vxbush 9/28/2022 5:38:43 AM

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vxbush 9/28/2022 5:41:52 AM

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lucius septimius 9/28/2022 5:45:44 AM

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Reply to vxbush in 2:

"Emergency" has become yet another word vacated of any concrete meaning.

lucius septimius 9/28/2022 5:49:17 AM

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I'm feeling oddly at home in the new house.  I say "oddly" because it just seems completely natural  That's not to say there aren't issues I hadn't anticipated, but on the whole it just feels happier than the old house.  

People keep asking me "don't you feel sad leaving the place where you raised your kids?"  It's kind of like leaving behind my mom's house.  Neither of those places were "happy homes." Most memories associated with those places are negative. Being done with them is liberating.

Now I just have to unpack all these damn boxes, organize my office and get back to work.

Occasional Reader 9/28/2022 5:49:45 AM

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Occasional Reader 9/28/2022 7:28:02 AM

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In #5 Occasional Reader said: and are now stuck

Occasional Reader 9/28/2022 7:28:58 AM

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Reply to Occasional Reader in 5:

I'm both scared for them, and kind of mad at them... they're smart people, I can't believe they didn't just GTFO two or even three days ago.   

Occasional Reader 9/28/2022 8:22:10 AM

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Reply to lucius septimius in 4:

When I parted ways with my ex/Little OR's mom, I felt jubilant about being in my new place, despite the fact that I'd resided in the previous one for years, and, yes, Little OR's first several months of life had been there.  But the place had, at that point, too many negative waves, Moriarty!, associated with the deteriorated relationship with my ex.  

Occasional Reader 9/28/2022 10:37:43 AM

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vxbush 9/28/2022 11:38:22 AM

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In #9 Occasional Reader said:

Got busy with work, alas. Trying to catch up, but there's another big project I need to do……

lucius septimius 9/28/2022 11:54:40 AM

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Reply to Occasional Reader in 9:

Had to cut the grass and then run to Home Depot.  Now I need to sort through glassware and figure out what needs to be out, what goes in the bar, and what can be boxed up.

Occasional Reader 9/28/2022 12:07:28 PM

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In #5 Occasional Reader said: Good morning.  Thoughts/prayers please for my friend Patricia and her family, who waited too long tome evacuate from their Sarasota home, and are no stuck having to ride out Hurricane Ian.

Somewhat better news; they made it to a friend's house further inland (their own house is fairly close to the water), and are riding it out there. 

Kosh's Shadow 9/28/2022 4:59:00 PM

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In #3 lucius septimius said: "Emergency" has become yet another word vacated of any concrete meaning.

Obligatory video

Kosh's Shadow 9/28/2022 6:09:22 PM

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Another word that has become meaningless - "apartheid"

Originally, it referred to the racist system of South Africa in which the white settlers kept the indigenous blacks from using the same parks, hospitals, etc as the whites.

It was extended to mean all legalized discrimination based on race.

Amnazi (or is it Amnesty) International says Israel is apartheid because of its treatment of the "Palestinians"

Israeli Arabs have all the rights as Israeli Jews (except they do not have to serve in the IDF, but can volunteer).

So, are Israeli Arabs and Palestinian Arabs the same race or different races? It is clear they are the same race.

Any discrimination is due to national identity, not race. If that is apartheid, the term is meaningless, as every country discriminates between citizens and noncitizens.

Kosh's Shadow 9/28/2022 6:12:06 PM

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Jukebox, largely because the intro talks about a big hurricane.

And a cartoon with a more classic version of the same song