I think this is a bit of revisionism. She had dementia. LOTS of her allies in the Senate spoke to her about stepping down. She refused and then would promptly forget the conversation happened.

6:02 am: chainsaws on the hill begin. *whispers to self about needed thinning and fire prep*

Cuz I’m a Blond is still hilarious, though. We quote it all of the time.

Hubs put on Earth Girls Are Easy and I had forgotten how terrible this movie is.

Hubs: Madonna isn’t dancing like she used to Me: She’s in her 60s! H: Shakira isn’t a spring chicken either! She’s dancing. Me: She’s probably at least 20 years younger H: looks up her age and starts *cackling* H: She was born in 1977 Me: Fuck. You. (Guess who else was born in ‘77?) 🙋🏼‍♀️

Was watching the final delayed & wow was that some dirty soccer. Glad Argentina lost.

Under the junk trailers across from the mill. There were 3; I was too lazy to walk around to the other one.

The teasel is all abloom

Morning snake. The only one of the whole walk.

Hubs is in Boot Barn and I’m waiting outside in the car because my back has had enough of hard surfaces. People just streaming into it & not the people you’d expect.

Finally found the dumbass lost about Canada wildfires & my gawd is he just an idiot. Canada logs more than we do. That’s where most of the lumber for houses comes from.

This was a weird one. ALL of the regional Facebook pages had questions about what was going on because everyone driving the north state highways saw massive law enforcement response in a hundred mile radius. Crickets from law enforcement or the news.

The photos are in frames. Hilariously packing tape closed because I’ve been using the same frames for 20 years. They have to be *wired* for hanging which is a complete pain in the ass.

I have been slogging away at this fantasy from Ilona Andrews for weeks. I am not and have never been an epic fantasy reader. Thought IA could get me past it, & nope. I have no patience for complicated intrigue or dense world building. I don’t hate it, but it’s definitely my least favorite of theirs.

I’m not defending Taco Bell purely out of spite for removing every menu item I actually liked.

Gas jumped 20¢ again.

At least this morning was more squeaky equipment and less deflated balloon saw noises. The other side of town has to listen to a yarder. That’s worse.

Neck and shoulders are still hurting today so I’ve accomplished next to nothing. I have to get photos in frames for the fair deadline tomorrow.

Seems weird that our rates are very low here in CA if a CA based farm is responsible.

I always wondered what triggered the Franchise Wars. Now we know. Taco Bell will stop at nothing to resolve the damage to its reputation caused by the diarrhea lettuce.

Rural school. Instead of giving them resources, they inflict this upon them. Without opening the article, I’m going to bet it’s a Title I school.

All of the discussions about wildfire smog reminds me: there’s no safe place from climate change. Please don’t tell wildfire survivors they shouldn’t have lived near the woods. (I’m speaking from experience) You aren’t safe in cities either.

They’ve apparently started thinning today on the hill above me. And they started at 6:30 am. I knew the project was coming, but yikes is this loud.

Pedantic assholes. So many pedantic assholes.

Ah lovely neck and upper back pain. I haven’t missed you. I really don’t wanna lay on the heating pad.

I’m team Telemundo announcer.

There’s a fight brewing on field 😂

Argentina clears the ball. England did not.

LOL. Ah well. Why they chose to park the damn bus instead of getting another goal is a mystery.

Whatever happens, this is not on Pickford. He’s been amazing out there.

Yelling at the ref always works 🙄

And there it is.

Pickford getting a bit tired of this shit.

I'm not 100% sure our "sit back in the box and let them constantly shoot while we're one goal ahead" tactic is entirely foolproof, lads.

Spending way too much of this half near England’s goal

Me yelling clear the damn ball! at the TV.

And that’s why you don’t pass across your own damn goal.

Ref has had it with the grabbing and pulling of jerseys.

Argentina is very pushy pushy.

“Red areas are racist!” So are blue ones! www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

Yellow cards are flying

So much eye rolling today. “Turn everything into cities” is a weird take. 1) someone has to grow food, mine minerals, produce lumber etc. 2) The west has large swaths of land owned by the federal government. BLM/USFS/US National parks. People have to live there to manage it.

They got much closer to the path after Mr. Coyote left.

Today was a good wildlife day on the landscape. Coyote and Sandhill cranes in the pasture. Plus a bonus heron.

Some of these movie critics clearly read a different version of the Odyssey than I did. There’s a reason I dislike it & it’s mostly Odysseus being a dumbass. “Powerful and mercurial “ Nah. He’s a dumbass.

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Caught the France/Spain game on replay & Spain deserved that win despite the massive number of fouls the refs didn’t call. France was low energy and not at all aggressive.

Had the windows open to cool off the house this morning & there’s the vaguest hint of smoke in the air. *closes windows*

This kinda mirrors my thoughts on the matter, and an issue that I do genuinely think is killing us: right now we treat the first person to DO SOMETHING about a problem as the cause of the problem, which disincentivizes actually giving a fuck about anything.