I'm fucking exhausted by explaining why you don't "correct" "Black lives matter" to "All lives matter." I can't even fathom how black people feel about this bullshit.

Our community page is really showing the people of our town for what they are good and bad. At, least the bad ones I can tell off or write off. It's the dunderheads in the squishy middle who are exhausting, because I feel like, if they're just clueless people of good will, if someone doesn't cluestick them, they're going to slide into willful ignorance.

OMG, this! I had a "friend" (more like friendly acquaintance, but FB doesn't make that distinction) post a seemingly sincere, "why is saying All Lives Matter a problem", post. So I (plus a mutual friend, plus a couple of his friends that I don't know gave answers. Ranging from posting a meme, posting statistics, posting long, thought out answers. He just kept doubling down with "what about this, what about that...?" so after about my 4th answer I said, "I'm going to stop responding to this post now. We've given you sincere answers, but it doesn't seem like you're here to learn. It seems like you're looking for an argument or for someone to tell you you're right, and I'm not here for that." The only response I got to that was one of his female friends liking my post.

A little later that night, he posted a meme with a picture of a black baby and some "statistic" about "more black babies are aborted than born in New York - All Lives Matter". I noped out; hit Snooze on him.

Your "friendly" neighborhood sea lion?

Timelies all!

Happy Birthday Dana!

We're going to have to wrap Nova in a towel to pill her. I got scratched up a bit this morning when we gave her her pill. Gary was holding her, so he got a bit scratched too.

As someone who still eats raw carob chips as a snack, I feel qualified to declare Valente is, once again, full of it.

Everything on my work to do list is done!

I'd better get logged off as fast as possible before something else comes up...

Step away from the email.

Summer session starts on Monday. One of my soon to be students has already sent me the first homework assignment.

Dang, DXM!

I think carob is probably fine as its own thing, but as "just like chocolate" it is a hippy fail.

Hope you get relief and also ice cream, Dana!

Sheryl, I would never even try to pill my Buddy if there were any possible alternative. I've had nice cats who wouldn't take a pill, and Buddy is just not that into being that close.....

It may be worth it to enquire if you can get the medicine compounded into a fish paste (or a powder that can be mixed into a pat of butter) that the cat will be only too happy to lick off a paw. Not all drugs are compatible with this, but some can be done this way, and it's not that expensive.

Most cats are too fussy for Pill Pockets to be doable, YCMV.