M and I use spiral bound monthly calendars they we mark up with pencil because things can change. It’s a little like being able to read M’s mind and it makes me less crazy. Plus she can see my events and appointments and plan accordingly.
We're old and we have a cute dogs calendar in our kitchen, we write things on it that we don't want to forget like birthdays, appointments and heartworm-med day.
I never use my digital calendar. But since I retired I've been using a bullet journal, set up very idiosyncratically just for me, and it helps keep me organized.
I use a desk calendar at work. And you'd better ONLY WRITE ON IT IN PENCIL, because stuff changes all the time. I write down the classes attending the library and events. I use this data for my monthly report. I'd lose my mind if I didn't have a desk calendar.
I still like having a wall calendar, with pretty pictures for each month, and room each day to write down things on my To Do List. 2024's calendar has tropical beaches, 2025's calendar has scenic views with inspiring quotes. I also like to keep a pocket calendar in my purse, to jot down appointments, etc, when I am out and can't write them on my home calendar. Clearly I haven't gotten in the habit of using my phone calendar.
The 2025 paper calendar in the kitchen this year is "Art Deco Fairy Tales." Full color beauty and creative inspiration! I carry a little paper one but I will use the reminder/alarm setting on my phone for the day's appts, too.
Keeping a calendar, marking down each day's events and goings on. Special occasions, like Beach Week!, etc., is fun to do and makes for memorable keepsakes. I still have calendars from when I was in high school. Oh, the good times! --Brett Kavadrunk
I like a calendar in my kitchen for quick at a glance reference. The one I had for 2024 had pictures of dogs pooping in beautiful scenic locations that my sister sent me. It was gross and really probably would have been more appropriate for 2025. I think I have one with birds or animals on hand.
I'm kind of a physical calendar fiend. We have one in the kitchen with pictures each month of our nieces--I assume at some point we'll stop getting those, but like you, I like it and space for "notable" stuff like "eye doctor" and whatever.
I also have a paperback novel sized one, the same kind that I've been getting for 20 years, where there's more room for each day, and I've kept them almost like journals. I'll go through different phases with them, like maybe I'm trying to be "healthy" so I'll plot out food, or I'll write out gift ideas, or make notes about how I feel or something funny I heard--along with normal "eye doctor" stuff.
I don't know how to use the one on my phone and I doubt I'd like it as much as my little matching books.
Phil Williams was doing so well with his editorial until the very end when he felt the need to both-sides it. It would be unbelievable given the pile of evidence he provided against the right and none on the left but as we sit on the cusp of 2025, it's not only believable, it would be a surprise if Williams didn't bring in a both-sides.
Olive Garden's chicken scampi is one of my favorite things to eat, so stick to your guns Donna Rose.(Even though 'scampi' means 'shrimp'??? I don't know.)
Jimmy Carter breaks my heart. I just can't stand what's happened over the past 2 months.
Paris built fountains in all their parks; these fountains were caged so that no one could put a bucket in to get water - this prevented thugs from monopolizing the fountains. The cages are sized to allow drinking containers. Recently, Paris added sparkling water to some of the parks.
Don't worry about putting up tabs this week. We can take care of ourselves just fine. One thing to ask, though, is to not put up some long post featuring PAB or some other asshole for the Open Thread. Give us a break, please.
I love science fiction, and I try to keep up on books and blogs. Which is impossible, so a few times a year I try to catch up on ReactorMag's blog. I loved this essay:
"All Insurrections are not created equal: on writing resistance after Jan 6th."
The author, Michaiah Johnson, wrote a fantastic book called "The Space Between Worlds". She also was heavily involved in the 2020 BLM protests. She writes about the parallels between the protests she participated in and Jan 6. And also, about how people of all political stripes responded to fiction like "The Hunger Games".
"Assigning roles based on emotion means when someone tells you you’re wrong, and it hurts, that must be an attack, because the feeling is what decides whether it is or not. And if you are being attacked, you must be the protagonist. Not just a hero, but a righteous one, an avenger. And if you perceive the entity hurting you as being more powerful than you? Congratulations. You’re a revolutionary now."
I assume this is where we tell our Jimmy Carter stories. My mother attended Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in the early ‘90s, right as the baptists were losing what was left of their humanity. She sped up her studies to receive her Master’s in Christian education from the last reasonable seminary president. In so doing, she was able to cross paths he stage at her commencement and receive her paper diploma from the hands of President Carter himself. She still talks about it. I got to be in the room with him, though I was not lucky enough to speak to him. But I did go on to work in lots of Habitat for Humanity homes and they had such admiration for him. He was a good man and he had a long life, well lived. We should all pray to be like Jimmy.
When I was working, there were business filings that had to be completed by the end of the year to avoid some serious tax liabilities. Businesses being run by humans, human nature would rear its ugly head, and everyone waited until the last moment to file.
Everyone complains about the amorphous nature of the last week of the year. For me, it was always the busiest week of the year.
Regarding beer drinking in Middle Ages back to Mesopotamian times, I wonder about fetal alcohol syndrome which must have been prevalent? Are a paucity of brain cells a useful adaptation for urban life?
European people are adapted to life soaked in alcohol, which NA Indigenes famously were not. Why didn't they brew all the ale?
Ta, Rebecca. Ta, Martini. All our cards are addressed and signed; today's mission is end-of-year giving. This will be my very first year filing taxes jointly, and since my darling husband Meccalopolis and I are so very much in love, I'm looking forward to it. I'm also looking forward to flags at half mast in JC's honor during the inauguration of that *thing*. 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 due and catch up on any other vaccines you lack, 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 much-missed Treg and Tony, Holly's hero pilot friend, among over seven million dead worldwide. Do this to honor the nurses (we have many here!) and other frontline medical personnel, including Wonkette ICU Hera Mrs Land Shark RN. Be kind, especially to yourself, and please stay safe.
From the Nice Things Bureau: I am happy to say that I got a free subscription from Crip Dyke for a friend to read Pervert Justice, which I forwarded to said friend, and it blew her mind, and I think she plans to read it going forward, and eventually subscribe! (I haven't heard from the other friends yet.) Anything to support the important writing/opinion/journalism/news portal known as Wonkette and its writing staff! I am still tearful over Jimmy Carter and all the other body blows we progs and libs have been getting lately, so I'll take any good news I can find. Now go out into your lives and be awesome, wonkers!
A quick gif link explainer: https://open.substack.com/pub/martiniambassador/p/the-calendar-marches-onward
And your meme chat for the day: https://open.substack.com/chat/posts/a74ee1c0-6b81-4b1c-a058-7a4aea3b3bc2?utm_source=share
I rely on an erasable whiteboard calendar to keep me on track, just to spite my phone.
I kind of enjoy obliterating the personal failings of the past month and replacing it with the ever hopeful next one.
ZOMG, tomorrow is New Year's Eve!
Stick up on bird seeds!
Oooh, nom nom nom nom nom!
Indeed it is! I are planning on making devils on horseback as a nosh.
We're doing 60s apps (a bunch of oldz) and making! Angels on horseback!
Nom!
I wonder what snacks I will do. :)
If I were to choose a snack for the Eve it would be pâté on a slice of baguette with mustard and a cornichon.
you mean chopped liver on matzos?
I have a wall calendar that serves organizational purposes, but then, I also have a Rolodex...
Neither of them chirp for my attention which suits me just fine
There's something to be said about physical calendars and notebooks. I like to have both the physical and digital versions.
M and I use spiral bound monthly calendars they we mark up with pencil because things can change. It’s a little like being able to read M’s mind and it makes me less crazy. Plus she can see my events and appointments and plan accordingly.
I have a calendar displayed in the kitchen which covers something I don't care to fix.
We're old and we have a cute dogs calendar in our kitchen, we write things on it that we don't want to forget like birthdays, appointments and heartworm-med day.
Perfect!
I never use my digital calendar. But since I retired I've been using a bullet journal, set up very idiosyncratically just for me, and it helps keep me organized.
I use a desk calendar at work. And you'd better ONLY WRITE ON IT IN PENCIL, because stuff changes all the time. I write down the classes attending the library and events. I use this data for my monthly report. I'd lose my mind if I didn't have a desk calendar.
I need a phone that starts annoying me the day before a doctor's appointment or I'll forget it, and I hate to give them a no-show fee. XD
That last sentence right there!
I have a small booklet-style day planner, with a picture of an adorable kitten on the cover. I like it a great deal.
I still like having a wall calendar, with pretty pictures for each month, and room each day to write down things on my To Do List. 2024's calendar has tropical beaches, 2025's calendar has scenic views with inspiring quotes. I also like to keep a pocket calendar in my purse, to jot down appointments, etc, when I am out and can't write them on my home calendar. Clearly I haven't gotten in the habit of using my phone calendar.
The 2025 paper calendar in the kitchen this year is "Art Deco Fairy Tales." Full color beauty and creative inspiration! I carry a little paper one but I will use the reminder/alarm setting on my phone for the day's appts, too.
Same. Mine have excellent pictures of doggos with inspirational quotes about doggos, which is as it should be here :).
Keeping a calendar, marking down each day's events and goings on. Special occasions, like Beach Week!, etc., is fun to do and makes for memorable keepsakes. I still have calendars from when I was in high school. Oh, the good times! --Brett Kavadrunk
I like a calendar in my kitchen for quick at a glance reference. The one I had for 2024 had pictures of dogs pooping in beautiful scenic locations that my sister sent me. It was gross and really probably would have been more appropriate for 2025. I think I have one with birds or animals on hand.
I'm kind of a physical calendar fiend. We have one in the kitchen with pictures each month of our nieces--I assume at some point we'll stop getting those, but like you, I like it and space for "notable" stuff like "eye doctor" and whatever.
I also have a paperback novel sized one, the same kind that I've been getting for 20 years, where there's more room for each day, and I've kept them almost like journals. I'll go through different phases with them, like maybe I'm trying to be "healthy" so I'll plot out food, or I'll write out gift ideas, or make notes about how I feel or something funny I heard--along with normal "eye doctor" stuff.
I don't know how to use the one on my phone and I doubt I'd like it as much as my little matching books.
Phil Williams was doing so well with his editorial until the very end when he felt the need to both-sides it. It would be unbelievable given the pile of evidence he provided against the right and none on the left but as we sit on the cusp of 2025, it's not only believable, it would be a surprise if Williams didn't bring in a both-sides.
Phil Williams is a brave and true journalist.
Olive Garden's chicken scampi is one of my favorite things to eat, so stick to your guns Donna Rose.(Even though 'scampi' means 'shrimp'??? I don't know.)
Jimmy Carter breaks my heart. I just can't stand what's happened over the past 2 months.
Paris built fountains in all their parks; these fountains were caged so that no one could put a bucket in to get water - this prevented thugs from monopolizing the fountains. The cages are sized to allow drinking containers. Recently, Paris added sparkling water to some of the parks.
Don't worry about putting up tabs this week. We can take care of ourselves just fine. One thing to ask, though, is to not put up some long post featuring PAB or some other asshole for the Open Thread. Give us a break, please.
I love science fiction, and I try to keep up on books and blogs. Which is impossible, so a few times a year I try to catch up on ReactorMag's blog. I loved this essay:
"All Insurrections are not created equal: on writing resistance after Jan 6th."
https://reactormag.com/all-insurrections-are-not-created-equal-on-writing-resistance-after-january-6th/
The author, Michaiah Johnson, wrote a fantastic book called "The Space Between Worlds". She also was heavily involved in the 2020 BLM protests. She writes about the parallels between the protests she participated in and Jan 6. And also, about how people of all political stripes responded to fiction like "The Hunger Games".
"Assigning roles based on emotion means when someone tells you you’re wrong, and it hurts, that must be an attack, because the feeling is what decides whether it is or not. And if you are being attacked, you must be the protagonist. Not just a hero, but a righteous one, an avenger. And if you perceive the entity hurting you as being more powerful than you? Congratulations. You’re a revolutionary now."
-- Michaiah Johnson
I assume this is where we tell our Jimmy Carter stories. My mother attended Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in the early ‘90s, right as the baptists were losing what was left of their humanity. She sped up her studies to receive her Master’s in Christian education from the last reasonable seminary president. In so doing, she was able to cross paths he stage at her commencement and receive her paper diploma from the hands of President Carter himself. She still talks about it. I got to be in the room with him, though I was not lucky enough to speak to him. But I did go on to work in lots of Habitat for Humanity homes and they had such admiration for him. He was a good man and he had a long life, well lived. We should all pray to be like Jimmy.
When I was working, there were business filings that had to be completed by the end of the year to avoid some serious tax liabilities. Businesses being run by humans, human nature would rear its ugly head, and everyone waited until the last moment to file.
Everyone complains about the amorphous nature of the last week of the year. For me, it was always the busiest week of the year.
If I were living in medieval times I'd want to be drunk all the time.
Most people were. Tea and coffee came around and provided a safe to drink non-alcoholic beverage. Folks sobered up and voila, the Enlightenment.
So, that's how that happened!
Lol.
Hey, y'all - The lady who wrote that swell piece about Olive Garden has a substack, too!
https://melindacopp.substack.com/
Hooray, my subscription renewed automatically, thanks no doubt to the miracle of WonkAI ... !
Also, this is all I know about “Rakuten”, and frankly, it’s all I NEED to know:
https://youtu.be/2NYvnnhreEU?si=G4O16bHtlvBVfugC
Regarding beer drinking in Middle Ages back to Mesopotamian times, I wonder about fetal alcohol syndrome which must have been prevalent? Are a paucity of brain cells a useful adaptation for urban life?
European people are adapted to life soaked in alcohol, which NA Indigenes famously were not. Why didn't they brew all the ale?
So many questions.
Gotta have my Tab's and Coffee in the morning ☕ Thanks, Rebecca and the Wonkette authors Happy New Year's and will reStack ASAP 🙏💯👍🇺🇸
Ta, Rebecca. Ta, Martini. All our cards are addressed and signed; today's mission is end-of-year giving. This will be my very first year filing taxes jointly, and since my darling husband Meccalopolis and I are so very much in love, I'm looking forward to it. I'm also looking forward to flags at half mast in JC's honor during the inauguration of that *thing*. 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 due and catch up on any other vaccines you lack, 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 much-missed Treg and Tony, Holly's hero pilot friend, among over seven million dead worldwide. Do this to honor the nurses (we have many here!) and other frontline medical personnel, including Wonkette ICU Hera Mrs Land Shark RN. Be kind, especially to yourself, and please stay safe.
Slava Ukraini. 🌻🇺🇦💙💛
2024 was lousy for me. Good riddance
While I agree, I also fear that in a few months I will be nostalgic for 2024.
Optimists unite!
From the Nice Things Bureau: I am happy to say that I got a free subscription from Crip Dyke for a friend to read Pervert Justice, which I forwarded to said friend, and it blew her mind, and I think she plans to read it going forward, and eventually subscribe! (I haven't heard from the other friends yet.) Anything to support the important writing/opinion/journalism/news portal known as Wonkette and its writing staff! I am still tearful over Jimmy Carter and all the other body blows we progs and libs have been getting lately, so I'll take any good news I can find. Now go out into your lives and be awesome, wonkers!