Absolutely. Ancient Egyptians and Romans knew the importance doing this.

Three twenty something daughters are fighting over the reasons one has more childhood ornaments hung on the tree than the others.

Daughter driving on highway last night runs over a cardboard box. But box has a large, heavy object in it. $9,000 in damage.

Christmas is irritating. At my age I don't want anything else cluttering up the house. I'd be happy to receive a bag of M&M's. But, the kids insist on "ideas for dad". No, I can't just get him M&M's.... What a racket.

Nice!

good morning holy shit www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/u...

I downloaded this famous photo from the ABC News website. This was 15 years ago! That's how far back their culture of terror goes. We have to break up this organization, people and enablers. This isn't who we are as a nation.

On state charges

My daughter graduated from college yesterday. She was extremely developmentally delayed and still faces challenges. But gosh, I'm sure proud of her.

Let’s be real people, no BS, just don’t go, it is now an authoritarian country and you are risking detention or worse going there. #BoycottUSA What are your rights as a Canadian if asked by a U.S. border agent to see your social media? #Canada www.ctvnews.ca/canada/artic...

Busy few days. Youngest had four wisdom teeth removed yesterday. Middle aged one graduates from college today with a party and snowstorm. Wife has knee replacement Monday morning. Worried about getting her back into the house afterwards.

They won’t show us their faces, but they get to rifle through our Southwest Miles and I have to pay a 15.00 airport tax everytime a buy a ticket so ICE can deport a young lady to Honduras?

Or detain people wearing red Maga baseball hats for being asshats.

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Had missed this detail: Paramount’s David Ellison talked to Trump at the Kennedy Center Awards on Sunday and sat next to FCC Chair Brendan Carr www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Pretty much sums things up! youtu.be/wVLqFQ5QT7Y?...

Heard this song a few times.

I am still immensely troubled by the fact that the President is immune from prosecution when the President violates the law. How can criminal acts be part of the core duties of a President.

The Trump regime has become a living experiment to prove that actually DEI did work better, and is a superior approach to hiring incompetent mediocre white men, who only got the job because of who they knew and being a kiss ass.

@govpritzker.illinois.gov It's high time you make certain there are no Republican congressional districts in Illinois. None.

Part of this is a pool problem: People attracted to Trump are disproportionately rather stupid and emotionally dysfunctional. Part is tactical: An incompetent person is more acutely aware how dependent they are on the patron’s grace, and has no independent reputation to protect. But also…

@govpritzker.illinois.gov ls there any reason for there to be a Republican congressional district in Illinois? I don't ever want to see a Republican elected to congress again.

In a light of a Supreme Court bound and determined to permit executive removal at will and without reason, Congress needs to think of other ways to achieve its aims of preserving agency independence.

Wife is watching Sound of Music. With every Salzburg she asks if I remember such-and-such building, statue, fountain from our 1980's trip? Oh yeah! I remember! Sure....

#DEI Mineral geologist colleague of my partner called today & said his USGS 1 year contract extension had just been pulled. He specializes in rare earth minerals & has been working in Mexico in cooperation with MEX & USGS. He was told his reports could not contain the word "Mexico". Now unemployed.

While there is still time, blue states should replace the Dominion/Liberty voting machines. The new Republican owner may not be trustworthy, IMO.

Funniest thing I've seen today!

Snowblower sure picked the right time to not start.

- The saffron finch (Sicalis flaveola) is a tanager from South America that is common in open and semi-open areas in lowlands outside the Amazon Basin. - Photo Courtesy of Celso de Castro.

BTW, if you're cooking a 20-lb turkey, the time to get it out of the freezer and into the fridge was 2 days ago (that is, if you plan to cook it on Thursday).

Wise.

- Shrink from learning new tech tools ( #AI) - check - constantly checking 401(k) - check - achy knees - check Hey, it sounds like I need to retire this year! Oh wait I’m 40 (granted, 41 in a few weeks). Crap.

I can't put into the words the visceral hatred I feel towards the administration in the US. The pain their behaviour is causing to Ukrainians is unforgivable. Ukrainians have russians terrorising them with missiles & drones. Now the US is terrorising them with russian demands for capitulation.

The “Public Lands in Public Hands Act” would prevent the Interior & Agriculture secretaries from selling or transferring federal public lands.

Youngest daughter is an undergrad who had a chance to work on a research project at Los Alamos. Sadly, she got caught up in the fouled up air transport delays and cancellations today. She's sleeping in an airport tonight and will be on the first flight back to school tomorrow. Very disappointed girl

African Olive Pigeon is a large, dark pigeon found in eastern and southern Africa, mainly in montane forests. Dark maroon-brown plumage, yellow eyes, and yellow legs. The species feeds on fruits and wild olive trees often forages high in the canopy. markscheflen.com #bwindiimpenetrableforest #Uganda

What type of President has his mugshot as an official portrait in the W.H.?

Yep. He is just giving cover to House Republicans for the mid terms, knowing that the content will never be released. It will take a Daniel Ellsberg to release the files

We shouldn't loose track of looting: Trump demanding $230million, Senators demanding thousands, Flynn negotiating for $50million. Not to mention insider trading, corrupt contracts and general grift. These collective acts need to be the top story on any TV program, newspaper, social media site.

I was not too much older than her. I was moved by the television images and still am. She is an impressive person.

Why does israel have any say at all in providing necessities for the people of Palestine? It's like liberating the nazi death camps and still allowing nazis to control the needs of the people they were committing genocide on.

From Bronze Age Wales, the spectacular Mold Cape! 🤩 An incredible ancient feat of sheet-goldworking, beaten from a single gold ingot some 3,600 years ago! The extraordinary embossed decoration is said to mimic strings of beads. 📷 by me #FindsFriday #Archaeology

Good move. Always use open source whenever possible. Never become dependent on commercial software.

I don't get to see them very often. But I never tire of seeing them

What's from Chicago, hates Illinois Nazis, and is holy as fuck? It's the Pope in 1982.

We are being erased. #blacksky

NEW — Columnist Bella BAHHS is back with a message for everyone joining the resistance in Chicago and beyond. What some non-Black Chicagoans are now experiencing is what Black folks have faced for generations: policing as a tool to protect power and profit. thetriibe.com/2025/11/the-...

What's with these people? Wonder if they can be identified.