eye-test~ma, Anne.

And mammogram~ma for Kat. And for me too, if I haven't used up all my ~ma.

Eek, that's scary, Anne. Definitely -ma. And for Suzi, and Kat, and all medical testing!

I went and checked out a new beer place a few blocks away--they sell lots and lots of beers in bottles/cans, and also have a little bar with about 6 ciders and 20 beers on tap, and you can get pints or growlers, and they have a different food truck every night (which I posted about earlier). I did not have any beer or cider tonight (just a ginger beer) but will definitely try the cider flight next time I'm there. I had a Filipino bahn mi. It was pretty good, though could've used more pickled veggies.

? An early test showed me as being at high risk for macular degeneration

Oof! My dad had that towards the end of his life. Not good.

Wishing you eye-ma.

May all your tit squishings and eye peerings be ever in your favor.

That sounds like an excellent addition to the neighborhood, meara!

Health~ma to all y'all.

Did anyone else know of this!!! The Super Bowl Jaguar ad! British villains! I didn't recognize one of them, but Hiddles!!! Smirking about power!

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My brother made it to the hotel tonight. Still can't get up the only road to their (as well as many others) subdivision. There are guys with tractors, old-school humvees and 4 wheelers that have been ferrying people and supplies up and down the road as needed. Some going 10 miles in.

PJ's threatening to drown the kids, but it looks like they might be able to get home tomorrow. The poor dogs and cat are going to be mental. The elderly dog and cat have food and roaming but Zurie/Tubby has been in her crate the whole damn time. Josh wanted to take advantage of the guys with vehicles, but it wasn't possible.

I know several vegan guys who've said that people have asked them this. Also, whether eating tofu makes them grow breasts.

Yes, but they only produce soy milk.

Had some excitement tonight I could have done without.

I noticed a smoke smell in my apartment, but the smoke alarm wasn't going off. Had a look around, couldn't find a source, but the smell was getting worse.

So I put my shoes and coat back on, grabbed some things, and started knocking on doors. I live on the top floor of a three-floor building, four units on my floor, four on the middle, and two on the lower. The air was hazy on the upper floor, not bad on the middle, and almost no smell on the lower floor.

It turns out a kid on the bottom floor had burned some turnovers in the oven. Smoke but no flame, no harm done, no need to call the fire department, just had to air out the building for a bit.

The things I grabbed, that I didn't already have on me, were:

• my vital documents file (passport, soc. sec. card, birth certificate)
• my laptop
• my work backpack, with laptop and other work stuff (Why? I dunno. Probably just because it was right there by the door and was easily portable.)

Hindsight says I should have taken the fire extinguisher from the kitchen, but I never even thought of it until half an hour later. Hah!

The big remaining question is, why did the smoke alarm in the upper hallway never go off?

So: what would you have taken with you out the door, thinking you might not be able to come back for more stuff?

Mercy, dcp, I'm glad it was not something worse.

I'm inspired by your easily accessible vital docs file. I have all the vital docs in one draw, but not in the same file.

Check. Must fix that.

When the house burned next door. I grabbed Bartleby and his park bag, because it had food for him in. It also just happened to have my wallet in it.

As long as he was safe, I didn't care about anything else.

This bears more thinking now.

If I had unlimited time and space, I'd take all Cagney's stuff. A few favorite pieces of clothing and, though it is ridiculous...my bed! My bed is the best bed.