2020: One Day At A Time, We Will Achieve!!
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DH doesn't think amazon selling a small cheap blow torch for men to melt cheese on a burger is a gag gift. LOL!0
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I’m not sure if someone just didn’t think it through, or if they had a wild sense of humor. Either way, this is funny!
https://cdn.exploroz.com/images/forum/uploads/55273_1154__TN600F.png?gid=166038
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Pam - that's hilarious!0
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Need a new protein source?
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Great responses to the cheeto's stupid "I just want the world to stop killing itself" tweet:
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-world-stop-killing-itself-response-twitter_n_5fd36430c5b68ce171875630
This is just one of millions of pieces of evidence that not all our countrymen are stupid. Not enough of them though.0 -
I sent a message via the patient portal that I wanted added to any list being made of those to receive the Covid vaccine.0
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I went to the Giant at 1 am to pick up a prescription and get my TDAP shot. Great time to go. I think there were maybe 3 shoppers in the whole store.0
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That was a great plan of going to Giant in the wee hours. Maybe that’s when you should be doing your grocery shopping.0
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None of the grocery stores in my area have 24 hour pharmacies. Some are open 24 hours for shopping but the pharmacies have limited hours. I’m curious — are you normally up that late?0
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None of the grocery stores in my area have 24 hour pharmacies. Some are open 24 hours for shopping but the pharmacies have limited hours. I’m curious — are you normally up that late?
Not even close. And I didn't stay up. When I woke up in the middle of the night, I went over.
Not sure why this one store/pharmacy stays open. There is a much nicer Giant a little farther away from us - the one I usually went to in the before times. It isn't open 24 hours. It can't possible make business sense for them to be open. But I'm not complaining. It's mighty handy.
To the best of my knowledge this isn't just the only 24 hour pharmacy near us but the only 24 hour grocery store.
I've discovered 10-11 pm is perfect to pick up a prescription but the middle of the night is emptiest and best for vaccinations.0 -
The WSJ publishes an opinion piece suggesting Dr. Jill Biden stop using the 'Dr.' title
Twitter thread: https://twitter.com/i/events/13378315584476774400 -
The WSJ publishes an opinion piece suggesting Dr. Jill Biden stop using the 'Dr.' title
Twitter thread: https://twitter.com/i/events/1337831558447677440
That’s infuriating. Dr. Biden worked hard to earn that title and deserves to use it if she so desires.0 -
Pam--I agree! We have a teacher in my favorite school with a doctorate. Her room is labeled as "Dr.--" and the students refer to her by that title
O.K. Our Saturday Covid instructional map just posted. I'm in a gold county so we likely will have in-school instruction for those that signed up for it.
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Spent part of the day decluttering. I work tomorrow; it pays but decluttering doesn't. Some of my cat collectibles are being donated. I have great memories, pictures, a few cat items kept plus the urn. I miss Midnight. I used to joke that some things I bought for Christmas for me came from Midnight.0
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Washington Post column about that atrocious op ed about Dr. Biden in the WSJ:
His reasoning, as it were: Jill Biden is not a medical doctor. In her 50s, she acquired an EdD from the University of Delaware; she now works as a community college professor, and plans to continue through her husband’s presidential term. For Biden to use the title of “Dr.” is highfalutin and misleading, Epstein wrote, as “no one should call himself Dr. unless he has delivered a child.”
If you witnessed online outrage over this column, it was probably over these aforementioned paragraphs, so let’s dispense with them quickly:
1) There is nothing “comical” about toiling for years to achieve a credential that is technically and socially correct for Jill Biden to use.
2) The fact that she accomplished this later in life, after having raised three children and worked another career, is admirable. The title of her dissertation — “Student Retention at the Community College Level” — sounds important and not, as Epstein writes, “unpromising.”
3) The premise that only medical doctors should get to hold the Dr. title is etymologically specious because, as Merriam-Webster dictionary pointed out on Twitter, “doctor” comes from the Latin word for “teacher”; it was scholars and theologians who, back in the 14th century, used the title well before medical practitioners.
4) Absolutely nobody is worried that if a pilot gets on the intercom and asks, “Is there a doctor on this flight?” Jill Biden is going to leap from her seat and try to perform a tracheotomy.
And finally: If he wants to get technical about it, Biden did deliver a child, out of her own uterus.
As supporting evidence for his reasoning, Epstein cites his own refusal to be called “Dr.” when he taught courses at Northwestern University — which would, in fact, have been fraudulent and comical because Epstein’s highest degree is a bachelor’s. It seems he would like Jill Biden to deny herself what she earned, because he denied himself what he did not.
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Professors Sexually Harassed Me for 10 Years, You're Goddamn Right I Go By 'Doctor'
caution: some of this is pretty raunchy
https://jezebel.com/professors-sexually-harassed-me-for-10-years-youre-god-18458796840 -
It’s really shocking to read how widespread the abuse this woman was put through. I hope the Me Too movement has stopped the harassment that women in academia and other workplaces suffer.0
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I'll not be working this week. After the State released its colored instruction map, the regional health department notified the Supt. of our local district that we had a big outbreak during the weekend. This is possibly traced to a reopening restaurant that decided to host a free all-day Thanksgiving Dinner so people could celebrate together. They did this despite the Senior Center and School System not hosting the sit-down dinner this year and, instead, had a drive thru where people could pick meals up in their car. The restaurant widely promote it and some of us wondered why they would do it. The days off will permit thorough contact tracing, but no doubt students may have come in contact with the spreaders.0
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Jean - people are NUTS!! Just nuts! I'm sorry you won't be working this week!0
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It's almost 10 am and I've accomplished nothing except tracking down an amazon delivery on a neighbor's porch, letting amazon know I found it (no thanks to them), notifying everyone I sent Cheryl's cookies to that the tracking isn't looking promising and if they get stale cookies please don't hesitate to let me know, checking the status of my online grocery order, checking the status of my ebay and amazon packages, responding to an "in memory of" donation that was a shock, updating my accounts (which I do every morning), checking emails and I'm sure I'm forgetting some things. Christmas as a grownup is pretty much bah humbug.
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It's gonna snow:
'McConnell congratulates Biden on his win; Biden heading to Ga. to campaign for Senate hopefuls'
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We’re supposed to get snow tomorrow night too. Depending on where the rain/ snow lines falls, we could get 5 inches or just rain. I’m hoping for rain. We did the grocery store run today so we can stay home for several days in case it’s snow. We have a guy who does the driveway. We hired him years ago so our cat sitter could get into the house even if the weather was bad. This will be the first time we personally benefit if it really is snow. DH isn’t supposed to shovel because of his heart condition. And I’ve always hated shoveling and getting wet and cold. The market wasn’t that bad. By tomorrow, people will be in the bread and milk panic shopping.0
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I hope the authorities have some way of punishing this restaurant. Putting so many people at risk is beyond nuts. I hope nobody who went dies because of their stupidity.I'll not be working this week. After the State released its colored instruction map, the regional health department notified the Supt. of our local district that we had a big outbreak during the weekend. This is possibly traced to a reopening restaurant that decided to host a free all-day Thanksgiving Dinner so people could celebrate together. They did this despite the Senior Center and School System not hosting the sit-down dinner this year and, instead, had a drive thru where people could pick meals up in their car. The restaurant widely promote it and some of us wondered why they would do it. The days off will permit thorough contact tracing, but no doubt students may have come in contact with the spreaders.
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My sister just learned that she has been exposed to the virus. She’s been extremely careful but yesterday she visited a friend to drop off a plate of homemade treats and stayed to visit for awhile. Today her friend’s husband tested positive and their doctor told them to expect both to get the virus although the wife tested negative today. My sister is really disappointed because they had planned to attend her oldest daughter’s college graduation ceremony on Saturday that was postponed from last May and they were also planning to attend a wedding for a close friend. We are hoping she doesn’t get it, but she’s really worried.
I’m getting my Prolia injection tomorrow afternoon and I will probably stop at the grocery store while I’m out. Today I took our gifts and shipped them down to the family in Houston, so I think I’m done with all my holiday related chores. The news media has made a point of saying today was the last day to ship things to ensure they arrive before Christmas or I would have waited and done it tomorrow while I was out anyway. I asked for the least expensive shipping option that would get them there by Christmas, and it turned out to be FedEx and they will arrive tomorrow. Makes me wonder why they are saying it’s critical to ship everything so early.0 -
We’re supposed to get snow tomorrow night too. Depending on where the rain/ snow lines falls, we could get 5 inches or just rain. I’m hoping for rain. We did the grocery store run today so we can stay home for several days in case it’s snow. We have a guy who does the driveway. We hired him years ago so our cat sitter could get into the house even if the weather was bad. This will be the first time we personally benefit if it really is snow. DH isn’t supposed to shovel because of his heart condition. And I’ve always hated shoveling and getting wet and cold. The market wasn’t that bad. By tomorrow, people will be in the bread and milk panic shopping.
My cardiologist says no one over 50 should shovel snow but I can't seem to convince DH that that means US.0
