Quote of the Day

 

Evil begins when you begin to treat people as things. ~ Terry Pratchett

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Grrrsday

 

Grrrsday

 

Grrrsday

 

And in other news, a German shepherd, a collie mix, and a Great Dane walked into a bar...

(The vet's actually.  Batdog was SO good and I am proud of him.  I'm not sure the gentleman who walked in with the cat  made a good choice to have kitty in his arms rather than a carrier, though).

Quote Of The Day

 

Under the constitutional laws of the United States, there has never been an argument that a former president is immune from prosecution for crimes that he committed while in office. ~ Judge Michael Luttig

Quote of the Day

 

Librarians are the secret masters of the world.  They control information.  Don't ever piss one off. ~ Spider Robinson.

Grrrsday

 

Happy birthday, Marines!

(My medicine was switched, I started feeling better, and then I managed to come down with such a bad sinus infection that the lead election judge actually sent me home from the precinct on Tuesday because I looked and sounded so bad.  I'm still a walking bag of snot).

Est Miraculum!

 

image from the Guardian (UK)

So, remember that letter we got from the IRS last winter? We received a follow-up today, basically saying you guys were right, we were wrong, you don't owe us any money.

Quote of the Day

 

Image from doverpublications.com

Hike in groups.  Bears like to have options. ~ National Park Service

National Public Health Week

 

If you can read this, thank the person who administered your MMR.

Virtue Never Goes Unpunished, Part III

 

image from nbcnews.com

Remember six or seven years ago when the CDC wanted to pick our brains about radiation response?

Well, somewhere out on the Internet my name is evidently still floating around in connection with the stuff we gave them, because I got an email today from a tech startup that wants to know if I'm interested in working on their new WMD virtual-reality training proposal.

The answer is of course a resounding NO - but hey, it's nice to be wanted.  I've had a fuzzy warm little glow all afternoon.

Timing Is Everything

 Well, the movers arrived first thing and the house is now empty and waiting for the floor refinishing team to arrive tomorrow. Everything and I mean EVERYTHING is either on a moving truck or stacked in the garage. 

So the letter that the morning mail brought us from the IRS asking about our 2020 return could possibly have come at a worse time...but I doubt it.

Vintage Magazines - The American Woman, December 1918

 

From the Internet Archive.

I Picked The Wrong Week To Start My Diet

 

Quote Of The Day

copyright-free image from Dover

A man who has never gone to school may steal from a freight car; but if he has a university education, he may steal the whole railroad. ~ Theodore Roosevelt

Oh The Weather Outside

I've already let the county EMA know that if we have to cancel any more Wednesday night classes, the entire kennel club is going to come down and pee on their tires.

There's Stupid, And There's Weapons-Grade Stupid

Mayor resigns after calling elderly black people "antique farm equipment."

Quotation of the Day

h/t to Sgt Scholar's FB page

Capitalism

Caseworker:  There's a lady who says she's come to pick up her check for $2,200,000.00 from the SBA.

Job Director:  I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say that's not happening.