Sometimes I have to argue with people on Facebook. I can’t help it. Someone commented on a T+L post about Bruges, “It’s like it was built for tourists.” Bruges dates back to the 800s. People like it for its medieval architecture. It was clearly not *built* for tourists.

Hint: names of newspapers is not a category. Connections Puzzle #1091 🟨🟩🟪🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟩🟩🟩🟩

I don’t know how New Orleans & Co doesn’t think that what happened today is bad. I am seeing posts about it on every national health or science related account that I follow. So embarrassing.

I just watched the video of the doctors being removed from the ADA meeting by Louisiana state police. The brass band in the background was a nice touch.

3/5 difficulty Connections Puzzle #1090 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪

5/5 difficulty. I had two of the most common mistakes 🙃 Connections Puzzle #1089 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟪🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪

GOOD NEWS! A personalized mRNA vaccine, known as mRNA-4157, has shown promise in keeping melanoma, a deadly skin cancer, from returning. FIVE years later, NEARLY 70% of people in the vaccine group are CANCER-FREE. The vaccine also cut a person’s risk of the cancer metastasizing by NEARLY 60%.

Typically, I will take the time to walk people through stuff and act like a default IT manager but every so often, the non computer savvy Boomers and Gen Xers at work try my patience. Today is one of those days. I have previously been that person but it was like 15 years ago.

4/5 difficulty but I thought it was harder than that. There were two words that I did not know. Connections Puzzle #1088 🟦🟨🟦🟦 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟨🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟪🟪🟪🟪

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1/5 difficulty Connections Puzzle #1087 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪

Someone in one of the FB Christmas market groups asked which markets are the most “romantic and beautiful” for a solo traveler? Why do you have to ruin Christmas markets with romance? I prefer markets that are extra or fun but I don’t live in a Hallmark movie.

It’s currently at a 5/5 difficulty but I don’t think New Orleans folks will find it that hard. Connections Puzzle #1086 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪

Currently at a 3/5 difficulty. I thought blue was something else completely. Connections Puzzle #1085 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟨🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦

Tonight I went to dinner at Saint Claire and it was so, so good.

Connections Puzzle #1084 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟪🟦🟪🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟦🟦🟦🟦

Groundbreaking genomic test could spare millions of breast cancer patients chemotherapy

This was not hard but purple just happened. Connections Puzzle #1083 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪

In the year of 2026 nobody wants to see your half page letterhead listing 50-something attorneys over six locations. Get a logo and a personal letterhead and be done with it.

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Spoiler: none of the categories have anything to do with Shakespeare. Connections Puzzle #1081 🟩🟨🟪🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦

Forgot to post my Connections results earlier. If I don’t post it, did it even happen? Connections Puzzle #1080 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟦🟦🟦🟦

I had a feeling there would be an after sale. Often on Sundays, you can’t even get baklava except in the sundaes. You could get it by the box or piece last night at 7. If you love their baklava and other pastries, go get some today!

Connections Puzzle #1079 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟪🟩🟪🟩 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟩🟩🟩🟩

Stopped by Greek Fest to get my annual baklava sundae and picked up some baklava and a dinner to go. It goes until 8 if you want to make a run for it.

Connections Puzzle #1078 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟪🟨🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟦🟦🟦🟦

Connections Puzzle #1077 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟦🟦🟦🟦

This was a dumb mistake but I thought they were going for something else. Connections Puzzle #1076 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟪🟦 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪

5/5 difficulty. It’s definitely tricky. Connections Puzzle #1075 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟪🟪🟪🟪

Connections Puzzle #1074 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟩🟩🟩🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩

Someone at work stole both of my mandarin oranges (Cuties or Halos, I forget which). Really? You had to take both of them?

I continue to see a lot of hate online for Brussels. Sometimes I wonder what people are doing or where they are staying when they visit but whatever. Today in one of the Christmas market FB groups, someone said they were underwhelmed by Prague. 🙄

Connections Puzzle #1073 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟪🟨🟨 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟪🟪🟪🟪

I just started listening to a podcast about “How to Maximize Your Credit Card Points.” The man being interviewed had more than 1 MILLION Amex points plus several hundred thousand on another card and I have no idea what else because I had to turn it off. How can you not spend 1 million points?

Connections Puzzle #1072 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟪🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟪🟪🟪🟪

4/5 difficulty but I did not think it was that hard. Connections Puzzle #1071 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟨🟨🟨🟨

There are a couple of people who have worked at my polling place as long as I can remember. The older gentleman must be mid 80s. He hasn’t been there a couple of times lately and I was worried about him. When he saw that I was registered Democrat he said, “She’s a real one.” It made me laugh.

Earlier, I met some friends at Lost Coyote for drinks and snacks. I really enjoyed it. I got the frosé but my friends got a drink called “On the Vine” with tomato infused gin that was really good. If you’re on that side of town, I recommend checking it out.

I take Pilates on Sundays at 10:30. I take Pilates on Saturdays at 9:30. Guess who completely spaced and thought all morning that they were going to a 10:30 class? 🤦🏼‍♀️

PURPLE FIRST Connections Puzzle #1070 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦

5/5 difficulty. This is way too hard. Blue is dumb and so is purple. Connections Puzzle #1069 🟩🟨🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟪🟨🟨 🟨🟨🟪🟨 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪

This seemed harder than 1/5 difficulty. Connections Puzzle #1068 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟦🟦🟦🟦

Y’all, I fell down a 2-hour document editing (reformatting) hole this afternoon. (Not my case, not what I do but that’s what I get for being computer literate.) I’m still not over it.

3/5 difficulty but I thought this was pretty easy. Connections Puzzle #1067 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟦🟦🟦🟦

This morning I was running very late to work. To make matters worse, the Rex Boeuf Gras and Jester floats caused a traffic jam on Earhart. The only thing missing was Drew Brees saying, “The gate is narrow!”

Way too hard. 5/5 difficulty. Connections Puzzle #1066 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟪 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪

If you’re looking for a new way to prepare chicken, I made this yesterday and it was really good. I did the chicken in one sheet pan and the sweet potatoes in another (I baked them a different way). cheesegal.com/2024/10/21/g...

I am under a fruit fly invasion. I have put out bowls of vinegar, a little plug in fly trap but it is not enough. I have a bigger cordless fruit fly trap arriving later today. It cannot arrive soon enough.

3/5 difficulty. Purple is dumb. Connections Puzzle #1065 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪

If you don’t want to cross town, Safta’s Table delivers for $7.99 (no idea what the delivery radius is but I was in it). I am not a big proponent of delivery but sometimes you just have to.