Aunt Ruth

1970s Jewelry A unique and beautiful collection of vintage 1970s jewelry from The Museum of Jewelry in San Francisco, Ca. Our gift shop stocks a selection of new-in-box vintage pieces including designs by Laurel Bu...

OH HEY - If you were a fan of Laurel Burch or Shashi enamel/vermeil jewelry back in the day, the MOJ has a sizeable cache of new old stock. (Includes a few with pave kingfisher feathers)
store.museumofjewelry.com/collections/...

Came here to say this! Impresses the small children and some husbands.

Doesn't help with the GYN exam problems, but y'all might also want to be aware that there are now Physical Therapists who are Certified Pelvic Floor Specialists. (I live in a poor, red, southern state but still had a choice among a few. While many OB-GYNs barely know what faschia *are,* etc.)

Fast-breaking fashion: Ramadan becomes part of London fashion week British-Yemeni designer Kazna Asker paused her presentation at sunset to share iftar with the models, staff and guests

You might enjoy: www.theguardian.com/fashion/2026...

GLORIOUS

Absolutely. Sometimes we had a guest room, sometimes a pullout couch, sometimes a "pallet on the floor." Good Times!

Absolutely. Sometimes we had a guest room, sometimes a pullout couch, sometimes a "pallet on the floor." Good Times!

For a few years in my childhood, when we still called divorcees "grass widows," my dad's brother's ex-wife moved cross-country to live with us. "She needs a home," was the only explanation. She sewed clothes for my Barbies (while cussing the tiny zips) and taught us to play poker.

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Screenshot of an image advertising an episode of "60 Minutes," displayed on the screen of the Windows Snipping Tool. Annotations point to the sequence of capturing text out of an image using the build-in OCR tool. At right of the image the sequence of commands is listed: 1. Snip the image. 2. Click the TEXT ACTIONS icon above the image. When the image scan pops up another menu, 3. Click COPY ALL TEXT. At lower right, an image of the pasted text shows the successful capture of all text that was in the image, including white font on photo background and some fine print.

PSA if you use Windows -=

The Snipping Tool has improved, & I think many folks haven't noticed. It now has an Optical Character Reader built in. Works for me on very fine print, print on visually confusing backgrounds, wrinkled scans, etc. (Pin it to your toolbar and you'll use it more often.)

Screenshot of an image advertising an episode of "60 Minutes," displayed on the screen of the Windows Snipping Tool. Annotations point to the sequence of capturing text out of an image using the build-in OCR tool. At right of the image the sequence of commands is listed: 1. Snip the image. 2. Click the TEXT ACTIONS icon above the image. When the image scan pops up another menu, 3. Click COPY ALL TEXT. At lower right, an image of the pasted text shows the successful capture of all text that was in the image, including white font on photo background and some fine print.

In case y'all haven't stumbled onto this newish tool:

And once you get it on your toolbar and remember to reach for it, it's now SO HANDY for OTR to copy text out of photos and other images!

Some people arrive pre-offended.

Offering details beyond a headline offends them even more.

I assume your Block button gets healthy exercise?

Yes - MANY Discussions!

Long ago, my hub said: Every man who sees Fatal Attraction should have to answer a quiz on the way out. "What was the moral of this story?" Any answer like, "Never give her your real name," and the guy should re-watch it with a remedial group.

Early generations of Methodists - AND of Baptists - would be gobsmacked and outraged to see today's Christian Nationalist authoritarian bullcrap.

Baptists were close to Quakers in their demands for freedom of conscience, separation of church & state, & bottom-up decision-making.

Is It a Red Flag? Wuthering Heights Edition He lives with your family, and he’s sort of your brother. Not a red flag. Because he’s not your actual brother, and everyone has already met the p...

When you're back from the Muppet situation, here's a thing to share with Kiddo: www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/is-...

WHOLESOME.

And yet the King's press office had a statement ready for immediate release... after the Met arrested a "person" whom they did not name.

(Did I get that right? Still on first cuppa coffee.)

"Formerly known?"

C'mon, now - he was assigned Prince at birth.
Don't we all need to respect his true biological identity?

/s

Seems only fair:

(Flashback to William Hurt's anchorman in Broadcast News...)

Photo of the upper part of a walking stick. Wooden shaft, brass ferrule, topped by a faux-ivory carved figure of an owl, with wings folded tight and an expression that is skeptical and world-weary. Sometimes referred to as a "ClueStick"

SO MUCH LESS PAPERWORK!💥❤️💥

I need an emotional support crowbar! For a while I had a ClueStick, but then the office got concerned about keeping weapons within easy reach.

Will investigate. Thank you!

Fabulous band name...

Also fighting the battle of "You *can't* be in this much pain, the imaging isn't showing all the signs."

Dude, if you could turn up a decent prescriber in or near Durham NC... A dear friend had no clue how terrible the pain-management transfer ordeal would be. (Sleep disorder since childhood, badly-healed joint break, etc. Now pancreas surgery is stalled until the pain coverage is sorted.)

IT'S A BASIC SAFETY PRECAUTION

It didn't fall in the litter box?
Take the win!

Came here to say that.

In my youth, it worked that way for babies and small children, too.

I see it as a church you can approach from any direction!