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Love God.
Love others.
The rest is details.
—Thought for the day

THE thought for every day.

No! It's in. — J.J. Sefton

Really? Oboy, my claim to fame is now immortal.

Diction is funny. I first read "it's in" as meaning "already on the list," like last time I asked about a word, and I thought, danggg, not again!

Outside my front door, dog paw prints lead out, about the length of a dog, then turn back. Inside, inverted pattern of snowy paw prints on the mat.

It is even prettier out than it is cold.

If George Pullman had been named Pushman, trains would have had engines at the back and cabooses in the front. (Which would've had a big impact on language.)

And, we can all be grateful the inventor of the telephone was not banned Alexander Graham Klaxonhorn.

@Sefton — Did we already discuss "Mugwumps"? A "group of Republican activists who supported Democratic candidate Grover Cleveland in the United States presidential election of 1884." (Wiki) 19th Century RINOs would seem to fit the list.

"It was a damn good picture, simply because I stole it from a hell of a script...." —Poppins

I once read, all plots are from Shakespeare.

My thinking as a "B" level creator myself is, since one inevitably will be stealing from somebody, always steal from the best.

Up, dressed warmly. coffee brewing, sunlight coming on....

One thing about having been in some really awful spots in my life, things have to get pretty bad before I'd be unable to say, meh, I've been in worse situations.

Thanks for posting, Gabe.

Morning, Glories. Now to read Poppins' tale du jour...

creepy cold house. bed is warm.

but I must arise. cats need coffee.

morning, glories! when I'm more awake, I'll find the shift key.

if I can just get to sleep, maybe I can dream that it will be warm when I wake up.

Good night, Gracies. Be of good cheer. it's not just a good idea. It's a command!

What we really need is more research into improving the flavor of ear wax.

If you don't like the weather in NC...
Just wait a minute.
—Tobacco Road

Hey, now! ©! I said that about Oklahoma.

Where, by the way, it's 3° & ice storms now. 70° next Sunday.

I really can't explain;
I know it was insane
But in this blizzard
we went for a drive.

Black ice with blinding snow.
I took it really slow.
Consequently,
we got home alive.

Karma Shave

It's impossible to say when is best to visit beautiful Oklahoma, but it's probably best to avoid August. Unless you plan to visit some of our many lakes. Spring is nice, occasional twisters notwithstanding.

There's "Green Country" in the Northeast, my territory, the edge of the Ozarks and part of the great Arkansas river watershed, part of the Mississippi system. Did you know Tulsa is a port?

Just to the west is where the Great Plains begins, rolling green hills give way to vast, flat grasslands, rising gradually towards the Rockies. Like western Kansas, only a touch more scenic.

In SE Oklahoma, there's the Ouachita "Mountains." Once higher than the Rockies, now worn down to "merely" huge green, rolling mounds, with warm enough climate to be almost counted as a part of the South.

Then there's the Southwest part of the state. Close to Texas in both landscape and temperament, it's vast ranchland, sparsely populated, wild West. (Where "cockfights" means something different than it does in Barry's boudoir.) Good place to Survive, IYKWIM.

There's so much more could be said about this great state. Visit for the scenery (seriously) — stay for the principled politics and strong economy and good neighbors. Please. We need all the additional patriots we can get. Before the SHTF.

"The ridiculous hats and the colors ... Kind of cartoonish...." —Semi-engaged scroller

You must not have been there / seen the historic accounts. That's really how everyone looked in the '60s. Color had just been invented.

Wherein Babs ('Call Me Senator') Boxer gets her comeuppance........with a VENGEANCE. — alwyr

Thanks for the link to that classic. I needed the smile.

Those new threads... they're designed to split the party. Don't fall for them. Stay here.... ere.... re.... r.... ....

Sunday! Time to change out the tape on the cell cams, paranoid reich-winge nutjobs.

Don't know about cams on desktops & laptops, since I don't have those, but the "lens covers" on the cell pick up a lot of pocket lint. Need to be changed about weekly with normal pocket time.

Freezer tape - check the food threads - is not completely residue-free, but is designed to stick well but peel off easily.

The tricky part is cutting little bits of index card to size. Make a "bandage" with the card part as the 'pad' going over the lens.

Fold over the edge of the end of the tape, to make a handle for quick removal.

The front lens is just a mini version of the same. This is where I really want to be able to buy these rather than make them.

Be sure not to tape over the flash or power switch.

To block the microphone, you need a four-point plug, like you have with a plug-in headset with mic. Two- or three-contact plugs will not cut out the mic. (I have not fully tested this.)

Next week: the how-to video.
Week after that: peel-off lens sticker sets from Mindful Marketplace.

"anything else we need for a first birthday? traditional i mean" —Bigby's Knuckle Sandwich

Cardboard box and a Sunday paper. Pure joy.

"I'd like to know why it's legal for any convenience store to accept a SNAP card. Every damn thing in them is 2-3 times more expensive than the grocery store down the street." — Bayou City

Yesterday, I went to Wal-Mart for the first time in many moons. I hit the Trifecta. Saturday, storm coming, and first of month. Two different employees remarked that the major reason for the crowd was, 1st of the month is FSA payday.

And I noticed, those more expensive, upper-shelf items which I hesitate to buy 'cause they're luxury-priced? Cleaned out. Plenty of peanut butter, but no almond butter. Not saying that's entirely the FSA's doing, but, gotta wonder.

I'm here to evict everyone. You don't have to go to the new thread, but you can't stay here!