OK, the footnote part makes it amazing!

I just ordered a new pair of cheapo glasses because I sat on and broke the ones I had (I just use them for driving at night). And it said "standard shipping is now going to be 21-28 days due to mandatory business closures in China". Wow! First coronavirus-related issue that has actually affected me in any way! Here's hoping it's also the last.

Enviable, Hec. Plus making people happy!

The food was for her friend, Maggie, who is the mother of her friend, Geri, who died suddenly last year.

She got a slight raise in her Social Security check, so they lowered her food stamps!

I made a bolognese lasagne a few weeks ago because Matilda was begging for it and split it between two small pans (since JZ and I aren't eating noodles right now). Maggie gobbled that up and sent an appreciative note and I kind of realized she might be going a little hungry for hearty food. It felt good to do a big stew, which is not really common in the household since Emmett moved out.

I made the stew with ground pork and stew meat, and used brandy, apple cider and French onion stock.

Yeah, our factories in China don't know when they'll open again and pretty soon it'll be Songkram and all the factories in Thailand will close. Lotta uncertainty in the supply chain.

That is a winner of a footnote!

I finally left work but I missed my window for going straight from work to a movie. I'm also immensely tired, so my birthday treat will be early bedtime. It's kinda the perfect 51st birthday gift!

That stew sounds delicious, Hec.

From David's article, regarding Rickey Henderson's 1990 season:

You knew Rickey was great, but those aren't just numbers. That's epic. That's the baseball equivalent of the Riders of Rohan topping the hill with the dawning light behind them and cleaving through the Uruk-Hai at Helm's Deep and driving the forces for darkness before them.

Well said.

I am sure Maggie will be thrilled by the soup, whether or not she's getting plenty of hearty food elsewhere. It sounds delicious!

Despite having a week's worth of groceries to cook at home, I wimped out and bought 99¢ tacos pastor and asada at the local taqueria for dinner. Also delicious! It's a tacos and tortilla chip kind of night.

That sounds like a good choice, Matt.

1990 was the year I graduated from college and I immediately moved in with my parents to save money while I worked 3 part time jobs and saved up for my first grad school attempt. Whenever our schedules worked out to allow it, my mom and I would get cheap seats at the Coliseum in a quest to see Ricky Henderson break the record for stolen bases. I feel enormously lucky that we were successful! I haven't really kept up watching baseball, but that was glorious.

I have so much love and support for everyone's posts. But my cognitive load cannot handle responding individually.

Guys- this graduate school thing is killing me. I cannot continue to pull it out of my ass at the last minute like this, but on the other hand this seems to be how I work, so do I just roll with it? I just asked for an extension on my peer feedback, and then as soon as I did that, was able to complete the assignment in like, two hours. Otherwise, I seem to have analysis paralysis!

Well said.

Heh. Thanks, DXM!

1990 was the year I graduated from college and I immediately moved in with my parents to save money while I worked 3 part time jobs and saved up for my first grad school attempt. Whenever our schedules worked out to allow it, my mom and I would get cheap seats at the Coliseum in a quest to see Ricky Henderson break the record for stolen bases. I feel enormously lucky that we were successful! I haven't really kept up watching baseball, but that was glorious.

How fun! What a great memory.

Also happy birthday minus-t!!

so Yang and Bennett dropped out of race and now I am seeing one person reporting that Steyer is out, but I think she got confused with Bennett.