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That's a bit like Maine, where we have Senator Angus King, an "Independent" who has never not voted with the Democrats, and Susan Collins, a "Republican" who far too often votes with the Democrats. On streaming channels, the political ads are always the ones that can't be skipped.

"Okay, I cut my hair; quit giving me ads for vaginal infections!"

I have had that problem, or one that feels like what it's described as being, with earaches before. If I had to dive into a resaca in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas to rescue someone who drove off the road into the water, I would often get an ear infection requiring antibiotics because, other...

If you use Audible books, you can include them as well. I tend not to pay close enough attention when I am listening to a book for it to be the same thing. Years ago, when my wife and I published a monthly statewide newspaper for a year, it was a free newspaper supported by ads, although not...

Libertarianism, as a political philosophy, doesn't necessarily go there, but Libertarians too often tend to, which is similar to the realities of what you see when a country actually adopts socialism or communism.

I have not followed this trial. When someone murders or molests a child, a trial should only be about whether or not they committed the crime. We don't need people on Earth who do this kind of thing, so I don't care if they're mentally ill or not. It seems like an odd question, anyhow. Anyone...

When you start a thread, just below the thread title field, you'll see a box for "Discussion" and one for "Poll? - Click the one for "Poll." Not all areas allow polls, but I can easily allow polls in any area where someone wants a poll. It wasn't the default, so I haven't done so everywhere...

Ella needs to meet Sobaka. Tonight, she was in the library with the door closed, but she had two earlier opportunities to introduce herself; she chose to remain in an adjacent room, while Sobaka chose not to enter that room, which seems respectful.

Sobaka was just here again, passing by a fresh dish of cat food on the porch to come to the door, wanting to be fed inside again. When he finished, he explored a couple more rooms of the house while Ella was in the library. Then, he placed his front paws on the door to ask to be let out, but...

I think I discussed it in the last version of SOC, but I met Philip K. Dick several times before I knew who he was. I lived in Buena Park, adjacent to Fullerton, California, and was in college in Fullerton. Because it was too easy for me to distract myself at home, I had a habit of going to a...

This is a place to discuss any books that you've read that you consider worthy of mention, ones you are reading now, or those you intend to read.

I read it and remember liking it, but it was a long time ago so I don't remember much about it.

By the way, I feed the ferals the same quality of food as I feed Ella, so they've been eating premium food for quite a while and appear to be very healthy, except for the one who comes during the day. Although she eats several times every day, she is very thin, and I suspect kidney problems. I...

There are four cats whom I feed regularly on my enclosed porch. Because I don't want to attract raccoons, I don't leave any food on the porch after dark. Instead, the three cats who come at night have learned to enter the porch and trigger the light. My desk is only a few feet from the door, so...

The problem with exercising a sense of humor with doctors is that, unless you've had the same doctor for a long time, the jokes sometimes fall flat. The problem is that, as seniors, we're already presumed to be feebleminded, stupid, or both. When my hair was still long, I was assigned to a new...

"Doctor, I think you should prescribe this drug for me because I've seen the ads, and people who take it get to do cool things with their children, and I'd like to have children again and be able to do that stuff."

I have no doubt that Ella was well aware that Sobaka was in the house, but she chose not to confront him. I couldn't sneak Bubba a treat while Ella was behind closed doors in the library because Ella would instantly become aware that he was getting treats and start scratching at the door...

No, he had gotten to the point where I could pet him regularly, but he balked at being picked up or stepping through the door. For the past couple of weeks, he's been treating me like he thinks I'm going to kill him or something. He still comes for food but waits outside for me to set it down on...

I know. I worked for Champion Paper Company (now IP), and they closed their five paper-bag plants because the country was clamoring for plastic bags to save the trees.

Not in person. We met here, and now we've met you. Some of us knew one another a little from a couple of other forums.