Have we seen this before?

HippieChick58 comments on May 9, 2023:

There benefit of living alone, I have one of those, or not, depending upon my mood :)

I often hear people say or write that pets have "crossed the rainbow bridge.

HippieChick58 comments on May 8, 2023:

I have heard of the rainbow bridge for years, since I first had my golden. If it comforts someone I am all for it, losing a pet sucks. When I first transitioned to atheism I had to let go of the irrational hope of seeing my mother and my first daughter in heaven one day. It gave me comfort to think of my mother being with my daughter and my daughter being healed of her birth defects. I mourned that loss of that hope for months. And I've also sent plenty of critters to "the rainbow bridge." I am all for what ever gives you peace. I am now over 10 years as an atheist, and yes, I still mourn the loss of hope of seeing my mother and daughter once again. I don't care that much about anyone who has gone on before, except for the kritters. I want to apologize to Spooky for the way her passing was handled, she deserved better.

Lilapsophobia noun An irrational or disproportionate fear of tornadoes or hurricanes.

HippieChick58 comments on May 8, 2023:

This is something I do NOT have. I have lived in Tornado Alley most of my life and coastal hurricane areas a few times. Not to mention I've been through a typhoon in Okinawa. I have a healthy respect for the storms, and bug out to the basement if needed, but only if needed.

There are certain songs from each group that turn out to be my permanent favorites.

HippieChick58 comments on May 7, 2023:

It is a good one!

YOBBERY.

HippieChick58 comments on May 7, 2023:

New one for me.

Quincunx noun An arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at ...

HippieChick58 comments on May 6, 2023:

new info for me, thanks!

The doctor said that I need to take it easy for 6 weeks.

HippieChick58 comments on May 6, 2023:

I have two shades, a paler shade of pale or fire engine red. There is no tan, no pink, or no other middle ground. I avoid strong sunshine in most instances. If I exposed that much skin for any length of time I'd be hurtin for days.

I think this is a fake account because "she" is scamming people by posting a WhatsApp number that ...

HippieChick58 comments on May 6, 2023:

I tried a couple of her pictures on Tin Eye, no hits. Yes, her investment platform will change your life. What it doesn't say if it will make all your investments disappear into their pockets and you'll have no returns.

Compare Serbia's reaction to two mass shootings with that of the USA.

HippieChick58 comments on May 6, 2023:

AUGUST 27TH, 2019 “America is a Gun,” Brian Bilston England is a cup of tea. France, a wheel of ripened brie. Greece, a short, squat olive tree. America is a gun. Brazil is football on the sand. Argentina, Maradona’s hand. Germany, an oompah band. America is a gun. Holland is a wooden shoe. Hungary, a goulash stew. Australia, a kangaroo. America is a gun. Japan is a thermal spring. Scotland is a highland fling. Oh, better to be anything than America as a gun.

WISEACRE.

HippieChick58 comments on May 6, 2023:

I have been so described more than once.

O.

HippieChick58 comments on May 5, 2023:

There are none so blind as those who will not see. She "knows" but is in full blown denial because admitting the truth will be the end of her fantasy which will be worth of death. OTOH, that she is so convinced he is so important and must be white and she hates people of color. Her self esteem is in the toilet, makes me sad. She is addicted to the hope of being in love.

oeuvre/œuvre Encountered in my online reading today, I’ve always had a broader understanding of ...

HippieChick58 comments on May 4, 2023:

Fascinating. I am familiar with the word, but not the exact meaning.

I hate these people!

HippieChick58 comments on May 4, 2023:

fkn republiccans

Texas Senate Approves Bill To Allow Gov. Greg Abbott To Overturn Elections [news.yahoo.com]

HippieChick58 comments on May 3, 2023:

so much for the will of the people.

Dead Zeppelin

HippieChick58 comments on May 3, 2023:

I think it could be a disaster of titanic proportions.

Barking up the (far) right tree. 😂

HippieChick58 comments on May 3, 2023:

He's too old and too fat to get up any tree without a great deal of help. Coming down he can rely on gravity, and that's gonna be one bigly crater!

Theological research.....

HippieChick58 comments on May 3, 2023:

I have looked for god as well, and after thorough examination I came to the conclusion that either it hates me, or does not exist. And it is more logical that it doesn't exist, and I much prefer logic.

This is very interesting.

HippieChick58 comments on May 3, 2023:

Ohhhhh wow! This could be really bad...

Wednesday morning cuteness

HippieChick58 comments on May 3, 2023:

What darling floofs!! I want to take them home.

UBIQUITOUS - Adjective…seeming to be everywhere; constantly encountered; widespread “his ...

HippieChick58 comments on May 3, 2023:

A word I am familiar with and use as often as I can. I used to use it to trigger one of my coworkers. She was not very bright (I don't think) and she was vindictive as hell (and buddy to the team lead). I called her "my contemporary" once (she was a few months younger than I am), she had no idea what I meant. She'd complain when I used "big" words. I was not that upset when I was let go early in the pandemic, aside from pandemic and unemployment... Turns out to have been the best thing that ever happened to me.

He's everything that Europeans abhor about stereotypical Americans

HippieChick58 comments on May 3, 2023:

At time I wish I had never left Germany. We were stationed there when my middle daughter was born. Alas, we thought we wanted to be closer to family. My oldest kid has moved to the Netherlands, and now I am too old to move there with them. So I'm stuck in the good old (not so good any longer) USA.

Milwaukee’s Mitchell Airport has a Recombobulation Area right after the security checkpoints.

HippieChick58 comments on May 2, 2023:

I am very familiar with discombobulated, so I get the recombobulation, and that area is definitely needed after security checkpoints.

I had one of these nuts as a neighbor, she ran for school board and state legislature.

HippieChick58 comments on May 2, 2023:

Trump in combat gear AND carrying a high powered weapon is just laughable. And scary as all hell.

Mauka adverb Toward the mountains; inland.

HippieChick58 comments on May 2, 2023:

Way cool!

All the programs on McCarthy's chopping block combined equal only a fraction of the military budget.

HippieChick58 comments on May 2, 2023:

This is just unspeakable.

That is what I am doing.

HippieChick58 comments on May 2, 2023:

I like to keep my kids and their kids around me, they think I am fabulous!

I think he is single ...ladies?

HippieChick58 comments on May 2, 2023:

I see why he is single, and I'm going to do my part in keeping him that way.

TRUCULENT.

HippieChick58 comments on May 2, 2023:

That seems to be most of the USA these days, especially the party of Trump.

The “good old conservative days of the 1950s were not what the extreme right and the gun promoters...

HippieChick58 comments on May 2, 2023:

True dat! Well said.

That almost happened to me...?

HippieChick58 comments on May 1, 2023:

It saves time!

More shooting.

HippieChick58 comments on Apr 30, 2023:

At first I was sure it was in the USA. Now I am relieved it isn't in the US, but horrified that other countries have this problem. Humankind and guns don't mix together well, but that seems to be our history. We're just not learning.

Reboant adjective Resounding or reverberating loudly.

HippieChick58 comments on Apr 30, 2023:

New one for me!

Funny feline…

HippieChick58 comments on Apr 30, 2023:

Yes, if I think I hear a noise I look at the cats. If they are relaxing I know I was dreaming. When I had the dog he'd bark. I miss that good ol boy.

163 mass shootíngs in 120 days; a new record. 😳 [abcnews.go.com] [abcnews.go.com]

HippieChick58 comments on Apr 30, 2023:

There are none so deaf as those who will not hear.

2 rare leopards born at Pittsburgh Zoo

HippieChick58 comments on Apr 30, 2023:

What beautiful babies!

Absolutely perfect

HippieChick58 comments on Apr 30, 2023:

Truth!

Hugs are for best friends

HippieChick58 comments on Apr 30, 2023:

They are adorable, and so peaceful... at least for now :)

Do you know this guy?

HippieChick58 comments on Apr 30, 2023:

On FB I get contacted by numerous military officers, and generally very high ranking officers. I know that is BS. I generally report them and move on. Life is too short. I've had my encounters with romance scammers, and I'm pretty much done.

Better yet, buy a used bible

HippieChick58 comments on Apr 29, 2023:

I have purchased several bibles, and then I read several of them. The most fascinating was the chronological order bible. I have read the bible cover to cover three times. And that is why I am an atheist today.

tranche: noun is a division or portion of a pool or whole.

HippieChick58 comments on Apr 29, 2023:

tranche noun a portion of something, especially money. "they released the first tranche of the loan" Tranche is a French word meaning slice or portion. In structured finance, a tranche is one of a number of related securities offered as part of the same transaction. In the financial sense of the word, each bond is a different slice of the deal's risk. Wikipedia

Run, Cheato, run!

HippieChick58 comments on Apr 28, 2023:

She's smarter than he is and she won't pander to his ego, exactly NOT his type.

What is cricket?

HippieChick58 comments on Apr 28, 2023:

I am not a fan of any sports, and what I have seen of Cricket has not improved my opinion. I am all for it if makes them happy to follow their bliss, but please don't try to talk to me about it.

Yeah, the longest term you got.

HippieChick58 comments on Apr 28, 2023:

That isn't even long enough given his age, but we'll take what we can get.

Pet memes…

HippieChick58 comments on Apr 28, 2023:

Good ones! I had a Golden Retriever with a big bark. The "danger" in him was that he would lean on you and knock you over! That boy liked full body contact.

I would be rapturous ....

HippieChick58 comments on Apr 28, 2023:

Let there be peace on Earth, it will begin when the nuts are raptured.

QUERULOUS.

HippieChick58 comments on Apr 28, 2023:

Is that also spelled Republican?

Oneiromancy noun Divination through dreams.

HippieChick58 comments on Apr 27, 2023:

Our dreams can be really weird.

What has the U$A learned since the murder of Emmett Till in 1955 [abc.net.au] ?

HippieChick58 comments on Apr 27, 2023:

Sadly, you are not wrong.

More random repugnance…

HippieChick58 comments on Apr 27, 2023:

Perfect!

PLUTOCRACY.

HippieChick58 comments on Apr 27, 2023:

It would seem like the US is devolving to a plutocracy, however too many of the wanna be plutocrats are dirt poor brainwashed illiterate unwashed yokels who wanna be rich and politics seems like the best way to do it.

More Tucker…

HippieChick58 comments on Apr 26, 2023:

Poor Tuckie Tuck, being the butt of all jokes. I'm enjoying the hell out of this.

OXTER/S.

HippieChick58 comments on Apr 26, 2023:

New one for me.

O.M.G. ...this can't be true?

HippieChick58 comments on Apr 26, 2023:

Wow!! I was not expecting that, but it sounds about right.

Our second least favorite authoritarian (DeSantis) has a new commercial out claiming he is "the ...

HippieChick58 comments on Apr 25, 2023:

No one NEEDs or wants his BS. That makes me glad I don't watch TV.

Washington State Bans Sale Of Semi-Automatic Rifles. Horray!

HippieChick58 comments on Apr 25, 2023:

Sometimes I hugely regret that we moved out of Washington state, and this is another one of them. I think these are excellent laws and a good first step.

It couldn't happen to a more deserving POS 😂

HippieChick58 comments on Apr 25, 2023:

About damn time!

Take this ketchup, for it is my blood.

HippieChick58 comments on Apr 25, 2023:

I am hoping for a massive coronary for him in the very near future.

NUMISMATICS.

HippieChick58 comments on Apr 25, 2023:

I have known several Numismatists, it is a harmless hobby but I'm not interested. The only place I want to collect money is in the bank.

From the peanut gallery:

HippieChick58 comments on Apr 25, 2023:

Amen, and AMEN!!

Feline funnies!

HippieChick58 comments on Apr 24, 2023:

OH man!! The check one did me in!!! I talk people, especially seniors through the process of doing mobile deposits. I am a phone representative for a credit union. So I received a check last week, the first time in ages, and I did my a mobile deposit to my account at the company that employs me. I had to look all over my house for a dark surface with good lighting. I never thought to use the cat!! Although she is not solid black she is dark. I also doubt she would have held still for such indignity.

Seems his fall back plans may not work either

HippieChick58 comments on Apr 24, 2023:

That is what I thought when I first saw that picture.

One of the highest rated US TV hosts, Tucker Carlson, is leaving Fox News, the US media giant has ...

HippieChick58 comments on Apr 24, 2023:

Couldn't have happened to a more worthy jerk!

Tucker Carlson out at Fox News [abcnews-go-com.

HippieChick58 comments on Apr 24, 2023:

Best news I heard all day.

Extravasate verb To pour forth lava or the like.

HippieChick58 comments on Apr 24, 2023:

I'd prefer not to be up close and personal with that.

MACARONIC.

HippieChick58 comments on Apr 24, 2023:

New one for me!

From our Biblical Plagues Department:

HippieChick58 comments on Apr 24, 2023:

The locusts would have been preferable.

Bibliogony noun The art of producing and publishing books.

HippieChick58 comments on Apr 23, 2023:

I have not heard this before, but it makes sense.

Two different lines of thought…

HippieChick58 comments on Apr 23, 2023:

100% spot on!!

Future of the planet

HippieChick58 comments on Apr 23, 2023:

What about the future of the planet? If you were adding a link it isn't there.

LUGUBRIOUS - Adjective…looking or sounding sad and dismal, especially to an exaggerated degree ...

HippieChick58 comments on Apr 23, 2023:

There is a dog cartoon that is the very image of this word. Droopy dog.

consanguinity con·san·guin·i·ty noun the fact of being descended from the same ancestor.

HippieChick58 comments on Apr 23, 2023:

For those south of the Mason Dixon in the USA that's your dating pool.

Mycorrhiza noun A symbiotic association of the mycelium of a fungus with the roots of ...

HippieChick58 comments on Apr 22, 2023:

New word for me, thanks!

I've noticed that my level has just changed from a 9.

HippieChick58 comments on Apr 22, 2023:

I look at my points every few weeks. I think I calculated once that at the rate I'm going I will make level 10 sometime in 2025... I don't think it will make any difference really. I will still stop by regularly as I like the experience here.

Oh, there is no doubt, you ARE a moron.

HippieChick58 comments on Apr 22, 2023:

I was blissfully ignorant of the number of people around me that are morons. I am not liking this level of awareness.

My Mister, 24 hours in.

HippieChick58 comments on Apr 22, 2023:

He is just recharging his batteries so he can love you more.

‘OHHHHH!’ Bill Maher Audience Recoils At Stunning Tucker Carlson Text From Bombshell Fox News ...

HippieChick58 comments on Apr 22, 2023:

Harsh, but true.

The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing. Edmund Burke

HippieChick58 comments on Apr 22, 2023:

Sad but true, and I think we see a great deal of that in the US today. It is easier to think someone else will take care of it cuz we're too busy, when the reality is all us good folks need to make a stink and do something!

Lock him up!

HippieChick58 comments on Apr 22, 2023:

I am definitely rooting for the 20 to life crowd.

GOP Committee Chair Reportedly 'Furious' With MTG Over Outbursts – May Seek to Remove Her

HippieChick58 comments on Apr 22, 2023:

Abe would be so ashamed of what the Republican party has devolved to.

End games…

HippieChick58 comments on Apr 22, 2023:

I wish they would stop calling programs like Medicare and Social Security "popular". They aren't just popular, they are necessary and humane programs. They are VITAL SERVICES.

Saturday morning cuteness

HippieChick58 comments on Apr 22, 2023:

She is cute and regal! And floof!

Radiant noun The point in the heavens from which a shower of meteors appears to radiate.

HippieChick58 comments on Apr 21, 2023:

As a noun it is a point or object from which light or heat radiates, especially a heating element in an electric or gas heater. "I sat down by my hissing gas fire—one of the radiants was missing" As an adjective it is 1.sending out light; shining or glowing brightly. "a bird with radiant green and red plumage" 2. (of heat) transmitted by radiation, rather than conduction or convection. "plants convert the radiant energy of the sun into chemical energy"

Friday morning cuteness

HippieChick58 comments on Apr 21, 2023:

adorable!

JAM-PACKED.

HippieChick58 comments on Apr 21, 2023:

I am very familiar with that. I remember being in a few areas that were jam-packed, and never again. I am not fond of crowds.

Cover it? Bwahahahaha! 😂 [reuters.com]

HippieChick58 comments on Apr 21, 2023:

I hope it hurts so bad!

Only in Washington State

HippieChick58 comments on Apr 20, 2023:

I know how to pronounce all those cities. I have eaten in the Space Needle once, and yeah it was pricey! Good though, and the view! One day I will get back there, I hope.

Megan Hunt is still at it and now has some help, I posted about her maybe a month ago.

HippieChick58 comments on Apr 20, 2023:

I am so glad we have her.

IRASCIBLE.

HippieChick58 comments on Apr 20, 2023:

My great grandfather was definitely irascible. He was in a nursing home on his 99th birthday. They had a celebration for him, and he cussed them out. He told them he was 100 and get it right. He passed the next day. He was that way his whole life.

...be sure to use SPF 50 sun screen!

HippieChick58 comments on Apr 20, 2023:

My house is on the side of a hill, the neighbors uphill would be able to see into my yard. I don't want to scar any of them or their kids for the rest of their lives.

Trumptards still back the orange…

HippieChick58 comments on Apr 19, 2023:

Never is even too soon.

Thought this was pretty cool though some of them seem a bit of a stretch.

HippieChick58 comments on Apr 19, 2023:

The Netherlands have it translated very well. The Low Lands. It is flat and prone to flooding. That's pretty cool!

(and philosophy) Implicature: noun • 1.

HippieChick58 comments on Apr 19, 2023:

I am also often guilty of TMI. I try very hard to make sure I am fully understood. It can be exhausting.

Drag around an oxygen tank? From despair to elation in one day.

HippieChick58 comments on Apr 19, 2023:

How awesome!!

A strange looking kitty has been visiting my house lately.

HippieChick58 comments on Apr 19, 2023:

Free food doesn't discriminate :)

Breaking news:- At least one person has died and five others injured after a multi-storey car ...

HippieChick58 comments on Apr 18, 2023:

Oops.... that is horrifying!

Heavenly fiction.

HippieChick58 comments on Apr 18, 2023:

And the dang thing hasn't slowed down since Donnie boy was 4.

also philosophy Eudaimonia: in Aristotelian ethics, the condition of human flourishing or of living ...

HippieChick58 comments on Apr 18, 2023:

I have seen or heard of eudamonia in several contexts over the years. It seems to boil down to having a life that has meaning or purpose. For each of us that can mean different things, but it seems that people who have figured out their purpose in life are more content and more at peace. Everyone has to figure out for themselves what gives life meaning, it is not one size fits all. I know my purpose, I live my purpose and I am quite content.

Chrestomathy noun A collection of selected literary passages, often by one author and ...

HippieChick58 comments on Apr 18, 2023:

Cool!

To all Fox "Mews" watchers: IN settling the Dominion Voting Ma chines case for almost $800 ...

HippieChick58 comments on Apr 18, 2023:

I won't even stay in the same room that Fox News is being viewed in. And I have nothing good to say to or about those that watch that claptrap.

GLAUR.

HippieChick58 comments on Apr 18, 2023:

Nice word :)