Mystique noun a framework of doctrines, ideas, beliefs, or the like, constructed around a ...

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 26, 2022:

Another meaning is: an air of secrecy surrounding a particular activity or subject that makes it impressive or baffling to those without specialized knowledge. *the mystique normally associated with computers* I find that some of my crafts like crochet, knitting, or quilt making have a mystique to those who have no patience or aptitude for the craft.

Sunflowers ward off drought and heat through their invisible colours

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 26, 2022:

Very cool!

PECUNIARY.

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 26, 2022:

Yes, I remember the phrase pecuniary responsibility, don't remember where I first heard it. Good word, didn't know about the origins though. Makes sense.

Nope, nothing to see here, LOL. Also, get ready Kiev for your new Putin appointed president!

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 26, 2022:

Where is Melanoma from? Did she come from the Ukraine? That would be a perfect job for her husband.

Ya know, I live a life that my ancestors--recent and ancient--would have loved.

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 25, 2022:

How about making plans for post Covid? I've been feeling good lately, it is highly unusual for me. And then my kids decided to make plans for summer of 2023. They want a family trip to somewhere in the great lakes area; all of them, all the kidlets, me................. and their dad. I suppose it wouldn't be fair to leave him out. (sigh) So I'm kinda excited and kinda not, but mostly up. I've finally got a job that pays well and I feel appreciated and I'm doing well at. I keep doing these self checks, I'm not used to feeling like this. And yes it is cold, and winter, and if I get out during the week it is to the mailbox and run back inside. I've started a baby quilt for a baby girl before knowing the gender of the child (new grand in the oven, we're hoping it stays put this time). I was gifted the fabric an it inspired me. If it's a boy I will make another quilt and some lucky little lady will get this one (Raggedy Ann/4th of July inspiration). The thing to keep in mind is you have a routine, and a routine can be a rut. The only difference between a rut and a grave is the dimensions. So maybe do something to shake up your routine to challenge your mind and shake things up a bit.

Whigmaleerie noun a whimsical or fanciful ornament or contrivance; gimmick.

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 25, 2022:

New word for me!

Covid Sarah just might get her wish, I really hope! [unilad.co.uk]

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 25, 2022:

I hope it kicks her a$$ to hell and back, and won't cry if it does more than that.

Tuesday morning cuteness

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 25, 2022:

Adorable babies!

Has anyone else found this sitehttps://atheist.social/popular ?

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 24, 2022:

I joined several weeks ago. Not much activity on that site so far.

Elytron noun one of the pair of hardened forewings of certain insects, as beetles, forming a ...

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 24, 2022:

very cool, new one for me.

[youtu.be] Love Randy bringing musical satire for the political mayhem that is going on.

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 24, 2022:

I am so glad Randy Rainbow is still in business.

Frank Zappa says it all 😁👍

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 23, 2022:

That is for darn sure.

Change is our only constant

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 23, 2022:

The old myths are not helpful any longer, it is time they are exposed for what they are.

MORIBUND.

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 23, 2022:

This I am familiar with as a med term.

What We Know About COVID and Penis Size as Man Says It Shrunk His Genitals (I foresee an uptick in ...

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 23, 2022:

That would be the impetus for all those redneck homeboy antivaxxers. This rumor should have been used years ago. If you don't use a seatbelt/wear a mask/get a vaccine your genitals will shrink, though they'd have to put it out in plainer language than that. Do they understand what genitals are?

palingenesis noun rebirth; regeneration.

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 22, 2022:

New word for me! Thanks

Howard Stern Plan For The Unvaccinated: '"Go Home And Die"

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 22, 2022:

I don't like Howard Stern, but he has a valid point.

Sad but true

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 22, 2022:

True, and unsettling as hell.

I hope this is the year we see indictments!

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 22, 2022:

I hope it fries their a$$es.

dishabille 1a archaic : negligee b : the state of being dressed in a casual or careless style 2...

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 22, 2022:

Another word I am familiar with from years of reading Regency Romances.

LOTHARIO.

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 22, 2022:

This is one word I am very familiar with from years of reading Regency Romances.

Passing the torch.

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 21, 2022:

Very perfect!

Trump Trifecta…

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 21, 2022:

It will take decades to undo the damage that Donnie has done. However, Donnie did not do all the damage, he just exposed the shit that was already in the system.

Contumacious SHOW IPA adjective stubbornly perverse or rebellious; willfully and obstinately...

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 21, 2022:

That could describe my middle daughter in her teens. She grew into an awesome woman. And thanks, that is a new word for me.

Don't assume anything about little old ladies with spinning wheels. We also have these:

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 21, 2022:

I have a friend with a spinning wheel, he husband still looks pretty whole.

My step dad broke his right hip and his right femur, one of them in two places.

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 21, 2022:

He made his choices. it isn't your fault. I'm sorry you have to deal with this.

KENSPECKLE.

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 21, 2022:

Cool!! New one for me.

Cassihardling a believer, probably a scammer!

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 21, 2022:

This is the link to her profile: https://agnostic.com/member/Cassihardling Her bio says: I am a very sensual, sexual and passionate woman. I love life and see the glass half full. I am always mesmerized by the ocean and want the person I am with to feel a connection also. I love to be fun and spontaneous and enjoy each day finding something joyful to smile about? Is she selling it or what? She is a believer. No picture yet, but I get a strong scammer vibe.

Outdoor Cats Are Using $500 Starlink Satellite Dishes as Self-Heating Beds [goodnewsnetwork.org]

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 20, 2022:

Cats know what is comfortable. It was good of that person to provide that for them.

Yurt SHOW IPA noun a tent like dwelling of the Mongol and Turkic peoples of central Asia, ...

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 20, 2022:

You can rent yurts in many places to go glamping. Yellowstone in the US has some nearby.

When my kids were small--before there was a chickenpox vaccine--parents would deliberately expose ...

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 20, 2022:

I just got my second shingles shot yesterday, and I am home sick today. First my shoulder that got the shot hurt like hell. It seems to be better now. Then I couldn't sleep last night, I had body aches and fever. I'm feeling somewhat better now, but I did take the day off work. I got a nap today, and shut the kitties out of the bedroom. They were greatly offended. But I slept for a couple of hours. The fever seems to be gone. And yes, years ago I did deliberately expose my kids to Chicken Pox. On Thanksgiving we had dinner with another family that the kids had chicken pox. The middle child got the pox two weeks later. On Xmas eve day the grandparents were visiting, and we took the kids to the Seattle Children's Museum. It was packed. At dinner afterwards, at Ivar's, the oldest tells me her tummy itched. I checked and she had broken out with the pox. How many kids do you figure we exposed? The next day the baby (almost 2 years old) broke out with the pox, and she was really sick. She also got RSV and a couple other viruses in the next few weeks. We were waiting for her to get better so she could have surgery for ear tubes. She got them in April. In retrospect that was not the best plan for Thanksgiving dinner.

Really sunny but really cold.

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 20, 2022:

I don't like extremes. I saw -2° this morning, that is too cold for me. I also don't like it above 90°, or even 85 depending on humidity. Yeah, I'm had to please.

I had to don the long johns today with 13 degree temperature.

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 20, 2022:

I saw -2 this morning. I'm so over winter.

Isn't it strange, that when we compare seatbelt laws and covert vaccinations that there are two ...

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 20, 2022:

I made masks at the start of the pandemic. I made mine with ties because I wear hearing aids and don't want to run the risk of losing one when taking the elastic off the ears. Well, I have been persuaded to get KN95 masks, and all I can find have ear elastic. I am sucking it up, but not thrilled. This is serious stuff, I have too much to do to get seriously sick right now. I fear the idiots.

Thursday morning cuteness

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 20, 2022:

I got my second Shingles shot yesterday, I feel like S--t. Not even kitties are helping today.

Supreme Court allows Jan. 6 committee to get Trump documents.

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 19, 2022:

The ancient Chinese curse is working over time. That curse? you ask. "May you live in "interesting" times."

Wednesday morning cuteness

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 19, 2022:

I like the one on the right, s/he looks sassy!

Random cat memes

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 19, 2022:

I know how the white kitty feels...

Yep, that would be me!

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 18, 2022:

I wish that was me, I spend too many hours wondering why I'm still awake while my kitties snore beside me.

This is the day I am giving up driving.

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 18, 2022:

I've told my kids I will stop driving when they pry the car keys out of my cold dead hands. I think I may have lied, time will tell.

COVIDtests.gov - Free at-home COVID-19 tests

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 18, 2022:

And I got it done!

COVIDtests.gov - Free at-home COVID-19 tests

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 18, 2022:

One of my kids just texted the link to me, and I had saved the site earlier. I will take this as a message to get it done!

This coked up butthole is a trump too, so I guess I can put this here.

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 18, 2022:

@zeuser this is perfect here. Thanks for posting!

It's amazing how unfriendly people on this site can be.

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 17, 2022:

I block the meanies. I'm sorry you haven't had a good reception here. Am I wrong, you feel like you've been mistreated, so you're returning the favor?

12-things-people-suffering-anxiety-people-dont-understand [rebeccasdream.

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 17, 2022:

Some of those are so me.

Martin Luther King Day And Muhammad Ali Would Be 80 Today

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 17, 2022:

And that is pretty much why the government wanted MLK gone. He was right, the US is far too militaristic and blacks have been cannon fodder for years.

If an anti-vaxxer dies of COVID, they're getting what they asked for.

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 17, 2022:

I'm amazed that Howard Stern said this. As a buddy of Dumpsterfire Donnie I'd think he was an antivaxxer and no holds barred treatment especially if it was not endorsed by modern medicine. I guess miracles can still happen... Or am I thinking of some other radio personality? I don't follow the "celebrity" news very much.

I had found a magnet that a string could be tied to today the UPS delivered the magnet.

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 17, 2022:

Way cool!

Altruistic SHOW IPA adjective unselfishly concerned for or devoted to the welfare of others.

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 17, 2022:

I think the best people have a strong streak of altruism

A critical issue that many don’t prioritize Sleep. [npr.org]

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 16, 2022:

Good article. I struggle to get enough sleep. Sometimes I just stay up too late, but frequently I just cannot fall asleep. It's very frustrating. I'm working on getting better sleep for the new year. I have blue blocker glasses, and I'm back to meditating before bedtime. I have already seen my RHR (resting heart rate) drop since I started meditating. I have the "just one more page" sydrome and just stay up too late. I'm working on it, and I've been working on it for years.......... I developed bad habit when my kids were growing up, I was a SAHM (stay at home mom) so after the kids went to school I could catch a nap. That doesn't work so good working 8 to 5.

I put instant coffee in a microwave and successfully achieved time travel.

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 16, 2022:

How far did you go?

I don't have a garden anymore but here's my semi-mini African Violet "Mac's Scorching Sun" in full ...

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 16, 2022:

They are gorgeous! My house has windows treated to block the sun in the front, those windows face south. The back windows face north and don't get good light. I have a few low light plants, but I also have cats, so I don't have many plants. I have had flowering plants in the past, I loved it. I don't see that happening again. I love seeing yours. Maybe... one day.....

Circumstellar adjective surrounding a star.

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 16, 2022:

Circum is a prefix with the meaning “round about, around,” found in Latin loanwords, especially derivatives of verbs that had the general senses “to encompass or surround” (circumference; circumjacent; circumstance) or “to go around” by the means or in the manner specified by the verb (circumnavigate; circumscribe); on this basis forming adjectives in English with the meaning “surrounding” that named by the stem (circumocular; circumpolar). And there is that very favorite word of Christian men... circumcision.

Lifelong athletes face joint replacement. It's my turn. Advice?

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 16, 2022:

My left thumb is also painful, and I'm right handed. For me, it is genetic, I remember my paternal grandmother rubbing her left thumb and referring to it as "my damn thumb." I notice pain in that thumb especially when crocheting and knitting, or other hand intensive activities. My right thumb is fine. So far I'm doing OK with it, I take Motrin daily, but that is for more than just the thumb. When I worked Short Term disability claims I had a dental hygenist who filed a claim, she had just had a bilateral thumb joint replacement. Her employer also invested in new equipment for her, ones with bigger handles. I don't remember how long she was out of work. I am hoping I wont need to have any replacements, but time will tell.

I have been talking to a social worker over the past several weeks.

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 16, 2022:

I got 125

I'm curious how many members here are still actively using real online dating sites or apps, such as...

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 16, 2022:

I am not actively on any dating sites. I stopped all that right after the pandemic started. There are too many anti maskers and science deniers out there, it is too great a risk for me right now. I don't know if I will ever go back on a dating site, just tooooooooo much BS, and I live in Nebraska, the pool of eligible intelligent liberal males is pretty limited.

Roomba recommendation?

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 16, 2022:

One of my cats deliberately lies in the path of the roomba. He (roomba's name is Roscoe) runs into her and reverses path. She will move to be in his path again. It is annoying as hell, but also hysterical! Whattaya gonna do? Most days I'm working and out of sight of her shenanigans. And when I'm home it just doesn't seem worth it to keep moving her out of the way. She's a diabolical little beast!

Violescent adjective tending to a violet color.

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 15, 2022:

nice

Got hacked at Walmart.

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 15, 2022:

I work for a credit union as card services. I have these conversations multiple times a day. Glad you're on top of it. I talked to a member this week who was not so on top of things :(

I swear.

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 15, 2022:

I wish I had some.

I’m a simple woman.

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 15, 2022:

I don't know who Aiden Turner is, he's another dude as far as I can see. However, the kitty I like.

Glenn Kirschner - Oath Keepers Members Indicted for Seditious Conspiracy: Facts Show How Trump ...

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 14, 2022:

Woot!! I hope more indictments are coming!

Have you been lost in the woods?

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 14, 2022:

I don't think we carried a compass or map when we hiked, but we always stayed on well marked trails. I equipped the kids with a fanny pack with a whistle, a mirror, and a large plastic garbage bag cut to be a poncho, some sort of granola bar, and a water bottle. IF they got lost they were to hug a tree, blow the whistle, and reflect the sunlight off the mirror. If it rained they had the poncho, and they had some food and water. We never had to test it, they were good about staying on the trail where we could see them.

Trailblaze verb (used with object) to be a pioneer in (a particular subject, technique, ...

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 14, 2022:

Many times the first woman to do something usually associated with males is regarded as a trailblazer.

Very few understand this except those who served

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 14, 2022:

I turned 19 in Army Basic Training, on the day we went to the gas chamber training.

And drain the swamp while you're at it

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 14, 2022:

Good one!

ENNUI.

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 14, 2022:

I haven't had a bout of ennui for such a long time, really not since my divorce.

I really hope this vermin dies [queerty.com]

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 14, 2022:

Dang, too bad this couldn't have been prevented... Dumb, dumb, dumb ass. Well, no great loss to humankind, I just regret the resources he will suck up as he dies. He will get priority because he is a "celebrity." He's just another waste of oxygen.

Yep……how true it is.

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 14, 2022:

And a few a very good people I'm sure.

So God fucked up a kid so that I can be a better person? Nice guy, right?

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 13, 2022:

OMFG, no, that is just so much crapola.

Golden Girls spinoff. [latimes.com]

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 13, 2022:

I remember watching an episode or two, it wasn't as good as Golden Girls.

Thursday morning cuteness

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 13, 2022:

What a basket of badass cuteness!

Chicken Gives Birth to Other Species -- Mother and Infants Doing Fine.

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 12, 2022:

Moms gotta be moms, species don't matter

What's an absurd athletic failure you had?

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 12, 2022:

He doesn't sound very helpful and quite the showoff. No one has ever accused me of being athletic, most of my life is an athletic failure. I just got wise enough to be really careful of what I try, so I mostly don't try.

Corvine adjective pertaining to or resembling a crow.

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 12, 2022:

so would many corvine creatures be a mass murder? A group of crows being called a murder.

Another interesting find today.

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 12, 2022:

very cool!

Some days are a Homer Simpson day.

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 12, 2022:

And sometimes those days come in bunches like bananas.

Wednesday morning cuteness

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 12, 2022:

What little loves that I'm sure are little demons.

Leavenworth WA is running out of places to put its record-breaking snowfall.

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 11, 2022:

I loved Leavenworth when we visited. Since I had been in Germany I loved the feel of the city. But yeah, I was there in summer, no way I'd want to be there in winter.

I was busy this morning cutting up a tree so this afternoon I had gotten into the shower and then I ...

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 11, 2022:

Do your skills include mending?

Who knew that this was why? [ua-magazine.com]

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 11, 2022:

Oh the stories I will carry to my grave.... but yeah and so much more!

Watch All In With Chris Hayes Highlights: Jan. 10 - MSNBC [youtube.com]

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 11, 2022:

How sad that speaking the truth makes you a hero...

Tuesday morning cuteness

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 11, 2022:

Wonderfully cute!

Well this is not something you see everyday.

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 10, 2022:

Good grief! They're just children at play wearing a uniform. Where have all the adults gone?

I can explain.....

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 10, 2022:

They needed me, that is the whole explanation, the only one needed.

Moms and babies!

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 10, 2022:

Adorable!

Cantillate verb (used with object) to chant; intone.

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 10, 2022:

New one for me!

Have been too busy putting up with all the crap happening at school this year to keep up here but ...

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 10, 2022:

Good ones!! Thanks for posting!

As I try to hold on to the positive thoughts of my lost last love and skirt the negative ones while ...

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 10, 2022:

I hold on to the thought that life IS change, some is just more pleasant than others. And what cannot be cured must be endured.

Monday morning cuteness

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 10, 2022:

Adorable!

27 fishermen rescued from floating ice chunk in Lake Michigan.

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 9, 2022:

Too bad they don't have to pay for the rescue out of their own pockets. There should be fines for stupidity.

This is a surprisingly hard jigsaw puzzle! I’ve been a fan of world war 2 aviation since I was a...

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 9, 2022:

I love jigsaw puzzles. When I was between jobs last year I put together this puzzle. It took weeks! Yours looks like a similar level of complication.

Words and ideas.. so fascinatingly preventative to everyone just getting along.

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 9, 2022:

And it contains materials that will appeal to every sort of folk. It is the great meeting ground.

Doppelganger! 😳 Not the best pictures, but I was looking around outside and saw my cat in the ...

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 9, 2022:

Too funny!

Looks good to me!

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 9, 2022:

Can't have enough pockets.

Tchotchke noun an inexpensive souvenir, trinket, or ornament.

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 9, 2022:

I used to have lots of tchotchkes, when I had to start moving myself (as opposed to hired movers) I got rid of loads of them.

I had removed the pheasants from their enclosure a few weeks ago because I needed to do maintenance ...

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 9, 2022:

WAY COOL!

What a joke!

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 9, 2022:

That pistol isn't aimed right to shoot his balls off, but of course it is too late for that to really do any good.

I have two…

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 9, 2022:

When I can't see one of the cats I know they are into something I don't want them to be into, or one has gotten shut in somewhere, which is usually a place that I don't want them to be. They are not supposed to be in my sewing room, there are racks of thread where they can reach them. They like to eat thread and then barf it up. Not pleasant.

My mom says I should comb my hair. I told her that I had tried and it just goes back to this way.

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 8, 2022:

Tell mom you're happy just to have hair.