John Lee

Part of Adulting

well I've seen about everything when I've seen an elephant fly

25 years of Lorelai, Rory, and Stars Hollow ☕🍂🧣🎃🍁🧡 Celebrate a television classic with Gilmore Girls: The Official Coloring Book, featuring more than 90 pages of your favorite quotes, places, and scenes.

Cozy up and get your copy here: bit.ly/46RFadO

God, give us work till our life shall end, and life till our work is done. Amen. ~ A New Zealand Prayer Book

Shakespeare in "The Merchant of Venice": "The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose," Act 2, Scene 3.

Hanging with Duffy who is the comfort bear I shared with Rembrandt, Otis, Archie, Chelsea, Ricardo, Lola, Rosalita, and even Abuela when she was in hospital. Kobe’s a tough guy so he doesn’t need a bear. Duffy was blessed at today’s blessing of the animals.

Sharing my 1st Prize winning Peach & Apricot Jam! This was my first ever jam creation and what started my love affair with jam making. Make some to see what all the fuss is about! https://www.fabfood4all.co.uk/peach-apricot-jam/
#PeachApricotJam #PrizeWinning #JamLovers

Oh, also:
Always go out and do something fun on Friday night because it makes the weekend longer. 🥳

How apple cider vinegar cured everything — until it didn't A headline-grabbing study touting apple cider vinegar for weight loss has been retracted. Other claims for the internet-famous remedy are also under fire.

A headline-grabbing study touting apple cider vinegar for weight loss has been retracted. Other claims for the internet-famous remedy are also under fire.

Sounds charming

Two toy poodles snuggle on the bed. Reesie is a dark gray poodle mix, sitting up with one ear askew. Only Jack's head is visible. He's an apricot toy poodle who loves to nap. They are both about 10 years old, both from rescues. #AdoptDontShop

Buddies: Reesie and Jack. #PoodlesofBlueSky
#WhoRescuedWho?

"The shock of losing to President Donald Trump a second time has inspired the biggest bout of Democratic introspection since the 1980s," writes Ronald Brownstein | Analysis
cnn.it/3KAlPpZ

The current situation in Portland. Overrun by migrants who are being harbored by librarians and unemployed Civil Service types.

VARNEY: You canceled almost $8b of energy projects, most of them in blue states. Are you punishing the blue states?

CHRIS WRIGHT: We are punishing the wasteful spending of taxpayer dollars ... do you want to subsidize E-bike lanes lanes in Portlandia?

(That's not a no!)

NJ WIC remains open even if the federal government is not. Keep your WIC appointments and continue using your eWIC card at any WIC store. #HealthierNJ #WIC

Dame Sarah Mullally has been named as the new Archbishop of Canterbury.

She is the first woman appointed to the Church of England's most senior clerical role in its nearly 500-year history.

More here: bbc.in/4pTOztW

I thought it was funny

'Reading Rainbow' Is Coming Back After Nearly 20 Years With Beloved Librarian As Host—And Fans Are Pumped

The best news! ❤️

8 decades after legends like Henry Fonda, Lucille Ball, Humphrey Bogart, Frank Sinatra and Judy Garland launched the Committee for the First Amendment to stand up to McCarthyism, Jane Fonda is bringing back the organization at a time she calls “the most frightening moment of my life.” cnn.it/4mVe2Ra

14 years ago: True to form, Rosie plants some major licks across the face of Rev John Mennell at St Luke's Episcopal Church's Blessing of the Aninals.

“The greatest danger to our future is apathy.” Jane Goodall
Good night Jane. Your jungle life taught us humanity. I am truly grateful.

two women are standing next to each other in a room . ALT: two women are standing next to each other in a room .

“I ate the fuzzy Certs and they tasted like keys” has to be one of the best lines in #GilmoreGirls

Raskin: "It's not lost on anyone that shutting the government down allows them not swear in our new colleague, Ms Grijalva from Arizona, who would be the 218th signature to discharge the Epstein files and to put a vote on that on the House floor."

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Listeners like you keep our mission alive. Protect one of the last places where America comes together to hear itself.

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Get ready for the next big bailout Trump's tariffs are wrecking the agribusiness economy — again.

"It isn’t like our farmers aren’t producing enough crops and need help in order to get production going again. The US produces a huge amount of food, more than we need here at home. But farmers need to have somewhere to sell it." — @paulwaldman.bsky.social

apple cider, cider donuts, pumpkin, on a picnic table

I am wishing everyone the October-est of Octobers. #October1st #happynewmonth

For the economy, shutdowns are often barely a blip. Yet there are reasons this episode could be different – and not in a good way: cnn.it/48KjT86

The Boeing Company is developing a new single-aisle aircraft to replace the 737 MAX, the Wall Street Journal has reported.

Full story here: ow.ly/RSIf50X4hm3