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Maddie is totally self-centered and has zero concern about how she presents herself. Usually you hear an expectant mother saying she wants what is best and safest for her baby, often at great sacrifice to herself. Maddie is all about "I've been going through this, that and the other and I'm fed up so I want this for me and that for me and the contractions need to stop." She also said something to the effect of this is 1000% her last baby. Good. Because her heart's not in it. When you look at her numerous social media posts about how much she is inconvenienced by what her toddler and infant want and need from her, it's no wonder that Axel is such a sourpuss. Loved the look at what's coming up with Meri and Kody. He says he didn't know who he was marrying because their courtship was so short and Meri says their relationship has reached a dead end. Robyn needs to put her money where her mouth is and divorce Kody, because she said her mother's life showed her that wives without legal marriages are less highly regarded. Bitch. Christine gaily chirped "polygamy birth" because she and Kody are stepping up to wrangle Axel during labor and delivery. That happens every day of the week, sweetie, and sometimes the stand-ins are friends and neighbors who aren't even sharing a penis. Meri's angry and tearful meltdown revealed what a selfish crybaby she is. "Living my why," my asshole-a. "Why me?" is more like it. Nancy Kerrigan's voice is all that was missing in that scene. Pfffftt.

America Stress-Bought All The Baby Chickens In times of anxiety we hoard the sources of eggs. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/28/style/chicken-eggs-coronavirus.html

Find a recipe for what you have in your cupboard. "Which kind of cake mix would you like in the recipe?" https://www.yummly.com/recipes/quick-breads-with-cake-mix

Because miles per tank was the come-on in the ad. It was a VW ad and VW has always been underhanded. I didn't state it correctly. They didn't change the size of the tank so they could make the inflated claim but after they changed the size they took the opportunity to make the claim. The early Bugs had 8 gallon, then 9 gallon, then 10 gallon gas tanks. If that makes sense.

At that mouseprint site someone posted about auto manufacturers changing the size of gas tanks to inflate gas mileage claims. That reminded me of one of my dad's pranks, when he worked at Douglas Aircraft in SoCal (before it became McDonnell-Douglas and then became Boeing). In the very early '60s a co-worker was the first guy they knew who bought a VW Bug and they soon got tired of him bragging about his gas mileage compared to everyone else's. Every day, every day with the mileage so they started sneaking gas into his tank. He was getting 40, 44, 49 miles per gallon. They kept it up, his mileage was in the mid-50s and still climbing. They had to come clean after he wrote a letter to VW asking them to inspect his vehicle and VW was interested. And he was PISSED! Another Douglas story: my dad sometimes took pictures of trick-or-treaters and one night the flash blinded some kids and they fell off the porch. He took the photos to work and passed them around and they're hee-hawing about the kids falling in the shrubbery and one guy goes "Those are my kids" and he did not hee-haw, no he did not. Sometimes my dad was a tool.

Oh FFS, Kim Kardashian (The Justice Project) will be a guest on The View on Tuesday morning. The good news is that it's already a clusterfuck, with everyone participating from remote locations.

Seven Twilight Zone episodes that are eerily timely during the pandemic. https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2020/03/28/twilight-zone-pandemic-coronavirus-covid/

And Dana (the ex Mrs Jeremy) Bash as well. Ouch.

Yeah, if I had an IG account I would say "Congrats for having a quarter of a man for 26 years. Go, you!"

I don't go to a theater very often but when I do it's the cheaper matinee and I definitely pack my own treats. Supposedly, adjusted for inflation, going to a movie was more expensive 40 years ago. *Bullshit* The sad part is that movie theaters are in a bind and their only reliable profits come from the concession stand. Depending on the studio, the movie's popularity and the movie's production cost the theaters keep about 60% of the ticket price for a new release, easing into about 40% a couple/a few weeks later. I wish they would run vintage movies regularly, I would love to watch Dirty Dancing on a big screen. But the studios charge such high rental fees that it's not worth it to the theater. Bummer.

Interacting with her kids on social media is a big part of her facade.

But it says a lot about the choices you've made when it takes a pandemic to keep a man around.

I forgot to mention this when I replied to your post awhile back: She also sells candles with a scent called "This Smells Like My Vagina" for $75. Gwyneth definitely knows her value, and the sad thing is that she's laughing all the way to the bank. "Kemper - pick up your jaw, it's on the floor!"

I have only rarely paid $14 for a kindle book but this one is 336 pages (and 300 pages is my minimum deciding factor) so I might get this one. I did order the free sample. I didn't know how big the Nauvoo temple was: 54,000 square feet! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nauvoo_Temple Kingdom of Nauvoo: The Rise and Fall of a Religious Empire on the American Frontier [by Benjamin Park] How Joseph Smith and the Early Mormons Challenged American Democracy In Nauvoo, Illinois, Smith established a theocracy, ran for President, and tested the limits of religious freedom. By Casey Cep March 23, 2020 Park’s book is a compelling history, built from contemporaneous accounts and from the previously unreleased minutes of the Council of Fifty, a governing body of sorts that Smith convened in Nauvoo, Illinois, when he was feeling besieged by his enemies and anticipating the Second Coming of Christ. Its minutes help clarify Smith’s sometimes contradictory political theology, and Park’s explication of them elevates “Kingdom of Nauvoo” from pure religious history to the realm of political theory. Park, an ambidextrous thinker, is equally sensitive to the danger the state can pose to religious minorities and to the danger that a religious institution can pose to the secular state. In his account, the early Mormons were a rowdy band of neo-Puritans who mounted a fundamental challenge to the democratic experiment. The tensions that they experienced - between the right to religious freedom and the limits of religious tolerance - still persist today. The city of Nauvoo took shape in an age when Ralph Waldo Emerson claimed that every intellectual had “a draft of a new community in his waistcoat pocket.” But Smith’s plans went far beyond the scribbling stage: within a dozen years of its founding, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints had more than twenty thousand members, and Nauvoo quickly grew to be more populous than Chicago. But, unlike the Windy City, Nauvoo, operating under a permissive charter from the state of Illinois, developed a distinctly theocratic character: its independent judiciary could deny the validity of arrest warrants issued by neighboring authorities in order to shield Church members from prosecution, and its standing militia of several hundred armed men, known as the Nauvoo Legion, was empowered to protect citizens from any threat. Smith was made a Lieutenant General, a title previously held in the United States only by George Washington, and organized parades to show off the legion’s strength. (This was the military experience he would boast about during his Presidential campaign; he later added to his résumé a term as Nauvoo’s mayor.) The city’s grandest feature was its enormous tabernacle. Smith wanted the temple of Nauvoo to rival the one built by Solomon; when it was finished, thanks to the tithe in time and muscle required of every resident, it was twice as tall as the White House. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/03/30/how-joseph-smith-and-the-early-mormons-challenged-american-democracy

Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago has been discussing a universal do-not-resuscitate policy for infected patients, regardless of the wishes of the patient or their family members - a wrenching decision to prioritize the lives of the many over the one. Richard Wunderink, one of Northwestern’s intensive-care medical directors, said hospital administrators have asked Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker for help in clarifying state law and whether it permits the policy shift. Several large hospital systems - Atrium Health in the Carolinas, Geisinger in Pennsylvania and regional Kaiser Permanente networks - are looking at guidelines that would allow doctors to override the wishes of the coronavirus patient or family members on a case-by-case basis due to the risk to doctors and nurses, or a shortage of protective equipment, say ethicists and doctors involved in those conversations. But they would stop short of imposing a do-not-resuscitate order on every coronavirus patient. The companies declined to comment. Health-care providers are bound by oath - and in some states, by law - to do everything they can within the bounds of modern technology to save a patient’s life, absent an order, such as a DNR, to do otherwise. But as cases mount amid a national shortage of personal protective equipment, or PPE, hospitals are beginning to implement emergency measures that will either minimize, modify or completely stop the use of certain procedures on patients with covid-19. https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2020/03/25/coronavirus-patients-do-not-resucitate/

I'm liking her natural hair color, hope she leaves it alone from now on. But them eyebrows still gotta go.

Hey Kohola, here's another service you're missing out on: Jeremiah Gratza, a co-owner of the Thunderbird Lounge in Phoenix, came up with a unique incentive for customers. After the city forced bars and restaurants to only offer delivery or drive-thru service, he started offering a free toilet paper roll for every beer or wine order. “Since we had plenty of toilet paper for our bathrooms that we can no longer use, figured we’d give it out for free." The scheme at Thunderbird Lounge appears to be working as its owners said they’ve been taking dozens of calls each day and made nearly $1,000 on their first day. “We went until like 11 o’clock last night delivering and people were answering doors in their PJs and I handed them beer and toilet paper,” Thunderbird Lounge co-owner Brett Boyles told Fox News. "It’s kind of just door-to-door bartending, really." https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/good-news/arizona-bar-finds-creative-way-to-keep-business-going-amid-coronavirus-closures/ar-BB11ExuJ?li=BBnb4R7

Noooo shit! I knew it was big but I didn't know HOW big! One bedroom for Meri and four bedrooms for her ego. One bathroom for Meri and four bathrooms for her ego. She is a giant tool. She needs to fall, hard. She is hands down the Brown I loathe the most, and that's saying something!

One thing about toilet paper and other necessities is that people (and their household members) have been using the TP at work and at school until now, and the same goes for a lot of meals. Lots of people flipped lunch money to their kids while schools were open, lots of people ran next door or down the road during their lunch breaks. The number of people eating and bathroom-ing at home has skyrocketed. I think that's part of the panic-buying. These chains are offering free delivery via their websites or apps: IHOP through April 19 (and 20% off your first delivery order) Wingstop through April 11 Chili's until further notice Noodles & Company through March 31 Pieology through March 31 Denny's through April 12 Moe's Southwest Grill through April 10 Blaze Pizza no date announced &pizza no date announced KFC through April 26 Chipotle through March 31 There are some others but they use a third party for delivery and the menu prices are higher because they include extra fees so I didn't list those. Olive Garden has $12.99 buy one/get one free entrees, no end date given. Order online or by phone. It's probably frozen, it usually is when you "take one" with your restaurant meal. When I BOGO'd this online a couple months ago it came with breadsticks and salad for two. Yeah, baby!

I read an article yesterday, in the NY Times IIRC, referencing the fact that the virus has been found on cardboard and plastic 24 hours after being deposited there. I've been extra careful about handling incoming mail and I wonder how similar cardboard and paper are in terms of risk.

I went to the first senior shopping hour at WalMart this morning at 6 before the store opened. In addition to the usual pop-up wipes for sanitizing cart handles there was also a commercial-type hand sanitizer pump. An employee greeted shoppers in a fairly loud voice and made them aware of a specialty display near the registers. Packages of 8 rolls of Angel Soft TP and 6 rolls of Best Value paper towels, one per customer. Two items per customer available in two brands: 12 ounce hand sanitizer pump bottles, pop-up hand sanitizer wipes, household sanitizing wipes, sanitizing spray cleaner, aerosol sanitizer, flushable wipes and a few more similar items I can't remember. Some grocery items were limited to one or two each but even when they weren't courtesy notices were posted along the way in many aisles, asking nicely for shoppers to be mindful that others need items also. The store was fully stocked (Kleenex!), haven't seen it that way for a couple weeks but I haven't shopped inside at 6am before. Ever. It's time for a mid-morning nap! The senior shopping on Tuesday mornings is also scheduled for next week (March 31) and the week after (April 8). No idea if it will be extended beyond that but if you're a senior who has early morning transportation it's a wonderful thing.

Does Netflix fine tune your menu according to your selections? If so, I think they're on to me. Tonight for the first time I noticed the prominent placement of a category called Dark Psychological Dramas.

A group of very speshul arrogant narcissists gathered at the SLC airport. Utah health officials issue stern rebuke after hundreds greet LDS missionaries at airport in defiance of coronavirus warnings. When officials of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints chartered five flights to evacuate more than 1,600 missionaries out of the Philippines due to the coronavirus, Salt Lake City International Airport spelled out ground rules for their arrival: Two people could greet each missionary, and they had to wait at their cars. Instead, hundreds of people gathered Sunday with balloons and welcome signs in the short-term parking garage at the airport, heedless of health officials’ pleas to avoid crowds larger than 10. Missionaries, who had been ordered by the church to isolate themselves from their families for 14 days upon return, were swept into hugs. Some pulled off their masks to greet their well-wishers as children and seniors alike mingled in the scrum. In all, about 900 of the 1,600-plus missionaries made their final stop at the Salt Lake City airport, Volmer said; the rest had connections elsewhere. The church has alerted airport officials that more missionary arrivals are pending, Volmer said, but Woodruff would not say how many and referred only to a previous statement that the numbers would be “substantial.” https://www.sltrib.com/news/2020/03/23/utah-health-officials/

We know that IRL they bought a house plus the adjoining acreage. There's going to be holy hell to pay when the hillbilly finds out that god decided not to provide her with a 6-bedroom rental. That reveal cannot happen soon enough to suit me. This season is slowly getting better. It's mostly painful along the way but we're finally getting somewhere. And didn't she tell Kody to hesh up about changing schools so the kids (plural) wouldn't have anxiety attacks (plural)? M'kay. Christine gets more conceited and dramatic with every passing minute. She is really, really impressed with her thoughts (cough) and the sound of her own voice and how she looks on camera.