And think of the *competition* for most unpopular Governor. Christie didn’t even poison a whole city’s water supply.

And you know, the gales of November sinking the ship.

Bingo.

Ryan, WTF? You really wanna make that gales of November reference?

Bingo. If you’re trying to reduce your footprint, sure, go thrifting. And if you’re lucky you’ll score a deal... But that’s what something is worth and if you need to use it that *probably* doesn’t matter (unless that worth reflects that it will last longer or something - like, say, any decent cast iron. But some…

I literally just learned about them yesterday...

I have one. He’s also mentally disabled. Probably a better solution, but since I only see him about every other month - and always at big family gatherings - I’ve just gotten good at ducking, misdirecting as I jump to a different side of the house, and if stuck firmly pushing aside. If it was someone not disabled I…

You could also get really, really drunk.

Re apron sinks:

Can attest as a formerly very working poor person, now sorta working poor, Ikea is the next best thing after raiding extras and hand me downs from relatives for misc stuff like “new pillow”, “small rug”, “curtain hanging stuff”, “shower curtain” “laundry hamper”, misc kitchen, etc. And it looks halfway decent to boot.…

Unless you’re in a really tiny space, it’s not that great. If it’s just you in the tiny space it’s probably good for a bit of chives or thyme or rosemary now and then.

See, this is why I always try to rent a home (renting in a duplex now, but we “own” the driveway and yard space, they get an upstairs patio).

You win.

Good news about the Iraqi families at least. A lot of those being held are from my hometown (large Chaldean population).

Silver Award here, but mainly cause our troop got split across 4 high schools and it was impossible to keep up. I did work as a counselor one summer though - at that point it was getting way more empowering and awesome. It might depend on the leader and troop dynamics too - ours was definitely not the outdoors type…

Seriously? Overreact much?

We had to go to the Boy Scout camp to do archery and it was one of my favorite Girl Scout things of all time.

Here’s my good thing from last week (we were backpacking right when she disappeared, and were scared as heck to check the news when we got out / signal back 5 days later as there were still searchers out when we left. So so so happy for her and her family. YAY FOUND PEOPLE AND TURTLES!

TThat being said, have you ever blown bubbles with vape smoke? Surprisingly awesome! Especially when you pop the opaque bubbles and the cloud just spills out. That was a fun discovery.