Oh, is that right? I’m sorry to hear that. I am home now after an epic 13 hour return trip to my desert home. Smells good here, btw. Look for a full report including details of my brief but spectacular overnight stay in Huntington Beach: the best pizza in the Western World. 

Awe. I love affectionate dogs, especially the bigger ones. 

Rock on yourself-that’s an incredible story. We here in the US are fucked when it comes to health care and prescription meds. The best approach is to be healthy and stay healthy. Otherwise, things can go south pretty quickly and it won’t be cheap, either. Glad you found the neuropsychiatrist who is local to you, and…

Ha ha. You can tell people, “That’s ‘DR.’ Smarty Pants to you. Congrats in advance and best of luck for your oral defense. I’ll never forget the afternoon when I walked out of the university building after finishing my Master’s comps. My life changed forever; that was a significant life passage for me. Savor your…

Years ago I read somewhere that ground up orange rind will repel them. I tried it once when they invaded my big bag of dog food in the outdoor shed. Worked great and safe for the pup. I used a blender and ground the find up pretty well with a bit of water. Good luck. You must live in the tropics? They don’t try to…

Handsome boy. Sorry for your loss. 

Yes, my first impression of Sandra Oh was in that movie. You make a good point about the frustrated Jr High School teacher character who was still fixated on his ex-wife. I forgot about his stealing from his parent. Who would do that as an adult? Nobody ethical. I also found it a bit of a stretch that the blonde…

Thanks for the tip!

LOL. I’ve seen that film twice. Will likely see it again this week. Seems appropriate! 

Forgot to add, I am packing music: Tom Petty, Grateful Dead, the Pogues and Flogging Molly (it’s St Patrick’s Day, y’all). What else would be good for a road trip?

WOW, so beautiful!

Lady Luck is smiling on you this month. What a difference a few weeks can make. I’m so happy to read about your good fortune. I wish you peace and happiness in your new home. For a long long time.

Those little mini-horses weird me out just a bit (horse tack joke).

LOL

LOL; way back in the mid ‘80s when I was studying Russian, we read a short vignette in our Russian produced text, Ruskie Yazik dla Ceh (Russian Language for All) describing Mezjdu Narody Zjenskie Dehn (International Women’s Day) see above in Cyrillic. We were all American college students, none of whom was familiar…

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I haven’t watched NBC in decades due to my hatred first, for Matt Lauer, and then the Bushes: Billy and Jenna. CBS on the other hand has (had) the disgraced and unlamented Charles Rose, Norah O’Donnell, and Gayle King. So I watch them when I’m home in the morning. There’s no disputing O’Donnell’s qualifications,…

<3 How awesome are you!!!

Your father, what a cruel let-down. So sorry for him, for you and your whole family. I’m not even a tiny bit religious, but God help us all as we lose the ones we love most in life. I have not yet experienced all the ravages of time, but I believe the cruelest blows in my life have already landed—it was when my…