After our fire we de-funked with open bags of charcoal.

I have some leftover from JZ's dad's housefire! We've had a lot of calamity.

I will second that Nature’s Miracle is very effective at killing noxious smells.

We inherited some of this from the previous owners (who had cats) but it failed to be miraculous.

I suspect I'm missing some puddle of fermented protein which is stanking up the place. It is so exactly the smell of vomit though. Really need to clear all the counters and make sure, I guess.

I'm sympathy gagging about the 'splodey shake AND the Southern Comfort (which I got black out drunk on 13 shots of in college and can't even consider the smell).

The whole healthcare system in the US is completely fucked. My mantra is "healthcare is not a fungible commodity and does not belong in the fucking hell that is the capitalist, Adam Smith-fucking, bullshit Magic Free Market that is supposed to make everything fucking fair (which does exactly the opposite)."

*flips off Adam Smith for good measure*

DH and I have obtained Burning Man tickets for this year.

The whole healthcare system in the US is completely fucked. My mantra is "healthcare is not a fungible commodity and does not belong in the fucking hell that is the capitalist, Adam Smith-fucking, bullshit Magic Free Market that is supposed to make everything fucking fair (which does exactly the opposite)."

Let me introduce a radical notion which was the status quo from my childhood: Legally the healthcare system had to be non-profit until the 70s. This lead to doctors (and more insidiously, insurance companies) prioritizing your care over profits.

They changed that because "competition is good." But...it's bad for healthcare.

The whole healthcare system in the US is completely fucked.

109% agree. Got new insurance this year. Tried to refill a prescription, pharmacy called and said they’ll only approve six pills per month not the 9 in my prescription. I don’t actually have a huge problem with that—in theory if I get mine migraines a month I should be on preventives instead. (But I like not having to be super on top of getting more every month, and have plenty of extras to stash in travel kit and purse and so on) But he also wanted to check on the cost, $75 for six pills. I said yeah, I haven’t hit my deductible just yet and that’s fine. But how much would the other three pills be with cash? He looked….and said if I wanted to pay cash all NINE pills would be $30. Wtf I mean that’s far from the worst anything and it’s more ridiculous than awful but good GRIEF. .

Double Buffista Birthday!! Pix and Maria share this day, and of course, they both deserve all good things this day and always. I hope you are having lovely days and that the year to come is filled with delightful surprises.

Now I did first type gilled with delight, so I am grateful I check before hitting post.

Happy Birthdays, Pix and Maria!

Happy Birthdays to Pix and Maria!

David -could some of the protein shake gotten under a counter or in a weird corner or under a chair or something ? I mean I might start looking in the least likely place you think it could have gotten just to be sure. I remember when I was really sick when I had the noro virus and woke up vomiting , I cleaned up the best I could but when I was better and trying to really clean I found that there had been .... i guess splash back in weird places.

I'm still being nibbled to death by ducks. The headset is charged and now has to be paired and I had to download an app for that, ok whatever. And i have to click on an icon and I can't because it won't let me and you have to do that to pair the stupid headset. I sent in a ticket and then went looking for info and found someone who had a similar problem and they got help from support but it took about a week. I am not waiting that long. I'm packing this back up and taking it back to Gamestop and buying something simple that I can just plug in and make work.

ooh I also saw something on a forum where someone was complaining about "boomers" who are 40+ and how they need to get a life. So I see that Boomer is just becoming slang for "old person" but I did pipe up that someone in their early 40s is either a millennial or Gen X.

Timelies all!

Happy Birthday Pix! Happy Birthday Maria!

It's a grey, rainy day here and the most dangerous word are in effect: Mr. S is bored.

Yikes, Sheryl. That's a fraught sentence. Vibing for a gentle transition to non-boredom.