As far as I can tell there isn't bird flu yet in my county but one county over has it .

I have no idea how we are going to keep the cats inside. At least the boys.

I'm glad Matilda is doing well and has college acceptance.

Last year at work the HR person did something for Black History month and this year there is nothing. It doesn't stop our store from being diverse, employees or customers. We even have a customer who is Irish and Jewish. He has an Irish accent and wears a yarmakule.

I haven't been reading anything in a really long time but I tried the Dungeon Crawler Carl books and I'm hooked and almost finished. I'm using Kindle Unlimited. I realize that Amazon is ... Amazon but the library doesn't have the books and ILL can take forever.

Dungeon Crawler Carl is about a guy ...Carl.. this is the blurb "The apocalypse will be televised! Welcome to the first book in the wildly popular and addictive Dungeon Crawler Carl series by Matt Dinniman—now with bonus material exclusive to this print edition.

You know what’s worse than breaking up with your girlfriend? Being stuck with her prize-winning show cat. And you know what’s worse than that? An alien invasion, the destruction of all man-made structures on Earth, and the systematic exploitation of all the survivors for a sadistic intergalactic game show. That’s what.

Join Coast Guard vet Carl and his ex-girlfriend’s cat, Princess Donut, as they try to survive the end of the world—or just get to the next level—in a video game–like, trap-filled fantasy dungeon. A dungeon that’s actually the set of a reality television show with countless viewers across the galaxy. Exploding goblins. Magical potions. Deadly, drug-dealing llamas. This ain’t your ordinary game show."

The first two books are short and it really picks up on book 3. I thought it would be kind of like a summer action flick where you don't think about the bad stuff going on in the world of the book but no it's more than that.

But it's also funny. Although the humor is very gross at times, gory but also just a lot of cat humor too. Princess Donut is awesome. The audiobooks are supposed to be amazing. I want them in the original out of print covers because they are very B movie poster style and the current covers are minimalist boring

Oh and in othe good news for me ...instead of having a store manager I kind of try to avoid I have one that I like and sings my praises. He and my team lead playfully argued over who would get my help the other day.

Hi CaBil!

No heat means paid leave, right?

Yay Matilda! From experience, I would also go afar for college, but I got a full scholarship locally and a good education. I just got shy of travel, but she is in Japan! Where did JZ work? I feel like I had some clinical placement dealings with them (UCSF?)

Hi CaBil!

Steph- the ducks are cute! I was sick for just the second time since February 2020, and it is all related to masking on the bus. I think masking is just a general good.

Much `ma to all the federal workers and family.

I am all vaxxed you and my cats are strictly indoors, so I'm doing OK there, and I will 100% take your advice about masking up. Or, maybe just not go anywhere for a long, long time. There's that, too.

DH is getting some interest from recruiters and such and has applied to a few places with them. Plus some other places just cold. It feels like progress even though no interviews scheduled yet. General ~ma appreciated.

It is snowing very prettily and has been since this afternoon.

Ummmm…aren’t there OSHA standards for that, t? Geez.

I don't think anything that would cover us. The warehouse is always unheated and that's apparently okay for the crew that works out there. In any case, our VP of People gave the word that we can work from home the rest of the week, which I honestly did not expect. Our new CEO starts next Tuesday so now we are crossing our fingers that it's fixed before he shows up. How embarrassing would that be!

Glad to hear your bosses appreciate you askye! And now I am interested in those books where I would not have looked twice at them given just the title. Like I need more to read but sometimes everything I already have waiting to be read just doesn't appeal...

Thanks all for the welcomes. Trying to remember which threads I was subscribed to, and so on...

Oh hey CaBil!

Does the flu vax help with bird flu?

Our cat goes out on the patio from time to time and there are birds that hang around so I guess fun time is over for her for awhile.

Does the flu vax help with bird flu?

Sadly, it does not. Viruses are jerks.

Where did JZ work? I feel like I had some clinical placement dealings with them (UCSF?)

Correct! UCSF.

Not to be confused with USF (University of San Francisco) which is where Matilda was accepted.