Happy 5th Anniversary Steph and Tim!

Here is a song for you. While it's not a filk of an extant song, in my head, it would be performed in the style of The Gooch (Ted Buckland's girlfriend on Scrubs, who also has the given name of Stephanie; Coincidence? Well, probably).

Imagine, if you will, a ukulele playing...

The boy likes carrots
And Teppy likes people
Who like carrots

They both said "I do"
But for real, not like-
A couple of parrots

They've been married
For what amounts to
Half of a decade

But it still feels new
'Cause bright burns the torch
Both of them carried

Look straight up and you'll see
Tep and her boy
Sitting in a tree

They're K-I-S-S-I-N-G
So don't scare 'em when you yell,
"Happy Anniversary!"

(Big finish now:) Happy 5th Anniversary -- five years!

Happy Anniversary! (Awesome tribute, Cindy!)

Woot! Congrats to Scrappy and all her future students.

If given the chance, I would totally punch Mitch McConnell, though.

We'll take turns. At the moment Grassley is top of my list for punching. And all those justifying the ongoing abuse of Dr. Ford. I am having rage issues and using the escape into fiction method of coping. Currently binging Brooklyn Nine Nine with my sister, reading lightweight fiction, and have almost caught up on backlogged soap operas.

Not totally avoiding reality and have been doing the emails and faxes to a selection of 10 senators thing. Sorry, I don't even call my kids. I wish I could call; I've even gone so far as to accumulate the numbers. I may before this mess is done.

Also, I am worried about how upset I will be if the midterms don't go as I anticipate. I am not close to recovered from the devastation of 2016. I really believed that it was over and I would have confidence and pride in the new president. Ugh, even typing that I am struck again with how far away from recovered I am.

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My darlings. I have the spoons to send love to you all.

Tornado in town here last night while I was at work. Daniel & the cats were and are safe, no damage at home. At work we were all safe, no major damage, but there is still no power or phone service. The tornado sirens went off so much that I got confused about the all-clear, and suggested we simply hang out in the basement living area so we could get to the bathroom quickly if need be. And then I heard a rumbling that was not thunder. I used Command Voice. People moved themselves quickly. We were safe.

I'm tired.

Oh dear, WindSparrow. The people you keep safe are so fortunate to have you in their lives. May the rest of the day be quiet and lead to a restful evening.

Thanks, Cindy! That was a top-notch tune!!!

Andi, I'm so glad that you and your residents are safe. (Glad about Daniel and the kitties, too, but it sounds like you were closer to the tornado than they were, so your proximity is scarier.)

I posted my silly wedding slideshow on FB if anyone wants to take a gander at it.

Also, after Tim left for work, I found a present he hid for me to find -- a Spider-Man Christmas ornament (with a little note stuck on the box that says "Happy Anniversary"). True love is knowing what a perfect anniversary present that is for me.

And then in various FB groups people are talking about ASMR videos and on Twitter because YouTube has been demonetizing them 4chan misogynistic assholes are reporting them for making money off sex related things even though its not sex related

What the fuck??? Argh! So much rage

True love is knowing what a perfect anniversary present that is for me.

As for the tornado, work is in one end of town, home is in the middle of town, and the tornado hit hard at the other end of town, so technically Daniel and the cats were closer. However, one of the main roads between home and work is a gracious, tree lined avenue. Many of the gracious old trees are down, blocking the road, having done who-knows-what-all damage on the way down. I'm assuming that the trees took out some of the electricity infrastructure.

Tornado damage is such a horror. Is your power still out?

Yikes, Andi! Glad you're all okay.

There is something weird going on with one of Harvey's eyes. His 3rd eyelid is half-across the eye. Based on how he is acting - appetite is good, energy level damn good for a 20 year old cat with back and kidney problems, no discharge, no change in mobility - waiting until morning to get him seen is fine. But it freaks me out because it makes his one eye look they way they did in the dream the other day. I haven't mentioned that detail to Daniel because I don't want to worry him.

Note to self: Remember the message of the dream was, "it isn't time to give up yet."