Thought of the day
Happy birthday to the best baby basset!! Lucy Lou Magoo is now 4, which makes her about 32 in human years. My super-smart science bros tell me that brain development wraps up around age 32, marking the exact moment a chaotic adolescent brain officially shifts into stable adulthood. This is great news for Lucy, who can now officially blame her complete refusal to move off the couch on 'mature intellectual stability' rather than pure, unadulterated laziness.
- In today's episode of "Have we lost our freaking minds": One major concern stemming from wildfire prediction markets is arson.” Will betting on wildfires lead to arson? Seriously, what in the wide world of fudge is going on?
- In tomorrow's episode of "Have we lost our freaking minds": Mr. Shife will see if there is an obscenity prediction market and what is the over/under on f-bombs when a third appliance dies in the Shifley household. We lost our fridge and microwave this week, and we all know stuff happens in threes. I would be OK if we just had to replace a hand mixer.
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I will persevere.
I will keep moving forward.
I will be the stream.
I will keep moving forward.
I will be the stream.
The wildfire smoke is terrible here today. I'm sorry about the appliance loss. It's extremely frustrating and costly. Especially the fridge! Hope you didn't have to throw away a bunch of food :(
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday Lucy! I've been known to take a few pictures like that last guy, but usually because the person is a wack job, not a hottie.
Hope the smoke has cleared out some, Bijoux!
DeleteGrandma's toilet paper, hahahahaha! Keep us posted on what the 3rd doomed appliance turns out to be!
ReplyDeleteWill do, Debra!
DeleteHAPPY BIRTHDAY LUCY!! Please tell me there is no AI involved in her birthday photo.
ReplyDeleteIt is a legit photo, Kelly. She really wore the sunglasses. I just added some of the birthday banners and stuff.
DeleteLucy's four already? Wow time flies when you're living a dog's life! It took me a minute to realized that Grandma's toilet paper wasn't bubble wrap! Then I laughed out loud. RIP appliances. Replacing pet fridges and microwaves can be so heart (and wallet) breaking.
ReplyDeleteIt was an expensive weekend, Deedles.
DeleteI'm amazed on the things people bet on and I'm amazed on the people that bet on those things.
ReplyDeleteEvery time I think the depths of humanity can get any lower they come up with something else.
DeleteHappy birthday to Lucy Lou Magoo. May she have many more years of refusing to get off the couch.
ReplyDeleteAllowing betting on pretty much anything leads to corruption and schemes to cheat. There's no reason why wildfires would be any different -- especially since arson is pretty easy.
It would seem a shame to waste Grandma's beautiful hand-crafted toilet paper by using it as toilet paper.
Thank you, Infidel!!
DeleteHBD Lucy! I hope your people spoil you (more) rotten on your special day.
ReplyDeleteWe did our best, KG!
DeleteI am imagining the third appliance is a dishwasher because that's what happened in our house last year!
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday Lucy and keep blaming everything you do on laziness!! Own it!!!
Thanks, Bob! Lucy thought it was great advice.
DeleteIt's a dead appliance epidemic, I think. We lost the microwave and the oven last week. The microwave had the decency to just quietly die, the oven did that runaway oven thing and became so hot it turned all the interior residue to white ash in the bottom. It was so fun trying to unplug it while the alarm was going off. And the smoke alarms were going off. And my profanity machine was going off.
ReplyDeleteIn the past five years we have replaced the dryer, the fridge, the freezer, the dishwasher and the oven.. Ain't cheap.
Wow! That is a lot of replacing, Ami.
DeleteOMG happy birthday Lucy!
ReplyDelete32, huh? I know some men who have gone BACK to being tween at that age. Not pretty.
And of course the pyromaniacs will come out of the woodwork if people can bet on fires. Duh.
XOXO
TY, SP!
DeleteWow, Matt, your baby is 32? She doesn't look a day over 4. I remember when you got her; it seems like only a year or so ago. Sorry about the appliances going. I'm expecting my fridge and range to go any time. (they're both 30) Come to think of it, the above the range microwave is probably at least 15 years old. Dang. I could be in for $$$$.
ReplyDeleteTime certainly flies, doesn't it!!
DeleteFor future reference, let me know what you end up with. (and how you like it)
ReplyDeleteWe got a Whirlpool fridge and a Panasonic microwave. We are stuck on the microwave because we had a specialty cabinet built for it and it is the only brand that fits in there.
DeleteHappy Birthday Lucy! Two major appliances (yes, microwaves are major appliances)?! That really sucks. I hope the next thing that biffs it is something Orange.
ReplyDeleteDarth Cheeto biffing would be totes amazeballs.
DeleteHappy birthday, and today you are truly a woman.
ReplyDeleteMe or Lucy?
DeleteHappiest of birthdays to Lucy.
ReplyDeleteReplacing appliances is such a pain. Good luck.
TY, MK!
Delete4 is a magical age for dogs, eh? Our first cairn terrier turned 4 a few days ago. He seemed rather smug about it.
ReplyDeleteThe Grandma tp is totally plausible.
She is a magical little basset.
DeleteSmoke is cramping my life style. A big hug for Lucy.
ReplyDeleteThanks, peppylady.
DeleteHave you had brown outs? Or lightning storms? Because two appliances is very suss.
ReplyDeleteI too blame my emotional stability for staying on the couch long past my bedtime because 'Space Truckin' is on the radio.
Nope. Both appliances were well past the expected life span but I will be keeping an eye out on mysterious vans in our neighborhood.
DeleteI’m not good at taking the “ninja” selfie. It’s always obvious when I try to take a selfie of some hottie somewhere.
ReplyDeleteKeep practicing, JM, and you will achieve that ninja status.
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