Sunday morning cuteness...Get ready for a hug!!!

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 29, 2023:

Look, up in the air! It's a plane, it's a bird... it's a cat?

EXTRAMURAL.

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 29, 2023:

I remember this word from my and my kids' school days.

Rangoli noun A traditional Hindu decoration on a floor or other flat surface usually made of...

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 28, 2023:

New one for me, I had to Google it.

Would you want to live to be 500 years old?

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 28, 2023:

I don't think my money will last that long, and I surely don't want to keep working that long. Can you imagine the changes you'd have to get used to if you did live for 500 years. Just think of all the changes in the last 50 years, multiplied by more than 10. Plus the population problems we've got now with people dying at the time they do. If we lived longer, how would we all fit on the earth?

I've moved to Vancouver, BC.

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 28, 2023:

Well, with online dating, you pay your nickel and take your chances. Just be aware of the risks and try to mitigate them. Always follow your gut.

And just like that…

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 28, 2023:

That sounds reasonable.

If You Climb Everest You May Be Met With A Pallas's Cat's Scowl.

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 28, 2023:

Poor baby, that's a rough life.

An example: To all you crybabies announcing your departure, I hole-hardedly agree, but allow me to...

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 28, 2023:

OMG!! I was ready to tear my hair out after the first sentence!!

Saturday morning cuteness

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 28, 2023:

S/he does not look warm and cuddly. Fierce maybe, annoyed fer sure. Approach with caution.

I’m hurting pretty bad tonight.

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 28, 2023:

THIS! She hits the nail on the head! OK, now that I have watched this completely I'm in tears. I wish I had heard this 40 years ago, or even grown up with this.

Drum troll

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 27, 2023:

Famous last words! All sorts of S--t is going to go wrong, and in a bigly way. It isn't going to be pretty.

Please put your seat belts on and your trays back in their upright positions

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 27, 2023:

I'd fly with her/him anywhere.

Friday morning cuteness

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 27, 2023:

So sweet!! S/he looks like my daughter's kitty, pure black and full of mischief.

and a "news" network too it seems

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 27, 2023:

I hope Putie is on his way out, I've been reading rumors of his illnesses and weaknesses.

My garden seeds arrived in the mail so I am getting my grow racks ready.

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 27, 2023:

Winter is the time for dreaming and planning the perfect garden. I love it when the seed catalogs arrive.

'People have moved on': Grim number of potential 2024 Trump endorsements suggests nightmare scenario...

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 27, 2023:

I think that it is great news for the rest of us, not so much for Donnie. Hey Donnie, you're now obsolete. Please shuffle off to your cave and stagnate in obsolescence. I can dig it.

Arbejdsglaede is the Danish word for the joy that can be found in work.

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 26, 2023:

I am lucky to have found a job where I am finding arbejdsglaede. I like what I do, most of the time. And I am paid well for what I do. At one time I planned to retire as soon as I hit 65, and now I'm planning to hang around till I'm 70.

Strigiform adjective Of or pertaining to owls.

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 26, 2023:

cool, new one for me.

Gnathostomes: Jawed vertebrates (which includes us).

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 26, 2023:

New one to me!

Who is covering for them? 👉Republicans👈

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 26, 2023:

True dat.

Magic brownies... [youtu.be]

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 26, 2023:

Thanks for posting. I haven't seen Barney Miller in ages.

He hit a nerve with a comment about my body.

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 26, 2023:

It amazes me how anyone thinks they can criticize anyone's body. Or anything about them for that matter. Especially at a fabric store which should be a safe place for ALL women. Fabrics don't care what you look like. Being one of the larger types of women, I have had my fair share of body shaming, my dad used to call me fat. The only time I was ever slim is when I was trying to get into the Army and trying to stay in the Army. I try not to judge people on what they look like because looks really don't matter. How they act says it all, and yes, I judge like hell on how someone acts.

BARRACK/BARRACKING.

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 26, 2023:

This is a new one for me. I am familiar with military barracks, or lodging. I lived in barracks for too many years. BARRACKS bar·racks /ˈberəks/ noun a building or group of buildings used to house soldiers. "the troops were ordered back to barracks" BARRACK bar·rack /ˈberək/ verb provide (soldiers) with accommodations in a building or set of buildings. "the granary in which the platoons were barracked"

Sarcopenia - Meaning loss of muscle mass due to aging.

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 26, 2023:

I am aware of this process, and I know I need to do more...

Cryptomnesia noun The phenomenon of not recognizing the return of an old memory as a product ...

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 25, 2023:

I had never heard of that before, but it makes sense. It sounds like a component of various sorts of dementia.

Wednesday morning cuteness

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 25, 2023:

Adorable, I want them all, even knowing that would be chaos.

AVAST! - Exclamation…(Nautical) stop; cease; a command used at sea to tell sailors to stop ...

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 25, 2023:

I am looking forward to finding that in my Dutch studies. I remember hearing on TV as a kid and repeating it when we played pirates.

It's really that simple.

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 24, 2023:

Very good!

SIGH! Feels good to be home! What's been going on???

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 23, 2023:

I saw you just made it back to the Pinata!! WTG! Good to have you back!

Neologism: the coining or use of new words

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 23, 2023:

I don't like to be the coffee, grandchild coughed on me and I was sick for a week! Dang those germy little darlings.

Like 5-year-olds having a meltdown, insurrectionist MAGAts in the House stamp their feet and ...

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 23, 2023:

Don't hold your breath.

Electric induction stoves are cleaner, safer, more efficient, better for the environment, and better...

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 23, 2023:

I do like cooking with gas.

VAFROUS.

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 23, 2023:

New one for me! I like it.

Hello! It's me.

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 22, 2023:

I'm so sorry that has happened! I was just thinking I hadn't heard from you in a while.

A Republican candidate paid for shootings targeting N.M. Democrats, police say : NPR

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 22, 2023:

Incredible. Stop the merry go round, I want to get off and find sanity. Sanity is close and the Merry Go Round is stuck in drive mode.

This is a very interesting article, complete with charts.

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 22, 2023:

the last chart was quite enlightening.

One of the worst western writers, one of the worst sci fi writers, one great con man.

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 22, 2023:

Total scam...

Traitors and monsters…

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 22, 2023:

Good ones!

I had just heard about this painting on the latest Now & Then Podcast.

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 22, 2023:

That is a might calm cat to be chained and on water...

Leveret noun A young hare.

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 22, 2023:

New one for me.

21 years ago this little guy showed on my back deck, skinny and starving, and never left.

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 22, 2023:

I had the sweetest cat for many years. She was people bonded, she loved, loved, loved to snuggle. She wanted fulll body contact. She would sleep under the blankets with me. She passed a few weeks before my first granddaughter was born, so just over 6 years ago. I was having some work done in my house, and as soon as the work was done, I went to the human society and adopted another kitty. I now have two, and I know when I pass if I still have them my kiddoes will find good homes for them.

I had gotten my kids a chemistry set for Xmas, today they were experimenting.

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 22, 2023:

That is way cool!! One of my kids has no kids, but she frequently has sleepovers with the niblings. She is an awesome auntie, and when the nibs are over they do science stuff! The nibs love it. They also do art and all sorts of fun things. They (daughter and spouse) get kid time and happily send them back to their parents.

This joke is funnier if you partake in the first one

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 21, 2023:

He is such a "special" individual, not funny at all, but the first one makes seeing his face much more bearable.

Of George Santos: "He lied.

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 21, 2023:

He may be even trumpier than Donnie is, not a good thing.

Ewer noun A pitcher with a wide spout.

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 21, 2023:

Ewers also make good vases in a pinch, they can be quite pretty holding flowers.

It's hard to believe that it was only six years ago, it seems like a lifetime.

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 21, 2023:

I feel like I've aged a lifetime in these past few years.

Even with the Weaker Speaker and MAGAts chairing all the committees, there is a way around the ...

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 21, 2023:

they are despicable.

They lie a lot, don't they?

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 21, 2023:

If/when their lips are moving, they're lying.

words This will be fun for (me) some and, for some, E E E K!! Musophobia: Rats have always scared ...

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 21, 2023:

I remember taking the underground Seattle tour, and looking back on it, I can see that it would be a great place for rats. Ewwwww.

The pinnacle of altruism.

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 20, 2023:

That man was what a "good" xian should be like.

SMIDGEON (or SMIDGEN) - Noun…a very small amount or part of something; a tiny or scarcely ...

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 20, 2023:

One of my favorites. I will have just a smidgen of chocolate, and then it's all gone before I know it!

You are not alone.

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 20, 2023:

I still remember my childhood phone number, the current number... not so much. The number for the kids... not at all. If I lose my cellphone I'm doomed.

Atrocity or curiosity a bagel for a hamburger bun?

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 19, 2023:

If the kids like them, then it's a go!

Sitzmark noun A sunken area in the snow marking a backward fall of a skier.

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 19, 2023:

New one for me, but it makes sense.

Beats the Hell Outa Me!

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 19, 2023:

I know, right!

Bowing to public pressure, I had my hair lightened yesterday.

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 19, 2023:

I don't care what people look like, I am more interested in who they are. I don't wear makeup most of the time, and I might lighten my hair from time to time because I can and I'm a natural blond. I'm also overweight, and I acknowledge I'm not a show horse, I'm more of a plodding plow horse. If someone doesn't like what I look like I seriously reconsider my relationship to them. I wouldn't regard them as friends, as in "with friends like that..." Life is too short, I am going to put my energy into things that really matter, at least what really matters to me.

Here’s the little gymnast now…

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 19, 2023:

I opened my deck door after a heavy snow, my kitties smelled the snow, and chose NOT to go out. Poor delicate babies.

REPECHAGE.

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 19, 2023:

New one for me!

I ordered my tomato and bell pepper seeds yesterday... its garden season already!

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 19, 2023:

I used to spend hours with seed and plant catalogs, they were full color, like flower pornography. My favorite, though it came in summer, was the catalog from Dutch Gardens (at the Keukenhof) for tulip bulbs. Now my daughter has moved to the Netherlands, and I'm hoping to visit the Keukenhof once again. I visited when she was a baby and we were stationed in Germany 30+ years ago.

That's how you can tell it's a cult.

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 18, 2023:

I'd be pounding that button down into the dust. If you have done nothing wrong there is no reason to fear an investigation. If you made a simple mistake, you're human. If you conspired and plotted, you deserve to rot in a prison somewhere remote and dreary.

Sooo, today i answererd the phone in my usual deep tone, and a 'shaky-sounding' voice said ...

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 18, 2023:

That is a common scam, which is why I don't answer numbers I don't recognize.

Peer-reviewed articles on vaccine safety-- Abstract (1st article): The World Health Organization ...

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 18, 2023:

I understand hesitancy, no parent wants to hurt their kid, but we also have to protect the majority of folks and especially those who are medically fragile. It can be a tough call.

What's to stop them?

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 18, 2023:

and damn be the consequences.

What's his real name? And where did he get all that money?

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 18, 2023:

so damn blind they see only what they wanna see.

Sklent verb To deviate from a straight course.

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 18, 2023:

And I love rabbit holes. From Merriam Webster: sklent verb ˈsklent intransitive verb 1 chiefly Scottish : to glance sideways : look askance 2 chiefly Scottish : to cast aspersions transitive verb Scottish : to direct sideways : SLANT Word History Etymology Middle English sclenten to strike obliquely, alteration of slenten

Leading question gets cutting response.

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 18, 2023:

The repubs only want to hear certain answers so won't ask the right questions.

I'd like to introduce the new hair style called wind it is all the rage look for it in the newest ...

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 18, 2023:

when my hair was longer, it frequently looked about like that. I just called it morning, or life. Which is why I now keep my hair short.

Metanoia…is a way.

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 18, 2023:

I have had quite a few of those in my lifetime.

Feeding the worms.

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 18, 2023:

I have a worm box, they get a good portion of the kitchen veggie/fruit scraps. They actually get all of them in winter, and about half of them in warmer weather, part goes to compost bin as well.

Brilliant Trolling

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 18, 2023:

I sent a review of this on Amazon.com to my daughter as a gift suggestion for her MAGA Dad. She is uber liberal and non xian, her dad makes her batsh1t crazy, but she is a good daughter and keeps going. I think this will make her day.

QUADRIVIUM.

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 18, 2023:

New one for me!

Nainsook noun A fine, soft-finished cotton fabric, usually white, used for lingerie and ...

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 17, 2023:

I have been a seamstress most of my life and never heard of this. Way cool, I love learning new stuff.

PUERILE - Adjective…childish, silly and immature; displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity ...

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 17, 2023:

Soooo many examples of that....

Republican MLK day talking points.

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 16, 2023:

I would not be surprised at some time in the not too distant future if the Repbulicans try to remove this as a national holiday. It is just how low they like to go.

Dithyrambic adjective Of, relating to, or of the nature of an impassioned oration.

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 16, 2023:

Interesting, new one for me.

I must try it ....

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 16, 2023:

I seriously thought about that, but it's easier for me to get the litter to the trashcan than it is to the porch, so I'm stuck with it.

Aim low ...

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 16, 2023:

There's still plenty of time.

Besides being a Low life degenerate by attempting to lower child support payments and meet his ...

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 16, 2023:

This is an example of execrable journalism, written to tell as little of the story as possible but yet getting folks all worked up. @bebe12 you didn't give a link to the story so we could have access to details, you just added to the hubris. I want to know if the child's paternity has been proven? Why was she not given the name before? Which news outlets? I'm sorry, Faux news lacks considerable credibility. And then there is the angle of "Who really gives a damn?" I don't. What Hunter does or does not do no influence on what his father does or doesn't do. It ain't Joe's issue. And it just doesn't matter. Hunter is a private citizen, he ain't taking money from the Saudis to get daddy's influence. It's a private matter between Hunter and his baby mama. Yeah, I feel sorry for the kid, she's the real loser in all of this.

Sad with how simple this is that optics may prevent Trump being prosecuted for improper handling of ...

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 16, 2023:

I am hopeful that Donnie boy gets nailed.

Martin Luther King: Surprising facts about civil rights icon [bbc.com]

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 16, 2023:

Most of this I did not know. Thank you for posting it, and thanks to the BBC for publishing it.

Expressive face?

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 16, 2023:

adorable!

MAGAt memories

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 16, 2023:

And they got what they deserved.

Hyperacusis PRONUNCIATION: (hy-puhr-uh-KYOO-sis) MEANING: noun: A heightened sensitivity ...

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 16, 2023:

I wear hearing aids, so I definitely am on the opposite end of the spectrum. That falls into the mostly a curse category. HA are a PITA, the batteries don't last long enough. BUT, they're also a blessing because they allow me to keep my job. Days like today when I'm home with no plans to interact with anyone, I don't put the HA in.

Ladybirds, butterflies and bees are ever so important l

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 15, 2023:

The survival of the larger (human) species depends on the survival of these smaller species. We all need to be aware of that. We can't live well without them, but they sure can thrive if/when we're not around.

I usually don't laugh at actual injuries but this deserves at least a smug snicker

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 15, 2023:

smh

Trump named worst thing to come from US as Brits vote Netflix and Cola as the best The TV streaming...

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 15, 2023:

Donnie is definitely the worst thing ever to come out of America or happen to America. We will be decades recovering from his excrement.

I don’t know where these people find this stuff…

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 15, 2023:

I understand that feeling, and very happy that Monday is a holiday for me.

There is a huge difference

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 15, 2023:

Good ones!

History says crucify him. Give him some medieval torture republican love dark ages.

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 15, 2023:

Perfect!!

Sick of his $hit!

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 15, 2023:

I have been tired of Donnie Boy since he first started making headlines, way before he got into politics. He epitomizes the ugly American.

Asinine adjective Foolish, unintelligent, or silly.

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 14, 2023:

This word doesn't get said aloud nearly as often as it is thought. Probably 10 times a day, especially reading the news I'm thinking someone or something is totally asinine.

Yesterday I began taking Yoga lessons from my daughter Claire, 32.

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 14, 2023:

I have done yoga, and enjoyed it. I really should get back into it, it is great for flexibility. And yes, standing on one foot is hard. I am lucky now to get more than 10 seconds. I used to be able to hold the pose longer. Your previous instructor sounds like pill. They should never make you feel bad or single you out. Yoga is a practice, no one is perfect at first, or even second attempt. Build into it gradually. There are lots of online resources as well. Keep it up, I think you will come to like it more, and especially with Claire as your buddy/instructor.

Find the cat. It’s there!

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 14, 2023:

Yes, she is there!

Okay,,, that's just too damn cute! 😄 [twitter.com]

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 13, 2023:

She's adorable!

Yesternoon -- Noun meaning: The afternoon of the previous day.

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 13, 2023:

According to Miriam Webster, you can "yester" morning and evening as well. Or morn and eve. And also year, so yesteryear is any year previously that is not this one. We could get carried away with this.

Resilient reptiles.

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 13, 2023:

I could use a long winter's nap right now.

Different in degree AND kind

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 13, 2023:

Quite true!

BIG difference

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 13, 2023:

fer ding dang darn sure!

From our False Equivalency Department:

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 13, 2023:

precisely!

Bats. Not exactly pets, but….

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 13, 2023:

good info!