If you don’t like the idea of saying “I’m sorry for your loss” because it feels like apologizing for something you didn’t do, you can use the classy and traditional “My deepest condolences on the loss of your…”
And it’s a legit question, no hate generated.
I have tried the “no shoes inside” thing and can’t stand the constant feeling of dirt particles on my bare feet even while I’m walking on the floor behind a swiffer, broom, or mop. I’d rather keep my shoes on and just assume the floor is not 100% clean even when someone has just cleaned it.
But I have a logistics question: I know you have a place for shoes by the front door, but what do you do about the back door? Or in my case the three sliding-glass doors onto balconies that I use daily? Is one supposed to keep going to the front door to get shoes and carrying them through the house? My balconies overhang the street and get a lot of road grime, plus my plants drop leaves etc., so shoes are very necessary out there. And many people have back yards. I’m curious about what you do.
This art is really sweet:
Somewhere in the next 13 miles, she fell in with a pace group being led by another Cincinnatian: Harvey Lewis, the ultramarathon world record-holder. Dick didn’t know it was him at the time. She was just running next to a guy giving very good advice.
“He was saying to calm your breathing, relax your shoulders, and just focus on the mile we are in, not the miles we had to go,” Dick said. “And actually it wasn’t until later, when I finished, that I realized it was none other than Harvey Lewis, who is just a legend in terms of the ultramarathon community. It was his 100th marathon. And I really just want to thank him for what he’s done for me"
(Honestly that’s good advice for the tough parts of life in general. And remember to thank the people who helped you when you make it through.)
You should not have to be ill or have to explain why you need to take a day off. Just have sufficient undesignated PTO to maintain good mental and physical health.
I find myself surprised at how similar the color of the old handle is to the new one. I feel I would expect it to be darker. Anyway, wishing you decades of happy hammering.
Awww, glad Lemon has you!
But the person with the 4 chihuahuas, and the 4 chihuahuas, are missing out!
The present state hates PBS, it’s why they defunded it.
Hey it was news to me too. Yay new knowledge!
Agreeing about universal healthcare but adding sufficient PTO to go to the Dr.
Yes, all the canaries in today’s discussion are metaphorical references to the literal birds, the “canary in a coal mine.”
Coal miners were often killed by suffocation when they would accidentally release or encounter pockets of carbon monoxide, which was odorless and invisible. (Edit: also possibly other toxic gases) So they began carrying a canary in a cage with them. Being little, it was more susceptible than they. If the canary keeled over, you knew to get the hell out of there! Of course many canaries died. But the miners grew fond of their little yellow chirpers, and started to be more vigilant against the effects of the carbon monoxide. Like if the bird stopped singing. This was a win-win, because fewer miners died as well.
Edit to add: And they sometimes even attached a little O2 tank to the cage to save the canary. WWI tunnel mine exploding teams sometimes used canaries as well for the same thing.
I hope you typed that you had them spayed/neutered and autocorrect screwed it up
Hey maybe it’s marshmallow fluff!
Beautiful shots, all of them
Naming something after a person feels like an honor, but a PARASITIC WASP?
This actually sounds like it could be pretty good! I’m cracking up at the 3T butter though.
There’s 4 bread layers, spread with some kind of cream cheese/mayo abomination and laid down with gherkins, ham, pistachios, and mushrooms before being pressed in the fridge overnight and “frosted” with I dunno, horseradish or CoolWhip or something. The bread makes it a sandwich I guess.
That one is an especially niche happenstance but a lot of things happen to a person during the day or week, and it takes a certain kind of mind to turn those little bits of information into insights that can help solve a murder. The director focuses us on the moments which will move the story, whether that’s the random person in the elevator or the parking ticket or the dentist appointment.
Also there’s a compression that’s necessary in episodic shows, especially those old ones people didn’t stream in a binge. In a realer world, Columbo’s cheekbite might have happened a month earlier but he’d remember it when he saw the victim’s wound. In a modern show they might even have it happen 3 episodes back, because they know you will remember it from yesterday, not having to hope you recall it a month later.
Columbo is a packrat of details, observations, nuances and coincidences. And he’s expert at making smug people uncomfortable without ever being rude or claiming to know more than he does.
It’s the Met Gala, they could totally show up with full pit and crotch forestry to make that statement.