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1. 1 day ago on Jim Benton Cartoons

   Sad, but true for many.

2. 1 day ago on Pearls Before Swine

   Yes, when she is alone she likes to watch the news. Oddly enough her other choice is old detective shows, Columbo, et c. I wonder sometimes if there just as bad? Good luck with your Dad. I know it is tough, but you sound like you are doing a fantastic job :)

3. 1 day ago on Pearls Before Swine

   I don’t blame her, but I do find it odd. Sadly I am her sole caregiver now, and I try to focus on the positive whenever I can. She only became a citizen…. I believe 20 or so years ago? And many of her political beliefs are fomenting in Europe too

4. 1 day ago on Day by Dave

   Ha ha! Thank you for breaking it down so nicely. And please double my thanks for taking my comment as it was intended! :D

5. 2 days ago on Day by Dave

   You would think so, but I would not suggest bringing that up to English nerds!

6. 2 days ago on Pearls Before Swine

   Your comment brought to mind a question I’ve been pondering the last few years. My Mum has dementia too. Right before she started exhibiting signs/was diagnosed she went down a GOP conspiracy wormhole. It was extra confusing as a local man, Carlos, from Mexico helps her out around her house. He is super nice and gives her discounts and occasionally does not even charge her at all. Many a time I would go over there and he would be sitting on her sofa eating a snack as they chatted. And yet, she believed all the crap about Mexicans hopping the fence to r@pe us, et c?!?

   My question is, has anyone ever found any correlation between dementia and extremism? She is under a doctor’s care now, and mostly left her extremism behind, however she will occasionally fall down a faux news wormhole. It can be so discouraging.

7. 2 days ago on F Minus

   So sad, yet many people think this way.

8. 2 days ago on Cattitude — Doggonit

   Reusable bags are used in many places to give Mother Nature a rest from plastic one time use bags, many of which end up in the garbage.

   I believe a certain puppy chewed up a reusable bag and it will now need to be replaced. After ending up in the garbage.

9. 2 days ago on Bob the Squirrel

   This season has been hard on all of us. May it have a happy (Joyful even!) ending.

10. 3 days ago on Ripley's Believe It or Not

    Thankfully there is a rise in popularity in natural burials. There is one 1.5 hours from me I hope to check out soon. It looks beautiful online, just a park with trails through the woods. You can use a plain box (why spend $$$ on a pricey one?) or a shroud made from natural fibers. If you choose a headstone you just need to use a rock that is local to the area.

    Pricewise it is much more economical, but what I love is that my body will “go back to nature” which seems so much more comforting than being preserved with embalming fluid with a large concrete slab over my expensive coffin to reduce my leakage into the local plant life. But maybe that’s just me?!