I checked my passport and discovered that it is expired, so checked online, and found the initial form for calculating the payment was confusing. The office downtown where I had previously taken care of everything related to passports is no more; evidently only online or by mail now. Naomi just worked through the online procedure, and being a digital native found it to be clear. She will help me; can take the photo with her smart phone and submit it electronically, too. ---Alan
P.S.: Slightly less warm today than yesterday, and breezy; the wild bush lupine is blooming, albeit not yet in full bloom. And the enteric coated aspirin I have been taking seems to have almost completely resolved the arthritis pain in my knees. I had been thinking of increasing the dosage a little, but enough is sufficient. Still haven't located something satisfactory to order from Canada (and made in Canada). This isn't the right time of year for sweater sales; maybe in the autumn.
{listener} Definitely wise to keep a valid passport. All the more so for those women, like myself, who never asked the Social Security Administration to change my last name to my married name. I notice that the IRS never had trouble knowing who I am. But now the right wingers want to say women whose married name don’t match their birth certificate cannot vote … so a passport would be needed for me to vote. Insanity. Especially as I’ll be counting absentee ballots next Tuesday! Ha!
Rep. Andy Ogles 🚨 I just formally introduced articles of impeachment against RADICAL LGBTQ ACTIVIST U.S. District Judge John Bates. His attempt to block President Trump's order to remove webpages containing resources for "gender-affirming care" from government sites is appalling.
At no point in American history has the judiciary considered the surgical or chemical castration of healthy children to be a compelling or even legitimate health concern and it shouldn't start now.
We must protect our children from predators like Judge Bates.
Clearly Andy Ogles knows *nothing* about transgender surgery. He seems to buy Trump's line that it's quick and easy. It is not, and children are not involved. Hate these IDIOTS ~Susan
People who don’t know what they’re talking about, like Rep. Ogles, yet who run off at the mouth, are causing a lot of misinformation and disinformation to be disseminated.
Can’t thank Renee enough for rescuing me, especially as it turns out *I’m* the one who changed my password somehow back in 2022! But I was not able to sign out and in for the blog! I can sign out, but when I click “sign in” it doesn’t show me the sign in place; just some info about Blogger. So I have no way to be Admin on my iPad.
I was willing to shift to using my iPad only, but even if I could figure out the blog issue, I use Zoom a lot for meetings, and the iPad camera is wonky: It is off to one side, so it never looks like you're looking at the person you're speaking with. Moreover, the camera randomly zooms in and out, which is terribly distracting. So, a new computer is in my future.
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Costco eggs line somewhere [Click] I haven't seen anything remotely similar here.
ReplyDelete—Alan
Paul Krugman: DOGE is the Theranos of Cost-Cutting, And other notes from the Chaos [Click] Public sentiment is falling, but what are investors thinking?
ReplyDelete——Alan
Bejarana accused Borrenpohl and other audience members of “filibustering” and continued talking about the Department of Government Efficiency.
ReplyDelete“We’ve got to be a little aggressive with some of these folks here,” Bejarana said. “Your voice is meaningless right now. ... I can talk over all of you.”
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DeleteThanks for making it a link!
Spoken at a town hall, eh?
Might not want expect re-election.🤣
Yay!! Renee gave me a new password!
ReplyDeleteI checked my passport and discovered that it is expired, so checked online, and found the initial form for calculating the payment was confusing. The office downtown where I had previously taken care of everything related to passports is no more; evidently only online or by mail now. Naomi just worked through the online procedure, and being a digital native found it to be clear. She will help me; can take the photo with her smart phone and submit it electronically, too.
ReplyDelete---Alan
P.S.: Slightly less warm today than yesterday, and breezy; the wild bush lupine is blooming, albeit not yet in full bloom. And the enteric coated aspirin I have been taking seems to have almost completely resolved the arthritis pain in my knees. I had been thinking of increasing the dosage a little, but enough is sufficient. Still haven't located something satisfactory to order from Canada (and made in Canada). This isn't the right time of year for sweater sales; maybe in the autumn.
Glad the knees are imp oved!
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DeleteDefinitely wise to keep a valid passport. All the more so for those women, like myself, who never asked the Social Security Administration to change my last name to my married name. I notice that the IRS never had trouble knowing who I am. But now the right wingers want to say women whose married name don’t match their birth certificate cannot vote … so a passport would be needed for me to vote. Insanity.
Especially as I’ll be counting absentee ballots next Tuesday! Ha!
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DeleteAlan, did you ever check out “Etsy.com” online? You can search for Canadian shops and there are so very many items offered!
Seen on X:
ReplyDeleteRep. Andy Ogles
🚨 I just formally introduced articles of impeachment against RADICAL LGBTQ ACTIVIST U.S. District Judge John Bates. His attempt to block President Trump's order to remove webpages containing resources for "gender-affirming care" from government sites is appalling.
At no point in American history has the judiciary considered the surgical or chemical castration of healthy children to be a compelling or even legitimate health concern and it shouldn't start now.
We must protect our children from predators like Judge Bates.
P.S. Don't worry. I'm on X incognito.
DeleteClearly Andy Ogles knows *nothing* about transgender surgery. He seems to buy Trump's line that it's quick and easy. It is not, and children are not involved. Hate these IDIOTS ~Susan
Delete{listener}
DeleteAh, you two excellent women!!
People who don’t know what they’re talking about, like Rep. Ogles, yet who run off at the mouth, are causing a lot of misinformation and disinformation to be disseminated.
Can’t thank Renee enough for rescuing me, especially as it turns out *I’m* the one who changed my password somehow back in 2022! But I was not able to sign out and in for the blog! I can sign out, but when I click “sign in” it doesn’t show me the sign in place; just some info about Blogger. So I have no way to be Admin on my iPad.
ReplyDeleteI was willing to shift to using my iPad only, but even if I could figure out the blog issue, I use Zoom a lot for meetings, and the iPad camera is wonky: It is off to one side, so it never looks like you're looking at the person you're speaking with. Moreover, the camera randomly zooms in and out, which is terribly distracting. So, a new computer is in my future.