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Yay,  MollyB!!!!  So glad to hear that.  Had to have a biopsy last year myself...all clear, thank you, Jesus.

Still kickin' here in Ohio.  Been super busy closing my shop.  As of Oct 31st I am retiring!  Woo-hoo!!  Will still do eBay so I won't stop entirely.  I will miss the customers but tired of the winter slog back and forth. Been selling my 50 yr LP collection to the local college kids.  Just tickles me to death to see them into this stuff and most of them have excellent taste.  Been doing my elder stateswoman/music mentor "Hey, if you like that check out this one..." thing.  I don't have grandkids so I'm loving it.  Still have about 2000+ albums (all genres and eras) and 45's.

Been following y'all but everybody seems to be in kind a limbo with Covid (our area is still on the low side for cases), fires, hurricanes, floods, blizzards (just waiting for the fiery hail and the locusts, oy) not to mention the political front.  😟

Pray for a peaceful election, folks....but please go vote!!

 

 

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First off, congrats MollyB. Fingers crossed they got everything and you will be okay here on out. I'm happy to hear the surgery went well. 

This new job isn't going well. And it's not the job itself but the boss. He drives me nuts and stresses me out so much that I keep yelling and snapping at him. And that's not me. I suffer from anxiety and it's like he knows all the buttons to push to set me off and then I can't control myself. 

Today I walked in 5 minutes early and he's on the phone saying that I have to take the appointment and talk to the lady. But can I put my stuff down? Wash my hands? Pee? Punch in? His wife took the call and he was upset because it was supposed to be me scheduling the appointment and not her. Even his wife was like she just walked in, can she put her stuff away?

Then he's constantly changing people's appointment times after they've already been confirmed. He tells me to call a lady confirmed for tomorrow at 1:30 and ask her to come in at 1 PM. I'm on the phone with her and she's confused thinking I want to schedule her for Friday and 3 PM.  After straightening things out, she tells me she can't come for 1 PM and her appointment is at 1:30 and that's when she's coming. Meanwhile, he's standing next to me talking over me as I'm trying to listen to her and telling me to ask her to come at 11 AM instead. I tell him (in an annoyed tone) she's already confused and can't come at 1 PM because she lives far and there's construction and now you want me to ask her to come at 11 AM? So he's like fine, give me the phone, I'll ask her and she says no she can't come at that time. And then he calls me into the office to reprimand me. 

I can't keep speaking to him that way, maybe dentistry isn't for me if I can't handle stress, he loves me but he will fire me if need be, blah blah blah. 

I'm just so fed up. The only good thing about this job is it's a 15 minute walk from my house but I don't know anymore. 

And the eye place called and they're still up in the country and don't know when they will return if at all. They thanked me for a job well done and said they were going to give me my 4% and to do me, and find a job I love, and don't worry about them. So essentially I had two decent jobs before Covid, and now those both let me go and I'm stuck with this madness. 

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5 hours ago, jewel21 said:

First off, congrats MollyB. Fingers crossed they got everything and you will be okay here on out. I'm happy to hear the surgery went well. 

This new job isn't going well. And it's not the job itself but the boss. He drives me nuts and stresses me out so much that I keep yelling and snapping at him. And that's not me. I suffer from anxiety and it's like he knows all the buttons to push to set me off and then I can't control myself. 

Today I walked in 5 minutes early and he's on the phone saying that I have to take the appointment and talk to the lady. But can I put my stuff down? Wash my hands? Pee? Punch in? His wife took the call and he was upset because it was supposed to be me scheduling the appointment and not her. Even his wife was like she just walked in, can she put her stuff away?

Then he's constantly changing people's appointment times after they've already been confirmed. He tells me to call a lady confirmed for tomorrow at 1:30 and ask her to come in at 1 PM. I'm on the phone with her and she's confused thinking I want to schedule her for Friday and 3 PM.  After straightening things out, she tells me she can't come for 1 PM and her appointment is at 1:30 and that's when she's coming. Meanwhile, he's standing next to me talking over me as I'm trying to listen to her and telling me to ask her to come at 11 AM instead. I tell him (in an annoyed tone) she's already confused and can't come at 1 PM because she lives far and there's construction and now you want me to ask her to come at 11 AM? So he's like fine, give me the phone, I'll ask her and she says no she can't come at that time. And then he calls me into the office to reprimand me. 

I can't keep speaking to him that way, maybe dentistry isn't for me if I can't handle stress, he loves me but he will fire me if need be, blah blah blah. 

I'm just so fed up. The only good thing about this job is it's a 15 minute walk from my house but I don't know anymore. 

And the eye place called and they're still up in the country and don't know when they will return if at all. They thanked me for a job well done and said they were going to give me my 4% and to do me, and find a job I love, and don't worry about them. So essentially I had two decent jobs before Covid, and now those both let me go and I'm stuck with this madness. 

This can still work out @jewel21. I know it is tough but give it some time. At some point you will need to tell him what is not working for you. I wish you well.

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On 9/26/2020 at 10:13 AM, MollyB said:

Well, Preverts, your good vibes and prayers worked wonders.  I had my surgery on Thursday and it went very well.  I think I can say I am cancer free at this point.  Thank you, thank you, thank you! 

And get your mammograms 😉 

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12 hours ago, jewel21 said:

And then he calls me into the office to reprimand me. 

I can't keep speaking to him that way, maybe dentistry isn't for me if I can't handle stress, he loves me but he will fire me if need be, blah blah blah. 

This is bullshit.  He can talk to his wife that way, but his "love" for you is not for the workplace.  He doesn't even have to like you if you do your job.  He's not your daddy, buddy, brother, good friend or husband/lover/boyfriend.  He's your employer and a class I sadist.

Thank you for your good wishes.  I feel pretty good but may have been a little premature about 'cancer free'.  The results of the sentinel node biopsy showed cancer cells in one of them.  Guess I'll be doing radiation for a bit.  Life goes on-whaddya gonna do?  Hang in there, Jewel.

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23 hours ago, MollyB said:

This is bullshit.  He can talk to his wife that way, but his "love" for you is not for the workplace.  He doesn't even have to like you if you do your job.  He's not your daddy, buddy, brother, good friend or husband/lover/boyfriend.  He's your employer and a class I sadist.

Thank you for your good wishes.  I feel pretty good but may have been a little premature about 'cancer free'.  The results of the sentinel node biopsy showed cancer cells in one of them.  Guess I'll be doing radiation for a bit.  Life goes on-whaddya gonna do?  Hang in there, Jewel.

Oh, MollyB, what a letdown for you after the previous good news.  I'm so sorry to hear this, that's a heavy weight to be carrying again.

It sounds like you have a good medical team, I hope it will all be okay.

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A schoolteacher whose body, face and tongue are covered in tattoos and who has had the whites of his eyes surgically turned black said he was prevented from teaching at a French kindergarten after a parent complained he scared their child.

No shit. Everyone knows terrified children are very good at learning French.

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On 9/30/2020 at 10:15 AM, MollyB said:

Thank you for your good wishes.  I feel pretty good but may have been a little premature about 'cancer free'.  The results of the sentinel node biopsy showed cancer cells in one of them.  Guess I'll be doing radiation for a bit.  Life goes on-whaddya gonna do?  Hang in there, Jewel.

 

Lord hear our prayer. 

You who chastise with pity and are able to put aside every malady and infirmity, grant aid to Your servant Molly.  Embrace her with Your infinite mercy, and attend her recent diagnosis and guide her physicians and nurses to deliver her to health and recovery. You are the Physician of our souls and bodies, and to You do we send up Glory: to Father, and to Son, and to Holy Spirit, both now and ever, and to the ages of ages. Amen.

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On 9/27/2020 at 12:57 PM, peacheslatour said:

By all means. Vote.

I received my ballot yesterday and mailed it back this morning.  I would have mailed it yesterday, but I'd already missed the last pick-up by the time I filled it out.  I followed all directions to the letter.  No naked ballot here, it is fully clothed.  Not getting an "I Voted" sticker makes me feel like I'm missing something, though.

Now, will one of you please wake me up at about noon-ish on January 20th?  Unless things go hinky, in which case just smother me with a MyPillow.

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Hey y’all!!  I’ve had to take a break from this site for a bit for my own sanity.  Not this forum but some other stuff.  Enty-whoooo.....  lots o things occurring over here.  Kiddo is back to school and thriving!!!  In fact the weekend come up and he’s like when is school again?  They also picked up Special O’s bowling and that started last week.  He is in HEAVEN.  The bus takes him there from school and then I pick him up.  In the meantime I lost my mind and we adopted a kitten.  I can’t live without chaos I guess!!!  This little ginger is a straight cooyon, but he’s fitting right in.  

Last but not least, this past week I finally “cut the cord.”  I was perfectly happy paying that dumb cable bill because I hate change.  BUT.  ATT quit carrying NFL network.  Da fuq???  That was the straw.  I’m still trying to navigate this whole steaming biz, but so far I haven’t missed anything!  
 

Stay safe and healthy.  😘🏼

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7 hours ago, geauxaway said:

Hey y’all!!  I’ve had to take a break from this site for a bit for my own sanity.  Not this forum but some other stuff.  Enty-whoooo.....  lots o things occurring over here.  Kiddo is back to school and thriving!!!  In fact the weekend come up and he’s like when is school again?  They also picked up Special O’s bowling and that started last week.  He is in HEAVEN.  The bus takes him there from school and then I pick him up.  In the meantime I lost my mind and we adopted a kitten.  I can’t live without chaos I guess!!!  This little ginger is a straight cooyon, but he’s fitting right in.  

Last but not least, this past week I finally “cut the cord.”  I was perfectly happy paying that dumb cable bill because I hate change.  BUT.  ATT quit carrying NFL network.  Da fuq???  That was the straw.  I’m still trying to navigate this whole steaming biz, but so far I haven’t missed anything!  
 

Stay safe and healthy.  😘🏼

Great news about geauxaway Jr. returning to school and on a regular schedule! How are you doing?

The cable bill is galling; We have ours as a business expense, but that's not helpful when the content is 500 channels of predicable crud. The only programming I watch is Weather Channel, Cartoon Network, Show, BBC, TMC, PBS, CALFire on community channels.

Don't be a stranger, geauxaway.

 

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Great news about geauxaway Jr. returning to school and on a regular schedule! How are you doing?

The cable bill is galling; We have ours as a business expense, but that's not helpful when the content is 500 channels of predicable crud. The only programming I watch is Weather Channel, Cartoon Network, Show, BBC, TMC, PBS, CALFire on community channels.

Don't be a stranger, geauxaway.

 

Yep, I'm pretty much down to PBS, Ovation and some old movies channels. Hey geauxaway, I would have traded you my approx. four thousand seven hundred and ninety sports channels for TCM. They MFR's took that away.

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Record-breaking California wildfires surpass 4 million acres

 

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In this Sept. 16, 2020 file photo the August Complex Fire burns near Lake Pillsbury in the Mendocino National Forest, Calif. The staggering scale of California's wildfires has reached another milestone. The new mark for the August Complex Fire in the Coast Range between San Francisco and the Oregon state line on Monday, Oct. 5, 2020, surpassed 1 million acres. (AP Photo/Noah Berger, File)

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9 hours ago, peacheslatour said:

Thanks Cupid. My son was obsessed with Rube Goldberg machines when he was little. I lost count of the number of Mouse Trap games we went through what with his "modifications".

I live there, too. Mr.Stunt, the Thing's and myself all have Rube Goldbergian projects about the house. Mr. Stunt is testing his new 'Forbidden Planet Monster" in the hallway; fortunately there's an escape route through the kitchen to get to the front door.

It's a 9' tall black Mylar form, looming side to side, waving claws and gnashing teeth, filled with programmed tracing LED lights, making that awful howling noise from the movie ... Under blacklight it's perfectly horrifying. At this point all it does is gnash it's teeth, sway back and forth, and the lights refuse to play along with the sound. The arm mechanisms are being dismantled on my hall credenza as I type.

 

Thing1 is distracting herself from work and school with a slot car race track in her dining room.

 

Thing2 is consolidation his lamp business and selling out to his former business partner. Thing2's too busy with school and the 3D printing business to keep up.

 

I'm on a fall food mission: cleaning up the gardens, canning, prepping for the Halloween party the PTA planning committee, organizing a new food distribution list with the PTA planning committee. We tried it out last week. We distributed lunches, 2lb bags of carrots, apples, potatoes, onions, meat gift cards, and set up an employment board, It needs some tweaks, the donors are on board, so not bad

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I live there, too. Mr.Stunt, the Thing's and myself all have Rube Goldbergian projects about the house. Mr. Stunt is testing his new 'Forbidden Planet Monster" in the hallway; fortunately there's an escape route through the kitchen to get to the front door.

It's a 9' tall black Mylar form, looming side to side, waving claws and gnashing teeth, filled with programmed tracing LED lights, making that awful howling noise from the movie ... Under blacklight it's perfectly horrifying. At this point all it does is gnash it's teeth, sway back and forth, and the lights refuse to play along with the sound. The arm mechanisms are being dismantled on my hall credenza as I type.

 

Thing1 is distracting herself from work and school with a slot car race track in her dining room.

 

Thing2 is consolidation his lamp business and selling out to his former business partner. Thing2's too busy with school and the 3D printing business to keep up.

 

I'm on a fall food mission: cleaning up the gardens, canning, prepping for the Halloween party the PTA planning committee, organizing a new food distribution list with the PTA planning committee. We tried it out last week. We distributed lunches, 2lb bags of carrots, apples, potatoes, onions, meat gift cards, and set up an employment board, It needs some tweaks, the donors are on board, so not bad

Blessed be. Namaste.

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On 10/1/2020 at 1:47 AM, bannana said:

Stan, one of the largest and most complete Tyrannosaurus rex fossil discovered, is on display, Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2020, at Christie's in New York. The T. rex named after the paleontologist who first found the skeleton's partially unearthed hip bones, will be auction on Oct. 6, 2020 and will be on public view from Sept. 16 - Oct. 21, 2020 to pedestrians through Christie's floor-to- ceiling gallery windows and a limited number of in-gallery viewings by appointment. Stan's head on the display is a casting of the original, which is too heavy for the display. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

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Wow, so literally everything is for sale.

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Oh, look here's a pretty picture of Toronto from today for you--maybe it'll cheer you up a bit, all things considered.

My own lack of participation can be attributed to two things here:

  1. Just you try managing fifty students in an online [synch and asynch] contemporary rhetoric course..g'wan, I dare you
  2. Show, for me, is do damn bad I don't even bother to FF through most of it at this point. What the hell? I doubt other soaps are this bloody dull.

And now I may treat myself to cleaning the catboxes. Livin' large here.

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15 hours ago, deirdra said:

The one time I was in the Toronto Space Needle (CN Tower), the mechanism that rotates the restaurant wasn't working 😢

Deargawdinheaven, I've never even contemplated going up it. Heights are torture for me.

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On 6/24/2020 at 11:59 AM, pearlite said:

Wow! I know what the word refers to, but here we call that a sofa or a couch. And drapes were usually curtains. And the thing you put your feet on in front of an armchair was a hassock. Not an ottoman. That was an empire.

How about a chifferobe? A chiffonier?

Those were some dainty-ass words from my parents' era.

We call Chests of drawers -- dressers

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On 10/7/2020 at 4:30 PM, deirdra said:

The one time I was in the Toronto Space Needle (CN Tower), the mechanism that rotates the restaurant wasn't working 😢

I was  a teenager when my parents took us there. It had just opened and we dined in the restaurant. Which was a big deal for us as we never dined in any restaurant. It revolved, but my dad's chair leg got moved outside of the circle and it created quite a problem as his chair stopped going with the revolving. It was all good, but when I look back on it, so many liability potential issues!

We have a picture of us all dressed in fancy clothes from that evening. It was quite a thing.

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I like and appreciate all of your posts that contain so much useful info @Cupid Stunt. But that Ted Nugent clip....I know you have a purpose though.

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Supreme Court rejects Trump administration request to reinstate medication abortion restriction

 

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A hole made by shell in the roof of the Holy Savior Cathedral during a military conflict, in Shushi, outside Stepanakert, self-proclaimed Republic of Nagorno-Karabakh, Thursday, Oct. 8, 2020. Armenia accused Azerbaijan of firing missiles into the capital of the separatist territory of Nagorno-Karabakh, while Azerbaijan said several of its towns and its second-largest city were attacked. (AP Photo)

Armenia and Azerbaijan’s fight over Nagorno-Karabakh, explained in 500 words

 

A Texas officer charged in Jonathan Price's shooting death has been fired

 

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Aava Murto, is interviewed by members of the media, in Helsinki, Finland, Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2020. A 16-year-old girl has assumed the post of Finnish prime minister for one day in the “Girls Takeover” scheme part of the U.Ns’ Day of the Girl to raise more awareness of gender equality in the world. Aava Murto stepped into the shoes of Prime Minister Sanna Marin Wednesday to highlight the impact of technology on gender equality. (Heikki Saukkomaa/Lehtikuva via AP)

Teen assumes Finland’s PM post for a day in “Girls Takeover”

 

Nobel Peace Prize to be awarded Friday in Oslo

 

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The Antarctic ozone hole is one of the largest and deepest in recent years

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Tofurky is suing Louisiana for the right to label its veggie burgers “veggie burgers”

 

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Philip Guston’s Courtroom (detail), 1970. 

Artists slam decision to postpone exhibition of Philip Guston's KKK paintings

 

Diddy, Springsteen among rock hall of fame guest list

 

 

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5 hours ago, bannana said:

I like and appreciate all of your posts that contain so much useful info @Cupid Stunt. But that Ted Nugent clip....I know you have a purpose though.

I had Skype meetings yesterday morning. One of the participants had their radio station playing in the background, and Stranglehold became an earworm.

I have to say that Ted Nugent's rhythm section exceeded their namesake in talent.

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On 10/4/2020 at 11:28 AM, peacheslatour said:

Yep, I'm pretty much down to PBS, Ovation and some old movies channels. Hey geauxaway, I would have traded you my approx. four thousand seven hundred and ninety sports channels for TCM. They MFR's took that away.

If you have wifi you can get a lot of channels with Roku or other devices. I have bare bones 14 channels cable but you can get Awards Channel (Lots of oldies) and TCM, TBS, etc. You can chose channels that you like, try them and dump them. Many are free. when my 2 yr cable runs out I'm going to just get Prime,(Low cost to lower income) or hulu -- lots of options 

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These 13 men were charged with conspiring to kidnap Whitmer: Here's what we know -- “We have met the enemy and he is us” ,Pogo, Walt Kelly

 

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Riot police move to disperse protesters during a rally against the results of a parliamentary vote in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, Monday, Oct. 5, 2020. Large crowds of people have gathered in the center of Kyrgyzstan’s capital to protest against the results of a parliamentary election, early results of which gave the majority of seats to two parties with ties to the ruling elites amid allegations of vote buying. (AP Photo/Azamat Imanaliyev)

Protesters erupt in Kyrgyzstan after parliamentary election

 

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This Thursday, Oct. 8, 2020, satellite image released by NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) shows Hurricane Delta. Forecasts showed Delta had strengthened back into a Category 3 hurricane, expecting to arrive Louisiana on Friday evening. (NASA via AP)

In pictures: Hurricane Delta makes landfall

 

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In this Oct. 9, 2020, file photo, a medical team treats a patient infected with COVID-19 in one of the intensive care units (ICU) at the Severo Ochoa hospital in Leganes, outskirts of Madrid, Spain. Europe’s second wave of coronavirus infections has struck well before flu season even started. Intensive care wards are filling up again and bars are shutting down. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue, File)

Lesson not learned: Europe unprepared as 2nd virus wave hits

 

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Legend has it that the name Van Halen, seen etched in concrete at the corner of Allen and Villa in Pasadena, Calif., was done by brothers Eddia and Alex Van Halen when they lived in Pasadena, Calif., in their younger years, where a sidewalk memorial has begun, Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2020, after Eddie's death earlier in the day. Artists from Lenny Kravitz to Kenny Chesney are honoring Van Halen, whose blinding speed, control and innovation propelled his band into one of hard rock's biggest groups. (AP Photo/Andrew Dalton)

Memorials grow in Eddie Van Halen’s adopted hometown

 

 

 

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In this Sept. 9, 2015 file photo, a child carries a parcel from the United Nations World Food Program (WFP) in Mwenezi, Zimbabwe. The WFP has won the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize for its efforts to combat hunger and food insecurity around the globe. The announcement was made Friday Oct. 9, 2020 in Oslo by Berit Reiss-Andersen, the chair of the Nobel Committee. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi, File)

Nobel win reflects ‘hunger for international cooperation’

 

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This March 1960 file photo shows New York Yankee pitcher Whitey Ford. A family member tells The Associated Press on Friday, Oct. 9, 2020 that Ford died at his Long Island home Thursday night.(AP Photo, File)

The man you could count on in a clutch -- Whitey Ford, Hall of Fame ace for mighty Yankees, died at 91

 

Exotic animal collector featured on ‘Tiger King’ is arrested

 

Every Ben &Jerry's Flavor—Ranked By Nutrition -- Chery Garcia for the win!

 

 

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Medical staff wearing full PPE push a stretcher with a deceased patient to a car outside of the Covid-19 intensive care unit at the United Memorial Medical Center on June 30, 2020 in Houston, Texas. Covid-19 cases and hospitalizations have spiked since Texas reopened, pushing intensive-care wards to full capacity and sparking concerns about a surge in fatalities as the virus spreads/© Go Nakamura/Getty Images 

Coronavirus cases set new single-day records in six U.S. states and worldwide

 

National Coming Out Day: Coming out during a pandemic

 

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Michael McDonald clears trees after Hurricane Delta passed the area in Jennings, La., Saturday, Oct. 10, 2020. The day after Hurricane Delta blew through besieged southern Louisiana, residents started the routine again: dodging overturned cars on the roads, trudging through knee-deep water to flooded homes with ruined floors and no power, and pledging to rebuild after the storm. (Scott Clause /The Daily Advertiser via AP)

Storm-ravaged southwestern Louisiana takes stock of damage after Delta

 

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A man sprays mace, left, as another man fatally fires a gun, Saturday, Oct. 10, 2020 in Denver. The man on the left side of the photo was supporting the "Patriot Rally" and sprayed mace at the man on the right side of the image. The man at right, then shot and killed the protester at left. A private security guard working for a TV station was in custody Saturday after a person died from a shooting that took place during dueling protests in downtown Denver, the Denver Post reported. (Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post via AP)

A monumental reckoning

 

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A woman prays at the memorial cemetery in Potocari, after the first public showing of Bosnian filmmaker Jasmila Zbanic's film on the 1995 massacre in Srebrenica - "Quo Vadis, Aida?", in the eastern Bosnian town of Srebrenica, Oct. 10, 2020. The Srebrenica massacre was the culmination of Bosnia's 1992-95 war, which pitted the country's three main ethnic factions - Serbs, Croats and Bosnian Muslims. (AP Photo/Kemal Softic)

 

Italian teenage computer whiz beatified by Catholic Church

 

Woman goes into labor and gives birth in the middle of taking the bar exam

 

Fighting for the right to repair your own stuff 

 

Fake asteroid? NASA expert IDs mystery object as old rocket

 

 

 

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A reporter works among a display near the White House in which empty chairs represent the more than 213,000 American lives that have been lost in the pandemic./© Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images 

Lessons for the Next Pandemic -- Act Very, Very Quickly

 

There's a reason why being counted in the census matters

 

U.N. food agency World Food Program hails Peace Nobel as call to action against hunger

 

America Is Having a Moral Convulsion -- Levels of trust in this country—in our institutions, in our politics, and in one another—are in precipitous decline. And when social trust collapses, nations fail. Can we get it back before it’s too late?

 

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A history of “wokeness”

 

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Belarusian opposition supporters block a street during a rally to protest the official presidential election results in Minsk, Belarus, Sunday, Oct. 11, 2020. Belarus' authoritarian president Alexander Lukashenko on Saturday visited a prison to talk to opposition activists, who have been jailed for challenging his re-election that was widely seen as manipulated and triggered two months of protests. (AP Photo)

Belarus ramps up crackdown on protests, detains over 700

 

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Homes are seen destroyed in the aftermath of Hurricane Delta in Cameron, Louisiana, October 10. REUTERS/Adrees Latif

Reuters PICTURES - MON OCT 12, 2020 - Hurricane Delta slams storm-battered Louisiana

 

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Where fall colors are hitting their peak, in one map

 

Looking at buildings can actually give people headaches. Here's why

 

World's longest pedestrian suspension bridge is opening in Portugal

 

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John Oliver is being honored with his name on a sewage plant after 'fight' with a Connecticut town

 

Chase Elliott wins at Roval, hybrid road course-oval at Charlotte Motor Speedway, as champ Kyle Busch bounced from playoffs

 

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This rare 'peacock' star system in our galaxy is doomed to explode


I Shopped at Aldi for the First Time and Here's What I Learned

 

 

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