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He's did Kangchenjunga two years age at age 62. The 7 summits are the highest peaks of the 7 continents - McKinley, Everest, Aconcagua, Kilimanjaro, and look up the rest. lol

I had the same thought. He doesn't need them. He's clear got some kind of masterful creativity though.

I guess we'll have to wait for the decree.

The real reason I bought these was because I wanted them. But one of the reasons was, as I said, so I could tune out my roommate (and other sounds). One recommendation I can already give is to spend the extra $30 and get the bigger ear cushions. One of the (the left one for some reason) seems to be sitting on my ear and pressing down on cartilage. It's a little painful and I still am trying to adjust everything to make it stop. I'm going to go off-topic now because I want to express myself in a "blogging" or "diary" way. But no worries! If you don't want to keep reading I wouldn't blame you-- at all. Roommate asked to borrow them yesterday. I said No. They're brand new, he was high, he was spilling cups and bowls, and passing out about every fifteen minutes. Well, he took offense, and carried his resentful disposition overnight into this morning and acted like you'd expect all day. Yes, in case you were wondering, his psychological development was stunted at five years of age, as it turns out. This is a rabbit hole I think I will discreetly skip. Well, we got into a fight that almost got violent. He took my laundry off the porch racks, he told me I can no.longer use them, and he dumped a roll of paper towels he had accidentally dropped in the toilet on a flannel sheet of my he had hung from two chairs in a haphazard way. I turned over his two racks with wet clothes into the dirt, told him he was getting no garbage bags or anything else from me and then I piled up all the household garbage I could find on the kitchen floor. I spring cleaned the kitchen floor yesterday. I changed the sheet that surrounded the bottom of the freezer as it leaked compost slime for a year and cleaned up hundreds of rotting hornet carcasses along the walls that I finally had access to because he had emptied the kitchen floor of a jumble of small appliances and other useless things. He didn't notice I did it, the didn't thank me, and perversely, he told me I don't know how to clean. His penchant for gaslighting is hardwired into his neurochemistry at this point. He's emaciated. He's lost weight. His teeth are falling out. He looks like any and every 60 year old who does meth every day. There are no exceptions. I'm sorry to say he looks ghastly. He let it slip the other day he's still doing QHB (Q I'm sure; I think H and B are correct but I'm not sure). It's the date rape drug for those of you don't know it by its initials. This is the same drug that put him in the ICU and almost killed him. He sold plasma and bought more meth today. He doesn't have three months rent, he had no money, he doesn't have a job, he doesn't have good credit. Nobody will rent to him. He doesn't even have the money to rent a room. He's been locked out of his mother's house (technically it's owned by his sister who's local and moving in with her husband to care for his mother at the end of January). His sister who's not local was visiting while his local sister (whom I know well after 7 years) took his mother to Tennessee for medical treatments since local sister can't leave her daughter's side after she fell into a coma after two consecutive heart attacks. I'll probably be able to leave in January but if not than almost certainly in February. I pay 100% of the rent. I have every month we've lived here. Roommate as reneged in every part of our financial agreement. He pays nothing. I continued to pay because it was my only option to avoid eviction. So, what does it all mean? It means a couple of things to me. The handwriting is on the wall. Roommate will be homeless and sooner rather than later. Finally, I've been feeling badly for him for months it not a year. Well, I no longer feel badly about it. I feel fatalistic and to be honest I don't care anymore. So, I feel liberated from the ambivalence and worry I've felt until now. He ruined his own health. He reneged on his responsibilities to me. He spent his money on drugs to the point he made no provision for himself. I'm not responsible. Also, I'm not going to live out my life with his toxic personality and chaotic and abusive behavior. I would count the day if I knew how many there will be. But it will happen. Thanks be to my beloved father, to my sister-in-law, and to my cousin.

@Steve-Miller said in The new system: Good grief. What does all of this cost? Not sure, but here’s a start. There’s the cost of the National Guard. $470M and change. https://ips-dc.org/fact-sheet-the-cost-of-trumps-national-guard-deployments/ And all those Kristi Noem commercials. $220M. Which she seems to have gotten a piece of. https://www.propublica.org/article/kristi-noem-dhs-ad-campaign-strategy-group What else? Feel free to add whatever you think I’ve missed.

Not the Italians specifically. If you draw a horizontal line across where the island juts out toward Brooklyn, that runs along I-278. Roughly north of there is “north shore” and it just so happens that that is the area more aligned with the rest of the city. More minorities, more creatives, more older. funky and interesting neighborhoods. (That’s where I live,) South Shore is more conservative, suburban, MAGA, Trumpy. Most of the Republicans voted for Cuomo (brown color), a dem running as an independent, out of fear of Mamdani. They even abandoned the Republican Curtis Sliwa, because he didn’t have a chance in a 3-way race.

@AdagioM said in It’s a Human Service I suppose: I’m afraid to click that link. The pop up ads that would result! It works with an ad blocker. You should still fear the link though.

Tangy Braised Chickpeas from Smitten Kitchen. Like brisket without the brisket. Mushrooms and carrots star here! [image: 1764028924136-img_2084.jpeg]

Very nice! 20 ft. tall? Yikes! The tallest one I’ve ever seen might have been 6’ tall.

Just ordered a few bottles for Christmas presents. Might be hard to find soon. Thanks!

My dad works for a motorcycle dealership that used to be a licensed HD dealer. The dealership has been around since the 60s. However, a few years ago HD pulled their dealership license because they gave a dealership to a big shiny new showroom that was closer to a small city and right off the highway so easier to get to. The dealership my dad works for is back of beyond, and definitely isn’t shiny and new. But they do have a great reputation and sell bikes to customers from literally all over the world. So now they sell used HD that they buy from people all over North America. The business is still doing well, it’s just changed the business model a bit. However, I know that this idea of closing down small shops that have been around forever but who don’t have the big fancy glassed in showrooms hasn’t only hit the shop near us. It’s been a common practise over the past decade or so. Maybe it isn’t working out as well as they’d like?

The revenge campaign is never-ending. Probably looking for mortgage fraud. The Department of Defense on Monday said it is launching a "thorough review" into Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly, citing "serious allegations of misconduct." The announcement comes days after President Donald Trump accused Kelly and other Democratic lawmakers of "seditious behavior" for a video in which they said that U.S. service members could refuse illegal orders. In a statement posted to X, the Department of Defense said it "received serious allegations of misconduct" against Kelly, who is a retired U.S. Navy captain. "In accordance with the Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 U.S.C. § 688, and other applicable regulations, a thorough review of these allegations has been initiated to determine further actions, which may include recall to active duty for court-martial proceedings or administrative measures. This matter will be handled in compliance with military law, ensuring due process and impartiality. Further official comments will be limited, to preserve the integrity of the proceedings," the statement read. https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/pentagon-launching-review-democratic-sen-mark-kelly/story?id=127827953

Federal judge dismisses indictments against Letitia James and James Comey, saying Lindsey Halligan appointment was unlawful. Prosecutors who work under Halligan argued Attorney General Pam Bondi has full authority to appoint whomever she wants to the position as long as they are qualified, and that the 120-day period serves as a sort of check-in system for those interim US Attorneys appointed. “The implications of a contrary conclusion are extraordinary,” Currie wrote of the Halligan appointment. “It would mean the Government could send any private citizen off the street — attorney or not — into the grand jury room to secure an indictment so long as the Attorney General gives her approval after the fact. That cannot be the law. “ https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/24/politics/james-comey-letitia-james-indictments-dismissed

Honestly though I think she just figured she'd lose her primary and might as well quit before being fired. Better for her career.

But then you just get exercise and how-to-eat-right advice from ChatGPT anyway.

At least he's still talking about federal debts and deficits.

I think they’re famous for sets of nesting glass bowls too. I have such a set, but they’re knockoffs because I didn’t know any better at the time.