Ugh. I fear I will have to take another Facebook break because I don't seem to be able to ignore the gun loving posts. And I don't want to fight about it. I had to take a break after the election and just went back, and now this. I would make this place my only social place on the internet, but I like connecting with the relatives and other life friends there. Hate this.

Laura, is it a few people you can temporarily hide, so you don't see their posts?

I fear I will have to take another Facebook break because I don't seem to be able to ignore the gun loving posts. And I don't want to fight about it.

This blindsided me. I expected conflict and ugliness around the election, and even though it was maddening at times, I was prepared. But all of the extreme pro-gun posts (arm all the teachers! There's no way that could end badly!) have caught me totally off-guard.

But then -- I don't remember if you have time to read Natter, Laura -- I found out last night that Tim and I are diametrically opposite on gun issues, via a very contentious argument. It was unpleasant. I did not sleep well or much last night. And I ate way too many of the Reese's Cups that le nubian sent us, because peanut butter is how I deal with stress.

And mostly I just don't want to deal. I have presents to wrap and too much shit to do between now and Christmas, and I don't want to deal with anything else.

I started having problems with onion as a teenager. I did okay with raw onion or thoroughly cooked onion, but partially-cooked ones took me right out--at both ends. I gradually lost the tolerance for raw onions at all, about the same time peppers decided they were seriously not my friend--even mild bell peppers--the sulphur burps and diarrhea were truly impressive, and incapacitating. H started pureeing onion to add to stews and soups, and I do pretty well with that. Or just adding an onion cut in half into a pot that will be cooking a long time. Apparently, it's onion solids that my system hates--pureed or whole and cooked for an hour or more, and solids removed before ingesting, I seem to be all right.

I miss peppers, though. Potatoes, tomatoes, nsm eggplant.

H and I have learned not to discuss things we disagree on, though I've taken him to task about some lifestyle intolerance. Apparently he backslid since his liberal college days into grumpy old fart conservative territory. Not having that. At least, not out loud. And not where it affects his behavior in public.

One of the reasons I'm glad to be taking my dog to see my mom's side of the family is that it gives us something cute and neutral to talk about. Everyone loves dogs, yay! (well, we all do).

I think... I am not going to work today. Blecccccccch.

The "Who's This?" shirt by Karen Hallion (Kate's friend) is up at Red Bubble!! [link] Hmm, maybe I'll add it to my Xmas list.

Apparently he backslid since his liberal college days into grumpy old fart conservative territory

Sounds like my dad--my mom claims he was a liberal when she married him, but I've never known him to be anything approaching liberal!!

ha! took me a minute to figure out that t-shirt!

I can eat onions (and garlic) but prefer them used as seasoning rather than the food. Last Friday I was off work and spotted the Big Cheese food truck and had their "Thrilled Cheese" - grilled cheese sandwith with jalapenos and other spicy goodness. Then I went home and took a nap.

Connie (from way back) - I had cataract surgery last year. I'm ... well, kind of ambivalent on the results. It exacerbated an existing condition and I'm finding that with the two different lenses, I need glasses to read. Before, with my extreme nearsightedness, if I had something close enough I could read it (hence the nose smudges on some books). Now ... either I wear my reading glasses or close one eye and try to find a distance at which the open eye will focus. I CAN now walk around without glasses and don't have to worry about running into things (like I said - extremely nearsighted) and it does my vanity some good. And I can get reasonably priced lenses for my prescription lenses and even use the cheap drugstore reading glasses.

Feel free to ask if you want info.

This blindsided me. I expected conflict and ugliness around the election, and even though it was maddening at times, I was prepared. But all of the extreme pro-gun posts (arm all the teachers! There's no way that could end badly!) have caught me totally off-guard.

It kind of blindsided me too. The real life people I can cut off and insist that we just agree to disagree, but the Facebook thing is harder since so much of it is just posting graphics that spout things like how guns killed Bin Laden.

I was bad and just went and posted my thoughts on the subject. Chances are this means I have to take a Facebook break now, or start hiding people's posts. Or do some serious friend trimming. Oh well.

eta: love you guys

The Southern and Hawaiian sweet onions are all varieties of the the F1 Hybrid Yellow Granex. The key is growing them in low-sulfur soil. If people can tolerate sweet onions better, I suspect low sulfur is the answer. Walla Walla sweets might grow better in San Francisco, although I confess that the San Francisco climate baffles me.

(I've written a lot about Vidalia onions.)

smonster, every one of those shirts is gorgeous!

I'm kind of in love with this one.