Thanks for the good wishes, Listener. Indeed I am feeling a little better every day.
Glad the kitties had a successful vet visit! ♥
Had an unaccountable yen the other night to read Green Mansions by W.H. Hudson, subtitled "A Romance of the Tropical Forest." Can't begin to imagine why I thought of that particular book; but, I downloaded it from BARD and have been enjoying it very much. It is a lovely book, perhaps a touch politically incorrect, but then most books seem to be, one way and another. It is a 'romance' though, the tale of a gentle, wild girl and her forest home. If you don't like such things, you should give the book a miss.
Earlier in the afternoon I kept getting notifications that various news services were live, carrying the Barf Bag in Chief announcing his withdrawal of the U.S. from the Iran Nuclear Deal. I made the mistake of clicking through on one of them. Had to click away after about fifteen seconds. Still feeling sick. Never mind what he says, his voice is enough to make me vomit.
Now the word of the United States is worth nothing. No country in its right mind would negotiate a treaty with us. I should think the EU would have gamed out various responses in advance, in an attempt to preserve the treaty and keep Iran from making common cause with Russian and China. Come to think of it, I read somewhere that some folks in the US had gamed it out, and figured the only likely outcome was for Iran to move far closer to China and Russia. I'm tired of all this winning.
Listener, please e-mail me (cosmoscat (at) earthlink (dot) net). I need to forward something for you to look at, and e-mailing me seems the easiest way to make sure I have your current address. Thanks.
It occurs to me that Muler and Co have probably done wonders for the sales of antacids. Perhaps modest investments in the makers of Pepto Bismal, Tums, Rolaids and the like are in order.
I wish Mueller would hurry up while there's still something left to save! And before Cheetolini starts dropping nukes for fun! Hell, I don't want Cheetolini in prison, I want him standing in front of a firing squad with no blindfold!
In an effort to fight off being flattened by despair over the state of our government I've been distracting myself with other things. A group of women meet at Bill's Donut Shop every Tuesday to crochet sleeping mats for the homeless from plarn (plarn is a plastic yarn made from strips of cut up plastic grocery bags). Since my crochet abilities would make them weep I just cut up the excess of plastic bags I have here and made two really big balls of plarn. One brown and one white.
Then I got word that we'll be meeting at Murphy's Books on Saturday afternoon to drop off summer toys for the children in the shelter. So I went to Dollar Tree and filled my cart. I got balls, jump ropes, bubble wands and bubble stuff, plastic baseball bats and balls, sparkly cheerleader pompoms,frisbees, etc.
Somehow helping others makes me feel less helpless in our world. But I'd still *really* like to kick Cheetolini's fat ass and punch him in his saggy face!
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Four hours to answer two questions: I hate those take-home tests, don't you?
DeleteThanks for the good wishes, Listener. Indeed I am feeling a little better every day.
ReplyDeleteGlad the kitties had a successful vet visit! ♥
Had an unaccountable yen the other night to read Green Mansions by W.H. Hudson, subtitled "A Romance of the Tropical Forest." Can't begin to imagine why I thought of that particular book; but, I downloaded it from BARD and have been enjoying it very much. It is a lovely book, perhaps a touch politically incorrect, but then most books seem to be, one way and another. It is a 'romance' though, the tale of a gentle, wild girl and her forest home. If you don't like such things, you should give the book a miss.
Earlier in the afternoon I kept getting notifications that various news services were live, carrying the Barf Bag in Chief announcing his withdrawal of the U.S. from the Iran Nuclear Deal. I made the mistake of clicking through on one of them. Had to click away after about fifteen seconds. Still feeling sick. Never mind what he says, his voice is enough to make me vomit.
ReplyDeleteNow the word of the United States is worth nothing. No country in its right mind would negotiate a treaty with us. I should think the EU would have gamed out various responses in advance, in an attempt to preserve the treaty and keep Iran from making common cause with Russian and China. Come to think of it, I read somewhere that some folks in the US had gamed it out, and figured the only likely outcome was for Iran to move far closer to China and Russia. I'm tired of all this winning.
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The BBC already reported earlier in the evening that Iran is scrapping the deal. Sounds logical to me.
DeleteIt's going to take years if not decades to recover from this arsshole, both domestically and abroad.
Sedum is such a pretty plant. If one did embroidery, it would make a lovely border, around a pillow, say.
ReplyDeleteListener, please e-mail me (cosmoscat (at) earthlink (dot) net). I need to forward something for you to look at, and e-mailing me seems the easiest way to make sure I have your current address. Thanks.
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ReplyDeleteMueller's team questions Russian oligarch about payments to Cohen worth half a million dollars.
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It occurs to me that Muler and Co have probably done wonders for the sales of antacids. Perhaps modest investments in the makers of Pepto Bismal, Tums, Rolaids and the like are in order.
DeleteI wish Mueller would hurry up while there's still something left to save! And before Cheetolini starts dropping nukes for fun! Hell, I don't want Cheetolini in prison, I want him standing in front of a firing squad with no blindfold!
ReplyDeleteI'd settle for financing his retirement chez Leavenworth. But, yes, I want it *now*!
DeleteIn an effort to fight off being flattened by despair over the state of our government I've been distracting myself with other things. A group of women meet at Bill's Donut Shop every Tuesday to crochet sleeping mats for the homeless from plarn (plarn is a plastic yarn made from strips of cut up plastic grocery bags). Since my crochet abilities would make them weep I just cut up the excess of plastic bags I have here and made two really big balls of plarn. One brown and one white.
ReplyDeleteThen I got word that we'll be meeting at Murphy's Books on Saturday afternoon to drop off summer toys for the children in the shelter. So I went to Dollar Tree and filled my cart. I got balls, jump ropes, bubble wands and bubble stuff, plastic baseball bats and balls, sparkly cheerleader pompoms,frisbees, etc.
Somehow helping others makes me feel less helpless in our world. But I'd still *really* like to kick Cheetolini's fat ass and punch him in his saggy face!
This one's for Susan:
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