The Classical Saturday Coffee Break & Prayer Revival

[H/T Hour of the Wolf]

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Good morning boys and girls and everything in between. Before we enter the Prayer Revival just a few housekeeping matters to go over. (Rulz for those of you in Eau Galle)

1) This is an open thread. Feel free to lurk, opine and/or bloviate.
2) Be kind. Be nice. Don't be Pretti Good.
3) Running with sharp objects? Highly frowned upon. And permanent records can be involved.
4) Have a great weekend!

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AoSHQ Weekly Prayer List
Please submit any prayer requests to me, “Annie’s Stew” at apaslo at-sign hotmail dot com. Prayer requests are generally removed after four weeks unless we receive an update.
Prayer Requests:
3/28 – Hrothgar asked for prayers for a dear and long time close friend and former neighbor, Daniel, who is scheduled for open heart surgery in mid-April. Prayers for his wife would be appreciated as well, as she will be carrying a heavy load for the next few months.
4/18 Update – Daniel survived his complex open heart surgery. He is sitting up and it seems like it went well, but they are not going to release him as quickly as he would like, so he is not happy. Thanks to the Horde for the prayers and please keep praying for his dear wife, who now has even more to put up with.
5/16 Update – Hrothgar sends thanks for the prayers for Dan. Thanks to his attitude and the miracles of modern heart surgery, Daniel is back home and in good spirits and mobile. He still has a lot of rehab ahead, but it sounds like a pretty good recovery to be home only 20 days after being on the table!
3/28 – Jordan61 posted that Mr. Jordan61 is back in the hospital. His sepsis has returned and gotten into where his compression fracture is, and he has vertebral osteomyelitis. The doctor is supposed to come in today and let them know the plan.
4/9 Update – On 4/1 Mr. Jordan61 was released from the hospital with six weeks of IV antibiotics, which Jordan61 is administering every 8 hours. He’s in a lot of pain; they’ve given him oxy, fentanyl, and dilaudid, and nothing seems to touch it. From what they were told, the pain won’t subside until the infection is cleared up. For the time being, he is bed-bound and they are limiting his movement as much as possible to keep the pain to a minimum. Jordan61 will send updates with progress.
4/25 Update – Mr. Jordan61 is making slow but steady progress. He can get up and walk for short periods of time, and can sit in the living room for an hour or so per day. He is halfway through the IV antibiotics, with 3 weeks to go. A physical therapist will be coming to help him build strength and learn how to move without aggravating his back injury. Thank you all for the prayers!
5/26 Update – Mr. Jordan61 had his last antibiotic infusion on 5/24 and his PICC line was removed on 5/26. He will have follow-up blood work in 2 weeks but for now, all looks good!
4/3 – Teresa in Fort Worth posted an update. Her chemo seems to be holding things steady for now. Unfortunately, as she is receiving a steroid, she has gained about 25 pounds. Her blood sugar has also jumped up about 40 points (which only happens when she is on steroids).
4/24 Update – Teresa in Fort Worth provided an update: The pump that was put in to battle cancer in December can only be used for 6 months. After that, it starts to damage the liver. So she may have to go back onto the medication that made her lose her hair and messed up her vision and nails, and then return to this medication after a break. This is not good news, since this new medication is working so well. But for now, she is doing well and is incredibly grateful for the time that she has been given so far.
4/11 – Eromero craves prayers for Mrs. E., as she has been diagnosed with lymphoma. She begins infusions on 4/23.
4/25 Update – Mrs. E. reports that she feels fine. Praise be to God that she has had only one distressful episode during the infusions. Thank you for all the past and continued prayers.
4/18 – neverenoughcaffiene asked that Devyn be kept in prayers. She is a young mother of 2 with a mass on her esophagus. The Doc said it was scar tissue and hopefully the second opinion will agree.
5/23 Update – Devyn had the biopsy and is waiting for results. Prayers are appreciated.
4/18 – Smell the Glove could use some prayers as therapy and rehab occur after gout/sepsis.
5/2 Update – The gout has cleared and the infection in the lower back is healing.
5/18 Update – Smell the Glove may be out of rehab this week, but still would need wound care at home. Thanks for all the prayers and well wishes!
4/18 – Sam Adams requested prayers for a friend, Mary F, who was just sent to a long-term recovery facility after having a tracheostomy.
5/2 Update – Mary’s breathing is improving, and they are weaning her off assisted breathing. She is now off the ventilator for 12 hours a day, and they are aiming for 14 hours soon. Many thanks to all of the Moron Horde for the prayers.
4/24 – Notsothoreau asked for prayers for a friend’s father (Cory), who needs prayers for strength and peace as he is going through some troubled times.
4/27 – Matthew Kant Cipher sent his thanks to those who prayed for his friend Layne (who is also his son’s FIL). The Horde may recall that in August, Layne was diagnosed with bladder cancer. He has since undergone courses of chemo, immunotherapy, and radiation. His latest scans came back clean. The cancer is in remission; praise be to God! Prayers are also humbly requested for Mrs. MKC, who is dealing with a new flare-up of a GI condition that had been leaving her alone until a recent procedure re-aggravated it. It is very frustrating/discouraging as she waits to see a new GI doctor.
4/25 – Retired Buckeye Cop asked that we would continue to lift his 16 year old grandson (LH) up in prayers, as LH continues to consider the call to priesthood in the Catholic Church. LH recently went to a meeting with a group of young men who are considering the priesthood.
4/25 – Fenelon Spoke asked for prayers for “I”, who Fenelon visited and anointed with oil, and prayed for healing of her health concerns.
5/2 – neverenoughcaffiene requested prayers for parishioners at her church, who lost their newborn daughter, Astrid.
5/7 – turambar asked for prayers for relatives. Mom needs prayers as she was admitted to the hospital to check her heart and cardio. They did not find pneumonia. Two months ago, she fell at her assisted living place, and broke her hip. She also has dementia. Turambar’s uncle fell recently and broke his hip, too.
5/9 – D asked for prayers. He was let go from his IT job and has started a business making and selling lens cleaners to make ends meet. Please contact Annie’s Stew if you’d like more information – either to order lens cleaners, or if you’d like to contact him related to IT job openings (DBA/Network Admin).
5/11 – rez986 asked if anyone had an update on Neidermeyer’s Dead Horse’s health. The last info Annie’s Stew has was from January, 2026, that he’d been given 6 months to live due to heart failure and was being treated and waiting for a transplant at Mayo.
5/16 Update – Dash my lace wings! posted that NDH is recovering well. IrishEi posted that NDH did receive a heart transplant and that she is doing well. She also posted a link to NDH’s X account, and her fundraising page.
5/23 – rez986 sent thanks for the updates on NDH. It is much appreciated.
5/15 – Toad-O requested prayers for his second ex-wife, the mother of his two children. They were divorced 25 years ago, and 3 years later, she was diagnosed with schizophrenia, and the children came to live with Toad-O. The ex-wife is now suffering from advanced Alzheimer’s, and has been living with Toad-O’s daughter and her husband. The ex-wife fell last month and and cracked 2 vertebrae, and just was taken to ER with a rapid heartbeat and low blood pressure due to dehydration. Prayers are appreciated for her and also for the daughter who has sacrificed a lot to care for her.
5/16 – Anna Puma requested prayers for the family of Dan Fordice, who was killed when the aircraft he was flying crashed. He leaves behind a wife, 3 children, and many friends. He was a Warbird flyer, a CEO, and a veteran of the 2/20th SFG.
5/16 – Tonypete asked for prayers for Jane who is dying of breast cancer, and for Cheri who is in jail (again) for drug related crimes.
5/20 – D gave an update on his wife Susan and her continued battle with cancer. Her cancer markers are still headed in the right direction. She is on a new antibiotic, and it is causing some side effects, but it is keeping her out of another surgery, so that is a win. Thanks again to everyone for their prayers. May 1 marked one year since they found out about the cancer, and Susan is doing so well.
5/20 – E gave an update. She and her family were having financial struggles a few months ago, and asked for prayers. E sends her thanks for the prayers, and wanted to let people know that things are getting better, thanks to the Horde’s prayers and their church family. They have resolved their mortgage issue and her husband has resumed his side gig making deliveries. They are also cutting monthly expenses. They would like continued prayers as they deal with the insurance company of the person who crashed into (and totaled) E’s vehicle. Insurance only offered half the replacement value, so that struggle is still going on.
5/23 – San Franpsycho sent a praise report. His prayer to become a grandad has been answered, and Girl F will have a baby in December. Girl F still plans to attend grad school, but will delay a year, which means they will depend on them for child care. This pleases San Franpsycho to the nth degree!
5/23 – Vmom deport deport deport would appreciate prayers. She has been freaking out about her eyesight. Her eye doctor says she has myopic macular degeneration.
5/23 – I used to have a Different Nic could use some prayers as he waits for the results of a biopsy of a mass on his prostate.
5/23 – George V sends his thanks for the prayers on behalf of his wife, when she had a heart valve replacement. The procedure went very well and she is doing great in the rehab program. But prayers are still needed. There are indications of problems in her lymph nodes that showed up in the scans checking her heart. She will have a biopsy in June, as well as a biopsy on a skin lesion that is looking suspicious. Thank you for all prayers.
5/26 – Doof posted a request for prayers for his mom. She is back in the hospital. She is very weak from one or more infections, and is sleeping a lot. She isn’t really talking when she is alert for a few minutes.
5/27 – Grannysaurus Rex asked for prayers for Sherry, a co-worker, who is being tested for possible cancer of the blood.
For submission guidelines and other relevant info, please contact Annie's Stew, who is managing the prayer list. You can contact her at apaslo at-sign hotmail dot com. If you see a prayer request posted in a thread comment, feel free to copy and paste it and e-mail it to Annie's Stew. She tries to keep up with the requests in the threads, but she's not here all of the time, so she may not see it unless you e-mail it to her. Please note: Prayer requests are generally removed after four weeks or so unless we receive an update.
2 Corinthians 4:8-9
We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair, persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at 08:08 AM

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1 Good morning Mis Hum and Horde

Posted by: Skip at May 30, 2026 08:13 AM (Ia/+0)

2 Good morning, MisHum!

Posted by: Duke Lowell at May 30, 2026 08:13 AM (u73oe)

3 Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. As it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forever. Amen.

Hail Mary, full of grace, blessed art thou among women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen.

St. Joan of Arc, pray for us.

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I have prayed Rosaries for the Horde's intentions, both stated and unstated.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at May 30, 2026 08:15 AM (ksbjf)

4 Bulg sent a request - his sister is in palliative care. She has lots of blood clots and is not expected to last long. Please pray for her, her husband, their 4 children, and the rest of the family.

Beltway Elite could use some prayers, as Mom just entered hospice.

Posted by: Annies Stew at May 30, 2026 08:16 AM (dNIAD)

5 Yonder Horde

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 30, 2026 08:16 AM (jehhT)

6 Prayers up for Bulg, BE, and their families.

And I could still use some for my job situation.

Posted by: Oddbob at May 30, 2026 08:18 AM (vTZFs)

7 I drink so much coffee, I listen to speed metal to relax.

Morning, Horde! As I mentioned a few days ago, dad's disability rating with the VA is at 100%. Apparently, his obsessive habit of documenting everything in his AF career helped immensely.

Posted by: NR Pax at May 30, 2026 08:19 AM (/k3in)

8 No coffee yet
Must make dog's bkfast first

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 30, 2026 08:20 AM (dE3DB)

9 I called Girl F. just to tell her how happy I was and started blubbering like a moron.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 30, 2026 08:20 AM (RIvkX)

10 Prayers for all in need, specially Bulg & his sister

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 30, 2026 08:20 AM (dE3DB)

11 I always thknk when I hear blood clots. Guess it doesn't mater how, only they get broken up or removed.

Posted by: Skip at May 30, 2026 08:21 AM (Ia/+0)

12 Good morning dear horde with thanks to annie and mh and you morons for praying

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 30, 2026 08:22 AM (RIvkX)

13 >>>No coffee yet
Must make dog's bkfast first

A good officer always makes sure the troops are fed first.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 30, 2026 08:22 AM (Riz8t)

14 Hey, I know that conductor! Manfred Honeck led the Frankfurt Radio Symphony in an amazing performance of Tchaikovsky's 5th Symphony several years ago. (It's on Lil Pooky's playlist.)

Posted by: pookysgirl, mother to at least two classical music fans at May 30, 2026 08:23 AM (Wt5PA)

15 San Franpsycho, my deceased best friend said "True wealth is grandchildren."

Indeed. Congratulations. May your grandchild be masculine.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at May 30, 2026 08:27 AM (qFwJc)

16 *sigh*

My cat Penny just turned off the volume on my computer.

I guess she doesn't like my music.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 30, 2026 08:27 AM (gnNyN)

17 Iran is demanding 1/2 of its frozen 24 billion up front as if they don't believe that Trump always pays his febts

Posted by: Paul at May 30, 2026 08:28 AM (tVgWn)

18 Hey, I know that conductor! Manfred Honeck led the Frankfurt Radio Symphony in an amazing performance of Tchaikovsky's 5th Symphony several years ago. (It's on Lil Pooky's playlist.)
Posted by: pookysgirl, mother to at least two classical music fans at May 30, 2026 08:23 AM (Wt5PA)

I am Die Fledermaus Mann!

*Throws Die Fliedermausarang at criminal*

Posted by: naturalfake at May 30, 2026 08:28 AM (iJfKG)

19 Hey, I know that conductor! Manfred Honeck led the Frankfurt Radio Symphony in an amazing performance of Tchaikovsky's 5th Symphony several years ago. (It's on Lil Pooky's playlist.)
Posted by: pookysgirl, mother to at least two classical music fans at May 30, 2026 08:23 AM (Wt5PA)

Impressive!

Posted by: runner at May 30, 2026 08:29 AM (GD0B3)

20 Morning, Horde. Prayers up for all who need it!

I've had some good job prospects/interviews again this past week, I find myself worrying that like several before they're going to silently disappear into the spectral mists (sometimes it feels like I'm blackballed!). If any of these come through quickly enough, it looks like I might be able to avoid selling the house, and also support the fiancee through her own financial-and-other woes. Praying pretty much constantly, prayers from others appreciated. "Long-term involuntary LWOP status" sucks.

Posted by: RandomDave at May 30, 2026 08:29 AM (aJQbY)

21 Grand babies are the best babies. Someone else gets up at night to feed them.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 30, 2026 08:30 AM (3ZBdr)

22 Good Saturday morning, horde.

Prayers for all.

Hiya, JT!

Hope for news about grammie winger.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at May 30, 2026 08:31 AM (h7ZuX)

23 With cats, first time is a accident, 2nd time a plot

Posted by: Skip at May 30, 2026 08:32 AM (Ia/+0)

24 Good morning Horde. Thx MisHum. A happy Saturday to all
Prayers for the Horde and their loved ones in need

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 30, 2026 08:32 AM (SW0z7)

25 Please pray for my brother, RD, who had to have his appendix out last night. My nephew said it had just begun to perforate, and the doctor thinks he got all the infection cleaned out. A ruptured appendix is very scary due to the threat of peritonitis, though, and he's in generally good health, but he's 73. Thank you.

Posted by: huerfano at May 30, 2026 08:35 AM (VJX5o)

26 @Alteria Pilgram (if you're reading this discussion):

I threw in a reply to your #140 comment in the Tech News thread.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 30, 2026 08:36 AM (O7YUW)

27 >>>No coffee yet
Must make dog's bkfast first

From the time I power on the Keurig, it takes about one minute for it to start dispensing coffee into my cup.

In that one minute, I "make" breakfast for the dog -- two level scoops of kibble transferred from the storage bin into the bowl and topped with a splash of chicken broth warmed for 20 seconds in the microwave.

Posted by: one hour sober at May 30, 2026 08:36 AM (J4Dwc)

28 Lessee....

Both of Pooky's grandpas wound up in the same ER a week apart, but for different reasons. One fell with a mild concussion, the other has bladder cancer and was bleeding from his urethra. The former is ready to go a nursing home, the latter will probably fight it. Pooky's mom has been taking care of one, Pooky's grandma has been going back and forth to the hospital for the other.

In much better news, Wee Pooky (or whatever we're calling him here) is doing great, and is on track to be here by Christmas.

Posted by: pookysgirl, mother to at least two classical music fans at May 30, 2026 08:40 AM (Wt5PA)

29 Good morning!

Let's smile & be happy & strike fear in the hearts of killjoy leftists everywhere.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 30, 2026 08:41 AM (u82oZ)

30 Posted by: no one of any consequence at May 30, 2026 08:27 AM (qFwJc)

Thank you.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 30, 2026 08:41 AM (RIvkX)

31 43° this morning in Seattle. Need some global warming!

Posted by: Rex B at May 30, 2026 08:43 AM (rgnea)

32 31: It's a toasty 47 degrees in Western PA.

Posted by: Puddleglum, greetings from Amish Country at May 30, 2026 08:44 AM (bfy6w)

33 Prayers ascending for those in need of Divine intervention.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 30, 2026 08:44 AM (u82oZ)

34 Have a great day, everyone.

May you all be blessed and bring happiness to the deserving.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 30, 2026 08:45 AM (u82oZ)

35 It's a toasty 47 degrees in Western PA.
Posted by: Puddleglum, greetings from Amish Country

I don't recall it ever being this cold in late May. Rarely is an early May morning this cool. We put an hibiscus plant outside last weekend. It likes 50 or above.

Posted by: Rex B at May 30, 2026 08:49 AM (cbHSi)

36 Walked to my convenience store at 6AM. It was 47°. Going down to the low 40s tonight . Spring in the mid Hudson

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 30, 2026 08:49 AM (SW0z7)

37 Under advisement, I am simplifying my standard prayer to: may those whose responsibility it is to root out public fraud have their hearts convicted to be diligent, and may my righteous fury be directed to productive ends. (Such as finding and pursuing a career path dealing with that.) Amen.

Posted by: SciVo at May 30, 2026 08:50 AM (Sy6m/)

38 Yes! Moar Coffee!

on the way, huerfano, that happened to me some years ago.

prayers of the Horde helped my recovery!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at May 30, 2026 08:50 AM (VyBeY)

39 44 degrees at dawn, here

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at May 30, 2026 08:51 AM (VyBeY)

40 “ Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight.”

Proverbs 3:5-6

Posted by: Marcus T at May 30, 2026 08:53 AM (vhFJq)

41 Here in the Bourbon Country we finally saw the rain end. It had been raining off and on for almost 10 days. The property needed a good trim yesterday. First time this year I did it all at once.

My body is unhappy with me this morning.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 30, 2026 08:53 AM (jehhT)

42 Good morning, Horde! Prayers said for all requested intentions. Also prayers of thanksgiving for our beautiful grandson who was born healthy and happy on Monday.

Also thankful for the gully-washer that woke me up and reminded me my pickup needed washed. Think I'll go pull it back into the garage.....

Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at May 30, 2026 08:53 AM (kOluj)

43 RandomDave, prayers for you

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 30, 2026 08:54 AM (GhIJO)

44 Coffee at last

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 30, 2026 08:54 AM (GhIJO)

45 I don't recall it ever being this cold in late May. Rarely is an early May morning this cool. We put an hibiscus plant outside last weekend. It likes 50 or above.
Posted by: Rex B at May 30, 2026 08:49 AM (cbHSi)

Two or three years ago, it was similar. I didn't plant the garden until June.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at May 30, 2026 08:55 AM (h7ZuX)

46 It's on track for another hot one (annoying but not completely intolerable) here in OK. About 74 right now, forecast is 90, wouldn't be surprised at either a few degrees more or a few less. Summer arrived a little early this year, after some teases a month or so ago. As long as we can hold off triple digits until late July/August...

Posted by: RandomDave at May 30, 2026 08:56 AM (aJQbY)

47 Thanks vmom!

Posted by: RandomDave at May 30, 2026 08:56 AM (aJQbY)

48 Die Fledermaus seems excessively violent - can't we just livetrap maus and release back into the fleder?

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 30, 2026 08:57 AM (GhIJO)

49 9 I called Girl F. just to tell her how happy I was and started blubbering like a moron.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 30, 2026 08:20 AM (RIvkX)

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No, you were blubbering like a Moron.... Horde daughters seem to have that power over us. So happy to hear of your/her blessing!!

Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at May 30, 2026 08:57 AM (kOluj)

50 Two or three years ago, it was similar. I didn't plant the garden until June.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs!

Phone is saying Anchorage is warmer at 47.

Posted by: Rex B at May 30, 2026 08:57 AM (rgnea)

51 It's in the 50s but there's a brisk wind

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 30, 2026 08:57 AM (GhIJO)

52 Retired Buckeye Cop, I am so grateful for your rosary prayers

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 30, 2026 08:59 AM (GhIJO)

53
Last day of the Pentecost Embertide, so eating, at most, fish today. Easier to observe with Her Majesty, who is rather anti-clerical, out of town.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 30, 2026 08:59 AM (HdYcL)

54 Lil Pooky enjoyed the Strauss, MisHum. It was suitably dramatic enough for his tastes.

Posted by: pookysgirl, mother to at least two classical music fans at May 30, 2026 08:59 AM (Wt5PA)

55 Congrats to all the new grandparents!

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 30, 2026 09:00 AM (GhIJO)

56 Thank you MKC

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 30, 2026 09:02 AM (RIvkX)

57
MEN

{i]Bypassing Fundamental Laws of Physics Every Single Day!!!

https://tinyurl.com/5au6tbw2

Sorry, ladies, but no violating the fundamental laws of physics for you.

On the upside, you can easily assist in violating a fundamental law of physics!

And it's preferable if you do!

Everybody wins!

Posted by: naturalfake at May 30, 2026 09:03 AM (iJfKG)

58 I've been seeing things about the rivalry between Larry Bird and Magic Johnson. But Larry Bird's first and best NBA rival was Doctor J.

Julius Erving was short and ignored when he started at UMass. Then he grew and his skill at dunking defined the Black style of basketball, perfected in the ABA. His streetball exploits at Rucker Park in Harlem were the stuff of legend, where hundreds would watch from neighboring rooftops. He was the most entertaining player ever, until Bird came along.

Bird grew up the equivalent of a poor black child and played like one. When they first met, Doctor J was in his twilight playing with the Sixers. While Bird might see Magic twice in the the regular season, the Celtics and Sixers were in the same division and had to play through each other to get to the Fnals - four times! And Bird and Erving guarded each other!

What they shared was a pure love of the game.

Posted by: Ignoramus at May 30, 2026 09:04 AM (dtajH)

59 Thanks, Vmom!

Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at May 30, 2026 09:04 AM (kOluj)

60 52 degrees here in the PNW, and I'm not complaining at all. It'll be scorching hot soon enough.

I've been going down the YouTube rabbit hole lately on wi-fi and cellular security and privacy (or the total lack thereof). I am starting to think Teddy K had a point, though I obviously disagree with his actions. And I'm not quite at the point where living in a shack and eating stray coyotes sounds like a good option. Yet...

Posted by: PabloD at May 30, 2026 09:04 AM (K1RVP)

61 40 “ Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight.”

Proverbs 3:5-6
Posted by: Marcus T at May

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Awesome verse, thank you! I need this reminder pretty much constantly...

Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at May 30, 2026 09:06 AM (kOluj)

62 Good morning Horde, prayers in abundance for all of you and your loved ones.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at May 30, 2026 09:06 AM (0nHVk)

63 MEN

Bypassing Fundamental Laws of Physics Every Single Day!!!

https://tinyurl.com/5au6tbw2

Sorry, ladies, but no violating the fundamental laws of physics for you.

On the upside, you can easily assist in violating a fundamental law of physics!

And it's preferable if you do!

Everybody wins!
Posted by: naturalfake at May 30, 2026 09:03 AM (iJfKG)
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Huh. That was a pretty neat article. Also something that points to a Creator...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 30, 2026 09:07 AM (gnNyN)

64 naturalfake, lol. SciTechDaily, where the headline/article contradictions make Fox Butterfield look like a genius.

Posted by: RandomDave at May 30, 2026 09:08 AM (aJQbY)

65 One of Anthony Fauci's accomplices is being investigated for, among other things, attempting to smuggle into Detroit Airport vials of "unknown biological substances" following a trip to Africa.

Monkeypox, according to a whistleblower.

Politico with the story...

Posted by: one hour sober at May 30, 2026 09:09 AM (J4Dwc)

66 Politico with the story...
On the one hand, it's Politico. On the other hand, I'd believe any horrors of Fauci and his gang of daemonhosts.

Posted by: RandomDave at May 30, 2026 09:11 AM (aJQbY)

67 Since this is a prayer thread, I thought I would ask if anyone else does something similar:

WhenI create a password manually it is always somehow related to a prayer. Each time I log in, I am silently reminded of the prayer.

(On my phone I usually use autogenerated passwords, but occasionally I manually create one)

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 30, 2026 09:12 AM (gDlxJ)

68 Why smuggle monkeypox when you could've probably taken a sample from any number of Biden admin staffers?

Posted by: PabloD at May 30, 2026 09:12 AM (K1RVP)

69 If the story is legit, and it might be because it is my understanding that ebola got in the same way, it means they stole it from some legit journalist.

Posted by: runner at May 30, 2026 09:13 AM (GD0B3)

70 WhenI create a password manually it is always somehow related to a prayer. Each time I log in, I am silently reminded of the prayer.

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 30, 2026 09:12 AM (gDlxJ)

I do, sort of. I open up Psalms and pick a phrase.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at May 30, 2026 09:14 AM (h7ZuX)

71 I do, sort of. I open up Psalms and pick a phrase.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs

*high five*

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 30, 2026 09:14 AM (fE6HJ)

72 Since this is a prayer thread, I thought I would ask if anyone else does something similar:

When I create a password manually it is always somehow related to a prayer. Each time I log in, I am silently reminded of the prayer.

(On my phone I usually use autogenerated passwords, but occasionally I manually create one)

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 30, 2026 09:12 AM (gDlxJ)

I don't do that, but it's a great idea!

Posted by: Vendette at May 30, 2026 09:14 AM (9rvP0)

73 >>On the other hand, I'd believe any horrors of Fauci and his gang of daemonhosts.

https://tinyurl.com/427y2sx8

Lampposts, they're not just for hanging garland at Christmastime.

Posted by: one hour sober at May 30, 2026 09:15 AM (J4Dwc)

74 Smuggling in monkeypox - sounds like a homophobic hate crime! And just before Pride month!
Did he hide the vial in his butt? Coz that would be perfect.

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 30, 2026 09:16 AM (fE6HJ)

75 Good morning. May you all be abundantly blessed with faith, hope, and love.

"And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love."

1 Corinthians 13:13

Posted by: Count de Monet at May 30, 2026 09:17 AM (wVcYX)

76 "May you be in Heaven full half hourrrrr
Before the devil knows you are dead"

---Old Irish Blessing

Posted by: runner at May 30, 2026 09:20 AM (GD0B3)

77 The Irish have some odd blessings. Like "may the road rise up yo meet you" - that doesn't seem desirable to me.

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 30, 2026 09:21 AM (fE6HJ)

78 X has a post by Nick Sortor inside the Antifa protest tent at the ICE facility in N.J. There's nothing remotely organic about it.

https://tinyurl.com/2mbyp79f

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 30, 2026 09:23 AM (jehhT)

79 Carried over:

37 My son Is engaging in negative self talk, so I sent him this suggestion from the internet:

"Limit Social Media Exposure: Social media can exacerbate feelings of comparison. Be mindful of how it affects your self-esteem and consider taking breaks or curating your feed to include more positive influences."
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 30, 2026 06:27 AM (lQ+/f)

My dad has always been a real Eeyore, and he saw real benefit from a computer course by neuroscientist Dr. Amen on "stomping ANTs" (automatic negative thoughts), back in the day. I don't know if they even have that particular thing anymore, as that version of Windows is long in the rearview, but anyway there's no need to start so heavy. Here's the lightest intro:

Automatic Negative Thoughts (ANTs): How to Stop Toxic Thinking and Rewire Your Brain
Amen Clinics Blog: https://tinyurl.com/3v4ev9md

Conquer Your Negative Thoughts: The Secret to Emotional Freedom and Happiness by Daniel G. Amen, MD
amazon.com/dp/1496457641/

From the "related" lists at the Amazon link, you can see that his books cover a range from focusing on the science, to focusing on scripture. That one's in the middle.

Posted by: SciVo at May 30, 2026 09:23 AM (Sy6m/)

80 The Irish have some odd blessings. Like "may the road rise up yo meet you" - that doesn't seem desirable to me.
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 30, 2026

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I think that means "May the road go downhill all the way to your destination, instead of uphill."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 30, 2026 09:23 AM (wzUl9)

81 One of Anthony Fauci's accomplices is being investigated for, among other things, attempting to smuggle into Detroit Airport vials of "unknown biological substances" following a trip to Africa.

Monkeypox, according to a whistleblower.

Politico with the story...
Posted by: one hour sober at May 30, 2026 09:09 AM (J4Dwc)

I'm currently reading an SF novel "Consider Phelbas" and part of the story is that there are planets called "Dead Worlds", which are planets where the "humans" wiped themselves out through war, or disease or hubris, etc. and are to be left inviolate as remembrances why you (as a civilization) don't do certain stupid things.

Honestly, when I read things like this, I think "Yep, Dead World"

Can we as a species survive the hubristic stupidity of Our Betters?

I wonder.

Posted by: naturalfake at May 30, 2026 09:24 AM (iJfKG)

82 @77 "To meet" is , how you say, metafora .

Posted by: runner at May 30, 2026 09:24 AM (GD0B3)

83 Like "may the road rise up yo meet you" -

I hear that happens in loosely-packed earth during an earthquake, like in San Francisco.

Posted by: Numbers 16:32 at May 30, 2026 09:24 AM (gKWVE)

84 I'm back, but with no Feline Pine litter. The Walmart site says the store I went to has it, but it wasn't there on the rack. I'll have to try one a little farther away. It's near an Aldi, so I can stop there for a few things too.

Breakfast first, and maybe a little coffee!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 30, 2026 09:25 AM (wzUl9)

85 Oh, I have seen Dr Amen's books, SciVo
I remember the name 😀

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 30, 2026 09:26 AM (LmPA0)

86
"To meet" is , how you say, metafora .
Posted by: runner at May 30, 2026 09:24 AM (GD0B3)

I think it means-

"May you walk in earthquakes."

Posted by: naturalfake at May 30, 2026 09:27 AM (iJfKG)

87 Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, forever. Amen.

Oh my Jesus, forgive us our sins, save us from the fires of hell. Lead all souls to heaven, especially those most in need of Thy mercy. Amen.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 30, 2026 09:28 AM (ZOv7s)

88 I don't do that, but it's a great idea!
Posted by: Vendette at May 30, 2026 09:14 AM (9rvP0)

At work, I have to change my passwords every 90 days, and I'm never able to come up with anything myself! The Bible is right there--thousands and thousands of phrases.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at May 30, 2026 09:28 AM (h7ZuX)

89 There’s some kind of DNC strategy meeting going on now and the New Mexico governess gave a speech about how they don’t need men and men are terrible and stupid. Bold strategy, Cotton!

Posted by: Ian S. at May 30, 2026 09:28 AM (QZThv)

90 I think it means-

"May you walk in earthquakes."
Posted by: naturalfake at May 30, 2026 09:27 AM (iJfKG)

NO. It does NOT.

Posted by: runner at May 30, 2026 09:28 AM (GD0B3)

91 Beaten to the punch.

*shakes fist at Numbers 16:32*

Posted by: naturalfake at May 30, 2026 09:28 AM (iJfKG)

92 Great idea on the passwords, Vmom & Dash!

A couple songs for the thread:

https://youtu.be/QjJyZfDCa88

https://youtu.be/Wqx19wk3fTI

Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at May 30, 2026 09:29 AM (kOluj)

93 I am starting to think Teddy K had a point, though I obviously disagree with his actions. And I'm not quite at the point where living in a shack and eating stray coyotes sounds like a good option. Yet...
Posted by: PabloD at May 30, 2026

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Oh. You meant the Unabomber guy, not JFK's brother! Whew!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 30, 2026 09:31 AM (wzUl9)

94 *shakes fist at Numbers 16:32*
Posted by: naturalfake

Gotta get up early in the morning! as Bugs Bunny said

Posted by: gKWVE at May 30, 2026 09:31 AM (gKWVE)

95 At work, I have to change my passwords every 90 days, and I'm never able to come up with anything myself! The Bible is right there--thousands and thousands of phrases.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at May 30, 2026 09:28 AM (h7ZuX)

And lists and lists of names in various spots.

Posted by: Vendette at May 30, 2026 09:32 AM (9rvP0)

96
g'mornin' again, 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at May 30, 2026 09:33 AM (AMvSw)

97 Morning all

I saw a photo of Ronald Reagan this morning and it made me think: Wow, do I miss that man and that era. The 80s were awesome…. Of course I was young then and it’s awesome being young and indestructible

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at May 30, 2026 09:34 AM (5E66+)

98 Wolfus - ha, I'm not sure which Ted K was more reprehensible. Kaczynski killed three people, and Kennedy killed only one that we know of, but Kennedy certainly did much greater harm to the country overall.

Posted by: PabloD at May 30, 2026 09:35 AM (K1RVP)

99 Last day of the Pentecost Embertide, so eating, at most, fish today. Easier to observe with Her Majesty, who is rather anti-clerical, out of town.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 30, 2026 08:59 AM (HdYcL)
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I consider myself "trad sympathetic" and have been introducing traditional elements into my worship, such as fasting all day on Friday so that I can have meat with dinner.

But keeping two liturgical calendars concurrently is beyond me.

Maybe when I don't have kids in the house.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 30, 2026 09:36 AM (ZOv7s)

100 I saw a photo of Ronald Reagan this morning and it made me think: Wow, do I miss that man and that era. The 80s were awesome…. Of course I was young then and it’s awesome being young and indestructible
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at May 30, 2026

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Mrs. Wolfus No. 2 and I got together in '81, married in '83, split in '86. So we encompassed a lot of that decade. It was incredible in so many ways.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 30, 2026 09:36 AM (wzUl9)

101 Nice selections, Matthew Kant Cipher.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at May 30, 2026 09:38 AM (h7ZuX)

102 Wolfus - ha, I'm not sure which Ted K was more reprehensible. Kaczynski killed three people, and Kennedy killed only one that we know of, but Kennedy certainly did much greater harm to the country overall.
Posted by: PabloD at May 30, 2026

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Yes. Hart-Celler was not TK's bill, but he spoke in favor of it ("It will not change the ethnic composition of this country" -- ha!) and probably pushed for it in Congress.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 30, 2026 09:40 AM (wzUl9)

103 Like "may the road rise up yo meet you" -

May you be falling down drunk!

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at May 30, 2026 09:41 AM (Kt19C)

104 Mostly Irish. May the road always rise up to meet you always made me think of a drunken Irish man face planting on the road

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 30, 2026 09:42 AM (SW0z7)

105 Oh Gorsuch wrote a kid's book - Heroes of 1776 I think

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 30, 2026 09:43 AM (fE6HJ)

106 My cat Penny just turned off the volume on my computer.

I guess she doesn't like my music.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 30, 2026 08:27 AM (gnNyN)
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Mittens has been on a prescription high fiber cat food for several years. It has to be special ordered with the prescription and for some reason Petsmart decided that they will not act on prescriptions more than a year old. Long story short, we ran out while trying to get the vet, the scrip and the order placed.

In the interim, we fed Mittens store brand chunk tuna in water. She loves tuna. When we give her a bath, she gets tuna afterwards, and this causes her to be more docile.

The all-tuna diet actually worked out really well for her, and now that we have the cat food again, I plan on splitting her diet with it. It's quite remarkable. More energy, coat looks better, and the patch of fur that she had obsessively licked bald is now growing back in.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 30, 2026 09:43 AM (ZOv7s)

107 This was a bird which spouse and I saw on our walk today:

https://tinyurl.com/3utevya6

It was also nice to smell the honeysuckle and wild roses.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 30, 2026 09:44 AM (qx04c)

108 *tips cap*

Glad you enjoyed, Dash!

Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at May 30, 2026 09:44 AM (kOluj)

109 I think it means-

"May you walk in earthquakes."
Posted by: naturalfake at May 30, 2026 09:27 AM (iJfKG)
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What would the Irish know about earthquakes? What it means is that when you are fallling-down drunk, the earth rises up to gently catch you before you pass out.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 30, 2026 09:44 AM (ZOv7s)

110 ...Can we as a species survive the hubristic stupidity of Our Betters?

I wonder.
Posted by: naturalfake at May 30, 2026 09:24 AM (iJfKG)

Hubris is a story as old an Mankind. The noteworthy characteristic of our self-declared Elite(tm) is a complete lack of humility. Of course, they're heeding the siren song of Satan, "You can be like gods."

These people invariably have a high opinion of themselves and think that they can run a system with a few billion moving parts. Thus, the denial of the human person: people are merely things to be used or discarded as needed to build Heaven-on-Earth(tm).

Despite repeated failures, they keep trying.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at May 30, 2026 09:44 AM (ksbjf)

111 My cat Penny just turned off the volume on my computer.

I guess she doesn't like my music.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 30, 2026

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My iMac keyboard has volume control buttons, so it's conceivable that one of the cats might pat the "Off" button.

Stirling normally sleeps on the side of the desk away from the computer and keyboard, and Dagny only rarely gets up there at all.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 30, 2026 09:45 AM (wzUl9)

112 AH Lloyd, buy some heart (beef or chicken) and add it to her tuna diet - for the taurine.

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 30, 2026 09:45 AM (fE6HJ)

113
I am starting to think Teddy K had a point, though I obviously disagree with his actions. And I'm not quite at the point where living in a shack and eating stray coyotes sounds like a good option. Yet...

Posted by: PabloD at May 30, 2026 09:04 AM

Kaczynski was spot on 93.3% of the time

the other 6.7% of the time he was very problematic

Posted by: AltonJackson at May 30, 2026 09:46 AM (AMvSw)

114 Mrs. Wolfus No. 2 and I got together in '81, married in '83, split in '86. So we encompassed a lot of that decade. It was incredible in so many ways.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 30, 2026 09:36 AM (wzUl9)

The 80s for me were HS and college; carefree days. Since then it’s been nose to the grindstone

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at May 30, 2026 09:46 AM (5E66+)

115 In the interim, we fed Mittens store brand chunk tuna in water. She loves tuna. When we give her a bath, she gets tuna afterwards, and this causes her to be more docile.

The all-tuna diet actually worked out really well for her, and now that we have the cat food again, I plan on splitting her diet with it. It's quite remarkable. More energy, coat looks better, and the patch of fur that she had obsessively licked bald is now growing back in.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 30, 2026

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I wonder if my two would do well on that as a supplement or treat?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 30, 2026 09:46 AM (wzUl9)

116
Abide With Me, by William Henry Monk. Stuart Burrows is the tenor soloist with the Ambrosian Choir conducted by Wyn Morris.

https://youtu.be/4W7q6z9aHgg

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 30, 2026 09:46 AM (HdYcL)

117 In the interim, we fed Mittens store brand chunk tuna in water. She loves tuna. When we give her a bath, she gets tuna afterwards, and this causes her to be more docile.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 30, 2026 09:43 AM (ZOv7s)
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I've tried feeding my cats tuna. They are all "meh."

In fact, they tend to turn their noses up at any and all seafood-based cat food.

One of my former coworkers has a cat who is allergic to chicken, so he and his wife have to feed her specially formulated cat food with NO CHICKEN.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 30, 2026 09:46 AM (gnNyN)

118 https://tinyurl.com/3utevya6

Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at May 30, 2026 09:46 AM (kOluj)

119 Posted by: SciVo at May 30, 2026 09:23 AM

Thanks very much for the suggestion. I hope you have a blessed day!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 30, 2026 09:46 AM (qx04c)

120 My iMac keyboard has volume control buttons, so it's conceivable that one of the cats might pat the "Off" button.

Stirling normally sleeps on the side of the desk away from the computer and keyboard, and Dagny only rarely gets up there at all.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 30, 2026 09:45 AM (wzUl9)
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Penny usually hangs out in her cat bed on the side portion of my desk. But lately she's taken to camping directly between my keyboard and the monitors. When she stretches out her paws, she hits the "mute" button on the keyboard.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 30, 2026 09:48 AM (gnNyN)

121 May Almighty GOD have all praise and glory, we give thanks for many blessings already received. We ask that He grant healing, mercy and grace to those suffering.
In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ,
Amen

Posted by: Eromero at May 30, 2026 09:49 AM (LHPAg)

122 AH Lloyd, buy some heart (beef or chicken) and add it to her tuna diet - for the taurine.
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 30, 2026 09:45 AM (fE6HJ)
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You know, she hates all other human foods. Dakota, the younger one, will eat literally anything. We think she was nursed by a bitch and raised with puppies because she begs during dinner and will snatch food off the table. Mittens despises her and one of the signs of her revival is that she is now defending herself and her food. For a while, she'd just growl at Dakota and slink away.

But now she's throwing haymakers and screaming like a wildcat.

Anyway, fish is what Mittens craves. Always has. Make a tuna sandwich and she'll be crawling up your leg. I suppose she's over the moon eating filet mignon for every meal. I was afraid she'd refuse her other food, but she chows down on that as well. Funny thing is that canned cat food is much more expensive.

So much for old people eating cat food.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 30, 2026 09:50 AM (ZOv7s)

123 One of Anthony Fauci's accomplices is being investigated for, among other things, attempting to smuggle into Detroit Airport vials of "unknown biological substances" following a trip to Africa.

Monkeypox, according to a whistleblower.

Politico with the story...
Posted by: one hour sober at May 30, 2026 09:09 AM (J4Dwc)
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The movie "Twelve Monkeys" was not meant to be an instructional video...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 30, 2026 09:50 AM (gnNyN)

124 Fenelon, another idea - tell your son to set 20 min timers to interrupt his screen time. 20-20-20
It's primarily to give eyes a break - every 20 mon take 20 seconds to look at something 20 feet away.
I just started doing it for my eyes.
Side effect - also interrupts obsessive doom scrolling.

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 30, 2026 09:51 AM (fE6HJ)

125 In the interim, we fed Mittens store brand chunk tuna in water. She loves tuna. When we give her a bath, she gets tuna afterwards, and this causes her to be more docile.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 30, 2026 09:43 AM (ZOv7s)
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I've tried feeding my cats tuna. They are all "meh."

In fact, they tend to turn their noses up at any and all seafood-based cat food.

One of my former coworkers has a cat who is allergic to chicken, so he and his wife have to feed her specially formulated cat food with NO CHICKEN.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 30, 2026 09:46 AM (gnNyN)

Our cat loves tuna. We give her a little bit when we're making a tuna salad sandwich. She knows the sound when she hears that first "hiss" when Mrs. Cup punctures the can, and come running.

As far as the kitteh that needs special food: Pets really do become members of the family, and lots of people take extra effort to ensure the health of their pets.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at May 30, 2026 09:51 AM (ksbjf)

126 Whoops - wasn't trying to steal your link there, Fen. I just had a dumbass attack and pasted it in the wrong place... beautiful bird, BTW!

Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at May 30, 2026 09:52 AM (kOluj)

127 One of my former coworkers has a cat who is allergic to chicken, so he and his wife have to feed her specially formulated cat food with NO CHICKEN.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 30, 2026 09:46 AM (gnNyN)
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Cats are really weird like that. It makes them more interesting pets. Dogs are pretty much as they are. Quirks to be sure, differences between breeds, but even littermates can have radically different personalities.

And of course cats lie. If you can read a cat, you can read anyone.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 30, 2026 09:52 AM (ZOv7s)

128 As far as the kitteh that needs special food: Pets really do become members of the family, and lots of people take extra effort to ensure the health of their pets.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at May 30, 2026 09:51 AM (ksbjf)
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Of course! I'd do the same if I discovered one of my cats had an allergy like that.

Kaylee's the only one that seems to have some issues with food, but then some cats just like to throw up. Vet's never been able to pin it down to anything concrete. I have noticed that giving her some treats at the end of the day does seem to help her digestion a bit.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 30, 2026 09:53 AM (gnNyN)

129 Doggeh eats better than I do
All homecooked
I don't even cook for myself usually!

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 30, 2026 09:54 AM (fE6HJ)

130 Hello, Horde! 😊💕

Would appreciate some good thoughts - I have a CT Scan scheduled on Monday morning, followed by a visit with my oncology surgeon in the afternoon. All of my numbers so far have been looking good, but I always get a touch of "scanxiety" before these things....

I've beaten the odds this long, but you just never know with this type of cancer - it's very sneaky. And we know that one day the news is not going to be good. It's the waiting for that other shoe to drop that is sometimes the hardest.

Thanks so much! 💕💕💕

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at May 30, 2026 09:55 AM (SRRAx)

131 Prayers for all.

Posted by: Mick at May 30, 2026 09:55 AM (HFx9z)

132 Anyway, fish is what Mittens craves.... I was afraid she'd refuse her other food, but she chows down on that as well. Funny thing is that canned cat food is much more expensive.

So much for old people eating cat food.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 30, 2026 09:50 AM (ZOv7s)

Wasn't the whole "old Americans eating dog/cat food to survive" a calumny against the U.S. devised by the Commies? I've heard that, inside the Soviet Union, the reaction to that was, "Wait, Americans have special food for pets?!!!!"

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at May 30, 2026 09:55 AM (ksbjf)

133
I consider myself "trad sympathetic" and have been introducing traditional elements into my worship, such as fasting all day on Friday so that I can have meat with dinner.

But keeping two liturgical calendars concurrently is beyond me.

Maybe when I don't have kids in the house.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 30, 2026 09:36 AM (ZOv7s)

As I said, Her Majesty, to put it mildly, didn't think much of my returning to the Catholic Faith of my baptism. After some acrimonious discussions, we have something of a modus vivendi: I don't bring it up and she doesn't get in the way of my doing what I'm obliged to do.

On Fridays, my usual Penance is not to listen to my music. If she's out of town, I have fish. I'm past 60 and eat irregularly anyway, so I don't fast. I'd like to observe the full set of Days of Obligation, but I do those required. Since she's away right now, I can do the Ember Days this week without a problem.

I'm not doing anything wrong, but I wish I could do more right. I know I ought to be more courageous, but we also have to live.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 30, 2026 09:55 AM (HdYcL)

134 Mornin' Horde. The beat goes on, la-di-da-di-eff this, I need real music.

/cranks up Sabaton

Posted by: Brother Tim, still standing at May 30, 2026 09:56 AM (N5734)

135 {TiFW}

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 30, 2026 09:56 AM (RIvkX)

136 Funny thing is that canned cat food is much more expensive.

So much for old people eating cat food.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 30, 2026 09:50 AM (ZOv7s)

My cat gets kibble, but also a good spoonful (about 1/4 cup) twice daily of salmon or minced chicken that I cooked for her. It's lots less expensive to cook up some extra than to buy the canned food, and she likes it better.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at May 30, 2026 09:57 AM (h7ZuX)

137 Chateau Lloyd update: school is winding down and I can't believe that next fall the grandkids will be in elementary school (K/1). Time is flying by. They're able to take on chores of course, and so peace and order is returning to our humble abode.

What seemed like a crushing burden years ago has been a tremendous blessing in disguise. There is still a lot of work to do and the budget remains tight, but I can't think of any vacation or product that is worth more than having such a great relationship with the kids and watching them grow up so closely.

Put simply: this is the good part - teaching, explaining, doing things and giving advice. God be praised!

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 30, 2026 09:58 AM (ZOv7s)

138 Hadrian, I pray frequently to St Monica that my husband & kids return to the church.
I will pray for your wife.

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 30, 2026 09:59 AM (fE6HJ)

139 Hello, Horde! 😊💕

Would appreciate some good thoughts - I have a CT Scan scheduled on Monday morning, followed by a visit with my oncology surgeon in the afternoon. All of my numbers so far have been looking good, but I always get a touch of "scanxiety" before these things....

I've beaten the odds this long, but you just never know with this type of cancer - it's very sneaky. And we know that one day the news is not going to be good. It's the waiting for that other shoe to drop that is sometimes the hardest.

Thanks so much! 💕💕💕
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at May 30, 2026 09:55 AM (SRRAx)

Hi Teresa, there's so many intentions among the Horde that I simply can't remember them all. However, I've mentioned you by name the last few Rosaries.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at May 30, 2026 09:59 AM (ksbjf)

140 Abide With Me, by William Henry Monk. Stuart Burrows is the tenor soloist with the Ambrosian Choir conducted by Wyn Morris.

https://youtu.be/4W7q6z9aHgg
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 30, 2026 09:46 AM (HdYcL)

Thanks for that. It’s been one of my favorite hymns for years. When other helpers fail and comforts flee. Help of the helpless, Lord abide with me…. Just wonderful lyrics

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at May 30, 2026 10:00 AM (ALKK0)

141 Thanks for the Coffee Thread and Prayer Revival, Mis Hum and Annie! It's great that this Horde Community takes a few minutes to swap news and pray for one another.

May God continue to bless us with His mercy and grace.

And may God continue to bless the U.S.A. and Israel.

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at May 30, 2026 10:00 AM (D/6p1)

142 Wasn't the whole "old Americans eating dog/cat food to survive" a calumny against the U.S. devised by the Commies? I've heard that, inside the Soviet Union, the reaction to that was, "Wait, Americans have special food for pets?!!!!"
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at May 30, 2026 09:55 AM (ksbjf)
Purina Raccoon Chow.

Posted by: Eromero at May 30, 2026 10:02 AM (LHPAg)

143 Hi Teresa, there's so many intentions among the Horde that I simply can't remember them all. However, I've mentioned you by name the last few Rosaries.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at May 30, 2026 09:59 AM (ksbjf)
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I include the Horde as a whole in my daily prayers.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 30, 2026 10:02 AM (ZOv7s)

144 Password changes do get tougher the more you have. One standby cheat of mine is to pick adjacent letters and adjacent numbers and spam them. For a 12 digit password I might choose ccvvCCVV45$%. So 2 letters, the caps of those letters, 2 numbers, and the caps of those 2 numbers.

It works for me

Posted by: 496 at May 30, 2026 10:03 AM (sOtuf)

145 Purina Raccoon Chow.
Posted by: Eromero

Made from real Raccoons!!

Posted by: Tonypete at May 30, 2026 10:03 AM (Y2B0/)

146 20. Long-term involuntary LWOP status" sucks.
Posted by: RandomDave

I hope that's not your real 'working status.'

If it is and you're in the public sector, resolve it - you know you have to fight through a union, if possible, &/or other available resources, and get some kind of a deal. Then do move on afterwards.

Best of luck.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at May 30, 2026 10:05 AM (NFX2v)

147 Saw a photo of Ronald Reagan this morning and it made me think: Wow, do I miss that man and that era. The 80s were awesome…. Of course I was young then and it’s awesome being young and indestructible
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at May 30, 2026

80s and 90s was peak America. Kids today yearn for it. Friends is one of the most popular shows on streaming. Kids are buying records and Polaroids. 80s/90s music is also big with them.

Posted by: Heroq at May 30, 2026 10:05 AM (JQVry)

148 Chateau Lloyd update: school is winding down and I can't believe that next fall the grandkids will be in elementary school (K/1). Time is flying by. ...

What seemed like a crushing burden years ago has been a tremendous blessing in disguise....

Put simply: this is the good part - teaching, explaining, doing things and giving advice. God be praised!
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 30, 2026 09:58 AM (ZOv7s)

We had similar thing happen to use when our daughter divorced her first husband. She and the granddaughter (about 2 years old) moved in with us. It was a challenge, but also a joy. Fast-forward about 4 years and our daughter met a great man and they got married and had two boys. You'd never know that our granddaughter wasn't his girl.

Now of the grandchildren, the 16 year old boy is discerning the priesthood.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at May 30, 2026 10:06 AM (ksbjf)

149 Hadrian, I pray frequently to St Monica that my husband & kids return to the church.
I will pray for your wife.
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 30, 2026 09:59 AM (fE6HJ)
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St. Monica is part of my prayer posse and hearts are slowing returning to the Church. My eldest is still semi-separated, but has agreed to have the grandkids baptized and raised Catholic.

For my birthday (which falls on a Sunday) I've asked everyone to attend Mass. There was a time when I did this and no one would do it. Principles or something. I was so pissed off that I walked to the parish in the rain. The readings and homily that day seemed to be specifically addressed to me, and I walked home feeling much better.

When I got home, everyone was filled with remorse and the day ended in joy, but the battle never really stops.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 30, 2026 10:06 AM (ZOv7s)

150 All my passwords are random lie 72!GqqA@11$ or whatever. I don’t keep track of any of them. Anything I log into something I do a password reset.

Posted by: Heroq at May 30, 2026 10:07 AM (JQVry)

151
I've heard that, inside the Soviet Union, the reaction to that was, "Wait, Americans have special food for pets?!!!!"
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at May 30, 2026 09:55 AM (ksbjf)

In the 40's, Soviet cinemas showed newsreels of a race riot in Detroit. Someone in the audience exclaimed, "Look at the shoes the Negro is wearing!" Similarly, officials stopped showing The Grapes of Wrath when Russians saw that in America even poor people could have a truck.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 30, 2026 10:07 AM (HdYcL)

152 I include the Horde as a whole in my daily prayers.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 30, 2026 10:02 AM (ZOv7s)

I do too. But I always mention a nic or two for special attention.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at May 30, 2026 10:07 AM (ksbjf)

153 80s and 90s was peak America. Kids today yearn for it. Friends is one of the most popular shows on streaming. Kids are buying records and Polaroids. 80s/90s music is also big with them.

Posted by: Heroq at May 30, 2026 10:05 AM (JQVry)
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My youngest is a devotee of Depeche Mode. Loves the 80s sound. I guess there are current groups that are decent, and part of that is that they are retro 80s in style.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 30, 2026 10:08 AM (ZOv7s)

154 Good morning all
Been kind of quiet week here. Trying to keep to my exercise routine to have stuff to do. I've been having trouble sleeping soundly, tossing and turning as the song goes. I read a post about eating before bedtime. It said to stop 3 hours before. I often snack at night so tried this. It did seem to make a difference so will keep it up and report next week to see if it was a fluke or actually works.

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at May 30, 2026 10:09 AM (kJmSS)

155 Good morning

Featuring a delicate balance between corruption and incompetence allow me to introduce the fine men and women of law enforcement in the Costilla County, CO sheriff's office. This is the agency nominally "in charge" of the non-investigation into my F-I-L's murder, from 2008 until 2024. Sixteen years of deflections, denials and downright negligence, including the loss of the (admittedly skimpy) investigative file which was never recovered. Now half the department has been indicted and the rest, save one, have resigned.

Denver Post:

"Missing evidence, mishandled cases and financial malfeasance: ‘The law just doesn’t exist’ in this rural Colorado county"

https://tinyurl.com/5ey8af8y

Posted by: muldoon at May 30, 2026 10:09 AM (qgHp7)

156 St. Monica is part of my prayer posse and hearts are slowing returning to the Church. My eldest is still semi-separated, but has agreed to have the grandkids baptized and raised Catholic.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

My oldest and his drunkard wife want nothing to do with the church of any type. Their stance is "the kids will choose if they want". My 15 year old grand had herself baptized and WOW! was Mom po'd.

HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

Posted by: Tonypete at May 30, 2026 10:09 AM (Y2B0/)

157 ruptured appendix is very scary due to the threat of peritonitis, though, and he's in generally good health, but he's 73. Thank you.
Posted by: huerfano

Damn, I thought if you made it that far you were good to go appendix wise.
Thanks for one more thing to worry about in my golden years. Lol.
Prayers for your brother.

Posted by: From about That Time at May 30, 2026 10:09 AM (sl73Y)

158
March from Bridge on the River Kwai by Malcolm Arnold, arranged by Christopher Palmer.

This is not - repeat, not - the more familiar Colonel Bogey by Kenneth Alford.

https://youtu.be/qkJoufVDRt0

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 30, 2026 10:10 AM (HdYcL)

159 It can be break time

Posted by: Skip at May 30, 2026 10:10 AM (Ia/+0)

160 youngest is a devotee of Depeche Mode. Loves the 80s sound

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Mine as well. Also The Smiths, The Cure, New Order all that New Wave stuff. Friends as well, they’re all into that kind of music.

GenZ, grew up 100% in an always on, digital world and they’re rebelling by looking to a pre-digital world. And they’re fucking hate AI with a passion. Those college graduation boos weren’t some isolated event.

Posted by: Heroq at May 30, 2026 10:13 AM (JQVry)

161 I'm going to see Weird Al live tomorrow night. I hope he does "Hardware Store".

Posted by: fd at May 30, 2026 10:13 AM (vFG9F)

162 Sixteen years of deflections, denials and downright negligence, including the loss of the (admittedly skimpy) investigative file which was never recovered. Now half the department has been indicted and the rest, save one, have resigned.

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I'm betting the problem is, they have no fat lesbians in charge of the department.

You can't run a governmental department without fat lesbians.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 30, 2026 10:13 AM (u/oMr)

163 I do too. But I always mention a nic or two for special attention.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at May 30, 2026 10:07 AM (ksbjf)
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Yes, and there is always room for special 'impromptu' prayers, but I try to set a baseline because we all need it.

I've taught my kids that the absolute best time for prayers
is right after receiving the Eucharist because Christ is literally within you. What better time to offer praise, and ask for blessings?

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 30, 2026 10:14 AM (ZOv7s)

164 In the 40's, Soviet cinemas showed newsreels of a race riot in Detroit. Someone in the audience exclaimed, "Look at the shoes the Negro is wearing!" Similarly, officials stopped showing The Grapes of Wrath when Russians saw that in America even poor people could have a truck.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 30, 2026 10:07 AM (HdYcL)
This is a great point. Today's rioters are the most well-fed rioters in history.

Posted by: Eromero at May 30, 2026 10:15 AM (LHPAg)

165 Poor in America means you have last year’s iPhone.

Posted by: Heroq at May 30, 2026 10:15 AM (JQVry)

166 St. Monica is part of my prayer posse ...
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 30, 2026 10:06 AM (ZOv7s)

I also have my specific litany of holy men and women. For intersessions for healing, I always petition Servant of God, Fr. Vincent Capodanno, MM. He was a Navy Chaplain KIA during a battle in Vietnam in 1967 after having been wounded twice before his fatal wound. Witnesses saw him rendering first aid and Last Rites with complete disregard of his own safety.

The Old Man served in the same area and supported the same Marine units in 1969.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at May 30, 2026 10:16 AM (ksbjf)

167 Prayers up for all the Horde's intentions. Those asked and unasked.

Posted by: olddog in mo at May 30, 2026 10:16 AM (hcPzc)

168 GenZ, grew up 100% in an always on, digital world and they’re rebelling by looking to a pre-digital world. And they’re fucking hate AI with a passion. Those college graduation boos weren’t some isolated event.
Posted by: Heroq at May 30, 2026 10:13 AM (JQVry)
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It's interesting to see. My eldest is a Millennial, and uses AI all the time. The younger two despise it, hate it with visceral fury. Both of them are artistically inclined, and they *know* the work they do online is being scraped and repackaged.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 30, 2026 10:16 AM (ZOv7s)

169 Anyone in NJ know the deal with one of your Reps , Tom Kean? He's been absent for over a hundred days . Says he is on medical leave but won't disclose for what and he plans on running for reelection in June. I don't care that he's a Republican. It's bullshit. He's going to lose that seat .

Posted by: polynikes at May 30, 2026 10:16 AM (WNOcj)

170
But I always mention a nic or two for special attention.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at May 30, 2026 10:07 AM (ksbjf)

I have two for whom I ask the intercession of, respectively, Blessed Karl of Austria and the Venerable Emil Kapaun.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 30, 2026 10:17 AM (HdYcL)

171 GenZ, grew up 100% in an always on, digital world and they’re rebelling by looking to a pre-digital world. And they’re fucking hate AI with a passion. Those college graduation boos weren’t some isolated event.
Posted by: Heroq at May 30, 2026 10:13 AM (JQVry)

The young Gen Z engineers I work with love vinyl records and other analog tech. I've heard that they're fascinated by manual typewriters.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at May 30, 2026 10:18 AM (ksbjf)

172 In the 40's, Soviet cinemas showed newsreels of a race riot in Detroit. Someone in the audience exclaimed, "Look at the shoes the Negro is wearing!" Similarly, officials stopped showing The Grapes of Wrath when Russians saw that in America even poor people could have a truck.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 30, 2026 10:07 AM (HdYcL)
This is a great point. Today's rioters are the most well-fed rioters in history.
Posted by: Eromero at May 30, 2026 10:15 AM (LHPAg)

Also showed the poor neighborhoods in NYC but didn't realize the clothes lines strung building to building with a lot of clothes on them caught the attention of the Russian people.

Posted by: polynikes at May 30, 2026 10:19 AM (WNOcj)

173 Last summer I added J.R.R. Tolkien to the prayer posse. The fact that Pope Leo included a quote from him in his encyclical (specifically LotR) is yet another sign that his cause for canonization is moving forward.

It's pretty wild to see him go from a fringe fantasy author to Author of the Century and now be regarded as a philosophical giant of the Church. Several of our recently ordained priests said they were inspired by his writings.

I'm re-reading the Silmarillion and also reading City of God and WOW. I always loved it as a heroic tale, but there is just so much going on. Tolkien is basically laying out the Council of God and the reality of spiritual warfare in laymen's terms.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 30, 2026 10:21 AM (ZOv7s)

174 Prayers to all of the Horde in need, and your family & friends. 🙏🏼

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at May 30, 2026 10:21 AM (NFX2v)

175 Americans and especially leftists have no idea how wealthy the US is relative to the rest of the world. There is no poverty here, save for the drugged out bums in costal cities. And that’s not an economic thing it’s a mental health and drug use thing.

Wanna see poverty? Go to the slums of India or Brazil. That’s poverty. In America, the “poor” live better than 80% of the world’s population.

Posted by: Heroq at May 30, 2026 10:22 AM (JQVry)

176 Saying New Order and Depeche Mode weren't/aren't "digital" is certainly a take.

Posted by: Yyrog the Lich King at May 30, 2026 10:23 AM (yYROg)

177 Anyone in NJ know the deal with one of your Reps , Tom Kean? He's been absent for over a hundred days . Says he is on medical leave but won't disclose for what and he plans on running for reelection in June. I don't care that he's a Republican. It's bullshit. He's going to lose that seat .
Posted by: polynikes at May 30, 2026 10:16 AM (WNOcj)
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The One Job of being in Congress is to vote. If you can't make it to vote, you can't do the job.

This business of collecting salary and benefits will being in a coma has to stop. It won't because all the other congresscritters want to do the same.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 30, 2026 10:23 AM (ZOv7s)

178 But I always mention a nic or two for special attention.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at May 30, 2026 10:07 AM (ksbjf)

I have two for whom I ask the intercession of, respectively, Blessed Karl of Austria and the Venerable Emil Kapaun.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 30, 2026 10:17 AM (HdYcL)

You misunderstand, I mention nics amongst the Horde.

However, I do have my personal Litany of holy men. Blessed Karl of Austria is not in that group, but I did have the privilege of hearing a talk given by one of his grandchildren (a rather elderly man) at a Catholic Men's Conference about 4 years ago.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at May 30, 2026 10:24 AM (ksbjf)

179 The all-tuna diet actually worked out really well for her, and now that we have the cat food again, I plan on splitting her diet with it. It's quite remarkable. More energy, coat looks better, and the patch of fur that she had obsessively licked bald is now growing back in.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 30, 2026 09:43 AM (ZOv7s)

I was told that tuna is high in magnesium and that is not optimal for cats, but I wonder if your cat was deficient in magnesium or in fish oils and Vitamin D. You could try her on different meats as well. Chicken is higher in Mg, for example.
It is something suggested to help with mood and sleeping.

I wonder what PestMart thinks the street value of high fiber cat food is.

Posted by: Kindltot at May 30, 2026 10:25 AM (rbvCR)

180 narf

Posted by: Kindltot at May 30, 2026 10:26 AM (rbvCR)

181 This is a great point. Today's rioters are the most well-fed rioters in history.
Posted by: Eromero at May 30, 2026 10:15 AM (LHPAg)
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They're professionals. Been that way for a while.

The whole business of besieging federal facilities gives the game away.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 30, 2026 10:26 AM (ZOv7s)

182 I'm re-reading the Silmarillion and also reading City of God and WOW. I always loved it as a heroic tale, but there is just so much going on. Tolkien is basically laying out the Council of God and the reality of spiritual warfare in laymen's terms.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 30, 2026 10:21 AM (ZOv7s)
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This portion of your comment has been plagiarized for tomorrow's Sunday Morning Book Thread.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 30, 2026 10:26 AM (gnNyN)

183
I suffer from food insecurity. I may not have enough chocolate ice cream in the house.

*bites fingernails nervously*

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 30, 2026 10:26 AM (HdYcL)

184 Yo Hordians. I'm drinking artisanal small batch microroast with a shot of lavender and some oat milk.

There's a big Heritage Days festival at the park. Civil War reenactors (their camp coffee smelled great), farm equipment, ye olde crafts, etc. plus an auto show. Why can't modern cars be this cool? Make Detroit Iron Great Again!

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 30, 2026 10:26 AM (kpS4V)

185 Saying New Order and Depeche Mode weren't/aren't "digital" is certainly a take.
Posted by: Yyrog the Lich King at May 30, 2026 10:23 AM (yYROg)
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They like older music, they're not purists whining about Bob Dylan going electric.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 30, 2026 10:27 AM (ZOv7s)

186 I suffer from food insecurity. I may not have enough chocolate ice cream in the house.

*bites fingernails nervously*
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 30, 2026 10:26 AM (HdYcL)

The struggle is real.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at May 30, 2026 10:28 AM (ksbjf)

187 The One Job of being in Congress is to vote. If you can't make it to vote, you can't do the job.

This business of collecting salary and benefits will being in a coma has to stop. It won't because all the other congresscritters want to do the same.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 30, 2026 10:23 AM (ZOv7s)
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The staffers who are utterly dependent on their patrons remaining in office share part of the blame.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 30, 2026 10:28 AM (gnNyN)

188 "Why can't modern cars be this cool?"

We have to protect our phony baloney jobs.

Posted by: The US Federal Department Of Ruining Everything at May 30, 2026 10:28 AM (vFG9F)

189 Hubris is a story as old an Mankind. The noteworthy characteristic of our self-declared Elite(tm) is a complete lack of humility. Of course, they're heeding the siren song of Satan, "You can be like gods."

These people invariably have a high opinion of themselves and think that they can run a system with a few billion moving parts. Thus, the denial of the human person: people are merely things to be used or discarded as needed to build Heaven-on-Earth(tm).

Despite repeated failures, they keep trying.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at May 30, 2026 09:44 AM (ksbjf)

I always say, Eden Man is Babel Man is Soviet Man is Davos Man, just recapitulations of the same First Lie swallowed by a silly little clay golem with delusions of adequacy: believing it can be its own god, decide its own morality, and (after Eden) reach or make paradise on its own power. Anything to avoid submission to the Creator of All, while the self-styled Masters of the Universe have made no progress at all on their maximum longevity, only increasing their odds of approaching it. Just the pure delusion of injured pride.

Posted by: SciVo at May 30, 2026 10:29 AM (Sy6m/)

190 naturalfake,

"Waiting is the hardest part."

I just went through that process a couple of years ago. Email in mic if you want to share. I'd be glad to share my experience.

Ask your Doc about the Decipher test if you haven't yet.

Posted by: pawn at May 30, 2026 10:30 AM (+rSJz)

191 Why can't modern cars be this cool? Make Detroit Iron Great Again!
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 30, 2026 10:26 AM (kpS4V)

CAFE standards determining minimum fuel efficiencies.

Posted by: Kindltot at May 30, 2026 10:30 AM (rbvCR)

192 youngest is a devotee of Depeche Mode. Loves the 80s sound

—

Mine as well. Also The Smiths, The Cure, New Order all that New Wave stuff. Friends as well, they’re all into that kind of music.

GenZ, grew up 100% in an always on, digital world and they’re rebelling by looking to a pre-digital world. And they’re fucking hate AI with a passion. Those college graduation boos weren’t some isolated event.
Posted by: Heroq at May 30, 2026 10:13 AM (JQVry)

A big part of this is the new addiction to Lp music.

One of the kiddos is all in on this.

I wish I'd kept my collection of Lps to dump on them, but alas.

Anyway, they prefer new pressings, though aa few old slip in.

some new music but mostly their catalogue runs late 6os to early 2000s.

Melodic music is slowly making a comeback.

Posted by: naturalfake at May 30, 2026 10:31 AM (iJfKG)

193 I moved north of Houston next to Sam Houston State Park. There is an HEB nearby . I thought I'd be able to do my shopping during the week when everyone else is working. What I found out is apparently no one working.

Posted by: polynikes at May 30, 2026 10:34 AM (WNOcj)

194 I'm just saying, with the old bulgemobiles, you could stuff bodies in the trunk, run moonshine, and then squire your lady to the Copacabana in the evening.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 30, 2026 10:34 AM (kpS4V)

195 >>>What they shared was a pure love of the game.

Posted by: Ignoramus

>What you have now is dogshit. Sloppy three point shooting contests, no plays, fifth grade coaching and a complete disregard for the rules. The refereeing sucks balls. The league wants to above all else, sell tickets, and gambling.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 30, 2026 10:35 AM (D1E+2)

196 naturalfake,

"Waiting is the hardest part."

I just went through that process a couple of years ago. Email in mic if you want to share. I'd be glad to share my experience.

Ask your Doc about the Decipher test if you haven't yet.
Posted by: pawn at May 30, 2026 10:30 AM (+rSJz)

I think you're addressing the wrong Moron on this.

Don't curse me!!!!111111!!!!!!

Posted by: naturalfake at May 30, 2026 10:35 AM (iJfKG)

197 What you have now is dogshit. Sloppy three point shooting contests, no plays, fifth grade coaching and a complete disregard for the rules. The refereeing sucks balls. The league wants to above all else, sell tickets, and gambling.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 30, 2026 10:35 AM (D1E+2

I blame Michael Jordan. Seriously.

Posted by: polynikes at May 30, 2026 10:36 AM (WNOcj)

198 I had missed a request last night from heurfano. She needs prayers for her brother, R, who will have appendix surgery tonight.

Posted by: Annies Stew at May 30, 2026 10:37 AM (dNIAD)

199 >What you have now is dogshit. Sloppy three point shooting contests, no plays, fifth grade coaching and a complete disregard for the rules. The refereeing sucks balls. The league wants to above all else, sell tickets, and gambling.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 30, 2026 10:35 AM (D1E+2)

And diving. Last year's league MVP would make half the teams in the World Cup blush with his perpetual diving.

Posted by: Vendette at May 30, 2026 10:38 AM (9rvP0)

200 I wish I'd kept my collection of Lps to dump on them, but alas.

Posted by: naturalfake at May 30, 2026 10:31 AM (iJfKG)
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My father has a collection of vinyl stored in crates. If I stacked them end to end, it would be 21 feet high.

His turntable is fully automated. You put the album on, lock in the control arm, it scans the disk, counts the tracks, and then you can program the order in which you want them played, just like a DVD.

I inherited his older semi-portable table. It was buried in crap, but as we clean out the house it will be brought into use.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 30, 2026 10:40 AM (ZOv7s)

201
I moved north of Houston next to Sam Houston State Park.

___________

I go to church near there on Breen Road off Fairbanks North Houston. Unfortunately I live in Iowa Colony, which is 45 miles away.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 30, 2026 10:40 AM (HdYcL)

202 Could use a nap time now

Posted by: Skip at May 30, 2026 10:40 AM (Ia/+0)

203 166 St. Monica is part of my prayer posse ...
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 30, 2026 10:06 AM (ZOv7s)

Me too!
My daily saints list, I call it. 😇

When I signed up for OCIA last year (baptized Catholic but never confirmed), I told my hubby I want him to be my sponsor but he had to be in good standing, so he started going to Sunday mass with me.
Confirmation is done but he still attends Mass with me. Thank you, St Monica!

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 30, 2026 10:42 AM (fE6HJ)

204 202 Could use a nap time now
Posted by: Skip

Go for it, Skip!

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 30, 2026 10:43 AM (fE6HJ)

205 Prayers up for everyone who asked, and those who didn’t.

Posted by: Piper at May 30, 2026 10:43 AM (c1LkM)

206 There are generic Congressman who can't barely function yet seem to not miss votes until its a embarrassment then seem to not be able to make it.

Posted by: Skip at May 30, 2026 10:43 AM (Ia/+0)

207 Still out working on my 1WP. Think will try cutting out worse parts of bents

Posted by: Skip at May 30, 2026 10:44 AM (Ia/+0)

208 I wish I'd kept my collection of Lps to dump on them, but alas.

Posted by: naturalfake at May 30, 2026 10:31 AM (iJfKG)
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My father has a collection of vinyl stored in crates. If I stacked them end to end, it would be 21 feet high.

His turntable is fully automated. You put the album on, lock in the control arm, it scans the disk, counts the tracks, and then you can program the order in which you want them played, just like a DVD.

I inherited his older semi-portable table. It was buried in crap, but as we clean out the house it will be brought into use.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 30, 2026 10:40 AM (ZOv7s)

That's very cool.

If I had something like that, I might have kept my LPs.

Posted by: naturalfake at May 30, 2026 10:45 AM (iJfKG)

209 Melodic music is slowly making a comeback.
Posted by: naturalfake at May 30, 2026 10:31 AM (iJfKG)
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I want to highlight this. Even though 80s and 90s music often used electronics, sampling, etc., it was still musically complex and the lyrics were often profound. The turns of phrase, use of rhyme, all that is missing.

It's kind of crazy to look back at the incredible musicianship groups regarded as "garage bands" or "hair bands" let alone "alternative/techno" were able to produce.

"It's just two guys with a synth." Sure, but what are they doing with it?

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 30, 2026 10:46 AM (ZOv7s)

210 There are generic Congressman who can't barely function yet seem to not miss votes until its a embarrassment then seem to not be able to make it.
Posted by: Skip at May 30, 2026 10:43 AM (Ia/+0)
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It's kind of funny, but even while they revile the GOP as Nazis, the Dems still adhere to the old practice of "pairing" so that neither side loses a key vote due to absences.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 30, 2026 10:47 AM (ZOv7s)

211 You can't run a governmental department without fat lesbians.
Posted by: Cicero

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In this situation that might be an improvement. The prototypical Costilla County sheriff's deputy body type is roughly the shape of the Pillsbury dough boy. Five foot four. Two fitty, Two fitty fi.

Posted by: muldoon at May 30, 2026 10:48 AM (qgHp7)

212 I'm finally learning how to type properly . It's going slowly. I'm using typing. com when it's slow at work. I took a typing class in high school but it didn't stick and I don't remember anything from it. It was during the '80s...

Posted by: lin-duh is offended at May 30, 2026 10:50 AM (VCgbV)

213 Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 30, 2026 10:47 AM (ZOv7s)

The part that really angers me with Kean is he won't disclose what he's being treated for. I understand if he wasn't running for reelection but he is. Bitch you can't keep that shit secret.

Posted by: polynikes at May 30, 2026 10:51 AM (WNOcj)

214 https://tinyurl.com/5ey8af8y
Posted by: muldoon

I hope justice finally comes to your town.

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 30, 2026 10:52 AM (LmPA0)

215
"It's just two guys with a synth." Sure, but what are they doing with it?
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 30, 2026 10:46 AM (ZOv7s)

I was listening to OMD (Orchestral Maneuvers in the Dark) earlier this week.

Yeah, just two guys and a synth (or five).

But, man, they made some great music.

Posted by: naturalfake at May 30, 2026 10:52 AM (iJfKG)

216 Another crazy attempting to breach the cockpit of an airliner -- this one yesterday on a United flight from O'Hare to Minneapolis.

Dear Crazies: You are not getting past that hardened cockpit door. And even if you did, you'd be met with the first officer splitting your head open with a crash ax.

And you will also not be able to open any of the regular cabin doors or emergency exits at 30,000 feet either, no matter how hard you try. It's physics, you see...

Posted by: one hour sober at May 30, 2026 10:52 AM (J4Dwc)

217 "It's just two guys with a synth." Sure, but what are they doing with it?
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 30, 2026 10:46 AM (ZOv7s
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Purity Ring and Phantogram are two duos who create lush and complex music.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 30, 2026 10:52 AM (kpS4V)

218 Posted by: lin-duh is offended at May 30, 2026 10:50 AM (VCgbV)

I used to be able to type over a 100wpm but since I retired and all my typing is done on a phone or iPad I'm a one finger typer now.

Posted by: polynikes at May 30, 2026 10:53 AM (WNOcj)

219 I'm finally learning how to type properly . It's going slowly. I'm using typing. com when it's slow at work. I took a typing class in high school but it didn't stick and I don't remember anything from it. It was during the '80s...
Posted by: lin-duh is offended at May 30, 2026 10:50 AM (VCgbV)
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I took it in the spring of 1991. Back then, the high school had a graduation requirement that you learn an applied skill, so shop class or typing. We trained on IBM Selectric IIIs, total beasts. It transformed my life. No more writing longhand, it's all composing at the keyboard.

I think you needed 50 WPM to pass. I was around 90. My grandmother was professionally trained and when she fired up the typewriter, it was like an MG42. BRRRRRR.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 30, 2026 10:54 AM (ZOv7s)

220 I know a United pilot. Amazing shooter and shooting coach. Too bad he can't carry on the plane...

Posted by: lin-duh is offended at May 30, 2026 10:55 AM (VCgbV)

221 The part that really angers me with Kean is he won't disclose what he's being treated for. I understand if he wasn't running for reelection but he is. Bitch you can't keep that shit secret.
Posted by: polynikes at May 30, 2026 10:51 AM (WNOcj)
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Sounds like he needs a primary opponent.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 30, 2026 10:55 AM (ZOv7s)

222 i'm lazy and hate typing or writing

Posted by: I weep for humanity at May 30, 2026 10:56 AM (jrgJz)

223 216 Another crazy attempting to breach the cockpit of an airliner -- this one yesterday on a United flight from O'Hare to Minneapolis

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I just scroogled it - unlucky for him, 5 off-duty LEOs were also on the flight. Hah!

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 30, 2026 10:57 AM (LmPA0)

224 Yeah, I'm at about 12-15wpm, lololol! No idea how I passed typing in high school. I'm mainly type on my phone and iPad but use a keyboard for work.

Posted by: lin-duh is offended at May 30, 2026 10:57 AM (VCgbV)

225 >>>I know a United pilot. Amazing shooter and shooting coach. Too bad he can't carry on the plane...

He could apply to be a Federal Flight Deck Officer. Then he could fly armed.

Posted by: one hour sober at May 30, 2026 11:00 AM (J4Dwc)

226 Thanks for the prayers!

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at May 30, 2026 11:00 AM (SRRAx)

227 Damn near June, 11AM, and the temperature is 50° and falling.
This is not optimal.

Posted by: From about That Time at May 30, 2026 11:01 AM (sl73Y)

228 Oh shoot, naturalfake.

Cut and paste fail.

5/23 – I used to have a Different Nic could use some prayers as he waits for the results of a biopsy of a mass on his prostate.

This is what I was responding to.

My sincerest apologies.

Of course the offer, along with sympathy stands for Different nic

Posted by: pawn at May 30, 2026 11:02 AM (+rSJz)

229 I'm finally learning how to type properly . It's going slowly. I'm using typing. com when it's slow at work. I took a typing class in high school but it didn't stick and I don't remember anything from it. It was during the '80s...
Posted by: lin-duh is offended at May 30, 2026 10:50 AM (VCgbV)

I learned in HS in the 80's too, but I had to learn to type fast doing customer contact reports on the computer. I brushed up by typing in random stuff from any book I could find that would stay open on the desk.

Posted by: Kindltot at May 30, 2026 11:04 AM (rbvCR)

230 Here's an example:

Undersheriff wanted to run a simulated traffic stop for training of new deputies. He pulls an inmate out of the county jail and puts him in a car on the street outside the sheriff's office. Th then pulls out his sidearm and empties all the ammo out, and hands it to the inmate.

Posted by: muldoon at May 30, 2026 11:04 AM (qgHp7)

231 214 https://tinyurl.com/5ey8af8y
Posted by: muldoon

I hope justice finally comes to your town.
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 30, 2026 10:52 AM (LmPA0)
Been a long time.

Posted by: Eromero at May 30, 2026 11:06 AM (LHPAg)

232 Well, time to get moving. God be with you!

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 30, 2026 11:06 AM (ZOv7s)

233 Here's another example. The former undersheriff who was supposedly the lead investigator is the one who "misplaced" the physical investigative file on Jack's case. Shrugged his shoulders and said, "Nah!" when we offered to provide all the information we had accumulated to help rebuild the file. A couple years later he was arrested for running a scam trophy hunting scheme, charging out-of-state hunters $3 or4 thou for a guided elk hunt without hunting licenses or having a permit for the private properties he took them on. He also let them drive his patrol car on local highways at 100 mph with lights and siren for a thrill. He did jail time for all of that. Later died during COVID.

Posted by: muldoon at May 30, 2026 11:08 AM (qgHp7)

234 "The Post reviewed another photo in which Soto, the undersheriff, sent the entire office a picture of his scrotum on their internal messaging system."

Something that's just begging for a limerick.

Posted by: one hour sober at May 30, 2026 11:10 AM (J4Dwc)

235 Look out! Tom Steyer is mad!

https://tinyurl.com/2ujsk77z

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 30, 2026 11:11 AM (ndZc7)

236 I took typing in 1965 because all of us on the football team was in love with the teacher, who was only 5 years older than us. We still had manual return typewriters but also some electric. I had an electric with no letters or numbers on the keys, but still managed to hit 60 WPM, now nearly 60 years later I'm back to 15 WPM.

Posted by: Eromero at May 30, 2026 11:13 AM (LHPAg)

237
today would have been my late wife's 58th birthday

Posted by: AltonJackson at May 30, 2026 11:16 AM (AMvSw)

238 I hope justice finally comes to your town.
Posted by: vmom deport
++++++++++
Been a long time.
Posted by: Eromero

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Thanks both.

The only bright spot is that since the winter of '23-'24 when my wife arranged for a K9 search of the suspect's property, the case has been taken over by the CBI, with two highly professional and skilled detectives who have committed to locating the fugitive (former neighbor of Jack). In spite of 16 years cold, with no primary source documents from CCSO, they have compiled enough evidence to convince the DA to issue a 2nd degree murder warrant (though we have no body and haven't located the fugitive). Potential witnesses have died or moved away in the interim.

So we endeavour to persevere, though it is always with us.

Posted by: muldoon at May 30, 2026 11:17 AM (qgHp7)

239 My fingers always seemed to get stuck between keys on those manual typewriters.

Posted by: one hour sober at May 30, 2026 11:17 AM (J4Dwc)

240 I typed all my papers in my MBA program because I couldn't afford to pay the undergraduates who were providing the service for $2 a page.

Posted by: polynikes at May 30, 2026 11:17 AM (WNOcj)

241 I took typing in jr hi.
From Miss Showalter.
Her grading was weird: FDSA JKL;

Posted by: Diogenes at May 30, 2026 11:18 AM (2WIwB)

242 today would have been my late wife's 58th birthday
Posted by: AltonJackson

******

May her memory be blessed. How long ago has it been?

Posted by: muldoon at May 30, 2026 11:18 AM (qgHp7)

243 Posted by: AltonJackson at May 30, 2026 11:16 AM (AMvSw)

I didn't realize she'd passed away. Belated, but sincere, condolances.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at May 30, 2026 11:20 AM (lFFaq)

244
How long ago has it been?

Posted by: muldoon at May 30, 2026 11:18 AM

it'll be five years this Thanksgiving

Posted by: AltonJackson at May 30, 2026 11:22 AM (AMvSw)

245 During the 80's and 90's I had a transcriptionist to type up all my reports I read into a dictaphone. Those were the good old days.

Posted by: polynikes at May 30, 2026 11:23 AM (WNOcj)

246 Anyway, they prefer new pressings, though aa few old slip in.

some new music but mostly their catalogue runs late 6os to early 2000s.

Melodic music is slowly making a comeback.
Posted by: naturalfake at May 30, 2026 10:31 AM (iJfKG)

I have become obsessed with this one live show from 1972, before I was born. I'm considering getting the DVD, even though I have downloaded a pretty good quality rip from YT, it's 642 MB.

Traffic: Live at Santa Monica
amazon.com/dp/B001CRRADU/

Traffic - Full Concert - Live in Santa Monica 1972 (Remastered)
https://youtu.be/vjhbvw0F-BQ

Posted by: SciVo at May 30, 2026 11:23 AM (Sy6m/)

247 Muldoon,
You continue in my hopes and prayers for a final resolution to this case.

Posted by: Diogenes at May 30, 2026 11:26 AM (2WIwB)

248 From Miss Showalter.
Her grading was weird: FDSA JKL;
Posted by: Diogenes

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10th grade. Bow-tied Mr. Burdick. He had us listen to music while we typed. Roy Rogers and Dale Evans singing "Happy Trails to You"

Happy trails...space space...to youuu..carriage return, Tab Tab...until...space... we meet...space...again!

Posted by: muldoon at May 30, 2026 11:27 AM (qgHp7)

249 I think AI is going to drive small venue bands and community music, aka singalongs.
I am not very musical, but my most joyful times were listening to my aunts and cousins play together in family get togethers.

Posted by: Kindltot at May 30, 2026 11:29 AM (rbvCR)

250 Extra prayers for Mrs E awaiting news on how the treatment is working.

May the Peace of The Lord be with you all.

Posted by: Ben Had at May 30, 2026 11:29 AM (5P5DO)

251 Nood

Posted by: Duke Lowell at May 30, 2026 11:31 AM (2UnvF)

252 >>> I'm finally learning how to type properly . It's going slowly. I'm using typing. com when it's slow at work. I took a typing class in high school but it didn't stick and I don't remember anything from it. It was during the '80s...
Posted by: lin-duh is offended at May 30, 2026 10:50 AM (VCgbV)

There is a software called "Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing". It's been around for as long as personal computers. It's what I used to learn typing back in the 80s. It sort of "game-ifies" the learning and practice. But it does so in a very smart way recording where you are having issues and giving you more time with it. I can't recommend it enough.

Posted by: banana Dream at May 30, 2026 11:33 AM (3uBP9)

253 AI can help painters /artists cheat by allowing them to create a reference photo to paint though the idea came from them. I don't know how I feel about that since I put together various photos I've taken to create a composition/subject idea I had. AI is just doing the same thing in a way.

Posted by: polynikes at May 30, 2026 11:35 AM (WNOcj)

254 You continue in my hopes and prayers for a final resolution to this case.
Posted by: Diogenes

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Always appreciated.

I don't expect everyone here to absorb all the details of the situation, but I appreciate the opportunity to occasionally vent here. It has truly been a head-shakingly bizarre path for us. Little did I realize back in '09 how curious the Curious Disappearance would become. I try not to thread jack or ruin others' enjoyment of other discussions. So I'll leave it for now.

Posted by: muldoon at May 30, 2026 11:35 AM (qgHp7)

255 muldoon, I enjoy reading all your comments about the war diaries, this case and your medical opinions.

Posted by: Ben Had at May 30, 2026 11:38 AM (5P5DO)

256 Posted by: muldoon at May 30, 2026 11:35 AM (qgHp7)

I think the case has been resolved. It's Justice that's outstanding.

Posted by: polynikes at May 30, 2026 11:43 AM (WNOcj)

257 Posted by: SciVo at May 30, 2026 11:23 AM (Sy6m/)

Traffic is a fave.

I regret never having seen them live.

Posted by: naturalfake at May 30, 2026 11:45 AM (iJfKG)

258 250 Extra prayers for Mrs E awaiting news on how the treatment is working.

May the Peace of The Lord be with you all.
Posted by: Ben Had at May 30, 2026 11:29 AM (5P5DO)
Labs were , good numbers up, bad numbers down on the 22nd. She will be getting either an injection or a short infusion every 2 months for the time being.

Posted by: Eromero at May 30, 2026 11:46 AM (LHPAg)

259 "The Post reviewed another photo in which Soto, the undersheriff, sent the entire office a picture of his scrotum on their internal messaging system."

Something that's just begging for a limerick.

*********

There once was an deputy named Soto
Who posted an explicit photo
He should've been "sacked"
Though he claimed he was hacked
Now he's known around town as El Scroto!

Posted by: muldoon at May 30, 2026 11:50 AM (qgHp7)

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