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1 hour ago, Cupid Stunt said:

This story was weirdly adorable. Apparently when I was tiny I had a huge life sized doll that that was the Dutch Boy from the paint company. It was bigger than me and I'd carry/drag it around. I named it Lala. I barely remember. I was a lonely only child. I also had my imaginary friends - 100 miniature invisible seals.

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(((SweePea))) I was an only child whose parents were very into their careers. Instead of imaginary friends, I had critters. I'd bring home everything I found. Frogs, mice, rats (from pet stores, not the nasty kind). I had hamsters, chipmunks, cats, a rabbit, a dog and finally a horse. 

On a funnier note, my son had one of those Halloween costumes you get at the party store. It was like a skeleton jumpsuit. He wore that thing for a year until the legs stopped at the knees instead of the ankles.

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I really need my preverts today. 

Yesterday I didn't go into work because the day before I ended up coming home and bawling my eyes out so much when I woke up in the morning they were super swollen and I looked terrible. So I took a mental health day. It's just constant criticism over there. It's always everything that I forget to do that is being pointed out to me multiple times a day, but never anything encouraging. And it's making any confidence I have or self-esteem completely disappear. 

And today I woke up to find that my Polish grandmother passed away last night in her nursing home in Toronto. She had Alzheimer's for 13 years and I hadn't seen her in at least 5 years. Apparently, she had been sick for a few days and her blood pressure got really low and she just passed away. They didn't even treat her at the hospital because there were so many Covid cases, so they doctors at the residence treated her there instead.

So I called in sick to work for tomorrow too, although the dentist had the audacity to ask if I was coming in or not. Like no, my grandma died, asshat. 

We can't even have a funeral because we're not allowed to cross the boarder due to the Corona Virus so apparently she is just going to be send directly to be cremated and if this virus ever goes away, we will hold a vigil for her. 

Things just seem to be getting worse as the months go by rather than better, and I'm terrified for 2021. 

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Jewel, my heart goes out to you.  When you are that close to troubles it seems like nothing else exists.  But there is a light at the end of the mess.  You can start planning what you will contribute to your grandmother's vigil-your memories of her will still be with you always. You can find another job.  Then you can deliver a message to that fuckupped dentist from MollyB:  Light your dick on fire and stick it up your ass.  Sideways.

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So sorry about your grandmother, Jewel.  It sucks that there can't be a formal funeral.  Maybe you can find some other way to remember her and have some closure.  Do something that she loved to do, or have a meal that includes all of her favorite foods.  And then after you've grieved, honor her memory and spirit by getting yourself out of this toxic situation at work.  

My anxiety is through the roof these days, too.  But I'm mildly confident that better, saner times are ahead for all of us soon.  💓

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Christ, the Eternal, You have destroyed death through Your Resurrection; give rest to the soul of Your servant Jewel's Grandmother, in Your Kingdom, where there is no pain, sorrow or suffering. In Your goodness and love for all, pardon all her sins in thought, word or deed, for no one lives and sins not, 

We humbly ask Your guidance for the family of Jewel's Grandmother, and lead them through their grief in the days to come. In times of distress we have no other help but You. Have mercy upon them.

You are the Resurrection, the Truth, the Life, and Repose of Your servant, Jewel's Grandmother, departed this life, O Christ, to You do we pray. to Your Eternal Father and Your All-holy Spirit; both now and forever and to the ages of ages. Amen.

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8 hours ago, peacheslatour said:

My son is getting married today. It's a Halloween themed Zoom wedding so...I guess we'll see how that works. I'm going as a pirate/gypsy/Ren Fair maiden type thing. Hubby is going as a pirate. I'll tell you how it went. 🎃🥂

Congratulations!  How wonderful for your son and his bride, for you and your husband to have something so life-affirming to celebrate!!

I'm wishing them both years and years of happiness.

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Best wishes to Junior LaTour and his new wife for a long happy life together!  (And good on them for choosing not to have a superspreader event.  Hopefully you can all celebrate in person soon!)  

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Thanks, guys. Well, it was interesting. They got married under an arch in the garden outside their apartment with about 10 guests. The rest of us were on Zoom. There were a few glitches but they were funny and cute. The bride and groom wrote their own vows and they both cried and cracked each other up. The Halloween theme was apparent in their gothy costumes and the guests came up with some really creative costumes as well. My favorite was the maid of honor as a medieval plague doctor. The officiant was very modern and defined young Latour's  and his bride's relationship in a beautiful, intimate way. I was really happy the see some of the lad's school friends that I haven't seen in years. DH and I held hands and cried. Lol, my kid is so weird, he made the wedding cake from scratch, red velvet with "Number 1 Dad" on top. They're not having kids.

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Merciful Father, we ask Your light and assistance for the future of Junior LaTour and his new wife. Shine the light of Your grace on them, that they will be guided by Your Divine wisdom. May they reflect Your Sacred Heart. May they be prudent, loyal, sincere, noble, and united in unselfish love. Bless their friendship and may their love in You light the path they travel together. We praise Your Holy Name, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, both now and forever and to the ages of ages. Amen

 

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Bear Tries to Gain Entry to Canada from U.S. In 'Forceful Attempt' at Border Crossing

 

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In this Sunday, Oct. 25, 2020 file photo, an empty street in front of La Scala opera house, left, is illuminated by a red traffic light in Milan, Italy. After a rash of COVID-19 infections among musicians and chorus members, the Dec. 7 season premiere at Milan’s La Scala opera house, a gala event that is one of Italy’s cultural highlights, is being canceled. The theater’s board of directors on Wednesday concluded that the pandemic’s situation and Italy’s anti-COVID-19 measures, which include closure of theaters until at least Nov. 24, won’t allow for “achieving a production open to the public and of the level and with the characteristics required” for the premiere. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno, File )

Spain chooses post-Civil War film as Oscar candidate

 

 

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Protesters near the White House on Thursday/© Amr Alfiky/The New York Times

Biden eases ahead in Georgia; Trump attacks election process

 

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Alcohol and carbs got America through election night

 

USPS processed 150,000 ballots after Election Day, jeopardizing thousands of votes

 

YouTube, Twitter and Facebook remove Steve Bannon video calling for violence against Fauci

 

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German police search homes of four suspected of ties to Vienna attacker

 

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Ethiopian Orthodox Christians light candles and pray for peace during a church service at the Medhane Alem Cathedral in the Bole Medhanealem area of the capital Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Thursday, Nov. 5, 2020. Ethiopia's powerful Tigray region asserts that fighter jets have bombed locations around its capital, Mekele, aiming to force the region "into submission," while Ethiopia's army says it has been forced into an "unexpected and aimless war." (AP Photo/Mulugeta Ayene)

 

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Dairy cows feed at a feedlot in Sunnyside, Wash., Monday, July 23, 2018. A divided Washington Supreme Court ruled Thursday, Nov. 5, 2020, that the state's dairy workers are entitled to overtime pay if they work more than 40 hours a week, a decision expected to apply to the rest of the agriculture industry. For the past 60 years state law, like federal law, has exempted farmworkers from classes of workers who are entitled to overtime pay, but in a 5-4 ruling the court found that unconstitutional. (Jake Parrish/Yakima Herald-Republic via AP)

Moo ... Washington Supreme Court: Farmworkers to get overtime pay

 

The US Covid-19 epidemic hit a deadly new milestone, and help isn’t on the way

 

FDA panel reviews 1st new Alzheimer’s drug in 2 decades

 

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Residents wade through a flooded road in the aftermath of Hurricane Eta in Planeta, Honduras, Thursday, Nov. 5, 2020. The storm that hit Nicaragua as a Category 4 hurricane on Tuesday had become more of a vast tropical rainstorm, but it was advancing so slowly and dumping so much rain that much of Central America remained on high alert. (AP Photo/Delmer Martinez)

This is my message to the western world – your civilization is killing life on Earth

 

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This undated photo provided by The Wisconsin Department of Transportation shows a snowmobile strapped to the roof of a Toyota Corolla in Northwestern Wisconsin Sunday Nov. 1, 2020. The Wisconsin State Patrol pulled over the driver on Highway 63 in northwestern Wisconsin Sunday afternoon after seeing the snowmobile perched sideways on top of the sedan. The Wisconsin Department of Transportation says the 23-year-old driver from Clayton explained to the trooper that he had just purchased the snowmobile was headed to a friend's house to show it to him. (Wisconsin Department of Transportation via AP)

Wisconsin trooper stops driver hauling snowmobile atop car

 

Megachurch Pastor Carl Lentz fired, admits cheating on wife

 

Holiday shopping as we know it is over — just ask seasonal workers

 

Week 10: Pac-12 begins in first monster schedule of season

 

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Painted depictions of a water diviner are seen on unused wheat silos in Barraba by artist Finton Magee/Reuters photo Jill Gralow

Diviner inspiration: Australian artist sizes up silos for huge murals

 

 

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Supporters of President Donald Trump protest the Nevada vote in front of the Clark County Election Department, Thursday, Nov. 5, 2020, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Biden on cusp of claiming the presidency as Trump vows to keep fighting

 

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Petaluma, California: “Catalina is wearing my voting sticker and watching the news with us on Monday night. She’s worn out from the last three months’ news cycles. Yesterday, Jim and I drove to polling stations in Vallejo and Vacaville and ended at a nutty Trump-Jesus outdoor party in front of the State Capitol in Sacramento. Cat begged us not to go to the latter. She said it was dangerous because they don’t wear masks and they yell in your face, but we promised to social distance. (We tried, we couldn’t—don’t tell her.) When we got home she asked us to shower and wash our clothes before we did anything else. She has been so much more responsible about COVID than we have. She’s also been insisting all summer that we should move to Europe—more precisely, Paris—if Trump wins. She’s been fantasizing about the walks she would take, the cafes she’d hang out in, and mostly being free of the news cycle. Today, she’s been stuck to her computer checking the election results and keeping me updated. She just ran into my studio shrieking happily that Biden won Wisconsin and Michigan.”/Alessandra Sanguinetti Photo: Alessandra Sanguinetti / Magnum Photos

The 2020 Presidential Election Through the Eyes of Magnum Photographers

 

Why the Supreme Court is unlikely to steal the election for Donald Trump

 

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A supporter of the opposition parties shouts asking for peace as riot police block access to the house of former President Henri Konan Bedie, in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020. The electoral commission said Tuesday that President Alassane Ouattara had overwhelmingly won a third term in office after his two main opponents boycotted the election and called his candidacy illegal. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

Steve Bannon loses his defense counsel after calling for the beheading of Dr. Anthony Fauci

 

The Big Business of Activism

 

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People wait for a Corona speed test in front of a traditional small Frankfurt kiosk (Trinkhalle) in Frankfurt, Germany, Friday, Nov. 6, 2020. A doctor offers the test with a result in 20 minutes in the kiosk that was given up two weeks ago by its owners due to low business because of the coronavirus. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)

Books? Hairdressers? Europeans split on lockdown essentials

 

FDA panel urges rejection of experimental Alzheimer’s drug

 

Censorship on social media? It's not what you think

 

Storm Eta leaves 150 dead or missing in Guatemala

 

Ken Hensley, songwriter with 70s rock band Uriah Heep, dies aged 75

 

 

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Lord of the Powers be with us and have mercy on us.

You are the Father of all people on the earth. Guide our new leaders and nation in the ways of justice and peace. Protect us from the forces of bigotry, evil, greed, injustice, violence, exploitation, conflict and war that are standing at our door, demanding entrance. Help us to put away mistrust, bitterness and hatred for the dark days ahead. Teach us to cease the storing and using of implements of war, that we shall turn them into tools of peace against disease, ignorance, poverty and oppression. Lead us to pursue peace-making, respect and freedom. Grant that we may grow in harmony and friendship as brothers and sisters created in Your image, to Your honor and praise. Amen.

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20 minutes ago, OhioSongbird said:

AMEN!!  The world looks brighter already.  Let the party commence (both meanings intended).    ☺️

Just hoping and praying for no craziness....

 

That bottle of Champagne I've been saving is going to get a work out tonight. Hopefully we can come together as a country and heal some of our divisions.

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Please pray for me and my family.  I am so scared that I will probably be losing my job in the next year due the election results.  I know many people are happy, but I am beside myself with anxiety.  I will lose my house and I have no idea how I will continue to support my child.  I am sick over this.  Sorry, I know not many people think the way I do, but this is gonna wreck me.  I probably should have never adopted my son.  I didn’t know things would go so sideways.  If it was just me I could make do, now I have a kiddo.  Sorry that I can’t be all happy and celebrate.  Glad y’all got your results.  

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A group gathered near the White House in support of President-Elect Biden on Saturday, November 7, 2020/© Anna Moneymaker for The New York Times 

Winners and losers from the 2020 election

 

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President Trump arriving to the White House after golfing on Saturday, November 7, 2020/© Oliver Contreras for The New York Times 

 

What’s next? Saturday’s election verdict isn’t last step

 

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Voters wearing protective face masks to help curb the spread of the coronavirus line up to cast their ballots at a polling station near Shwedagon pagoda Sunday, Nov. 8, 2020, in Yangon, Myanmar. Voting was underway in Myanmar's elections on Sunday, with the party of Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi heavily favored to retain power it had wrestled from the powerful military five years ago. (AP Photo/Thein Zaw)

UAE announces relaxing of Islamic laws for personal freedoms

 

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A city police officer walks in the Vittorio Emanuele II gallery shopping arcade in downtown Milan, Italy, Friday, Nov. 6, 2020. Lombardy is among the four Italian regions classified as red zones, where a strict lockdown was imposed starting Friday - to be reassessed in two weeks - in an effort to curb the COVID-19 infections growing curve. Starting today, only shops selling food and other essentials are allowed to open. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)

Italy shuts down 4 regions as Europe tries lighter lockdowns

 

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People shop for lanterns at a roadside stall ahead of Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, in Mumbai, India, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2020. Diwali will be celebrated on Nov. 14. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

 

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John Velazquez (9) rides Authentic to win the Breeder's Cup Classic horse race at Keeneland Race Course, in Lexington, Ky., Saturday, Nov. 7, 2020. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)

NASCAR claims victory in finishing season during pandemic

 

Tropical Storm Eta threatens Cuba and south Florida

 

 

It was all a dream: Whitney, B.I.G. inducted into Rock Hall

 

 

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Merciful Father, You who steadied the hand of Peter as he began to sink on the stormy sea, as you are with geauxaway, no one is against her. Grant her the shield of faith and the mighty armor of the Holy Spirit to protect her and guide her to do Your will. The future we put into Your hands, O Lord, and follow You to a life in Christ. Amen

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1 hour ago, Cupid Stunt said:

Merciful Father, You who steadied the hand of Peter as he began to sink on the stormy sea, as you are with geauxaway, no one is against her. Grant her the shield of faith and the mighty armor of the Holy Spirit to protect her and guide her to do Your will. The future we put into Your hands, O Lord, and follow You to a life in Christ. Amen

Thank you.  I pray things will be ok.  I really do. I am just very scared.  But like you say, it is in the Lord’s hands and I 100% agree on that.  I’ll live through it, but it won’t be easy, which is the scary part of course.  I’ve never had this much to lose.  I pray for peace and love, health and happiness for all.  😘

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1 hour ago, geauxaway said:

Thank you.  I pray things will be ok.  I really do. I am just very scared.  But like you say, it is in the Lord’s hands and I 100% agree on that.  I’ll live through it, but it won’t be easy, which is the scary part of course.  I’ve never had this much to lose.  I pray for peace and love, health and happiness for all.  😘

Forgive me for being obtuse but what does the election have to do with whether or not you keep your job?

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22 minutes ago, OhioSongbird said:

R.I.P. Alex Trebeck.....      😞

Loved him.

It was not unexpected but damn, it still hurts. The people at my dad's care place are going to be crushed. They all loved Jeopardy and watch it together every evening.

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When I heard about Alex this morning, I cried like I haven’t cried since my dad died in July. We watch Jeopardy six times a week in my house, and my 19-year-old autistic son has been a huge fan of Jeopardy since he was a toddler. We even got him an Alex Trebek Pop last year for Christmas (those pop culture toys by Funko). I told him this afternoon that Alex died, and he was sad...I’m really sad about it and feel like I could cry even now 😢

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The hands of Biden supporter Angelo Austin, and Trump supporter C.L. Bryant, right, gesture as they argue while Trump supporters demonstrate against the election results outside the central counting board at the TCF Center in Detroit, Mich., Thursday, Nov. 5, 2020. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

America the Resilient

 

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Seymour 'Bill' Taylor, 95, from Colchester, who served as an Able Seaman in the Royal Navy onboard HMS Emerald during the D-Day landings joins neighbours in the street to observe the two minutes silence to pay his respects on Remembrance Sunday, in Essex, England, Sunday, Nov. 8, 2020. (Joe Giddens/PA via AP)

UK honors war dead in scaled-back Remembrance Sunday service

 

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Mexico City, Mexico/'Frida in pandemic times' painted by the urban artist Julio Aferra /Reuters

United States nears 10 million coronavirus cases

 

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An activist turns on LED candles at a memorial for Israel's victims of COVID-19, in Jerusalem, Sunday, Nov. 8, 2020. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty

 

 

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Florida braces for flooding and possible tornadoes after Tropical Storm Eta makes landfall in the Keys

 

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Game show host Alex Trebek poses for a photo in his Los Angeles home on Aug. 3, 1988. Trebek, who presided over the beloved quiz show “Jeopardy!” for more than 30 years with dapper charm and a touch of school-master strictness, died Sunday, Nov. 8, 2020. He was 80. (AP Photo/Alan Greth)

Alex Trebek, long-running ‘Jeopardy!’ host, dies at 80

 

“Warmest human spirit”: UK’s former chief rabbi Sacks dies

 

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Weldon called his work "a document to weddings in our time, and a contribution to photography for future generations."/Ian Weldon's photo book, "I Am Not A Wedding Photographer."

Photographer captures weddings in their candid, chaotic glory

 

Chase Elliott drives from back of the field to first NASCAR title

 

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Depeche Mode

 

Depeche Mode on lots of drugs ... Nine Inch Nails

 

 

 

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