It had me at Hello. Wow!

Oh, SK. I'm sorry. BTW, I've gone on forums about medical problems myself and quit them because they put me in a despondent mood instead of leaving me feeling empowered with knowledge. It is true that specialists sometimes overreach. The last specialist I went to failed to give me what was in fact my diagnosis, and referred me to an oncologist for infusion treatments for a medication that was only meant to be used if all others failed and had a red label warning saying a possible side effect was death. I had no warning and was initially given no explanation of the reason for the oncologist's call. It was only I called their office that I was able to track down the diagnosis from the proposed treatment. I think you're right to proceed with the utmost caution. Virtual hugs! ️

I have nothing good to say so I'm going to say nothing.

@DougG said: my question is what were you doing a web search for when you ran across this… It's worse than that. It came across in one of the newsletters I subscribe to...

I did the last tumbling run as a dare with a woman who was even older than me. We were camping at an Episcopal Church camp. It was late at night. Everyone was drunk. We both did a round-off and back handspring without incident. I didn't tell myself it was the last time I just intuitively knew. I had to reason with myself to stop climbing the gate. It's not because it wasn't an easy decision. It was more the state of mind I'm in at this stage when I have a lot of serious decisions to make and one opportunity to make them. Best to be a realist. My father was a realist. It's the thing I liked most about him.

"U.S. birth rate continues to fall" https://www.npr.org/2026/04/09/nx-s1-5779627/birthrate-united-states-babies-immigration 710,000 fewer babies were born last year in U.S. compared with two decades ago The U.S. fertility rate continued its slide to historic levels, due to plunging teen pregnancies and far more women delaying motherhood into their 30s and 40s. In 2007: 4.2 million babies were born In 2024: 3.6 million babies were born

Wow!

A tucan was photographed in a tree in downtown Saint Petersburg yesterday. I randomly saw the post and the picture on FB today. I've never seen one. This is the first time I've heard of anyone seeing one.

Nicely done!

I found an ad I felt great about finding. The phone number was hidden in code. I'm calling tomorrow to have two washers and one dryer taken away for free per out 5th (!) carport rule violation notice. How many of these messed did I make? None. You are to be evicted per Florida Statute upon receiving a 3rd such notice. Well, the manager gets furious every time, but we have a good working relationship, including of course good communication. She doesn't want to evict. Not to put too fine a point on it but she notorized my legal paperwork after rounding up the head of the HOA and the maintenance manager to be my witnesses. We're playing the long game. I don't know what RM is doing. I think he's lost in his own reality. I've lost the ability to care about it. Now that I'm walking with a limp, I have no choice but to double bag the garbage and pile it up to the kitchen ceiling. RM walks all over creation with is his little push carts. He can take it. Or not.

@wtg said: Zoom in: Each defection, taken alone, could be dismissed. Together, they could represent an existential threat to MAGA. Good!