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This has been a test of LAG’s Cold Management System

This morning I…. made COFFEE!   No, seriously. I know some of you think I can’t function without coffee and normally you’d be right, but we were in dire straits here at Chateau Felidae. When I first realized, just after Thanksgiving, that I was coming down with something nasty, I dumped the caffeine.   My go-to […]

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Civics 101: My duty, my obligation, and my pleasure.

Boom. Done. I love having the ballot box just down the street. A nice walk, some fresh air, and my civic duty is done. And no, I don’t miss the “community-building” elements of single-day polling place voting at all. It was stressful and occasionally inconvenient, and they weren’t even offering cookies any more. And drop-off

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via The Forward, An Al Chet for the #MeToo Era

The Al Chet is a confession of sins for which we all must take communal responsibility. Traditionally spoken during Yom Kippur, part of the High Holy days (which begins Sunday at sundown with Rosh Hashanah), it’s a powerful bit of coming-to-terms with your own shit, and the shit you have allowed to occur around you.

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Changements de latitudes, changements d’attitude

ok, so, risk of jinxing myself, but legal counsel says we’re good… After multiple delays of the paperwork and bureaucracy sort, an offer was made and accepted,  and the co-op board approved the buyer. So, as soon as the final paperwork delays are over and a closing is set, I will officially be homeless. No,

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