Cats = no mice. Decades ago while living in a NYC tenement, I got mice. My neighbor recommended a cat. I adopted a cat, and within a couple of weeks, no more mice. I've been a cat owner ever since.
The mouse wiped it's mouth after the "kiss" the way Lucy did when "kissed" by Snoopy. Interspecies love? I think not, I kept waiting for mousie to bite snail's feelers off.
When my kids were young, our local nature center had "slugfest" once a year. It started as a joke bc the park authority was making them do a "fest" but it became very popular. We used to hunt for the little gray slugs to race them in the slug races. One year we found a leopard slug and named him Mongo. He did terrible in the races. But we kept him the rest of the summer. We even took him camping with us. Good 'ol Mongo.
I'm off to be helping handy to a friend. My only comment is that I recently discovered that there is a skin care product made from snail mucus that reportedly works well. Who knew?
It might work. It seems to do nothing for dark circles under one's eyes, I hear tell. That is because genes and getting enough restful sleep work better. You might have to use it for many weeks to see any improvement. It is expensive for its size/weight/what you get. It does qualify as hope in a jar. YMMV
Oh my divine editrix the tab about Croesus and Cyrus does have an ending worth the read.
(Nutshell version from me)
Once upon a time Croesus had a dinner guest, Solon the Greek, who was UNIMPRESSED with Croesus's gilded dinner ware and vast wealth. Croesus, irked by the Greek wise man's ennui with gold and jewels and luxury in general, demanded examples of people who Solon found impressive and worth emulation. Solon then bored Croesus with examples of GOOD, DECENT, BRAVE, MORAL and TEMPERATE people who all died happily and none of whom had accumulated hordes of wealth. Croesus sneered at Solon's loser, low energy, sad way of looking at things and dismissed the Greek philosopher.
Later, Cyrus captured Croesus and was stoking a bonfire to toss Croesus into. (In those days that was the only 25th Amendment that those guys used.) Croesus felt the heat and lamented his sad fate and cried out "O Solon! You were right! How I wish I had listened to you!"
Cyrus, puzzled about who this 'Solon' might be, asked Croesus what the fuck he was talking about. Croesus told him and Cyrus spared Croesus life! Cyrus even elevated Croesus to a place as a trusted advisor.
Solon, meanwhile, had wandered back to Athens to found Athenian democracy.
I have helped deliver a few babies in my time. There are few things that bring women together like the birth of a new member of the human family. A bond is forged between women during the labor and delivery process that perpetuates an intimacy rarely experienced between human beings.
No matter how many times I've seen it the birth process overwhelms me emotionally every single time. Those first moments of a newborn and its' mother bonding is perhaps the most beautiful relationship we are allowed to witness.
Sure, Trump took us on a ride the last few days, and maybe even scared the bejiminnies outa us, but donβt you feel glad to be alive right now? OW! Why you gotta throw a bottle at me? Ow, ow, ow, yikes!
Not scared but pissed! Ask any of the trumpmonkeys about the latest fuckups. Ask any of the trumpmonkey politicians if they are still GAGA over what is happening. Make everyone of them admit to what is going on. SCARE the SHIT out of them concerning the MIDTERMS!
"I could give a shit about Hasan Piker, but I DO give a shit that people I like (Mallory McMorrow) are apparently listening to fucking Third Way and trying to use him as a wedge issue."
Burns makes a good point about how right wing content is largely free, while progressive content is paywalled. Thank you Wonkette for realizing this and not paywalling your content.
I donβt understand why more people canβt look at who is funding βthird wayβ and not deduce that their primary goal is not for democrats to win, but for rich people to continue to enjoy low taxes and little regulation or criminal accountability.
They want the status quo that *literally everyone else* hates to keep winning.
I wasn't happy when Margaret Sullivan left the Buffalo News, and less happy with her sojourn elsewhere. I haven't been looking for her at all lately, so I thank you very much for bringing her back to my attention, and on Substack! She's right about what should be printed, for sure.
Not sure Tiedrich is right about the morality of the children at the egg roll. Who are the parents that would allow their children within grabbing distance of the Chief Pervert, who is as likely to tell them stories about a drug and party boat, as he is to leer and suggest, "in a few years, I'll be 'dating' her?" I assume they are those who think lying, cheating, raping, racism, bigotry, and treason, are admirable qualities if the person who has them is also rich.
I am less mad at Chuck (he calls me by my first name, so I figure it's only right to return the favor), than I was, but I still haven't gotten over him calling a certain Black Woman Politician, "unAmwerican," because she was mean to the vulgarian, and I probably never will.
The basketball player? Dear Ben Shapiro, *I* am a "traditional Christian," in a church that claims Apostolic succession. Perhaps, even though it is not YOUR faith, you might educate yourself on the history and traditions of Christianity, before making rash and silly statements. But, "Aafool despises wisdom and instruction."
I was fascinated by that whale video.
Good grief, I'm long winded this morning. Sorry. Now I need a nap!
Your hed gif info: https://martiniambassador.substack.com/p/interspecies-smooches-on-a-small
And meme chat: https://open.substack.com/chat/posts/0bcd3145-0126-4d6c-9790-8d201700fbfe
OMG... ππΌπ!... LOL...
Tab's with Coffee in the Morning βπ€π―π
Amazing lovers!
Snail zoomies!
Hah!
True fact: Snail mucin is harvested with snail squeegees.
Snail snot, which according to the comic series "Aztec Ace" is essential to time travel. I really need to reread that series...
I love mice. I just wish they'd stay out of our house.
Cats = no mice. Decades ago while living in a NYC tenement, I got mice. My neighbor recommended a cat. I adopted a cat, and within a couple of weeks, no more mice. I've been a cat owner ever since.
Say what? Could you speak up, please?
:)
btw this is for yesterday, I was out and about all day
The Lioness likes
to sleep all day
but she still watches her cubs
while they play
Quick, someone write a new Fleetwood Mac song.
It's a smoochie!!! β€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈ
The Snail and The Mouse
met on a branch
and neither one looked at the other
askance
daw
Oh how adorable, but now, I have the Shellakybooky song in my head.
WHAR PRINCE?
The mouse wiped it's mouth after the "kiss" the way Lucy did when "kissed" by Snoopy. Interspecies love? I think not, I kept waiting for mousie to bite snail's feelers off.
I kept hoping it wouldn't.
Oddly, I kept pet snails as a child. They didn't do much, but they were easy to care for. I would let them travel up my arm while I was reading.
When my kids were young, our local nature center had "slugfest" once a year. It started as a joke bc the park authority was making them do a "fest" but it became very popular. We used to hunt for the little gray slugs to race them in the slug races. One year we found a leopard slug and named him Mongo. He did terrible in the races. But we kept him the rest of the summer. We even took him camping with us. Good 'ol Mongo.
best snail ever...
On your very own body? Oh, Ick! Slimy critters, IMO.
Hey, they were friends. I washed the arm later.
Oh, ick! But that may be just me.
Aw, way to ruin the vibe! π
Sorry, Martini, you know I love you.
I love smol things, what wonderful tabs!
Cuteness overload!
I'm off to be helping handy to a friend. My only comment is that I recently discovered that there is a skin care product made from snail mucus that reportedly works well. Who knew?
Robyn
Tnere are numerous Korean skin care products that use snail mucin.
Very similar stuff in a product from Korean line Glow Recipe derived from prickly pear cactus if snail mucin origin doesnβt sit right.
It might work. It seems to do nothing for dark circles under one's eyes, I hear tell. That is because genes and getting enough restful sleep work better. You might have to use it for many weeks to see any improvement. It is expensive for its size/weight/what you get. It does qualify as hope in a jar. YMMV
Snail mucin products are intended to soothe and help plump facial skin. As far as I know, they don't reduce dark under-eye circles.
If you can be nice you might avoid those black eyes!
You might not want to know how I found out?
Same here. My only question is "How do they harvest that stuff?"
Harvest? You don't use whole snails?
The answer is usually cults.
yeah I think McMorrow is an icky centrist cosplaying as a populist and she is very cute and likeable but, um, no thank you. Abdul El-Sayed seems like the real deal, not to mention brilliant w/ an impressive resume and been on the right side and out front on every issue and muy guapo. In a time of rampant Islamaphobia I'd love to see him win. Loved McMorrows first viral video where she defended LGBTQ people but..... https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/mallory-mcmorrow-michigan-dem-senate-candidate-aipac-israel-position-paper, https://www.levernews.com/the-clickbait-candidate-who-forgot-to-vote/
Pedo47 is going to hold an auction to sell off the papers he stole after he leaves office.
Whales have better birthing plans and post-natal care than humans under GOP administrations.
The whales are just beautiful.
Ants have better birthing plans than GOP administrations.
Oh my divine editrix the tab about Croesus and Cyrus does have an ending worth the read.
(Nutshell version from me)
Once upon a time Croesus had a dinner guest, Solon the Greek, who was UNIMPRESSED with Croesus's gilded dinner ware and vast wealth. Croesus, irked by the Greek wise man's ennui with gold and jewels and luxury in general, demanded examples of people who Solon found impressive and worth emulation. Solon then bored Croesus with examples of GOOD, DECENT, BRAVE, MORAL and TEMPERATE people who all died happily and none of whom had accumulated hordes of wealth. Croesus sneered at Solon's loser, low energy, sad way of looking at things and dismissed the Greek philosopher.
Later, Cyrus captured Croesus and was stoking a bonfire to toss Croesus into. (In those days that was the only 25th Amendment that those guys used.) Croesus felt the heat and lamented his sad fate and cried out "O Solon! You were right! How I wish I had listened to you!"
Cyrus, puzzled about who this 'Solon' might be, asked Croesus what the fuck he was talking about. Croesus told him and Cyrus spared Croesus life! Cyrus even elevated Croesus to a place as a trusted advisor.
Solon, meanwhile, had wandered back to Athens to found Athenian democracy.
https://www.greekmythology.com/Myths/The_Myths/Solon_and_Croesus/solon_and_croesus.html
I have helped deliver a few babies in my time. There are few things that bring women together like the birth of a new member of the human family. A bond is forged between women during the labor and delivery process that perpetuates an intimacy rarely experienced between human beings.
No matter how many times I've seen it the birth process overwhelms me emotionally every single time. Those first moments of a newborn and its' mother bonding is perhaps the most beautiful relationship we are allowed to witness.
Just a reminder not to open ProPublica while their staff is on strike:
https://bsky.app/profile/newsguild.org/post/3miyf43qaxs2v
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sSIfWFLP-Y&list=RD-sSIfWFLP-Y&start_radio=1
Tabs I Learned: Tomi Lahren is relegated to trans-bashing on a sports affiliate of an affiliate of Fox News about things that are not sports.
Turn 30 and you're done, huh babe? Has that resonated yet? Time for that "Joker" facelift?
Sure, Trump took us on a ride the last few days, and maybe even scared the bejiminnies outa us, but donβt you feel glad to be alive right now? OW! Why you gotta throw a bottle at me? Ow, ow, ow, yikes!
Not scared but pissed! Ask any of the trumpmonkeys about the latest fuckups. Ask any of the trumpmonkey politicians if they are still GAGA over what is happening. Make everyone of them admit to what is going on. SCARE the SHIT out of them concerning the MIDTERMS!
"I could give a shit about Hasan Piker, but I DO give a shit that people I like (Mallory McMorrow) are apparently listening to fucking Third Way and trying to use him as a wedge issue."
Burns makes a good point about how right wing content is largely free, while progressive content is paywalled. Thank you Wonkette for realizing this and not paywalling your content.
I donβt understand why more people canβt look at who is funding βthird wayβ and not deduce that their primary goal is not for democrats to win, but for rich people to continue to enjoy low taxes and little regulation or criminal accountability.
They want the status quo that *literally everyone else* hates to keep winning.
Tell them to fuck off.
They sound like typical Libertarians with the numbers filed off.
I wasn't happy when Margaret Sullivan left the Buffalo News, and less happy with her sojourn elsewhere. I haven't been looking for her at all lately, so I thank you very much for bringing her back to my attention, and on Substack! She's right about what should be printed, for sure.
Not sure Tiedrich is right about the morality of the children at the egg roll. Who are the parents that would allow their children within grabbing distance of the Chief Pervert, who is as likely to tell them stories about a drug and party boat, as he is to leer and suggest, "in a few years, I'll be 'dating' her?" I assume they are those who think lying, cheating, raping, racism, bigotry, and treason, are admirable qualities if the person who has them is also rich.
I am less mad at Chuck (he calls me by my first name, so I figure it's only right to return the favor), than I was, but I still haven't gotten over him calling a certain Black Woman Politician, "unAmwerican," because she was mean to the vulgarian, and I probably never will.
The basketball player? Dear Ben Shapiro, *I* am a "traditional Christian," in a church that claims Apostolic succession. Perhaps, even though it is not YOUR faith, you might educate yourself on the history and traditions of Christianity, before making rash and silly statements. But, "Aafool despises wisdom and instruction."
I was fascinated by that whale video.
Good grief, I'm long winded this morning. Sorry. Now I need a nap!
Meanwhile, in the Pacific, gray whales are turning up dead: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFIyqRSrsAU
In the Not A Drag Queen department...
https://friendlyatheist.substack.com/p/cedarville-professor-who-preached?r=2kpbl7&utm_medium=ios
In other news: The rabid monkey has put down the M16 for a moment, but he's still got the M16
"Two weeks" is the puffed up blowfish version of "I will gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today"...
Whimpy would be a TERRIBLE president, but I'd still pick him over the Orange Buffoon