I find the smell of fresh horse poop very appealing. But I love the smell of dank stone cellars, too.

I find a lot of bad smells OK or at least tolerable, maybe because of my job working on costumes. I find fake good smells intolerable, and they make my nose sting and itch. And I like general "barn" smell quite a bit. I also like dank dirt/stone cellars. Please save me from Febreze.

Fake floral smell is nauseating.

Sheryl, can you take the purse to a shoe repair shop? Surely they could stitch the strap back on for you.

Oh wow, I looked outside because the light seemed strange and realized there was a huge rainbow, full arc, doubled, right outside! So gorgeous! I tried to take some pictures but they didn't really capture the glory

Laura, lots of ~ma in your direction.

Between the news (mostly terrible everywhere), being Very Busy Trying to Progress in Life, and processing and archiving the more dire and depressing years of history (Nazi Germany) at work, having the Eurovision right now is a bliss on the one hand (I am very excited about it and love it), and... on the other hand, I don't know what to do with all of this joy at the moment. It doesn't exactly fit in with most of the contents of the daily schedule.

Edit: The lords heard my confusion and made sure that I'll have to intervene (unsuccessfully, unfortunately) in a homophobic "discussion" between colleagues about another colleague. Managed to get them to stop gossiping cruelly making "educated" assumptions about another colleague only for them to re-direct the conversation to "abnormal" sexual behaviors in nature, where I abandoned hope and stopped trying. I feel better about climate change and less ignorant people on this planet now.

And I like general "barn" smell quite a bit. I also like dank dirt/stone cellars. Please save me from Febreze.

Me, too. Barn smell reminds me of the old farm. Febreze smell feels like it's clawing at my sinuses.

A friend of mine who desperately needs a new job has decided not to apply at Amazon because of the horror stories about working on the packing/shipping floor.

Laura, how did everything go, yesterday?

Everything went really well yesterday. Four hours out of my day, but it was a good experience for my son. We went to a bail bondsman with tons of 5 star ratings and he was very nice. Typical Florida dude, shorts and t-shirt. Filled out his forms and followed him to the jail. He told B to take nothing inside except his driver's license. He told me to wait in the car. They went inside and B said everyone there obviously knew him well, smiles and greetings. They processed him and gave him a court date in a month and he was done in about an hour. B was clearly relieved to have that part behind him. Of course, we have told him for years he had to deal with it. I faxed the paperwork to the attorney and she will likely get it dismissed and he may not even have to show up. I just want it gone so he can get a job!

having the Eurovision right now is a bliss on the one hand

Shir, have you read Catherynne Valente's book Space Opera? It's basically Eurovision in Space! And has gotten great reviews: [link]