To the long, long list of famous celebrities kicking the bucket, the numberless and nameless desperate refugees who died on the way to what they hoped would be a better life, and everybody and everything that has been destroyed by that endless shit show known as the Syrian Crisis, you can add my mother, who went to…

Don’t knock any of this, until you’ve read this: https://www.amazon.com/Nature-Things-…

Thank you so much for this. I’ve been trying to use these sites, and some of them have been driving me crazy. Now, I know which ones it’s worth putting up with.

So did I. I felt for both Decker and Budd, especially Budd because she seemed so young and clueless. But, after that awful, awful press conference Decker held, a lot of my sympathies kind of went out the window.

I saw it, and I wasn’t too impressed. It was a little too cliched for my tastes. Although some of the scenes were excellent, and so were the effects.

As a Canadian, I can’t decide which is worse. The way they treated Manuel, or the way they treated Penny Oleksiak, who gave Canada a second gold at these games, one more than in London 2012. It’s the epitome of how women athletes, African-American athletes, and non-American athletes are treated by the US media.

You are absolutely welcome! Now go kiss your wife and tell her she’s the most awesome person on the planet. Come on! You know you want to.

I love looking at clouds. They don’t even have to have an interesting shape. Some of them are just so majestic.

I never, ever spend time on transit looking at my phone, unless I get a call or message. I feel so sorry for those who are glued to their phones. They’re missing out.

Speaking as a former girl child here, my attempts at self-assertion were ruthlessly, even viciously squashed. I wasn’t allowed to “talk back”, I wasn’t allowed to be angry. I had to be “lady-like”, and speaking what was genuinely on my mind was frequently punished. I am a full grown adult now, and I’m still dealing…

RAMEN!

I want to be her when I grow up! Who needs Wonder Woman, any way?

Yup. Podkayne of Mars, one of my favorite books by him, had Venus with a wet atmosphere, an indigenous race of some kind, swamps, and with a lot of casinos. Great fun, but obviously, the science of Venus was completely wrong. Still have fond memories of that book, though, especially the heroine. It was one of the…

^^ty I have been looking for cast iron in thrift shops and so on, but so far no luck. Unfortunately, a lot of people seem to have gotten wise to how older cast iron is the bomb.

Like I said, when you have a disability like mine, you really need an alternative. Don’t get me wrong. I love cast iron too. But it can be hard to use when you have arthritis in the wrists and elbows.

My problem with cast iron is that it’s so heavy. As someone with arthritis, cast iron can be hard to use. I sometimes have problems just lifting it. People with my problems need alternatives.

I’ve acquired quite a few of these, and now I wonder how I got along without them. Now I’m working on getting those that I don’t have, particularly a pressure cooker and mandoline.

That whole scene is just one of my all time favorites. I could just put it on repeat for hours and be happy. He’s having so much fun!

As soon as I reached the “sacrificial rape scene”, in lieu of throwing up, I threw away the book. Last Card book I ever tried.

Congratulations! You are freaking amazing. Now have a nice cold iced tea and get back into the gym.