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Ha, that’s probably not a bad summary! I was in churches like that for a while, don’t want to go back. I am a Christian, don’t usually want to jump into these discussions with #notallchristians, but I thought I could at least help interpret that particular language for you.

don’t receive it when somebody threatens you with ‘Everybody’s getting the flu!’

As much as I love the idea of a Scotland trip with good friends, either the dog or the kitchen sound like better long term, ongoing contributions to your happiness and general mental health :)

I have a male family member who will go on and on about how some people get offended at everything, like they’ve made it their job to be offended, etc., etc. I finally said that it’s true some people are easily offended, but that doesn’t mean he’s not being offensive.

If I remember right from the video, there was at least one car stopped in the left lane and the car that hit Venus was in the far right lane and might not have been able to see her, but they also seemed to go flying into a large, multi-lane intersection immediately after the light turned green, really hard for them to…

I am fairly low contact. Sounds like you feel a lot like I do after seeing my family. I just wanted to add that I’ve been working more on being no-sharing as that makes what contact we do have a lot easier. Pretty much most everything I say about myself or my life is met with criticism, dismissive sneering, or reams…

Realizing that it was abuse and how much it still affects me was a huge first step for me. The voices...I have to talk back to them, to remind myself it’s not my voice, it’s not my truth but my abuser’s. Journaling has helped, mindful meditation/distraction by reading, creative activities, or just doing something,…

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I’ve spent all day trying to figure out what his picture reminded me of...finally remembered, Augustus in I, Claudius:

More big cities, but small, too. Haven’t been to touristy places much. My comment was more towards the “guess there weren’t any good guys with guns” narrative, not that the signs would have made any difference with this gunman. Just that most places, even in Texas, don’t want random people coming in carrying weapons.

And pretty much every public building, business, and church that I’ve been to in Texas has one of these signs prohibiting guns:

I was always kind of neutral on him, but every interview I’ve seen him in recently he makes a big point of talking about his contortionist/rhythmic gymnast 30-years-younger wife, which there’s not anything wrong with them being married, just creepy and gross to me the way he talks about it. That sly grin and “Ya know,…

When I was in college, a friend of mine once said to her boyfriend, “You can either apologize or you can make excuses, you can’t do both.” College was a very long time ago, but I’ve never forgotten that.

Second the recommendation to take them to the vet. I’ve had more than one cat start peeing outside the box because of UTI’s and kidney problems.

I first found them earlier this year when the Canada kittens came in. It’s best I don’t live anywhere near there...and don’t have the money or space for more cats...I’ve fallen in love with a few cats in each group. I’d love to be able to adopt Elliot, and whatever kittens they wanted to send with him, if only I could!

Isn’t that great! I think it’s an American Doll piece of furniture, a fainting couch or something like that.

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