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I love sloths, too. How can one not love sloths? oh! Sloths are one of three animals that belong to the animal super order called 'Xenarthra'. The other two being armadillos and anteaters. I think anteaters are my favorite animal. Anyway, Xenarthra is the perfect band name for friends and family looking for the perfect band name. They will love you (as much as I love sloths) for suggesting it.

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PEWLAGS: a handy mnemonic device for the 7 deadly sins. Pride envy wrath lust avarice gluttony sloth. I'm glad that my favorite is lowest ranked.

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"Sloths like the animals, not sloth like the deadly sin."

Meh.

/turns over on couch

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Can we each still choose our preferred type of sloth? Or have the Supremes taken that away too?

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Guess what? The sin of sloth? Donald Chump's got that in spades.

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That girl on 'Ellen' had a slothgasm...

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So, my dream last night:

I just got engaged to my husband, and President Biden was there. I told him and (you can picture this--very realistic) he was like, "That's great, kiddo! God love ya!" and hugged me. I was excited to tell Kamala, but also thought "well, but he's probably going to tell her".

There was a bed (outside) and Doug and Kamala were in it, and they were both wearing long flannel nightshirts, and he was wearing an old timey long sleeping hat and she was wearing a sleeping bonnet thing like Raggedy Ann. And in my dream I thought, well of course, all adults sleep with another couple.

And I told Kamala and she laughed and cooed and looked at my ring and was like, "I'm so happy for you!"

Then I was helping President Biden down a grassy slope and I sort of hugged him because it was slick and then worried that people would say he couldn't walk but I didn't want to let him go.

I woke up feeling happy and secure in a way. That's what I try to find out from my dreams--how am I feeling after, rather than trying to suss out every little detail.

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Wow. I love this for you!

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This dream portends you coming into money in exactly eleven days. Part of that money needs to be sent to the mommy blog; another part should be donated to Harris/Walz campaign and a tiny pittance should be sent to me for my services in deciphering the coded message the dream contains for you.

;>)))

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It was funny because in the dream nothing was weird about the idea that they'd be sleeping 4 in a bed (non-sexual) and for a moment when I woke up I sort of wondered "DO people sleep with another couple? I feel like that's real? Nope--it's not."

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The part about '4 in a bed' is the money part. The part where Biden calls you 'kiddo' is the eleven days and and the happy secure feeling is what you'll find when you send me my fee.

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This all seems completely legit--I'm happy for your help and will be remitting your fees forthwith.

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Unsolicited help and advice is always the most rewarding and useful thing...for the person giving the unsolicited help and advice. ;>))

For everyone else...not so much. :>((

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"Sloths like the animals, not sloth like the deadly sin."

Why not both?

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Because Donald Chump's a fan of one and not the other.

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OMG, the kids are into sloths!

My mom directed me to buy a Teddy Bear for the new grand daughter.

The toy store had only one (inappropriate) bear, but loads of sloths.

We settled on a very cute sloth.

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OMG, the kids are into sloths!

My mom directed me to buy a Teddy Bear for the new grand daughter.

The toy store had only one (inappropriate) bear, but loads of sloths.

We settled on a very cute sloth.

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Did you *really* need to include the subhead? For a moment there, I thought it was finally my day.

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I intend to sloth all day today.

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Since my spirit animal is the sloth, I think slothfulness is a minor infraction, hardly a sin at all.

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I find it odd what they class as deadly sins and what they don't. I'd think being a Republican should be one of the deadly sins.

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Thanks for the good laugh and day-brightener.

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I really like how Sir David Attenborough pronounces sloth, with a long O.

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The only time I heard it pronounced that way was in the wonderful little movie "Reuben, Reuben" (1983) when a drunken Scottish poet (played by Tom Conti) laughs out loud at what he felt was the pretentious pronunciation!! 🤣

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<< I've bought my cat so many toys and the only thing she wants is cash. She'll carry it all around the house in her mouth and hoard it like a tiny dragon. >>

https://x.com/WholesomeMeme/status/1847643990046220594

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The last few years have been a festival of medical issues for me, and the news this week is that I likely have myalgic encephalomyelitis, AKA chronic fatigue syndrome, which is not curable or, as far as I've read, particularly treatable. So that sucks.

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❤️

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Am sad to hear this. My eldest daughter has CFS. The one thing she took too long to learn was to listen to her body. I wish you all the hugs as you navigate this.

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It must be rough for you, too.

Has your daughter found anything that helps at all?

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She lives in Australia now. She goes through a lot of trial and error but changing her diet to more healthy foods and resting when her body tells her to are the biggest things. She has 2 boys ( 4 & 6) and they know that sometimes mummy just needs to liedown. She also takes a multi vitamin every day as her bloodwork often shows her to be low in iron/potassium/magnesium. She does a lot of reading on the subject, especially medical stuff.

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Thank you; that's very helpful to know.

I hope things go well for her and her kids!

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🫂

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Thanks, I needed that

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Close-up view of smoke.

Closer.

Closer.

https://x.com/gunsnrosesgirl3/status/1847644885811134939

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Ta, Robyn. Darling husband Meccalopolis got the snow tires put on the car (they were new last year) so now we have actual all wheel drive and snow tires. We are ready!! Good day, beloved Wonketteers. I love and appreciate you all and I bless us all with love, health, peace, and grace.

Please, please stay safe. Wear a mask or two, wash your hands, sanitize when you cannot wash and let the sanitizer dry completely, stop touching your face, take Vitamin D, get a booster shot when you are due, avoid indoor and crowded outdoor gatherings and when you must meet, remove masks only to eat, drink, and take quick photos, and stay the fuck away from me and everyone with whom you do not share a roof. Do this because you love yourself, and because I love you, too. Do this in memory of dear departed family and friends like Treg and Tony, Holly's hero pilot friend, among over seven million dead worldwide. Do this to honor the nurses and other frontline medical personnel, especially ICU Hera Mrs Land Shark RN. Stay safe.

Slava Ukraini. 🌻🇺🇦💙💛

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thank you for the reminder. It was snowing on the pass yesterday so it is that time for us as well

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I have a feeling we're going to get some snow this year, whatever the Farmer's Almanac is saying about a mild winter. I love you, darling. Enjoy your Saturday, every Wonk!

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Scenes From A Marriage

Mrs. Beese: I'm going to see what kind of cleaning job you did up there.

Me: [like Nicholson in The Shining] Go check it out!

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This is in my near term future.

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