Good job, Penny the Huntress!

I had a Genius Bar appointment because my Macbook Air's keyboard has been fubar lately; they told it will probably be a free repair! Amazing!

I may get together with my climbing partner this weekend, who has been out of town (and out of touch) since early March.

Just got two text alerts about protests in the East Bay this weekend, related to the Brianna Taylor grand jury indictments. And apparently 2 cops in Louisville were shot already.

I wish there was a way to tell people, "please stop with the violence!" but they're terrified and angry and why should anyone listen to me?

I suspect by election day I won't be sleeping at all...

Yay free repair, Suela!

Dana, that is internal fortitude to not murder him.

Apparently google tells me mirrors can be glued to walls. The question becomes do I try to wrestle the mirror off the wall and take the chance of breaking it while I do so, or glue an already-broken mirror (I mean just the one corner! But still) back to the wall??

I suspect by election day I won't be sleeping at all...

I'm just going to ask this, even though it makes me feel paranoid as hell to admit that I'm doing this:

Is anyone else worried enough about civil unrest around/after the election that you're buying extra nonperishable food and TP (and pet food, if applicable) in case supply lines get disrupted? I'm not super concerned about actual warfare in the streets or martial law being enacted (I'm not NOT concerned about those things, either, because every time during this administration I've thought "That's too far-fetched to happen," whatever far-fetched thing it is ends up happening), but I can envision a scenario similar to April (March? both?) where stores were just out of stuff and it took a ridiculously long time for stock to be replenished.

I'm trying to NOT feel like a paranoid fool, but, well t gestures at everything we do in fact have a stash of TP in the basement and extra cat food and non-perishable food (rice, beans, oatmeal, canned chicken, canned tuna) in the pantry.

My brother-the-ID doc has several weeks' worth of food in his basement...

Hmmm. That makes me feel like I've under-prepared.

Sue! Hello. Happy belated. And happy birthdays to Emmett and Matilda too.

Y'all right. I'll start preaching the idea and logistics to some people, see if anyone can take the heavy lifting from me. I am just so angry that it has come to this and the under-functioning government.

Well, he's worked with and for the military a lot, and I think he's become something of a prepper. It's a little weird.

Good to see your pixels, Sue! I'm glad the pandemic is treating your area lightly.

Happy birthday to all the board and board-adjacent Virgos.

Go Penny!

Dana, greater love hath no woman.

I try to have a month of cat food and a week of human food (my cats eat a lot less fresh veg) on hand as a general rule. It saves on trips to the store, impulse buys, etc. Might up that a bit the last week of October. And the local hippie grocery is having their fall wine sale right now, so I should be all set to celebrate/drown my sorrows.

Is anyone else worried enough about civil unrest around/after the election that you're buying extra nonperishable food and TP (and pet food, if applicable) in case supply lines get disrupted?

Not exactly, but similar. Last night I spoke to mom and sis in Louisville about having gas and charged phones and a go bag ready in case they should need to leave quickly. And I've talked to dad and step mom in San Francisco similarly re: the fires. And while I've made similar preparations during hurricanes and blizzards it's occurring to me that some cash, a few days of meds, etc in one place might be wise.