Rex Harrison as Abraham Lincoln

Strong “the pitcher is throwing
a Christian baby” vibes

Mussels on a dock piling

Back to the basics.

Just had some thanks

I’m camping by the Salish Sea and haven’t stuck my head out of my tent yet to see how the weather is this morning, but the constant foghorns are a clue.

Is this where I admit that I’ve never understood the title?

Hopper -> Hopstepper Purrderer

I’m starting to think I might need a new sport (to do, not to watch). I love being an archer but I broke my finger two years ago, it’s never healed properly, and archery makes it worse. But what sport? Anyone found a sport later in life that they love?

I like to think that you were doing this in, say, Canada.

Is it pronounced “zzz-sadist”? Just “sadist” with a 😴 at the beginning?

I had floral tape for mine

Yes, I’ve been having an “and at this point it’s too late to ask” experience with all this. Sydney who?

Hmm. I don’t see the connection. The hydro races, maybe.

Duff

I was at a Girl Scout camp — as an adult, as the troop leader — and got lost while doing a youth orienteering program. I got rescued by some Daisies, the teeniest of Girl Scouts.

Yeah, like our former teammate — who doesn’t even do a style that they let into the Olympics!

Yup.

A large expired bottle of juice in a fridge with a post it reading “this always expires before it gets drunk”

In this house we believe in moving small objects and signs around to absurd places (e.g. a small plastic hand that shows up in a coffee mug, then in your shoe, then in your sleeping bag while you’re backpacking). I think I’m setting myself up with this note, intended to stop grocery waste

(from Doonesbury, August-September 1978)

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To not leave you in suspense: I got some v nice travel vouchers.

If I leave my job for any reason, I won’t get paid for saved PTO. So I keep my PTO balance as close to zero as I can.

A sheet of answers to a trivia night.

My book group won trivia night, as we often do. Yes, that’s me not knowing the “30 days hath September” mnemonic. I use my knuckles to identify the months like a civilized person 👊

It’s not hard. And chances are good that someone at the auto supply shop would be willing to help — it would take someone with experience just a minute or two.

I am confused by her neck angle.

I think it isn't but I wouldn't bet my lunch money on it.

The fake typing made me think it was satire but I guess it isn’t? Despite being a list of his positive qualities?

A selection of niche magazines such as Game & Fish, Bowhunter, and Shooting Sports Retailer.

I used to work in magazine publishing, including time at Lincoln magazine (for owners of Lincolns) and New Jersey Bride (for New Jersey brides). This selection at my archery range delights me. Do I read them? No. But I am happy to see them.

OK, this one I might actually need.

U.S. Olympic officials bar transgender women from women’s competitions The Olympic committee said in its new policy that it was “committed to protecting opportunities for athletes participating in sport."

Olympic athletes don’t come out of nowhere; there’s a long system of competing that they go through to get to that level, and this stupid, stupid decision will be used to justify banning trans women from competing at lower-stakes games.

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I found myself making the Patrick Bateman “oooh!” face when I looked at these photos.

Kiran Shah: The hero with a thousand faces | CNN On a journey from Kenya to Hollywood, Kiran Shah has built one of the most impressive careers in blockbuster history. So why don’t you know more about him?

Just a weird photo, I think. That’s Kiran Shah: www.cnn.com/style/articl...