Posts by Rice

This guy is WAY too into his theory -

Lucky you, to have had the cityscape to yourself, and then to have arrived JUST in time!

Thanks, GlasgowJohn . It’s a beautiful day - sun shining, lake glistening, about a hundred white pelicans gathered to fish, and ARGENTINA JUST WON!

My husband is SO happy that, today being his birthday, he can watch Argentina in the World Cup, then two consecutive American football games this afternoon and tonight, with no argument from anyone!

I envy soccer fans the 90 minute game time . American football stretches on endlessly, ending after an eternity, in the neighborhood of 4 hours.

Un fathomable.

And how can it be the fault of both political parties, when one continues to introduce legislation on background checks, bans on automatic weapons, etc, only to have all bills voted down by the Party of Guns?

I loved their collaborative joke telling, their timing, and their obvious enjoyment even more than the punch line!

Although I have enormous appreciation for the players’ ability to ride and simultaneously hit that tiny ball while fending off other high speed challengers, I don’t know enough about polo to find it very interesting. But the whole festive atmosphere surrounding the Palermo polo field, and the preternaturally subdued applause of the fans, both make an afternoon there quite enjoyable.

Utter madness, indeed. You would think that voters would turn on the political party that stops all attempts at even the most obvious gun safety legislation, wouldn’t you?

Perhaps in 2029, when there’s not a family left who hasn’t lost a member to military-style automatic weapon mass murder? Or in another few years, will even massacres be acceptable? Or are they already acceptable?

Quote from UK Man

The whatty?

The Welsh forerunner of a kid’s hobby horse.

Mari Lwyd - Wikipedia

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And I should correct my earlier observation that, after saying beer would be available at the World Cup, Qatar changed their minds and, just before the opening match, announced that they wouldn’t be selling beer after all.

It seems that the ordinary fan can’t buy beer in the stadium, but people in the executive club boxes (membership US$22,500.00) are served alcohol.

Do they take the Mari Lwyd along?

Take Miami. Please! Take it!

Gorgeous

How long to the blooms last, UK Man ?

Saudi Arabia’s firs big win in their drive to gain respectability through sports.

But what about Wales vs USA?

You think you have problems watching from afar? What about the people who actually made it to Qatar, only to find no beer is allowed to be sold in the stadium?!

NASA’s Orion came within 81 miles of the moon today, 5 days after launching from the Kennedy Space Center. This is an important step in the NASA Artemis project, aimed at returning astronauts to the moon.

Short video showing earth -

Official NASA (long) version -

I learned so much from your post, serafina . Before reading it, I never thought of all the health risks to the home cat, that can be brought in by foster cats. It seems that the first stop should be the veterinary clinic.

I never would have understood that phenomenon until I fell in love with choris.

On her butt and thighs?

Now that would be novel -