Interesting opinion piece on MSNBC. This part in particular:
“Hamas has stolen millions in foreign aid dollars earmarked to build Gaza hospitals and schools and instead used them to operate a terror network that stretches throughout the Gaza Strip. It is using the entire population as a civilian shield as Israel masses troops along the perimeter.”

https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/israel-hamas-war-executing-hostages-rcna119521

Eyes dilated. Was doing good with my sunglasses on the way home, until the sun came out. Oof. Taking a quick parking lot break and hoping the clouds roll back in, but it’ll be old man driving for the last couple miles. 😎

Finished the Paxlovid cycle on Saturday and tested negative on Sunday morning.

Tried walking the kiddo to school yesterday, and almost faceplanted a couple of times. Fortunately, Mrs. Synical was there to prop me up, but looks like I'll be taking a slower approach to recovery than I'd hoped. 😩

Sugar-free menthol cough drops. Get a couple of bags if you’re ever put on Paxlovid.

That’s it, that’s the toot.

Welp, it took over 3 years, but COVID finally snuck in. Started with youngest kiddo & wife on Thursday, and I came up hot this morning. That’s all 3 of us high risk folks.

Fortunately older kiddos are still testing negative, while we quarantine in our little corner of the house.

“Musk’s erratic decision-making repeatedly put the privacy of users at risk and clearly violated the 2022 consent decree.”🍿

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/the-us-government-has-mounting-evidence-that-elon-musk-violated-twitter-s-data-privacy-agreement/ar-AA1gIHes

Update: Insurance adjuster was a dream to work with. They only asked for two quotes, and when we said we preferred the slightly more expensive option but would be happy to pay the difference, they agreed and paid out the claim within the hour!

Add this to the list of things that (probably only) annoy me -
Got a message the referrals my primary care provider put in are approved and to call the appointment line to get them scheduled.
So I clear some time and call, cheerful young lady quickly finds the referrals, and proceeds to give me phone numbers for each entity so they could schedule me.
Umm... so why is this the "appointment line?" If you're only providing the number, do it through the patient messaging portal! 🤔

For all the Muskrat fanbois out there...

Pretty sure it's not a good thing when your cult leader is being praised by Putin. Just a thought.

First day of school... so of course, there was a group of (likely) tweens/teenagers running around last night causing mischief. Our house and 10+ others had rocks thrown through windows at around 11:30pm. 🤬

Probably a good thing my mattock handle and I didn't find them while driving up & down the street, but I dang sure wish I could be a fly on the wall when the Karma bus catches up with them for payback!

After a diagnostic and new motor run capacitor, the cool air is once again flowing. Probably time to start planning for a replacement though, since the system's over 20 years old. :D

Ugh. Did NOT want to spend the weekend dealing with the home warranty company, plus reaching out to additional AC repair folks since the "identified provider" hasn't responded yet. And this is the second provider... first one said they couldn't make it out for an emergency repair until after Labor Day. 😠

Ummm....

Maybe 'cause the Seahawks don't PLAY in the AFC?
#1999called

@Alfred Please create a picture of Benedict Cumberbatch as a cyberpunk netrunner.