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There's apparently no limit on the number of people you share the gift article version of the link with (only the number of articles you can share as gifts per month); the WaPo website just says you can share with "multiple recipients", but I've seen it on this site numerous times without anyone saying they couldn't access it as it had already been accessed by too many others. So if you click on Share, then Copy Link, and post that link, not the regular one, here, we should be able to read it thanks to your generosity.

With all the Freshpet commercials (at least the ones I've seen), it's the owner's refrigerator, so there is zero need for anyone who doesn't live there to be commenting on it. The owners come across as daft because of the stupid tag line "It's not dog food, it's Freshpet", but that has nothing on how the snotty freaks who cannot fathom dog food being refrigerated come off. But the owners get good lines in the final scenes; I love the dinner date guy telling his dog "You were so right about her" and, especially, the daughter-in-law telling her dog "You are so lucky you're single".

That's what made this disaster particularly infuriating. I remember where I was when I heard the news on the radio, and my "Dammit, I bet NASA did it again" thought came immediately on the heels of my "Oh, no!" thought. I didn't trust that wanton level of hubris to have changed, even once it killed seven people. The report, of course, bore that out -- there is such a disturbing extent to which all that's different between the two are most of the names and "foam" for "o-ring". I haven't watched this yet, having decided to wait until all parts were on the CNN app so I can watch it all at once if I choose. Maybe I'll settle in with it next weekend; I'm glad to hear everyone so far thinks it was well done.

Gods, I hope they spayed Coco, but I doubt it. Breeders as the one blight on this series remains; I wish we'd at least hear the vets suggested spaying and the owner declined, but whether they didn't even suggest it in the first place (unconscionable) or they did and the producers don't include that (something to which the vets should object), I will always keep watching because they do so much good. That tiny tortoise blended into the counter. I love that someone who'd never had a single thought of having a pet like that is now all in upon having one show up in their yard. I didn't catch what species of tortoise he is, but as far as I know the average life expectancy of most if not all of them is pretty long. That's a lot to take on; kudos. Dr. Hodges was great in the same way with the owner of the emu with a bone infection and the owner of the dog with bone cancer -- he paused his explanations of the x-rays to give them each a really good hug when they got overwhelmed by the diagnoses. Rip the goat with a hernia had such interesting coloring -- from the left side, he looked like three goats spliced together. The owner of cranky old man Alfred (who wants to go back to being an only cat) made me laugh with her expression when Dr. Ferguson said one of the treatments was a bronchodilator, because she thought it was some sort of machine that would have to be implanted rather than a medication. That was cute. I had to look up axolotls, as I had no idea what - as I said to my cat - "that cute fish-lizard looking thing" was. Apparently they, unlike most amphibians, "never complete the metamorphosis to a land-dwelling adult form and spend their whole lives in the water" per a CNN article that gives more information on them and their unknown-to-me popularity. It was nice to get a little history on Jordan's career at the clinic; she has such a great rapport with Dr. Ferguson, I am not at all surprised to learn she's been there since she was a teenager. I like all the techs, especially her and Andrea, and always wish - on all the vet shows - we got more insight into them. I think Paul was previously the only one we'd learned much of anything about. It's one of the many jobs that doesn't bring in the pay it should, so the people doing it generally have a deep love for animals.

Mattea uses they/them as their pronouns.

Also, it seems this poll should be posted in the Health & Wellness section so everyone who reads that section has the opportunity to vote and discuss; not everyone checks this Site Business section.

Same here; I find nothing confusing about that thread's title. It follows the pattern of thread titles across this site: A straightforward statement of what it's about, followed by a play on words. It's the Chit-Chat thread of the Health & Wellness section. Then there are more focused threads for specific aspects of health & wellness.

She has anxiety (she talked about it on her episode of Beat Bobby Flay), so that could have played a role.

It gets even worse: She asked one of the paralegals on her case to ask the victim's husband and son to speak on her behalf at the sentencing hearing! (This is all according to the same prosecution filing, which is a response to the defense's sentencing memo; the defense seeks a conditional discharge, so this filing is about all the ways in which she doesn't deserve one, even though she's eligible, including that she repeatedly fails to take any shred of responsibility, instead blaming everyone else - including the medics - and accusing people of being on the take.)

Yes (especially items that can be sold to a metal recycling center), which is great because even though it's easy - and free - to arrange for bulky item collection from the city, many people don't bother, so otherwise the stuff would just stay on the curb. Plus, even if one arranges for collection, the item winds up in a landfill, when a lot of stuff isn't truly trash, but instead something one person no longer wants or needs but that could be reused by another, repurposed into something else, or at least recycled. I know I used the bulky item collection service at least once, long ago, but can't remember what for; most things I am able to give away via Freecycle. (And a few times people have emailed me pictures of what they turned my random old items into, which is always cool to see.)

It definitely helped not to be burdened by knowledge -- it asked for the bird of prey which comes in a Cooper's variety, and I know there's a Cooper's hawk, but have never heard of a Cooper's falcon, so I had no hesitation in responding with "hawk" even though that picture didn't quite look like the hawks I occasionally see around here. But if they indeed used the wrong photo, had Alison answered "falcon" instead of "finch" (seriously, Alison?) that would have made for an interesting situation.

What I remember from the first Masters is enjoying the level of play, but suffering from "We just saw all these people and you invented a whole new frakkin' thing to get them back on our screen" fatigue and also my brain being in complete "I'm done for the night, sorry" mode by the time 8:00 rolled around. (For me, the regular game airs at 7:00; I've just finished work, I watch at my desk and keep track of my performance, I make a drink during the first commercial break, I'm still fully "on". By 8:00, for a whole hour, and at this level of play? Nope, I'm in another room and my brain is off on another planet somewhere already recharging for the night and just sending back the signals I need for basic life functions, so all I noted was when I got a TS. Wasn't much to keep track of, heh.) My ranking of who I'd most like to see win (coming in, obviously; I may change my mind as we get going based on how everyone plays): 1. Victoria 2. Amy 3. Mattea 4. Matt 5. Yogesh 6. James The difference between one and two is miniscule, and I put Victoria first simply because she won the JIT outright, while second-place finisher Amy got her slot as a producer's pick. Mattea is just a hair behind the two of them, and then I couldn't decide what order to put Matt and Yogesh in, ultimately deciding on Matt first simply because I've "known" him longer, but they're effectively tied. I can't say I like James, but I don't dislike him; his fans (including Alex Trebek) bugged me far more than he did during his original run, so he's not my last pick out of an "Oh gods, I hope he doesn't win" sentiment. The first three I like a lot, so I'd be happy to see any of them win. The other three, I'm not going to be angry if they win (unless one of them somehow does something odious during the competition), just giving them their kudos but bummed it wasn't one of my top three instead.

Yeah, this show really ran out of steam and was rightly canceled; if they had so many more great case ideas, why didn't they use them then? Scotty was the worst cop in the division (worse than Nick, even, yes -- dude arranged an extrajudicial execution), and he's the one they're looking to carry over into the new group? It's very far from the being picked up stage at this point, but if it eventually is, I'd have to hear something that indicates it might join the original in making my very short list of exceptions to my hatred of cop shows. Because there certainly isn't any such indication so far. (I enjoy looking at Danny Pino as much as the next person, mind you, but there has to be a lot more.)

Especially with pensions having gone the way of the dodo. You do not want to have to live on just social security, or depend on a partner's money supplementing yours since they can die or leave at any time. There are way too many people who can't put anything, or just a small amount, aside with any regularity because wages haven't kept pace with the cost of living, our disastrous for-profit healthcare system means medical expenses wipe a lot of people out, etc. But you're right, there are people who could be saving but aren't. And, unless they die before they get to this point, they're probably going to wish they had. People made fun of me for having an IRA as a teenager, but now think I was a genius (I wasn't, I just listened to the "Pay yourself first" advice of a dad who'd clawed his way out of abject poverty into what eventually became a nice upper-middle class existence, who kept living below his means). In my first job that offered a 401(k), right after college, I became friends with a manager in Payroll who told me she and I were the only non-executives who did the max 16%, and even most of the execs only did six percent (which was the cap on company match). I had the game-changing fortune of graduating with no student loan debt, as my parents were able to pay for my education (they started a college fund - good ol' U.S. Savings Bonds - before I was even born), and housing costs were not so obscene back then, so even on my meager starting salary, I could live below my means and save while still having room to treat myself (primarily travel and good food & drink). I was profoundly lucky to start on second base, and not many of us are. Some friends similarly blessed financially but spending every penny they brought in, just because they could, again laughed, but it wasn't long before they no longer had the money to do everything they wanted and I did.

My friend and I once dropped into a restaurant that was a favorite of seniors in the area so she could buy her aunt (one of those local seniors) a gift certificate. I don't remember why we were both off on a weekday, as it was before Christmas, but it was a weekday, early afternoon. We walked from the sunlight into this dark restaurant, and found the restaurant tables sparsely populated, but most of the bar stools and tables occupied by old folks going to town on shrimp cocktail, martinis, and the like. We immediately declared that when we retired, we would spend our days together in just this way.

I don't think Alison looks anything like Kristin Chenoweth, and thankfully she doesn't sound anything like her, either (Chenoweth's speaking voice is like nails on a chalkboard to me), as I hope she sticks around. I was watching with friends last night so didn't keep track, but I had a great game other than Today's Hits. I even ran Kiddy Lit, which I usually suck at despite having been a voracious reader as a kid -- they tend to ask about things I didn't read or don't remember, and I have no recent exposure to kid books as I avoid children like the plague. The stock photos category entertained me.

She refused to lift Thor's Viking curse that they never get the B&B opened because there was a slim chance it would also take away her ability to see and hear the ghosts. They're profoundly selfish far more often than they should be, but she loves them. And their selfishness is a pretty natural result of having spent so long - so, SO long for many of them - trapped, telling their same stories over and over to each other, because they had no medium for interacting with the world in any way. Now someone can put the TV on for them, turn book pages for them, satisfy their food smell cravings, and answer their questions about life outside the property. Sam sets boundaries and they plow right through them the first time they want something, but just as they're not just burdens she's stuck with to her, she's not just a means to an end for them. They've developed a charming relationship, one Jay takes part in to the extent he can, and the wacky sitcom hijincks flow naturally as they argue and adjust over time. But this season has seemed to involve a steadier stream of stronger selfishness than the first two seasons did. It's probably a result of having a limited run; the writers had their big stories, rooted in conflict, they wanted to tell, so did all those, without the usual room for more variety in between.

Antoinette was by far the best of those who auditioned on that "Next Generation" show, and I was wondering how much they'd actually use her on the regular show; glad to read she's finally made an appearance. My weekend habits have changed some and I don't always have the Saturday line-up of cooking shows on as I putter around anymore, so I'm catching up with new episodes via the PBS app, and I still have a backlog. I left off halfway through the fried one, and am still craving lumpia. I spent about ten years eating my weight in it every time a friend's grandma would come to stay with her family for a couple of months each year. There are good Filipino restaurants here, so it's not like I can't order some in (I don't have a fryer), but I've cut way back on that in recent years.

When the thread was created the first rule was: Meaning only moderators would pose the questions, but since there seem to only be a couple of those these days, presumably standards have relaxed and anyone can do it. I don't have internet access when the power is out, as I didn't replace my battery back-up for the U-Verse modem/router when it died, and now I don't have computer access without electricity, either, as its battery also needs to be replaced (it's a laptop hooked into a port replicator that's connected to all my components, so normally I can undock it and use it as a laptop on battery power). Thankfully, power outages are a rare occurrence since I work from home. The times I am without electricity, if there's sunlight I'll usually read or grab a deck of cards and play Solitaire the old-fashioned way. If it's dark, I can see the cards by candlelight, but not see enough to read, so I may just go lie down and cuddle with the cat. If I have electricity, there are lots of things to do that don't involve my computer or TV. I just don't do as many of them as I used to. Gardening has become more of a chore than a hobby, so I have more weeds than was typical. But I do still spend plenty of time reading on the patio, and I go on a walk most evenings. I used to shoot pool a fair bit, but I bet my pool table cover is dusty these days; I think I've been inspired to go out (it's in a game room separate from the house) later and see how rusty I've gotten.

Even without rain, people should stay in the car; you're safe inside the car if live wires have landed on it, but if you don't know how to get out of it without electrocuting yourself* you can wind up dead. (*Which is not the easiest thing to do, especially if you're not particularly agile, so unless the car is on fire, it's best to stay inside and wait for help even if you do know how -- I do, and I'd be sitting in the seat with my hands in my lap.) I'm glad she knew to stay put, just wanted to put that little PSA out there.

I access that podcast here, because there are transcripts available there for a lot of them, and I vastly prefer to read than spend the time listening to a podcast. For anyone else with a similarly-limited attention span, here's a direct link to first episode about the trial; just click on transcript. I haven't read the transcripts of any of the Simpson trial episodes yet, as I just discovered the podcast recently, but I like that they start with background on Nicole -- I think a lot of people forget that she was only 18 years old when she met O.J. (he was almost 30). And I'm not sure how many ever knew that, right after they started dating, he put her up in an apartment - still being married to his first wife and all, he couldn't move her into his house until later - because she was living, platonically, with a male friend and he didn't like that. Dude was a creep from day one of that relationship, and made her dependent on him almost immediately.

It happens when A posts something, B quotes it and replies, and then C also replies, but pulls the quote from B's reply rather than A's original post -- it gets attributed to B instead of A. So, here, you're B.

In the "Atomic Shakespeare" episode of Moonlighting (a less sexist take on The Taming of the Shrew), Katherina has an entire wall of "throwing vases". Every time I watch that episode, I think, "I need those."

I thought you meant that's today, and I was going to see if knowing it's also National Grilled Cheese Day perked you up any, but I just looked up the sibling day (I'd never heard of it, just as I'd never heard of the grilled cheese day until this morning) and that was two days ago. Yesterday was National Pet Day. Which got me curious: Have we reached the point where every single date on the calendar is now National Something Day according to someone somewhere? I looked it up, and apparently we have. So add that to my list of peeves.

I was distracted by my cat briefly in the beginning, so I figured I'd missed that story to explain the timing, but if not I think they covered it by him having experience jerking off onto another host (heh; seriously, I turn about 14 so very often with this show, and laugh every time) in the past so knowing how it would go it he did it again now, without needing to get into who he'd originally clung to or when he'd transferred to Gene.