Amen. I was listening to an Aretha spotify playlist and I had just straight up forgotten that she sang so many songs that I love. Totally took it for granted how truly iconic she is.

Damn Damon. You sprinkled gold all over this post - every paragraph had at least one line that almost made me choke on my tea from laughing too hard. Well done sir.

I am so sorry. My mom lives with me, she’s a paraplegic as well, and on Medi-cal (California medicaid). We got to have a care “provider” come every day for 5 hours during her prime need time. Shower/toilet/transfer to bed. Everything is very scheduled bc you know why - but it’s allowed me to continue to work a…

Halloumi (ungrilled) and watermelon in a piece of pita is truly one of earth’s greatest delights.

Any middle eastern grocers will have it.

He knows a monk in Germantown, MD. https://uszen.org

If you  had said this to me I would be thankful and embarrassed for letting my car get to such a state. Don’t ever let dillholes stop you from doing the right thing.

Cooper scared the hell out of me. Stupid dog.

I agree. I didn’t see it as optimistic just because they were successful with one set of people getting theirs (stupid racist connie, and the other idiots blowing themselves up) and the POS cop in the bar. The Klan and David Duke remain intact and relatively unscathed - and go one to have a cross burning, and the cops…

Where are you? I have a friend who is considering monkhood - been to many different monasteries, camps, etc. I can ask him to recommend? He is the opposite of California hippie so i think he could be a good resource if a bit dense (i.e. not everyone understands Pali...take it down 100 levels bro, kinda dense)

Also the rose gold jumpsuit is taupe. Don’t @ me. I have eyes. I know my colors. That’s the jumpsuit of a gas station hop from 1950.

I can’t say anything bad about Moore otherwise my mom is gonna teleport right in front of me to beat me with her chancla. In her house the only Bond is Roger Moore, and every other Bond can go right to hell. Although, fact! if Idris Elba was Bond she’d drop Roger Moore in a second. She really really loved “Luther”…

That’s the Biltmore yeah? It’s almost impossible to take a group photo with that in the background. It’s too big! You’d only get a piece of it and it’d look like any other building.

I read Anne Murray and could not click on that headline faster. I need to reevaluate some things.

I think a distinction needs to be made between the actor and the story/plot.

bah the account got deleted. There’s a 2nd account but it’s locked now and in the bio he slams DailyMail.

Eh. I think Daniel Craig was fine. Bond itself just doesn’t line up with today. Daniel Craig was right to describe him as a lonely, sexist, misogynist. That may have been cool and mysterious decades ago, now it’s just kinda gross and sad. I think Idris as Bond would really reinvigorate the franchise - maybe they can…

Agreed. Frodo Baggins murdering folks made it extra extra creepy.

I had a coupon for a free smoothie - and it was actually pretty tasty. But am I going to drive the 10 miles to go to the edible arrangements for a smoothie? Not so much, no.

omg that’s not Nicole Richie. I think that’s the chick who played the sister, Laurie, on That 70s show, who is dead now :/