After discussing my love of dive bars with my good cousin who lives in Dallas & her need to pick out somewhere to go with a group of gfs she has, I said "Give me a few to search & I'll msg you," but also knowing their kind of parameters & likes & "class," I offered her a name in the location she

I learned an important fact from my kid at bedtime and now I will pass it on to you: Nearly all mammals of all sizes take about 12 seconds to poop The research is fascinating and involves "a 'rheometer,' a precision blender that can measure the properties of liquid-like and solid-like materials"

The Burns Paiute and Shoshone-Bannock tribes are proving that reducing grazing may be the key to saving the iconic bird.

My friend who has been working 2 jobs who usually gets me out of the house for things I can't have delivered or just to get out about once a week had a very bad week & I really needed to show up for her yesterday for lunch, so I made my coffee extra strong & threw back extra meds to make it happen.

We are happy to announce we have come up with a plan—and, in fact, we just sent our next print edition to press.

It's World Book Day. Support your local & independent bookstores & libraries!

One of the most frustrating things about political engagement, in my lifetime, has been the consistency of moderates carping about echo chambers and tribalism, who know fuck all about the actual culture and literature of what they call “far right” and “far left.”

I had previously spoken of water towers in Kuwait where free water was available to anyone who needed it. While searching for another pic, today, I ran across my pics of them. I was so amazed by them, I took pictures.

Searching through old pics & found this one of kama'a, or desert truffles, as seen at an open air farmer's market in Kuwait. There isn't a good harvest every year. Much depends upon rainfall. Yes, we went home with a bag & they were tasty.

I was surprised at not only the variety of modes of transportation I saw sharing the road while in India, but the number of people on each mode. This one, flying down the freeway (?) shocked me most. I'm thinking of gas prices right now.

There has never been an official, comprehensive record of Black-owned bookstores across the United States — until now

And now the only thing I want, in all the world, is to give a chimpanzee a crystal to make her happy. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/04/s...

"Slice modestly — this is rich and sweet, and you will want leftovers for yourself — and serve with clotted cream or creme fraiche." I'm hearing Truvy in my head, though, "So I serve it over ice cream to cut the sweetness." -giggle-

Have been down a rabbit hole looking at dried porcini and various dried fruits for cooking I would like to do. Ha. Did you know you can get dried durian? Now, that would be fun to slip into yogurt bread for the unsuspecting. 😆 What would I off-set it with? Lime zest?

On my list of "If I had the energy," and a joke. Someone left a bamboo 3-tier slanted shelf by the (full) apt dumpster which then got stacked with garbage the removal guys don't pick up. I had the husband put the trash into dumpster after they left, ofc, & if I had the energy I would take the shelf

This is a cute little town to drive through, though my husband had to keep me from stashing a bag of carrots in my car for luring goats someone kept. There is a neat little brick factory of some sort there. I think it was an old textile factory from the days when that was still prevalent in SC.

Husband is surely still in bed. I expected the Discover tab to have "eclipse" on it or my feed to be filled with many pics of what I missed, but neither. Ofc, it doesn't have what is actually filling my feed, either: all chatter about the news in the ME. Coffee, over & time to find breakfast.

Airport Libraries Take Off 📚 americanlibrariesmagazine.org/2026/03/02/a...

When I worked after-school shelving books in a rural, small-town library in the mid-80s, the librarian let me pick out the paperbacks ordered each month for the teen section. Aside from a few Sweet Valley High & such she normally ordered, I had free reign. I always looked for ones with themes that

My last apt had one right outside my bedroom window. I spent two weeks giving my husband very suspicious looks every time the wind blew. They can smell like fish or rotting garbage, & I alternated between "Did you shower today," & "Did you pass gas," as he swore innocence before we found the source.

"We cannot build our way out of homelessness while allowing existing housing to erode." Commentary:

I feel 1000x better. A couple days ago, managed to clip the hair over my ears & my bangs, again, and since I could finally see my eyebrows once more, hit those this morning with the blade, and had the husband chop a few inches of "OMG it's a mullet" I couldn't reach. If I get courageous, will

I remember going out for Indian food after 9/11 & the owners of the restaurant being very sure to let my (then) husband & me know that they weren't Muslim or from the Middle East, & how they thanked us, repeatedly, for being there. But I don't remember after the bombing of the Murrah Building in OKC

Lobster and Cat by Pablo Picasso, 1965 https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137441

1985. Seemed like simpler times. Was it, though?

I was thinking about the reporters who were in Gaza & Syria. The ones who were sent to the places where there were natural disasters. Katrina. Maria. I wondered how they didn't need massive amounts of therapy after, or maybe they did. & how now? How do they see it all?

#Random80sSongOfTheNight #MusicChallenge #MusicSky "I can't get to sleep I think about the implications Of diving in too deep And possibly the complications" "Overkill" by Men at Work ("Cargo", 1983) #NewWave #JanglePop #PostPunk

I once got in trouble for being too cheerful in the ER.

When I worked at the pool hall, this was one of the songs I loaded first on to the juke box as my shift began & I went to clear tables.

I made him cook tonight. Rock fish had been on sale when I had groceries delivered. Salmon was also on sale, but the price difference was something! I've never had rock fish, but I saw @mostlymartha.bsky.social plating up some & thought, why not try it? The rice is the way his mom would do it.

Even if you get hurt while in & they are "processing" your paperwork, it can take months. I met a soldier who had an operation & while on the table, they had to extract his spinal fluid & were going to put it back in after they did what they were going to do, but the person holding it dropped it.

If you don’t know, you do now 🌊😂 www.worldatlas.com/lakes/why-la...

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Here is a taste of funk-rock from 1970 with Eric Burdon and War. 🎶 Eric Burdon & War - Spill The Wine (1970) 🎶 www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-Xs...

OPINION by John L. Smith: One used beauty pageants, the other used modeling agencies. But pedophile pimps Jeffrey Epstein and Peter Nygard both trafficked and exploited girls — and lived large in Las Vegas. Read it here: thenevadaindependent.com/article/opin...

Trying to find sumac or garam masala while in SC in a town of 3000 ppl. Ha. Not even. Going to the ME & India was beautiful where outdoor markets had bins of colorful spices you bought by weight.

Watching Light Refract (2026) (Brand spankin’ new) Sono Una Fotografia On body, progressive illness, hope, and identity #ArtofSelfPortraiture #doubleexp #photography #eastcoastkin #chronicillness

It's Caturday & the husband has gone off to see a Cat Show with a couple friends. He's had it on the calendar at least a month, now, but as my energy levels have dropped & pain increased, well...I took some extra meds & told him to have a good time, thankful they would pick him up.

This was by US-2 & I am certain that going from the UP to grandma's house in the LP during that era, I saw it many times. I freaking love little old roadside motels.

Did you know that "young Sammie" and "older Sammie" did a Tiny Desk today? Yep, Miles Caton and Buddy Guy performed together #Sinners youtu.be/m5XxOLdMSS8?...

"They want me to hide or leave or disappear" www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

85 little girls, massacred.

Judges question Pam Bondi’s social media posts on Minnesota arrests - POLITICO share.google/r7YfUGG2vQLT...

There is no amount of money in the world that would lead me to fight a Vietnamese refugee that grew up in Louisiana (Also I really want to try a Korean style Po’ Boy)

What happens in LV? Yeah. No. Apparently, some automated texts are read? Who knew?