A pirate hat and eyepatch. Arrgh.

Way to make your bad situation worse! I can't imagine breaking into someone's home to steal a handful of shampoo and a towel.

I can't decide what I want to be when I grow up, so I've decided to not grow up.

A cowboy hat and chaps. yee-haw!

a smile

I love pets too, but not on the bed. I hate rolling over and getting a nose full of cat hair, and my dog (I just lost her last summer) was a german sheppard - there would have been no room for me!

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Bonjour! Comment es-tu mon ami canadien?

Chinooks are pretty random actually and you have to live in the right place to be able to take full advantage of them. In the southern part of the province it gets warm but is super, super windy and the north gets nada. It always gets cold again, but it is a nice reprieve. It's still winter here and isn't showing signs of letting up yet. I think we'll only get 3 WARM months this year!

Dill pickle seasoning is ok, but there's a little theater here that has it's own special popcorn seasoning. All I can tell you is that it's yellow and very salty. I'd see a movie I hated just for the popcorn!

Chinooks are awesome! They're like instant spring. One hour it's freezing and the next the snow is melting and we're outside in t-shirts. It's fabulous!

Talk to your Dr. and your daughter and do what feels right.

Calgary, Alberta, Canada. I love Alberta, drive an hour in any direction and the landscape is completely different. Semi-arid desert to the south (complete with rattlesnakes), mountains to the west (world-class skiing), badlands in the middle, arctic tundra to the north. Winter tends to get cold, but where I am there is usually a chinook or two to break it up a bit. I'd love to visit around the world, but there is no where else I'd rather be.

I love that one!!

Wild Horses by Gino Vannelli. Old school, I know. It's been stuck in my head for days.

Lick your finger and touch her shirt. "Now let's get you out of those wet clothes." True story. No, it didn't work.

I have compassion for those who show compassion for others and for those who have no voice to speak for themselves (animals included).

I think we have another Topic about government spending and tax breaks for the wealthy that you may be interested in, both of which Trump knows about as his interests benefited from the economic bailouts not long ago. No doubt he's charismatic and he knows how to make the US profitable on the world stage again, but he isn't a public servant.

I remember something about Blackwater - it rings a bell and it goes to show that this is not a new problem. The interview that I posted a link to is especially interesting as it ties in with the rest of the thread about how the government is spending excess cash in ways and places that it doesn't have to and in many ways is making the problems worse. Even to the point where it is funding the "enemy" - forcing it's military to continue fighting expensive and pointless wars.
The US government likes to play the global hero and rushes in to save the day. They forget A - to look before leaping and B - that they have no actual super powers anymore. They're just a guy in undies and a cape.