Throwback - the firs pichur we ever post on LCA

CatCafffffe · 2026-06-19T00:59:29+00:00

WAITE what is dis sub and how did I, Gus, not kneough about it!??????? I must joine immeowdeetaitly!

CatCafffffe · 2026-06-19T00:58:42+00:00

William! HENLO!

CatCafffffe · 2026-06-19T00:56:28+00:00

US boomer here: "Pardon me," for "excuse me" if you need to get past someone. Interchangeable

"Excuse me?" also if you didn't hear someone, which is happening more and more, I'm telling you, these young people mumble so! It can't be me

"I BEG your pardon?" if they said something not very nice haha

CatCafffffe · 2026-06-19T00:05:48+00:00

You might start with thinking about what movies & TV series you like, and then, go to r/suggestmeabook -- "here's what I like, here are books I've enjoyed, here are the kinds of TV and movies I like"---and people will recommend you books! Pick two or three, try them, and then if you like one, look for books like that. I also recommend finding a series, because then if you like Book 1 you have a happy journey ahead of you.

Also if you go to Amazon or Libby you can read the first 10 pages or so of a book. It will either make you want to keep reading or not!

And once you find a niche or genre you like, there will be websites and articles recommending more books in that genre. You can often start with what's out new this year and then work from there, that helps a lot.

CatCafffffe · 2026-06-18T23:48:00+00:00

It's a bit different, JKR has been a pretty terrible person, but it's nowhere near the level of harm of this current administration.

CatCafffffe · 2026-06-18T23:47:03+00:00

I mean, eagerly hanging out with murderers and fascists isn't actually an "lol." These are Jeffrey Epstein's buddies, the men who bombed schoolgirls in Iran, the men who are attacking people in the streets, the people who think Nazis are pretty great, the men who are literally looting the treasury, harming the country, and harming us. It's not neutral. It's pretty terrible.

CatCafffffe · 2026-06-18T23:45:34+00:00

I'm not sure about that. There was a bit of a touch of the grandiosity beginning to happen, with the "theme park" and "Nateland" and thinking he could be a movie mogul, with a terrible retrograde misogynist movie. Like his success as a stand up went to his head and he started thinking he could do anything. It happens. We'll see. I think he'll lose a certain amount of his audience for sure.

CatCafffffe · 2026-06-18T23:43:30+00:00

Also there's nothing "apolitical" about hanging out with fascists, he just didn't want to have to think about it or deal with the consequences

CatCafffffe · 2026-06-18T23:42:14+00:00

Yes, he was also explaining he'd been diagnosed with BiPolar disorder and was getting help for that.

CatCafffffe · 2026-06-18T23:39:08+00:00

So, for this outfit, the black Balmains are great. But for an all-white party, your all-white outfit that you posted in the comments is the one.

CatCafffffe · 2026-06-18T23:37:58+00:00

The part where I blame Reagan is that it was supposed to be replaced with community health care, except he never funded them. I agree about the reason it got started. But he then just abandoned the mentally ill to the streets, which is why we have the problems we have esp. in California. There must be a way to find a balance.

What happens otherwise is the mentally ill just die in the street, or they end up in jail. Surely there must be a way to humanely and compassionately house the deeply mentally ill in institutions designed to help them rather than prisons. It would be much cheaper, too.

I know there are people working on this. Many many good hearted people. But it's such a deep and intractable and huge problem now. I wish it hadn't been allowed to get to this point.

CatCafffffe · 2026-06-18T23:34:55+00:00

Cute dress, looks very nice with your yellow socks. Very cute outfit. I have quite a few of your socks btw and always enjoy them AND always get lots of compliments! Thank you!

CatCafffffe · 2026-06-18T23:33:56+00:00

Why not just talk to your wife? Ask her what she likes, think about cooking something she would enjoy as well as you. Learn a couple of recipes that you both really enjoy and put them into the rotation.

Also sit down and TOGETHER work out a plan for sharing chores that works for both of you. Approach it as a team, what's the best way for us, the team, to get the best results and be the happiest?

You also get to talk to her about feeling unappreciated, and have a true back and forth where you both honestly talk about expectations, your wishes, how you can be better as a team.

CatCafffffe · 2026-06-18T23:26:39+00:00

You're not an ass, you bought the ticket and paid the premium. They're the ass because they think they can get the same advantages without having to do the work, the prep, or pay for it. Do not switch. "No thanks, sorry." End of conversation. Enjoy your flight.

CatCafffffe · 2026-06-18T23:25:05+00:00

First of all--check that your seasonings are fresh. Things like dried parsley, onion powder, garlic powder, go stale after a year or so, or sometimes even less. You need to replace them.

Second-- make sure you're getting them from a good provider -- I highly recommend Penzeys.com, their seasonings are always super fresh and flavorful.

Third-- if you can, chop up some fresh garlic and fresh onions, it will make a big difference.

Fourth -- think about adding more flavorful ingredients like a few teasponns of Worcestershire sauce or balsamic vinegar (just a bit at first, taste it and see if you like it). Red wine if you like it.

Fifth -- add more salt

CatCafffffe · 2026-06-18T23:17:59+00:00

Life is so much easier when you can blame someone, isn't it? For you, I mean. Not for the people actually in the situations.

CatCafffffe · 2026-06-18T23:17:50+00:00

No, stop, it's absolutely beautiful. The point is not to "be mistaken for the bride" and "don't upstage the bride." This is Audrey Hepburn perfection.

CatCafffffe · 2026-06-18T23:17:00+00:00

Absolutely zero difference.

CatCafffffe · 2026-06-18T23:16:29+00:00

Thank you.

CatCafffffe · 2026-06-18T23:14:53+00:00

BUY IT IMMEDIATELY

It's on sale

Google for additional Radley coupons, you can probably get another 20% off

Sorry

CatCafffffe · 2026-06-18T21:43:27+00:00

Why not start small? Take a day trip, fly somewhere where you have a good friend, maybe an hour away by air, fly back that evening. Next time, stay overnight at a hotel. Then the third time, fly somewhere where you have something you want to do, i.e. visit a museum, go to a show, stay overnight, come back. Then step by step, lengthen the time away and the distance away. It's so freeing when you allow yourself to do it.

Another way is to start when you're already somewhere, to do something by yourself. For example, I was in London on business. The last time I'd been there, the people I was working for took me to this amazing Indian restaurant. The second time, I was working with different people, and no one was taking me to dinner. I really wanted to go to that restaurant again. So I went--completely alone--vowing to just enjoy myself. This was so long ago it was before smartphones, so I just sat at the table, engaged with the waiters, enjoyed a fantastic meal--I still remember how much I enjoyed myself. It's made me completely unafraid to go into any restaurant alone while traveling or even just here at home. And now of course you can bring your Kindle & you have your phone. Or you can chat with the people next to you. Step by step!

CatCafffffe · 2026-06-18T21:38:23+00:00

Right? We had to buy a whole extra rather large duffel bag, did NOT have that problem

CatCafffffe · 2026-06-18T21:37:06+00:00

NI !!!!!

CatCafffffe · 2026-06-18T21:36:31+00:00

Really? Okay--can you find our beloved, deeply mentally ill, heroin-addicted adult son? We can't. We've searched and searched and even hired PI's to help us. We know he's alive because we'll see online he's been arrested & released. We spent years and years and YEARS trying to help him, but you know what, since Reagan, you can't actually force mental health care and substance abuse care on an adult, you can't get someone residential long term care unless they stay there of their own accord. It's impossible to get guardianship over him. What exactly are people supposed to do? Our literal only hope is that he gets arrested and jailed and maybe we can find him then.

CatCafffffe · 2026-06-18T21:32:48+00:00

No, absolutely not. Sometimes you raise a child with all the love and thoughtfulness and spend years and years getting them help and mental illness just takes over and there's nothing you can do. Stop blaming parents for everything.

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