I am currently avoiding writing something "biting" and vague on Facebook against Matt. He's the husband of my friend, DDD, who she should have divorced several years ago (in part b/c she really wanted to divorce him, um, in 2016). Here's where I wrote about it. He voted for Trump in 2016 & apparently in 2020 and has taken to appearing on Facebook ( Read more... )

This is for immemor:The Boss had a bit of a goof-up last night (Feb. 23) at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio when he accidentally shouted out to Pittsburgh on stage ( Read more... )

Thinking good thoughts for you, B, and the upcoming baby F. Hope you're doing well this evening. I wish you a good, pain-free back, and hope to see you soon!

Damn, I hope you're fabulous!


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Central Kansas faces flood danger ( Read more... )

A short update that apparently took me a long time to finish, b/c I started this last night.

( grilling )

Happiness is being well-off with poor friends
By Roger Highfield, Science Editor
(Filed: 15/08/2005)
Money can indeed buy you happiness, but if you want to stay happy it is a good idea to have relatively poor friends, according to new research ( Read more... )

I cannot do justice to last evening/early morning, but I will start by saying that I cannot fathom how I would ever end up having 6-8 people slam dancing in my living room at 2am. Especially when the party was a surprise ( Read more... )

I've worked a little on the essay. I had some really good stuff going in the beginning, and it faded all the sudden. I need to listen to people read very good short stories, I suppose, so that I can hear the voice in my head. But if I have to imagine a voice, does that mean I have one? In a writerly sense, of course ( Read more... )

Well, now that Xavier's been born (and so has Tom G's daughter).... I just found out yesterday that my friend MD, who none of you know (outside of real life friends), is pregnant, and it's killing me not to talk about it. Well, they have to wait almost 2 weeks for the next exam, and they think they'll tell people after that. This is her first ( Read more... )