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Start practicing now, LL ma'am: "Yawk Hahbah." And we all thought that you were a good wife, LL ma'am! How cruel and inhumane! All women are their actual age through 29, LL ma'am. They are then 29 from 29 through 39, LL ma'am. They are then 39 from 39 through probably 89, LL ma'am. At and after 90, they're proud and admit it, LL ma'am. Sounds like a wonderful continuous celebration that you're having, LL ma'am.

Unsurprising. Without researching, I seem to remember that other study results were similar. The variable is how hosed these people were mentally before their surgery; were they also suicidal then? This probably wasn't determined or wasn't meaningfully tracked.

I guess for comparison that others can understand. Idea: Should we call them the "prairies" or "cowpies"?

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Yee-HAAAAA! [Note to T-B.'s self: Jokes worked again... jokes worked again... ] Yee-HAAAAA! [Note to T-B.'s self: Jokes worked back then, too... jokes worked back then, too... ]

The Manila embassy hands out K-1 visas like candy. Nobody will care if you want to travel to a third country. In fact, the additional time together in person solidifies the nature of your bona fide relationship.

Friday GS/ES report, see man: We finally got our butt going at nearly 1 p.m., slothful we man. One of the Many (2+2) ESs was canceled today because of weather, man. The 2nd and Many'rd ESs yielded the take, see man: -- seemingly new Martha Stewart bath towel = $2, steal man -- tupac new Many00-thread Serta pillows, ~Manyzen flat envelopes = $Many ($2+2+2), steal man Total = $Many ($2x2x2)

Bad mostly absent good sometimes present Asia! Bad, BAD mostly absent MOSTLY ABSENT sometimes present SOMETIMES PRESENT Asia! You make up your waffling Polish Commie-Babe mind and be mostly present, oj tak!

Unscathed mam ma'am! Unscathed, UNSCATHED mam ma'am! Number of transmission pylons precised, see and si and mam ma'am! Highway number and service number precised, see and si and mam ma'am! Profane swear-oathing junior mam ma'ams! Profane, PROFANE swear-oathing SWEAR-OATHING junior mam ma'ams! Exultational victorious shake-bootying mam ma'am et al.! Exultational, EXULTATIONAL victorious VICTORIOUS shake-bootying SHAKE-BOOTYING mam ma'am et al.!

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Hoo, boy! I was on the very southern edge of this and was watching the news. For about 45 minutes, it was as black as night (before sundown) and it monsooned like an illegitimate male child. Didn't lose power, thankfully. Was watching the news station below when a reporter on the road got caught in 100% gridlock on a major freeway -- 4 main lanes and both feeder lanes in BOTH directions completely halted. He and the weatherman were kept on overtime way past the usual half-hour news. It turned out that straight-line winds had knocked over transmission towers, and live electrical wires were running across all freeway lanes. Watched emergency & utility personnel cut the deadened wires with equipment much like the "jaws of life" and drag the wires off the freeway. Absolutely gripping. That station's news director knew not to mess with success. Downtown Houston looks like a war zone, and parts north got completely hosed. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 'We're in recovery mode': Storm kills 4, Houston mayor asks Houstonians to stay home HOUSTON – The severe storms that slammed into Houston Thursday afternoon and evening killed four people, blew windows out of downtown high rises, caused widespread damage and shut power off to nearly 900,000 customers. Mayor John Whitmire confirmed four people were killed and asked Houstonians to stay home tonight and "if you're not an essential worker, don't go to work tomorrow." The mayor said the city is reaching out to the private sector and asking companies to let people stay home from work Friday so they can be off the streets and be home with their kids. [...] https://www.click2houston.com/news/local/2024/05/17/deadly-houston-storms-kill-4-causing-widespread-damage-900k-power-outages-and-flash-flooding/

Georgia homeowners share horror stories of HOAs abusing power with excessive fees — here's what is going on Homeowners associations (HOAs) have come under fire in Georgia for abusing homeowners with excessive fees and foreclosures. "None of it makes any sense," said Karyn Gibbons, who received a foreclosure notice from her HOA in Gwinnett County, for allegedly skipping her monthly dues. [...] https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/georgia-homeowners-share-horror-stories-095900191.html

McDonald's $5 menu is out – and people are not happy McDonald's customers in the United States are not happy with the catch that has come with the anticipated $5 Meal Deal that the fast food chain is launching to lure customers back to stores amid an inflation-driven, cost-of-living crisis. The menu for the newly announced promotion is rumoured to include, according to CNBC, four items for $5 – a McChicken or McDouble, four-piece chicken nuggets, fries and a drink – however, there is a catch. The $5 meal deal will be running from 25 June, but the offer will only last around one month, according to a source familiar with the offer telling the outlet. [...] https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/mcdonald-5-menu-people-not-164106530.html

A good move, huh? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Reynolds signs law to require 'Western civilization' be emphasized in social studies class Iowa will be required to include specific topics and themes in its social studies curriculum under a new law signed by Gov. Kim Reynolds Wednesday. The state's social studies standards would be required to include instruction on government, civics and "exemplary figures and important events in Western civilization, the United States and the state of Iowa." It also requires teaching on "the crimes against humanity that have occurred under communist regimes since 1917," in addition to World War II and the Holocaust, the American Revolution and other historical events. [...] https://www.press-citizen.com/story/news/politics/2024/05/15/reynolds-signs-law-to-require-western-civilization-emphasis-iowa-social-studies-classes/73704514007/

Seems to make sense. Comments? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Where's the beef? New Iowa labeling law sticks a fork in 'meatless' alternatives Gov. Kim Reynolds signed a law Wednesday requiring specific labels for lab-grown and plant-based meat and egg alternatives. The products, which include popular brands like Impossible Burgers and Beyond Burgers, are required under the law to include qualifying phrases like "meatless" or "imitation" on packaging if they're sold at Iowa stores. Senate File 2391, dubbed the "meat integrity act" by its backers, Republican lawmakers have touted it as a way to protect Iowa-based products from what they say is unfair competition, while increasing transparency for consumers. [...] https://www.press-citizen.com/story/news/politics/2024/05/15/kim-reynolds-signs-iowa-labeling-law-cracking-down-on-lab-grown-plant-based-meat/73702346007/

Interesting. Comments about the choices? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Iowans can get an Ivy League experience closer to home, according to Forbes' New Ivies list Iowa high schoolers determining where to apply for college may want to know that there are Ivy League-level schools closer to home. That's according to Forbes, which published a list of new public and private schools in America that the media company deemed the new Ivy League schools based on admission rates, standardized test scores and more. The New Ivies are schools that have the high-caliber graduates employers want, Forbes described. [...] https://www.press-citizen.com/story/news/education/2024/05/16/forbes-new-ivy-league-schools-includes-5-universities-near-iowa/73712741007/

"If it bleeds, it leads"? Well, you're right about that, even if someone litterit has again hijacked your account. (NB's account hijacked! Reported!!!)

Photos or it didn't happen.

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Be sure to report on how things go. All the best to you.

Thrilling Thursday report, see man: Mini-B. feeling loads better and sent off to skool, big relief man. Lunch was 2 ham sandwiches, indict them and ingest we man. An attempted siesta was interrupted by incoming texts, man. Got e-mail from Mini-B.'s Science teechur, capable she man. Title was "Academic Dishonesty," man. Mini-B. was caught talking to someone else also taking makeup test, uh-oh man. Teechur said she'd void his current test grade and allow a retake for a maximum score of Many, man. Mini-B. felt OK after skool and hadn't coughed after Period 2, great sign man. We mildly greased the skids on ride to casa, then asked about Science, listen hard we man. Mini-B. said, see man: "I was taking the test with my friend, who's not very smart in the class, si and no man. I was afraid that she'd fail Science and have to take Summer Skool and not get to spend time with her friends, so I wanted to help her, si man." We reiterated what teechur had said about helping during assessments, si man. Mini-B. concurred and promised no repeat, si and no man. We wrote the teechur back, si man. We explained our conversation and said that if there's a silver lining, it's that we and ex-Mrs.-T-B. have raised a caring boy with a good heart, si man. We thanked the teechur for giving him a second shot at the test, si man. Din-din was sliced ham, air-fried tater tots, & canned Great Northern beans, ingest Two Guys man. It then began to monsoon and storm like an illegitimate male child, wow man. We were outside the bottom edge of the crisis zones, no tornadoes man. Other areas got more than hammered and indeed completely hosed, worry about mam ma'am we man. It lasted under an hour with no power-outage for us, si and no man. We watched a gripping news story about a major freeway shut down by fallen power lines, wow man. Mini-B. belatedly requested a movie night, try to accommodate wee man we man. Watched Many (2+1) Young Sheldon episodes, watch Two Guys man. Many (2+2) bowls of Costco popcorn were consumed, ingest Two Guys man. This makes Many (2x2x2x2 -1) for the week, quite commendable man. Toward bedtime, Mini-B. began coughing again, medicine wore off man. We gave him his antibiotic and a HSM cough pill, medicate we man wee man man. Mini-B. commented about their objectively huge sizes but ingested both anyway, good for wee man man. This new skill definitely opens up new vistas in medical therapy, pleased we man. We have itineraried a GS and Many (2+2) ESs for Friday, itinerary we man. We shall separately pick up our ES auction winnings, separate we man. No party with the rubias tonight, waiting for Asia* to supply us with more man. *our favorite Polish Commie-babe**, oj tak **Absent Asia! Absent, ABSENT Asia!

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