Sparkymike

At age 77 words sometime take on a different meaning. For example, the word "recently" means anything that's happened since 2015.

Polishing leather shoes was once an expected ritual before presenting yourself at a job interview, a church gathering or a date with a girl who had suspicious parents. For most people leather shoes are a thing of the past, but I've worn them since childhood and they just feel right. So today I brought out the shoe polish, scoured the house for a long unused but treasured horsehair shoe brush and sat down with an old rag to apply shoe polish to a well worn but still sturdy pair of Merrill leather shoes. I understand that people are busy and don't have time for this chore. But my mother, who is alive only in my mind, smiled on me for taking the time to do it.

@RickiTarr Oscar Blivion. Most people just call me "O".

@RickiTarr I have one of those, but I think mine controls the brainwaves that prevent me from thinking about one thing at a time and putting my thoughts in any kind of order.

@Teri_Kanefield@mastodon.social If he's so rich, why isn't he smart?

@RickiTarr@beige.party And, by extension, lasagna is just a giant ravioli. Read about it in my food diary, "Places I Stopped on my way to 400 Pounds."

@RickiTarr Self mutilation should always occur in private.

@RickiTarr@beige.party Do they call adult diapers "Depends" because can't guarantee that they won't leak down your leg?

@RickiTarr@beige.party No worse than asking your significant other to clip their nails in another room with the door closed because the sound of it DRIVES ME CRAZY.

@Whiskeyomega@cupoftea.social Truly one of the best from that era. Literate, tuneful and a great listen.

@thepoliticalcat@mastodon.social He went there to boogie They gave him a noogie He's Couchrape the failure nan

@kimlockhartga@beige.party It looks very inviting.

@qurlyjoe@mstdn.social "Go forth and multiply" sayeth God. "Meow" sayeth the cat.

@appassionato@mastodon.social @jmccyoung@mstdn.social Not that he's judging you any less harshly.

@Teri_Kanefield@mastodon.social I live in California where all of the largest cities and many small ones have Spanish names. I have a Black brother-in-law, and a Chinese brother-in-law. My doctor is Mexican-American. My accountant is Chinese American. I can't even imagine living in an all white society. Look at all the horrific and cruel things white people do to their neighbors, their employees, their tenants. Diversity is our greatest and least acknowledged strength. My Iranian neighbors are deeply concerned that the president is going to unleash nuclear terror on their relatives back home. My gay niece is terrified that religious zealots with badges will take away her child. They are both wonderful open hearted people who I love. You miss so much that is wonderful about humanity when you write off whole categories of "others" because they don't look like you or talk like you or think like you or love like you. And turning hate loose with guns and great unconstitutional powers is making this a worse place to live, not in any way a better place.

@emptywheel I don't want to feel terrible on the evening following the election. I want to feel hopeful about my country returning to the path of becoming a fairer and more just society. Harris's words inspire me. Please, people, don't waste your opportunity to vote for a better future.

@dramypsyd@ohai.social Where is the participation trophy I was promised?

Way too many of the links here are teasers ending in a paywall. There should be some kind of "Paywall Ahead" warning so we don't have to waste so much time chasing things that aren't really there.

@lowqualityfacts I find that putting my fingers in my ears and chanting "La La La, I can't heeeeeeaaaarrr Yoooouuu!" quiets the evil spirits and brings one closer to Nirvana.

@copacetic-vibe.bsky.social For decades The Nile Song has been the first thing I play when I get new sound equipment. It's like laying between the tracks as a train rolls over you, except for the part about possibly being dragged to your death.

@usluck@channels.im The sheep looks pretty happy about it, though.

@tom@labyrinth.social A trail of dead led away from the site; further evidence of resource exhaustion.

@Canuckduff@mas.to @RickiTarr@beige.party Anywhere that happens to be a soundproof room, hopefully in another building.

@aral@mastodon.ar.al Welcome to the table, Mr. Twitter/Reddit migrator. I'd like to introduce you to our new friend, Mr. Satan.