CoTT 2 House of Cards

[Drew Espinosa]

6 minutes ago, Headstall said:

Hey, Drew!   

Hey, Handsome!  

[Headstall]

Hey, all!  So... I'm going to cook a turkey for Christmas. My daughter is bringing me a stuffed Butterball that I will cook from frozen. She's doing my shopping tonight because of the holidays. I decided to cook because my youngest son and his girlfriend had no plans for a turkey meal for themselves. I'm going to cook it Christmas Eve, and put everything in a big pan they can pick up Christmas day. I'll make turnip (bashed neeps), sliced, buttered carrots, mashed potatoes, Brussel sprouts, and gravy... and cranberry sauce out of a can.  I'll keep a couple of meals for myself. 

[Albert1434]

Aloha Gary 

[Marty]

19 minutes ago, Drew Espinosa said:

Greetings Marty!  Just got out of the shower, so I feel refreshed.

I had a shower this morning, as I was meeting a friend I've not seen since the beginning of October for lunch.  

[Marty]

18 minutes ago, Headstall said:

Hey, Marty!  

Snuggles, bro!

[Marty]

Hey, @Valkyrie!

Here's a Christmas present just for you...

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Image of penguins 'hugging' wins photography prize

Tobias Baumgaertner won the Ocean Photography Awards’ community choice prize for the image of the birds in Melbourne.

Source: https://www.thejournal.ie/photo-penguins-hugging-wins-prize-5310129-Dec2020/

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Edited December 23, 2020 by Marty
Added a larger photo

[Valkyrie]

9 minutes ago, Marty said:

Hey, @Valkyrie!

Here's a Christmas present just for you...

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Image of penguins 'hugging' wins photography prize

Tobias Baumgaertner won the Ocean Photography Awards’ community choice prize for the image of the birds in Melbourne.

Source: https://www.thejournal.ie/photo-penguins-hugging-wins-prize-5310129-Dec2020/

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I love it!  Thank you  

[Valkyrie]

We're on 1991... the year I graduated with my first college degree  

[Headstall]

22 minutes ago, Marty said:

Hey, @Valkyrie!

Here's a Christmas present just for you...

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Image of penguins 'hugging' wins photography prize

Tobias Baumgaertner won the Ocean Photography Awards’ community choice prize for the image of the birds in Melbourne.

Source: https://www.thejournal.ie/photo-penguins-hugging-wins-prize-5310129-Dec2020/

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The one on the left is Val, and she's going to push that other one any second now.  

[Marty]

12 minutes ago, Headstall said:

The one on the left is Val, and she's going to push that other one any second now.  

You have one really twisted mind, bro!

Here's what the photographer himself said about the two penguins:

“These two fairy penguins poised upon a rock overlooking the Melbourne skyline were standing there for hours, flipper in flipper,” Baumgaertner wrote on Instagram.

“A volunteer approached me and told me that the white one was an elderly lady who had lost her partner, and apparently so did the younger male to the left.

Since then they meet regularly, comforting each other and standing together for hours, watching the dancing lights of the nearby city."

Oh! Apparently they are fairy penguins! Wonder if they're @clochette's cousins...

[clochette]

Happy fucking merry Christmas! 

Dad has a girlfriend. I can't believe I'm writing this. I've read his texts. For fuck sake Mom has been dead for barely 6 months! She hated this woman. Had always felt threatened by her. I had my suspicion for a few weeks. That's what I meant by my latest statute update btw. 

So yeah I realized I had forgotten to buy cream cheese for the entree. He was in the shower so I took the opportunity to read his texts. I was so shaken up. Almost puked. But I was not ready to confront him so told myself to take a deep breath and keep going, to go buy that damm cream cheese. I fucked up all the side of my car on the front lawn gate. Turning too quickly before I was totally out the gate. 

What a shitty day. It's all that bitch's fault

[clochette]

Sorry for unloading all my craps here. You guys are my only support right now. 

[Headstall]

31 minutes ago, Marty said:

You have one really twisted mind, bro!

Here's what the photographer himself said about the two penguins:

“These two fairy penguins poised upon a rock overlooking the Melbourne skyline were standing there for hours, flipper in flipper,” Baumgaertner wrote on Instagram.

“A volunteer approached me and told me that the white one was an elderly lady who had lost her partner, and apparently so did the younger male to the left.

Since then they meet regularly, comforting each other and standing together for hours, watching the dancing lights of the nearby city."

Oh! Apparently they are fairy penguins! Wonder if they're @clochette's cousins...

Lol. It was just a joke... it reminded me of the gif Val posts about the penguin pushing another one with its flipper.  

[Headstall]

33 minutes ago, clochette said:

Happy fucking merry Christmas! 

Dad has a girlfriend. I can't believe I'm writing this. I've read his texts. For fuck sake Mom has been dead for barely 6 months! She hated this woman. Had always felt threatened by her. I had my suspicion for a few weeks. That's what I meant by my latest statute update btw. 

So yeah I realized I had forgotten to buy cream cheese for the entree. He was in the shower so I took the opportunity to read his texts. I was so shaken up. Almost puked. But I was not ready to confront him so told myself to take a deep breath and keep going, to go buy that damm cream cheese. I fucked up all the side of my car on the front lawn gate. Turning too quickly before I was totally out the gate. 

What a shitty day. It's all that bitch's fault

  Sorry, clo. Grief is really hard. You need to talk to your dad... when you're ready.  

[Headstall]

5 minutes ago, clochette said:

Sorry for unloading all my craps here. You guys are my only support right now. 

Unload all you want, clo.  

[Valkyrie]

8 minutes ago, clochette said:

Sorry for unloading all my craps here. You guys are my only support right now. 

 Unload away  

[Valkyrie]

5 minutes ago, Headstall said:

Lol. It was just a joke... it reminded me of the gif Val posts about the penguin pushing another one with its flipper.  

[Valkyrie]

[Marty]

27 minutes ago, clochette said:

Sorry for unloading all my craps here. You guys are my only support right now. 

As Gary and Val both said, unload as much as you need to. ❤️

Not sure if I can say anything that can really help. Maybe, as Gary says, maybe you need to talk to your dad.

But if/when you do, try to stay calm and listen to what he has to say. I don't know all the details, and I know it must seem too soon to you, but try to listen to his point of view. He's quite possibly worrying about the prospect of growing old all alone. I'll shut up now, because what I have already said may not even be helping.

 

[Page Scrawler]

4 hours ago, Drew Espinosa said:

Howdy y'all!  

Hey, Drew!  Anything new going on? 

[clochette]

Not even a year old... 

"It's just a few scratches" the neighbor who was coming out of her house at the time said. I think we don't have the same definition of a few

[Headstall]

8 minutes ago, clochette said:

Not even a year old... 

"It's just a few scratches" the neighbor who was coming out of her house at the time said. I think we don't have the same definition of a few

That's a shame, clo. Will your insurance cover it?  

[Headstall]

A poem for Christmas 2020...

https://gayauthors.org/story/headstall/lyrical-laments/24 

 

[clochette]

1 minute ago, Headstall said:

That's a shame, clo. Will your insurance cover it?  

I don't know. I'll call them tomorrow. I'm covered at 100% but in this case where it's me against "a building" I'm not sure.

"Funny" thing is my brother had a little car accident too this morning. It was rain ing heavily and he slipped and bumped the back of a car. Just a tiny little scratch on both their cars.  

[Headstall]

10 minutes ago, clochette said:

I don't know. I'll call them tomorrow. I'm covered at 100% but in this case where it's me against "a building" I'm not sure.

"Funny" thing is my brother had a little car accident too this morning. It was rain ing heavily and he slipped and bumped the back of a car. Just a tiny little scratch on both their cars.  

It has not been a good day for you and your family.