You and Katie both have my sympathy. I got my hair cut. Daughter B called from California to chat. She's going up to Oregon tomorrow for orientation at Oregon State, and she's found a place to live near both to the university and to the location where her wife will start training as an electrician.
Good morning. It was a great night for camping out. I was dreaming that I was going to a church event, and I'd put on a skirt and blouse, and then I said, "It might get a little cool: I'll take a shawl," and then I woke up to find I had my blanket tightly wrapped around my shoulders and the birds were just starting to chirp.
I overcame the urge to poke the intern on the mothership about who he quoted in the Georgia inflation story. But I wondered if they weren't found among mom's friends at a church supper. It's a thing interns and new reporters do. Usually, some editor reels them in pretty quickly.
It's hot in Tennessee. But the outside of the Fence from Hell is finished. And that's good enough to pass HOA muster. And we can happily go on vacation Thursday without too many worries.
It reminded me of many a "front page below the fold" article in the WSJ, starting with weirdly specific comments from random people. Who buys pre-sliced fresh pineapple or blackberries at the grocery store? If you can't slice your own pineapple, buy canned! And go pick blackberries on the roadside or behind your church or on the utility easement, people in freepin' Georgia where blackberries are ripe at the moment.
I thought the same thing. Buy the daughter a bucket, take her to the briar patch, and pass on the sliced pineapple for a banana.
Bananas aren't inflation-proof, I'm sure. But they're still pretty cheap right now.
I'm betting you're a discerning shopper, Cynthia. What other prices are staying down? I seldom buy much more than fruit and milk on my trips to the regular grocery stores.
Bananas have gone up from about 32 cents a pound to 50 cents a pound, but they're still cheap. My husband, not a thrifty shopper, has been doing most of the food shopping recently, although I regularly suggest that I take it over. I guess it's good that he impulse-buys at Costco rather than Whole Foods ...
I found a large container of Ajax dish soap that was cheaper per ounce than Walmart's Great Value brand. That was a pleasant surprise. I'm kind of a hoarder of dish soap.
I do a lot of impulse buying at Costco too -- as my long-suffering wife V will attest. But usually it works out. And I haul stuff to Arkansas on visits to my dad, who is always greatly impressed by the quality and quantity. (I have him addicted to some imported multi-berry jam they sell in great big jars.)
Are you aware that Cheapness Guru Clark Howard makes his own laundry detergent? I wonder if he's figured out a way to make dish soap, too.
Katie makes our own soap we use in the shower. She also buys my baby shampoo for me, pouring it out of a big bottle into a travel sized bottle in the shower.
I have a dish soap hack that makes it last longer, water it down. I pour about 1/4th in an empty bottle, add water and use the diluted dish soap. Palmolive is my go-to, the purple color.
Yes, Trump, Carlson et al know exactly what they are doing and why. People like Tuberville are, well, let's just say they are not going to be bringing coleslaw to a Mensa picnic any time soon.
Today may not be a good day. I slept in, Only to find Katie stressed and scurrying.
Yup, pharmacist no show, so she is going in on her day off. Ugh!
I have a board meeting at noon.
You and Katie both have my sympathy. I got my hair cut. Daughter B called from California to chat. She's going up to Oregon tomorrow for orientation at Oregon State, and she's found a place to live near both to the university and to the location where her wife will start training as an electrician.
Good morning. Today it’s “only” reaching the ‘high ‘80s.
The mothership is reporting on mining lithium, for batteries to power our EVs and gadgets.
Where are the dilithium mines? I collect crystals.
That requires first developing spacecraft with antimatter-fueled warp drive engines, to reach the planets on which dilithium crystals can be found.
Ah!
Or you can just glue two spodumene crystals together.
Don’t think I haven’t tried!
Well, we're glad you're still on our planet, even though you probably find it tedious and absurd.
It didn’t make it to 80 yesterday, but will be mid-80s today. It was mid-50s at sunrise.
We’ll soon have enough excess lithium to medicate the public against signs of our national ecological schizophrenia.
Well played.
Good morning. It was a great night for camping out. I was dreaming that I was going to a church event, and I'd put on a skirt and blouse, and then I said, "It might get a little cool: I'll take a shawl," and then I woke up to find I had my blanket tightly wrapped around my shoulders and the birds were just starting to chirp.
Good morning, friends!
I overcame the urge to poke the intern on the mothership about who he quoted in the Georgia inflation story. But I wondered if they weren't found among mom's friends at a church supper. It's a thing interns and new reporters do. Usually, some editor reels them in pretty quickly.
It's hot in Tennessee. But the outside of the Fence from Hell is finished. And that's good enough to pass HOA muster. And we can happily go on vacation Thursday without too many worries.
Y'all have a nice day.
It reminded me of many a "front page below the fold" article in the WSJ, starting with weirdly specific comments from random people. Who buys pre-sliced fresh pineapple or blackberries at the grocery store? If you can't slice your own pineapple, buy canned! And go pick blackberries on the roadside or behind your church or on the utility easement, people in freepin' Georgia where blackberries are ripe at the moment.
I thought the same thing. Buy the daughter a bucket, take her to the briar patch, and pass on the sliced pineapple for a banana.
Bananas aren't inflation-proof, I'm sure. But they're still pretty cheap right now.
I'm betting you're a discerning shopper, Cynthia. What other prices are staying down? I seldom buy much more than fruit and milk on my trips to the regular grocery stores.
Bananas have gone up from about 32 cents a pound to 50 cents a pound, but they're still cheap. My husband, not a thrifty shopper, has been doing most of the food shopping recently, although I regularly suggest that I take it over. I guess it's good that he impulse-buys at Costco rather than Whole Foods ...
I found a large container of Ajax dish soap that was cheaper per ounce than Walmart's Great Value brand. That was a pleasant surprise. I'm kind of a hoarder of dish soap.
I do a lot of impulse buying at Costco too -- as my long-suffering wife V will attest. But usually it works out. And I haul stuff to Arkansas on visits to my dad, who is always greatly impressed by the quality and quantity. (I have him addicted to some imported multi-berry jam they sell in great big jars.)
Are you aware that Cheapness Guru Clark Howard makes his own laundry detergent? I wonder if he's figured out a way to make dish soap, too.
Katie makes our own soap we use in the shower. She also buys my baby shampoo for me, pouring it out of a big bottle into a travel sized bottle in the shower.
> Clark Howard makes his own laundry detergent? <
Wut
https://clark.com/deals-money-saving-advice/this-homemade-laundry-detergent-only-costs-around-60-cent-per-gallon/amp/
I don't know if he still does. But he mentioned it on his radio show a few years ago. (Radio may have entirely given way to podcasts at this point.)
I used to make my own baby wipes, but my cheapskate itch is adequately scratched by buying dish soap at the lowest unit price.
Oh, I was hoping you stopped because all ten kids are now potty trained...🤦♂️
I have a dish soap hack that makes it last longer, water it down. I pour about 1/4th in an empty bottle, add water and use the diluted dish soap. Palmolive is my go-to, the purple color.
We take life's little victories where we can find them.
Seasoned reporters cite expertise from Twitter users with names like “HotshotRacer” or “BR549”.
Every painted fence deserves a vacation. Enjoy!
You mean like the famous Nick Catoggio?
Well. Didn’t his parents name him Allahpundit?
Enjoy your vacation. Relax and stay safe!
Very interesting story. It's a harsh and crazy world out there.
Unfortunately, the people who most need to read this are people who, like Tommy Tuberville, are already apologists for Russia.
TwiX. Love the name.
Yes. And Nigel Farage, three-quarters of MAGA—but not folks like Trump or Carlson or Vance. They seem to admire the criminal entrepreneurial spirit…
Yes, Trump, Carlson et al know exactly what they are doing and why. People like Tuberville are, well, let's just say they are not going to be bringing coleslaw to a Mensa picnic any time soon.