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Men round up. Women round down.

From a comedy talent show earlier this year :-

"When you're small like me, you like to round up. Since I'm five foot six and a half, that's what I do. So let's just say I'm six foot."

The comedian breezed through to the final.

Dang it. I should have trademarked that. I made a joke like that to my straight female/gay male friends last year....

So a friend of mine and I are trying to not buy anything new in 2020. For ourselves anyway.
Our logic - we have enough stuff.

We can buy digital things or used items. Groceries and toiletries obviously don't count. Or new socks/underwear as necessary.


Of course, I'm so tempted to order my Amazon cart before the new year so I'll have that last bit of new stuff.

My new guy and I love Disney movies. And our favorite? The Little Mermaid.

At a party yesterday, they had *Krampus* playing on the big screen. I normally don't do horror movies or Xmas movies, and this one was both. But while nomming treats and chatting with the other party people, I kind of got into it. There was some striking imagery (sort of a lesser-Pan's Labyrinth vibe) and the performances were at least competent. It was a bit more interesting than yet another slasher-in-Santa-garb escapade.

The title of that movie makes me think of Tastykake Krimpets.

I would not accept a Krimpet™ offered by Krampus. o_0

The Krampus was one of the villains in the Scooby-Doo, Mystery Inc. series.

Because of my extended workdays earlier this week, there wasn't time to finish lighting the Hanukkah candles. So I'm doing it now.

I went to my first beach in the Netherlands today

My supper today was a sandwich filled with leftover chicken and a BIG chunk of kosher pickle that I'd been saving for just such an occasion.

Oh, yeah...

The tiny amphibians ,Rana Sylvatica, or more commonly referred to as Wood Frogs, can survive for weeks with an incredible two-thirds of their body water completely frozen ... to the point where they are essentially solid frogsicles. Even more incredible is the fact that the wood frogs stop breathing and their hearts stop beating entirely for days to weeks at a time. In fact, during its period of frozen winter hibernation, the frogs’ physical processes—from metabolic activity to waste production—grind to a near halt. What’s more, the frogs are likely to endure multiple freeze/thaw episodes over the course of a winter

I see green, blue, pink and yellow post-its in front of me.

Preston 7 par xenophora, on ipernity

^I love that

Thanks, Buddy. I thought I didn't tailor it for LW. But on the other hand, the subconscious is a powerful force.

It works extremely well.

Also, I went on a tour of the church beside my apartment building, and now I'm very tipsy.

Beautifully done, Cleome. You should be proud of yourself.

Thanks, A.

Returning to randomness: there are already cherry blossoms in bloom here, and daffodils. It looks nice, but I'm already feeling nervous that the summer is going to be a long-ass scorcher with tons of fires again.

I sincerely hope your upcoming summer experience does not mirror our own down in Aus.

hope everything does get better there stile

I visited 3 Dutch cities this weekend

I echo Ibby's good wishes, Stile.

In the classic video game Ms. Pac Man, eating an apple earned you 1000 bonus points!

Thank you, stile. The most we have to deal with near me is haze, ashes, and nasty smoke. And we got off the hook last summer, which was uncharacteristically cool and wet. Wishing you better times, too.

Thanks all. I was nowhere near the fires themselves so only had to directly cope with a few days of strong smoke haze, but the huge area burnt and the loss of other homes, farms, trees (estimated to be ten times that lost in the Amazon fires) and wildlife (conservatively estimated at 1 billion animals) is hard for me to conceive of. Fortunately most of it has finally been doused due to the large rainfalls received a week ago but recovery will take years.

Still life goes on (for most of us) and that is good.