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Happy Mother’s Day

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Happy Mother’s day to all you moms out there. And if you forgot, it is still not too late to do something special for the mothers in your life.

Normally every year on Mother’s Day I get mom and dad Chinese takeout because, well, that’s what she wants. This year, though, they just had it the other day, so when I go to the big city on Tuesday I am going to pick up some Indian for them. I did get her some delicious pastries at this wonderful place in Wheeling called Good Mansion Wines. If you are ever in the area you absolutely have to go, it’s just a delightful place.

Regardless, no matter what I do for mothers day from here on out will not even compare to the gift my sister Devon got my mom this year. As you know, she is an INSANE sports fan, and lives and breathes Steelers, Pirates, and Penguins. So this year, my sister bought my mother a ten minute Cameo from none other than Dick LeBeau, a Hall of Fame football coach and player. It was really charming and he was just so nice and well spoken throughout.

Happy Mother's Day 3

I thought that was pretty neat and that you all would find it interesting. I’m off to spend the afternoon on the tractor cutting the soccer fields. I forget if I mentioned it but one of the things I am doing this summer is helping Gerald (Breyana’s dad) with his handyman/lawn service business, and taking up some of the grass duties when he has a lot of other projects. It’s perfect for me- I throw on the overalls and noise cancelling earphones and listen to music/podcasts/spanish language tapes while ridding around in circles. No one fucks with me, no one yells at me to do things differently, and I just get to ride and think and listen.

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  4. 4.

    Another Scott

    Big hearted guy with sinus issues volunteers to spend hours on tractor cutting grass??!

    Tune in tomorrow for the next exciting installment of “This Fucking Old House”…

    ;-)

    Have fun!

    HMD to one and all.

    Cheers,
    Scott.

  5. 5.

    Kristine

    I throw on the overalls and noise cancelling earphones and listen to music/podcasts/spanish language tapes while ridding around in circles. No one fucks with me, no one yells at me to do things differently, and I just get to ride and think and listen.

    Kinda how I feel when I cut grass (except I use a push mower).

    HMD to Mom Cole and all the moms out there.

  7. 7.

    Bob

    Old Timey Lion’s fans all remember Dick LeBeau (“the beautiful”) with great fondness.

  8. 8.

    Parfigliano

    In highschool best summer job I had was M-F riding a mower cutting grass at the SD Capitol Complex.  Walkman headphones on  cassette tape playing and high high high.

  10. 10.

    Nukular Biskits

    I throw on the overalls and noise cancelling earphones and listen to music/podcasts/spanish language tapes while ridding around in circles. No one fucks with me, no one yells at me to do things differently, and I just get to ride and think and listen.

    Uh … if you’re wearing noise-canceling earphones, how would you know?

  13. 13.

    DFH

    Have fun mowing. The great thing about mowing is that you can always see where you’ve been.

  17. 17.

    AM in NC

    @Nukular Biskits:  Second Mother’s Day without mine, and I am right there with you in missing my mama terribly.

    I got a really sweet card (and all of my favorite treats) today from the son who is home from college, so that helped take away some of the sad.

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    narya

    One of the fun things from the “The Good Place” podcast was hearing them talk about how Maya Rudolph would take a line and just sauce it up; that video is all of it.

    I made some palmiers (elephant ears) to send to my mom, to remind her that dealing with all of the post-dad’s-death stuff is like eating an elephant–one bite at a time. She is enjoying them!

    HMD to all of you out there–for all of the mothers out there–birth, adopted, chosen, pet, house–ALL the mothers.

  20. 20.

    mrmoshpotato

    No one fucks with me, no one yells at me to do things differently, and I just get to ride and think and listen.

    Excellent.

  22. 22.

    Sid

    Dick LeBeau and Gail Cogdill were my 2 favorite players on the Lions when I was growing up (and playing DB and end, as the position was called in those days). I had some wheels back then.

  23. 23.

    Another Scott

    @TBone: Thanks for the pointer.  I had to scroll the page to just the right place to see the tweet, but that’s Ok.

    She’s always been a favorite of mine.  She was great in Idiocracy, but the part could have been so much more if they had let her run with it a bit more.

    Cheers,
    Scott.

  24. 24.

    Scout211

    I saw a nice giphy on my iPhone that I sent to my sisters.  It encompasses all three of us. It’s a rotating image that says:

    Happy Mother’s Day

    to the

    Birth Mothers

    Adoptive Mothers

    Trans Mothers

    Foster Mothers

    Chosen Mothers

    Expectant Mothers

    Stepmothers

    And everyone else

    called Mom

    Happy Mothers Day to all who celebrate.

    And my condolences to all of you who are missing your Mom today (like I do).

  27. 27.

    AliceBlue

    The gift I ordered for my mom–which was shipped on April 30 and due to arrive on May 4–has been sitting in a processing center since May 7.

    Happy Mothers Day from Louis DeJoy.

  28. 28.

    NotMax

    @AliceBlue

    due to arrive on May 4–has been sitting in a processing center since May 7

    “One day isn’t enough. I proclaim it Mother’s Week.”
    :)

  31. 31.

    TBone

    I’m wondering why people have trouble seeing/reading certain websites that I’ve been reading for years without any issue.  Is it an iPhone thing?  I’m on a crappy Samsung cell phone now, and previously was on a desktop computer and have never had any of the issues I see people remarking on.  I’m genuinely curious 🤔 I don’t think it’s a browser issue because Google shows me the same websites clear as a bell.  I am clearly not a computer expert 😂 only in how to use them, know next to nothing of the nuts and bolts

  32. 32.

    Another Scott

    @TBone: In my case, I use UBlock Origin on all my PC browsers (and Brave on my phone).  There are huge areas of blank space on Digby’s site that I assume are blocked ads (or what UBO thinks are ads).  The coding there seems a little weird, but I haven’t looked into it carefully.

    Maybe TaMara is using a browser that Digby’s place doesn’t like.

    FWIW.

    Cheers,
    Scott.

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