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I am in Indiana and we have been dealing with this since June, and many states east of us and along the eastern seaboard have been even earlier than that. A couple days ago, the Indiana DNR announced that most Indiana counties can again resume feeding. I don't share this as an endorsement for everyone to do so, but just for information. I would connect with your state's DNR, either on social media or through their website to stay updated on your location. The confounding thing is that they still haven't been able to identify the problem. Lots of theories floating around, but nothing concrete. 76_counties_can_resume_feeding_birds

It is intentional. My sis sells tv/radio advertising. It's all a big psychological game. She and I can't discuss her work as it repulses me, lol.

Yeah, I feel for you all. Neither is a good situation.

Exactly how I feel about pretty much every single one of these post-offense mea culpas. There's a reason people have publicists/public relations gurus at the ready. These sort of pronouncements have become the norm in our society. Whether or not they should be is a debate I'm not up for.

So maybe there is nothing to that then. Must be my epic carbon dioxide lol. They're particularly bad here, as we had an extremely wet June/July. I've got impressive fungi growing in my lawn too.

I have been a mosquito magnet for my entire, considerable existence. Fair-skinned, blue-eyed, redhead. Someone once said there was something to all of that, re bugs. Here I just thought it made me a natural-born bitch. I've also read that mosquitos are drawn to carbon dioxide (that's the stuff we exhale, right?), so guess I'll get tanned up, color my hair, buy some brown contact lenses, and hold my breath. But I'll still be a bitch.

No good deed goes unpunished.

What a douche canoe.

All I can say @Bastet, is ^ditto^. Play hard over there Chester. You'll never be hungry, scared, or in pain again. There will never be fireworks, thunderstorms, or annoying dogs (just fun ones) ever. Your people back here will remember you fondly, until you meet again~

I know exactly what you mean. I find them to be either too easy or too difficult. Doesn't seem to be a middle-of-the-road version.

There's something in the water. I'm convinced.

Could be, but there's a potentially huge precedent to consider. The courts are likely going to be heavily populated with cases related to streaming/OD for the foreseeable future. Some thoughts - I don't follow the entertainment industry closely, but hasn't the film industry been suffering in general for several years (pre-COVID)? If that is the case, then actors should perhaps be prepared to see salaries drop or at least be differently configured. Let's face it, the studios/production companies are going to get theirs first. As to actors like SJ configuring contracts relating to box office, this is a bit like an independent contractor. I was one for 20-some years; taking a percentage of the sale vs. a salary/benefits, etc., and I made more money BUT I was taking a big risk. A risk that bit me squarely in the ass when the recession hit. My income dropped 70% practically overnight. My analogy may not be perfect, but I feel like it's a similar situation. Risk/reward.

Ramona has attracted some high profile trolling... rihanna-trolls-ramona-singer

Acclaim is in the eye of the beholder I guess. I'm merely some schmuck who actually pays for a ticket, not a highly paid reviewer, so... For me, she is an awesome vocalist who should consider sticking to that. I realize others don't agree.

To the post, not the poster -

I saw it last evening as well. I'm a bit stunned that the producers of this film (and the industry in general) feels compelled to include a non actor in this sturdy cast. Was there no talented actor available? If they felt they needed a singer/songwriter in an acting role, so as to draw at the box office, then perhaps they should have just used their resources on another project.

Get well quickly Cosmo!

Designers and manufacturers must never dust or clean anything. Can you imagine trying to keep that clean? Yet another example of designing for television/magazines, and not for real living.

There are never words that suffice, but trust that you have all my sympathy. I'm facing the same sadness very soon. Hug his brother double tonight~

I have a cat with a discerning taste for chewing. Cellophane, plastic bags, cardboard boxes, packaging tape (from the cardboard boxes), and her most famous - fiberglass insulation. Things she doesn't chew with regularity: her cat food.

From ^the link - When asked what he'd learned from the situation, Lewis said he thinks he's "the better communicator" of the pair, which ultimately led to their breakup. "We don't speak the same language," he said. "I felt like he wanted to fight, and I don't want to fight." So in Jeff Lewis World, he is definitely the most awesome of the two, and NOT the problem. Color me stunned.

Exactly right. At the risk of generalizing, I'm going to generalize and say that in my experience, men typically move on quickly, whereas women are slower to begin the process. This probably wouldn't be a discussion if the roles had been reversed.

Couple of interesting tables from ^the listing -

Lemme wade in with you - When developed, my Grocery Bagging 101 app will instruct that hard produce items may be packed together, but soft items such as tomatoes, ripe avocados, Emma's plums and nectarines etc., should be bagged separately, as should onions, so as to keep the dried onion skins from shedding all over every.damn.thing. Bread and bakery items should also be bagged together, with items in boxes or containers on the bottom, and bagged breads, rolls, muffins etc., on top. I don't like having to unwrap the bags to see where the soft items are when I'm carrying as many bags as humanly possible to avoid extra trips when bringing them in the house, lol. (I've considered researching the Guinness World Record on this). Three things - Get trained Be trained Stay trained

The year (yes, year - singular) I decided to grow my own tomatoes (against my better judgement), I became a prolific aphid rancher. I then notified my local grocer that he need not adjust his tomato inventory going forward.