I thought the same thing! I worked on Revels in NYC the last few years it ran.

Definitely its own thing!

Yes, but I wouldn't describe that as "wind chill below freezing," especially if it was something people were having trouble with. That's straight up "single digit temperatures."

(Central New York - we've already been below zero, as I know you have. Cold for December!)

The *wind chill* is below freezing? Not even the actual temperature?

It's December! That's normal for the northern part of the country from New York City west to the Cascade Mountains! Wait until late January...

And omg if you're a tenor (or even a light baritone who can manage most of the range) you're pretty much guaranteed a welcome. Though basses are certainly also welcome.

Yeah...

It's astounding to contemplate that for tens of millions of Americans, what was traumatic about the COVID-19 pandemic wasn't the millions of illnesses and deaths; it was that they were being told what to do.

I'm convinced that that's what this bullshit is about.

Now I wonder about Finn's original home, since he's the talkiest cat I've ever lived with, and he was six when he came to us.

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One of the ads said something about "taking coffee to the people outside."

I thought, "The ones on the picket line?"

I miss it!

That's the whole point of the cost of living crisis: if you have a full-time job, you shouldn't have to be constantly worried about the specter of homelessness.

And that's the whole crux of the "is the economy good or bad?" question: if the companies are doing well, then why aren't employees?

Around 15 years ago a farmers market where I lived then had a turkey farmer who sold the meat all year - in pieces, just like chicken (and after all, a whole chicken is much less overwhelming. ) I bought boneless thighs quite regularly. They're delicious.

It's perfectly sensible, but the receiving blanket is hysterical. "Here are your babies!"

Two words - Rural Electrification. Brought light (without flame) to my great-grandparents' dairy farm.

Two more words - Rural Broadband. How 'bout it?