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!

Schmatte noun An old ragged garment; tattered article of clothing.

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 12, 2023:

New one for me.

This is probably not a meteorite it however is very dense it has rust it had like a crust on the ...

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 12, 2023:

How would you determine if it is a meteorite? If it is it is way cool! I love Dr. Google: https://www.usgs.gov/faqs/i-think-i-found-meteorite-how-can-i-tell-sure It could be....

My beautiful and loving sister, Kathy, is having an assisted end of life this afternoon at 4pm.

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 12, 2023:

I wish her and you peace as she ends her journey on this earth. I admire you for supporting her, it is a tough choice that she made, or maybe not so tough, but the humane option. I have discussed with my kids I don't want a lingering painful death. I want to live while I can and then go without any fuss and bother, and no machines or medications.

Here they come! Hide the Dentu-cream!

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 12, 2023:

This scares me more than anything else.

A cock on thin ice.

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 12, 2023:

Do you suppose he will get cold feet?

What are some organizations that help addicts get and stay sober that are not AA or NA?

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 12, 2023:

Smart Recovery. I have several friends involved with it, totally non theistic. https://www.smartrecovery.org/

Criminals always are...

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 12, 2023:

Moving this to your profile. I appreciate the sentiment, but not closely enough linked to Donnie Boy.

KIBBUTZ - Noun…a communal settlement in Israel, typically a farm; an international community in...

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 12, 2023:

I have read quite a bit about life on a kibbutz. It never appealed to me. And as pointed out, it is part of the Israel/Palestine conflict. If I ever fulfilled my bucket list to visit every country on the globe, that would be the last one.

Snye noun A side-channel, especially one that later rejoins the main stream.

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 11, 2023:

New one for me.

What a contrast with now.

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 11, 2023:

Wow!! How time have changed!

Great song, but it really is bad for governance,

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 11, 2023:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8L6KGuTr9TI

We were lost on the Pacific Crest Trail.

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 11, 2023:

When I read Des Moines I was trying to figure out why you were in Iowa. And then enlightenment percolated up in my tired brain, there is a Des Moines in Washington state. I've been to both of them. I am directionally challenged, and left right deficient.. Don't ever tell me north or south, and don't tell me Right or Left (pointing is better). My mother and grandmothers were all L/R confused, it likely has a genetic genetic component. However, one of my kids ALWAYS knows where she is and what direction she is facing. I'm not sure she is truly mine, except she is like my doppelganger. This kid takes her kid on walks through the streets of Utrecht, Netherlands, and always manages to get them home without Google maps. I don't go anywhere without Google Maps, even around town. Google maps tells me and shows me. I am in trouble if I'm ever out and about without Google Maps.

Most of you are with it so this might seem redundant.

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 11, 2023:

I have had paypay for several years with no problems. I occasionally get spoofed emails from "them" but I report them and they take care of it. I don't keep much money in that account. but I used to use it frequently when I sold on eBay. If I ever get back to selling I will use it more again.

JEJUNE.

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 11, 2023:

I am familiar with it, but did not know where it came from. Fascinating!

When I had worked a Stroh's Brewery most of my time was in the bottle shop where there was a lot of ...

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 11, 2023:

I've been wearing hearing aids for almost three years. I can't do my job without them. Background noise kills me. I answer phones and help members. If they have background noise I often tell them they need to go someplace quieter. Sooo many people call from their cars! How can you concentrate on what I'm telling you or what you need to ask if you're in heavy traffic.

Malinger verb To pretend illness, especially in order to shirk one's duty, avoid work, etc.

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 10, 2023:

I have been accused of malingering a time or two, it was all a vicious lie!

PUN FUN Dad, are we pyromaniacs?

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 10, 2023:

bad, bad, bad, but excellent puns.

ICHNEUTIC - Adjectve…of, like or pertaining to a tracker; tracking or to the hunter who tracks ...

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 10, 2023:

New one for me!

Tuesday morning cuteness

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 10, 2023:

adorable!

...an ambitious, reckless, self-interested imbecile.

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 10, 2023:

Totally true!

As of 10:20am today, Jan 9th 2023, My best friend, companion, and loyal doggo Molly crossed over the...

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 9, 2023:

You did the right thing by keeping her from suffering, and for that you were strong for her. Cancer sucks. I hope one day you are healed enough to give your heart to another doggo, cuz it sounds like you are an amazing dog dad.

HERMAPHRODITE - Noun…an organism having both male and female sex organs or other sexual ...

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 9, 2023:

I am familiar with this one.

Looking forward to a pile on…

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 8, 2023:

Good, I hope they take a big bite out of his assets.

Feed me NOW hooman!

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 8, 2023:

My cats think it is time to eat whenever I walk into the kitchen. Girls, I'm just filling up my water jug, it isn't time to eat yet! You still have food in your bowl!

Steppe noun An extensive plain, especially one without trees.

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 8, 2023:

Where are the steppes? the Steppe, belt of grassland that extends some 5,000 miles (8,000 km) from Hungary in the west through Ukraine and Central Asia to Manchuria in the east.

Truth from George.

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 8, 2023:

Yep

Horchata noun A chilled drink of Spain and Latin America, made from rice milk or any of ...

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 7, 2023:

I have heard of this, never tried it.

House speaker drama: Democrat reads 'The Subtle Art of Not Giving A Fk' book on floor

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 7, 2023:

I have to read that book!

Piling on Kevin just one more time.

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 7, 2023:

Good stuff!

Last one for tonight

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 7, 2023:

As the mother of daughters that just horrifies me.

IDK really but this guy sounds odd to me : [agnostic.

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 7, 2023:

He sure gets around, or his picture does.

@Sandramary should be watched out for.

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 6, 2023:

Yeah, she looks young, and young.

In the manner of Republican Senator Joseph McCarthy, a question for Republican Congressman Kevin ...

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 6, 2023:

That whole debacle is just mind blowing, yet satisfying.

Your tax dollars at work. (PS: here he tells two more lies)

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 6, 2023:

Ewwwww,

What are the GOP Speaker vote holdouts trying to achieve?

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 5, 2023:

They're on power trips.

No explanation needed for the Schoolhouse Rock generation.

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 5, 2023:

That's fer dang sure.

Eristic adjective Pertaining to controversy or disputation; controversial.

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 5, 2023:

new one for me.

Just so that you know that there continues to be other things going on in addition to the ...

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 5, 2023:

Good ones!!

I did not know this: What is that @%&ing thing called?

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 5, 2023:

I love the obsenicon! What a good term.

So Kevin McCarthy has already become a nine times loser, and he may soon become a 10 times loser.

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 5, 2023:

Couldn't have happened to a more qualified moron.