emma

    Don’t be silly. No human being is expected to be a saint (in all honesty, a lot of Church-declared saints were pains in the keister). We all have those moments where we eye the butcher knife with some affection. But you try to be honest, and you are caring of humans, animals, and the planet. That’s all it takes.

  92. 92.

    schrodingers_cat

    Funny story, my mom has blocked several members of her Yoga class on Whatsapp because they keep sending her pictures of their grand kids, several times a day!

  93. 93.

    Quinerly

    @Baud:
    I felt like a fool at the new neighborhood Urgent Care explaining what happened. A plant watering injury. I did burst out laughing when the cute, young red headed intake technician named Todd was filling in medical history and asked for date of my last cycle. Probably TMI nut I’ve seen wilder things discussed here. Best compliment I’ve had in days….I’m 56.?

  94. 94.

    Mingobat f/k/a Karen in GA

    I keep thinking I should make more of an effort to make friends. Then I meet someone who seems okay, I relax a bit, and then they say something about their church group or “both parties are equally bad” or some such thing and I think, nope. And I go back to having no use for most people I meet.

    I could probably find new friends in the baby-hating club, though.

  95. 95.

    SiubhanDuinne

    @Mnemosyne:

    But I’m the kind of aunt who’s willing to pick small children up by their ankles and swing them around upon request, so YMMV.

    I like to teach them early on to blow bubbles with a straw in their milk or whatever they’re drinking. Also, to make noisy slurping sounds when they’re finishing it off. Works like a charm, because their parents never again ask me to keep an eye on the kids.

  99. 99.

    Capri

    @Baud: I heard my mother say that our dogs were just like her kids when we were little for years. Boy was I surprised when I had kids of my own.

  100. 100.

    Iowa Old Lady

    @Mnemosyne: I need some kind of plot outline to comfort myself with as I struggle to draft. Without it, I panic and am convinced I can’t do this. However, I still revise a lot because I learn about my characters as I see them in action. Just today, I was making notes on what’s driving my MC and making him doubt himself. I’m at about 35 K words. I couldn’t have done this earlier. I think most writers alternate use both plotting and pantsing.

  103. 103.

    Patricia Kayden

    @Iowa Old Lady: My Mom doesn’t filter her thoughts which isn’t fun sometimes but I guess that comes with being almost 80 years old — you just don’t give a darn anymore.

  104. 104.

    SiubhanDuinne

    @Quinerly:

    Urgent Care. Scratched cornea and iris.

    Ouch! That’s no fun ?

    The good news is that the cornea usually recovers quickly and fully from cuts and scratches. Wishing you a speedy return to normal.

  105. 105.

    AliceBlue

    @Quinerly:
    That happened to me a couple of months ago when I went to urgent care. The nurse asked me about my last cycle and I said “I’m 64. I can’t remember back that far.” We both had a laugh.

  107. 107.

    Eric S.

    @SiubhanDuinne: i had a friend come sub at my softball game today. The agreement was i would keep any eye on his 4 month old. When he showed up with his pooch and not his daughter i could not have been more relieved.

  108. 108.

    Quinerly

    @Ohio Mom:
    Thanks. The PA says it should heal fast. Antibiotic drops. Just threw me for a loop. Got back from NC yesterday and had big weekend plans. Feel like crap. Hurts more when I close it. They wouldn’t even give me an eye patch. Aaarggghhhh. I really wanted a patch. Oh, also…I’m to stay off the computer.?

  112. 112.

    dmsilev

    @Schlemazel:

    I wish we had those plates here on the tundra. I would get them custom. they would say
    EAT THE

    There’s an image floating around the net of the same style plate, with custom lettering ‘CTHULHU”. When He reawakens, He will eat the kids first. Note also the color of the handprint….

  114. 114.

    Quinerly

    @AliceBlue:
    I’m still laughing over it. Apparently, cycles are a big deal at Urgent Cares. Here, I thought he was flirting with me.?? Damn.

  115. 115.

    efgoldman

    @Iowa Old Lady:

    as I get old, my ability to self censor will weaken and I’ll say what I think out loud.

    I had to really watch myself my last couple of years at work. Now? Who gives a shit.
    My mind is usually a morass of mixed earworms from the thousands of pieces of music I know.

  116. 116.

    SiubhanDuinne

    @Quinerly:

    Hurts more when I close it.

    The ophthalmologists in the group will correct me, but it is my understanding that the actual cornea has few if any nerve endings. The pain/itch/discomfort is from the inside of your eyelid (which does have sensitive nerve endings) passing over the scratched or scarred eyeball.

    A distinction without a difference, I know. But as I said upthread, corneas heal rapidly and you should be back to normal quite soon.

  119. 119.

    Omnes Omnibus

    @Roger Moore:

    My nose itched, and I knew I should drink wine or kiss a fool.

    Best I could find on the topic. He also seems to have had a thing for coffee.

  120. 120.

    Quinerly

    @SiubhanDuinne:
    That makes sense. It does seem to be the lid that hurts when I close it. I turned down the painkiller that was offered. Getting of the smarty pants phone screen and putting an ice pack on it as directed. Thanks for all the comments everyone. Carry on!

  123. 123.

    ThresherK

    @Quinerly: I have a scratched cornea and will flare up a bit if there’s enough going on, pollen, dust, etc.

    After the antibiotic I used an OTC from Bausch, don’t recall the name but it’s better than eyedrops, and vaguely resembles petroleum jelly in color and thickness. Comes in a little aluminum dispenser.

  124. 124.

    Central Planning

    @SiubhanDuinne: I have 5 kids and don’t get in to the oooh and ahhhh shit. I hardly post pictures of them on FB. That shit gets irritating. We get that you think your kid is cute. Shut. Up.

  125. 125.

    Ruckus

    John Cole.
    You think you are special? You think you are different? That’s why we like you and keep coming back, jackass, because you are a normal fucking human being. What makes you normal is that you have learned to filter out the bullshit that rolls around in your head (and everyone else’s, btw) and not let it leak out, too often, too violently, or at the wrong time.

  127. 127.

    Quinerly

    @ThresherK:
    Thanks for the info. Urgent Care PA was insistent that I see an ophthalmologist this upcoming week. Said it would heal fast but need to have a specialist check for scarring so that it wouldn’t flare up in the future.

  129. 129.

    Svensker

    You think your brain is that different than anyone else’s? We’re all assholes in our heads, Cole. It’s what we act on and what we say that makes the man or woman.

  130. 130.

    Omnes Omnibus

    @Quinerly:

    Former Speaker Newt Gingrich on Friday even accused special counsel Robert Mueller, the former FBI director now investigating Russia’s involvement in last year’s election, as representing the “deep state at its worse.”

    Worse?

  131. 131.

    thalarctosMaritimus

    @Walker: That’s excellent news, Walker! I’m glad to hear it. I was hoping, when I read your original post about the escape.

  135. 135.

    SiubhanDuinne

    @efgoldman:

    as I get old, my ability to self censor will weaken and I’ll say what I think out loud.

    I had to really watch myself my last couple of years at work. Now? Who gives a shit.

    Fuckem.

  136. 136.

    Ruckus

    @mai naem mobile:
    I used to do the same thing, the question being what the fuck are you going to do when you get older and realize that all that stuff is unimportant? The other day we went out to eat lunch at work and the subject went around to tattoos. Only one of the 4 of us has visible tats. We talked a bit about it and I reminded him that I had 3 non visible tats as well. My boss turned and said yes but yours probably cost $140,000. I think that may be a bit high but it is true that they weren’t cheap, nor my idea. You know what? None of this means anything. All the tats, all the extra holes, the relatively non removable jewelry, at the end of the day it means nothing. They are different. They want to show it.
    Of course so many show it in exactly the same way that it’s difficult to tell that they are different. The kicker is that they really aren’t. Any more than we are or that Cole is. Yes there are outliers on the curve. But most of us fit in there somewhere near the center. As many have said, it’s more that we don’t externalize it.

  139. 139.

    Miss Bianca

    @jl: OK, you have just made me LOL. I thought I was the only one who was feeling eclipse-cranky!

  142. 142.

    Ruckus

    @SiubhanDuinne:
    I like other people’s kids. Especially the young ones. I like to pass them on the street or see them in an elevator and wave and smile at them. They smile and wave back, or look at you like you are going to eat them. Either is an acceptable response. What I really like about kids is that we then go our separate ways.

  143. 143.

    Omnes Omnibus

    @Ruckus: A lot of people who do the piercing and tatts are doing so to set themselves off from their parents and other authority figures. Pour épater les bourgeois. Well, I decided not to be shocked. I used to go to punk clubs in khakls, loafers, and sweater – I never had any issues. I don’t see any reason to create issues going the other way.

  149. 149.

    CaseyL

    @Walker: So glad to hear Marcus is home! Be interesting to see if he never ever tries to get out again, or decides it was pretty cool (apart from the constant terror part) and wants to make a hobby of escaping.

    Cole, inside everyone’s head is a big ol’ hot mess. I tried to be, and think I succeeded in being, “non-judgmental” in my idealistic youth. That era is long over. Sometimes my internal dialog appalls me. As long as it stays internal, though, all is well.

  159. 159.

    danielx

    Cole, at one point – okay, several points – in the past some of your posts showed some, uh, irascibility. Some people – not me, you understand, but some people, might even say hostility. But in a healthy and hilarious way, let us say – healthy for those of us reading it and laughing, as oposed to you and your various catastrophes. There’s been somewhat less in the recent past because ABC is clearly having a positive effect on your outlook, may she and all her works prosper.

    However, every so often you break out in truly gifted invective. Please continue….I was at a wedding this evening when two friends of mine got married, both of whom i’ve known for over forty years. Long story, but saw lots of old friends there (jeebus did i really date four of those women?), and one of them was a guy i’ve known, again, for a hell of a long time although i only see him once every ten years or so. But he’s a serious republican, and he asked me what i think of trump (note: this is a true story). I thought about it for about thirty seconds or so and blurted out “he’s an incompetent, inept, corrupt embarrassment to my country.”. which is no doubt what he thought about obama……..but watching his mouth fall open was satisfying for abut thirty seconds and then it was like “oh well done burned that friendship”. It is painful sometimes.

  164. 164.

    SiubhanDuinne

    @Ruckus:

    Former Speaker Newt Gingrich on Friday even accused special counsel Robert Mueller, the former FBI director now investigating Russia’s involvement in last year’s election, as representing the “deep state at its worse.”

    How is one word of that wrong?

    “Worse” should be “worst.” As Omnes noted in his #130.

    ETA: And his #163.

  165. 165.

    Gravenstone

    @Quinerly: Tangled with a lachrymator at work some years ago. Took me to the ER , where they flushed my eyes with a liter each of saline. The apparatus used so irritated the insides of my eyelids that I had to literally hold my eyes closed by laying my forearm over them in order to sleep afterward . Hopefully the irritation and sensitivity in your eye passes quickly.

  172. 172.

    Another Scott

    @SiubhanDuinne: Given the horrible state of editing in the popular press these days, I don’t think we can assume it was Leroy who made the error there… :-/

    Cheers,
    Scott.

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    J R in WV

    @SiubhanDuinne:

    @jl:

    Now excuse me, I am going to go fume and rage in private for awhile over a variety of well justified grievances against sundry peoples.

    “Well-justified grievances,” I think you mean. “Well justified” requires a hyphen when used adjectivally.

    And now I have been out-grammarianed[sic]. Out grammar policed? one of those…

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    Ohio Mom

    @ThresherK: The Vaseline-like goop in the metal tube is what the eye doctor gave me 35 or so years ago when I scratched my cornea. Applying it was an interesting experience.

    @Quinerly: Rushing to the opthamologist sounds like a wise move.

  179. 179.

    J R in WV

    @Quinerly:

    Sounds like you’re doing pretty good for 56, Ocelot! er, uh, Quinerly. Next time you’re going to be in Charleston, let us know and we can take you out to eat. Or bring you a sammich. whatever…

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    Alan Fahnestock

    Dude, I’m thirty-odd years sober and THAT particular aspect of sobriety doesn’t get any better….largely because the world is, in truth, full of peckerheads and morons, and even your best friend, more than likely, has faults that would make your toes curl.

    Just remember Deteriorata: Whether you can hear it or not, the whole universe is laughing behind your back.

  190. 190.

    joel hanes

    Carrots, rosemary, or creole style hide the gamey taste.

    Brine the hell out them in cold water overnight.

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    No One You Know

    @Quinerly: I went through this. The ophthalmologist is important. She added another med because there was an infection just starting. Stay the course! How you feel better soon.

  193. 193.

    Quinerly

    @J R in WV:
    How sweet! When my parents were alive, I was through there coming and going 8 times a year. Once I get the house I grew up in cleaned out and sold, it will be travels through West Virginia and stops in Charleston 2-4 times a year on the way to the NC coast. Let’s stay in touch. Thanks for the kind words.

  196. 196.

    Quinerly

    Thanks to everyone who posted words of support and advice about this eye mishap. I have tried two posts replying. They keep disappearing. Have a great Sunday.

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