JamesSavik

This is another reason I'm glad I kicked alcohol & drugs. Cirrhosis is an ugly way to check out.

Context is everything. SM == Socialist Media or SM == Serious Marmot

Many baseball stadiums are decorated with corporate sponsorship bunting, which can sometimes lead to bunting into the bunting. My favorite team would be Steak & Shake.

World War I was a shocking abattoir because it is often regarded as the first modern war in which all sides employed chemical weapons, machine guns, massed artillery, submarines and aircraft. A century after the First World War, many parts of Europe still bear its scars. There are parts of France still so contaminated by chemical weapons, they are Zone Rouge. France's Red Zones

In 2017, my elderly mother fell and broke her hip. She was ninety at the time. I became a full-time caregiver. Her hip was fixed by surgery, but she needed time to recover and physical therapy to allow her to stand and walk with a walker. It took some time to get her there, but she was able to dress and take care of herself. I had to fix meals, do all the household chores. This has been a long, hard grind. Rather than getting better, it was a long, slow decline. In February, Mom had another fall. She fractured the bone of her hip socket. This is better by far than breaking a bone, but in come ways, it was worse. She went to a rehab place after her hospital stay, and that was a big mistake. She couldn't do anything on that hip for six weeks as it healed. So, she went to a rehab that was unable to do any rehab. I paid for two extra months, and she came home May 1st with home physical therapy. In July, she started getting weaker and weaker. I was alarmed and took her to the doctor, and they said she was as well as she could be for a 96-year-old. Last week she had a fever and I took her to the ER. She had a bad infection and was in the hospital until Friday, when she was discharged to an "elder care facility". I don't think she'll be coming home. I feel like a failure, but I know I've done my best for her. She is my last blood relative. If you live long enough, you may find yourself alone, simply because you've outlived them.

As I get older, I prefer to use my noggin rather than my back and especially my knees.

Dealing with bureaucracies makes my usual annoyed mutters transform to angry swearing.

Porn star name.

Shore Patrol! 👮‍♂️

Sometimes military units, to get what they need, must STEAL it or Strategically Transfer Equipment to Another Location. It may be purloined, but soldiers like to call it an undocumented transfer.

Foster Brooks jolly drunkard routine was hilarious back in the 70s. Real drunks may occasionally do something funny, but for the most part, they're sad, difficult people.

Bayberry only makes it to USDA Zone 7 which barely touches the northernmost part of Mississippi. Zone 8 & 9 where I live is too hot and humid for them.

SCIENCE!

Storytelling is an art and there are many different styles. The Fat Electrician tells stories that live in the collective consciousness of the different branches of the armed forces. Here are a couple of real gems.

Polaris is a triple-star variable 433 light years away in Ursa Minor. The primary star, Alpha Ursae Minoris Aa is a F7Ib Cepheid variable. Alpha Ursae Minoris Ab is a F6b. Alpha Ursae Minoris B is a F3V.

Jamin Jimi Hendrix

Cats are known for perforating people who annoy them.

@MrM this reminds me a lot of the glam rock of the 70s by Bowie and Alice Cooper

My 96-year-old mom often doesn’t recognize common foods like pot roast. However, if I can get her to try it, she gets over her agnosia quickly.

Main stream media reporting on damned near everything sounds like a continuous obnoxious whine.