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Here we go....
So, those of my friends and former friends who still use this... might find something interesting at lirazel66 dot dreamwidth dot org. And this place will become desolate in about 2 months. But don't worry; all your golden comments are moving with me (I hope) glares at queue -
This may be a career-limiting move...
... but I have decided to make my collection of Absurd Locutions public property again, even the ones where I get cranky.
Remember, even if you're feeling totally down on yourself, at least you didn't write any of these horrible phrases, sentences, or even whole paragraphs. -
Welp, thinks got worse
I am just now mostly recovered from the virus Young Wonder shared with me in Washington. I got meds, got partway back, and then got sick again. I'm still rather low.
But I'm jamming!
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Washington
I promised Young Wonder that I'd take him to Washington, D.C. when he was 9, and we planned on this last weekend, due to his school being closed Tuesday for the election. We had big plans!
So, due to weather, we didn't get to our hotel until 2:30 am on Saturday the 3rd, having left Boston 7 hours earlier. Then, our first hotel room had a broken ( Read more... ) -
Voting Early
I'm going out of town this weekend, and I'm not sure I'll be back in time to vote on Tuesday. So today, I went to vote early.
Unlike my usual polling place, where you have to sneak in a back door near the gym and there's no close handicapped parking, the Malden Senior Center lets you in through one of two front doors, one of which has three ( Read more... ) -
Oof
My good friend Nancy and her husband are moving to a far-away state, to be near her son. (They are in their 70s, and not in the best of health.) They have lived in the same house for 38 years, so, as you can imagine, there's a lot of stuff. (Nancy has table linens that have become semi-valuable antiques just by being unused since they were wedding ( Read more... ) -
Fake friends
... Or, Why I Would Get Android Smart Devices If I Wanted The Damned Things.
Let's see... We have Alexa and Siri, of course. My bank offers me a "personal assistant" named Erica who seeks to "make banking easier" as well as helping me with my financial goals. I've seen other apps with chatbots and assistants, and if they have names, those names are ( Read more... ) -
Announcement!
I don't know if you've noticed, but whenever a progressive candidate wins a Democratic primary these days, some pundit or other will opine, "Well, she (or he) is hardly a Socialist."
This has inspired me to start a new political party, the Hardly Socialists. Our policy positions will be juston the edge of socialism, so as to maintain our plausible ( Read more... ) -
I couldn't help it
I really don't like "humor" that consists of mocking the target's appearance. When Seth Myers says, "He looks like..." I wince. When Colbert says, "HUD Secretary and man who..." I flinch, and let's not get into the characterization of Jeff Sessions as a malevolent Keebler elf cookie. I'm not handsome myself, though I hope I look benevolent, and I ( Read more... )