Word of the day: balter.

Sometimes you just have to balter with joy.

After 20 years of excavation, Roman Studies researchers from the University of Tokyo have found a home buried by volcanic ash on the northern side of Mount Vesuvius thought to belong to the Emperor Augustus:

https://arkeonews.net/japan-researchers-uncover-lost-villa-believed-to-belong-to-first-roman-emperor/

Saturday morning grocery store soundtrack

Andy Gibb - I Just Want To Be Your Everything

https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=n-EJQ9kjZ84&si=Vy4EGSNHpyZ3jvap

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BBL CoSo, have to take Layla for her walk. Leaving you with:

Derek and the Dominos - Why Does Love Gotta Be So Sad

https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=rDMdQWZC56Y&si=dmX3PxzaMSLTqv3q

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For Caturday:

When the universe sends you a sweet cat:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4O5kJ0sCJk

“Peak boomers” (born 1959-1964) are getting ready to retire and 2/3 do not have enough saved to do so. They hit the work force when pensions were being phased out.

Turns out 401K plans were just another corporate scam.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/retirement/welcome-to-peak-boomer-era-a-wave-of-retirees-is-about-to-blow-through-their-savings-and-cling-to-social-security-to-stay-afloat/ar-AA1nigXE

What’s the deal with people finding human remains in their travertine tiles?

https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/whats-the-deal-with-people-finding-human-fossils-in-their-travertine-tiles

The drug wars devastated black and brown communities. Is marijuana legalization helping? In some states, legislation tied to legalization is helping:

https://apnews.com/article/45efa08a04116a747aba2f1c13187944

Happy Saturday CoSo:

The Doors - The WASP (Texas Radio and the Big Beat”

“I love the friends I have gathered on this thin raft. We have constructed pyramids in honor of our escaping.”

https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=5bdC7k2Nu4s&si=clAXA3PGAsUCw2CM

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Day 18

The challenge is to post 20 favorite TV shows. No explanations. No reviews. Just images.

I won’t tag anyone in to play, but I hereby invite all of you to join the party if you’d like

P.S. - only the first two seasons

Eva Cassidy - Ain’t No Sunshine

https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=ccmXWBluxIc&si=Af-YrW1vdkuFXOUx

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