What was your dorkiest moment?

Everyone's had one.

Mine came in 2011. My wife, her best friend & her partner, and I had just sat down to dinner at The Carlyle in Shirlington, VA. We'd just seen The Iron Lady.

This dork raised her Long Island iced tea and said: "Meryl Streep."

Yes, I toasted a movie star. What a dork.

What's yours?

Who'd be your choice for the Senate next year?

At first I wanted to make Katie Porter senator. Then I realized that we need her in the House. I'll probably vote for Schiff.

Who's your choice, and why?

question for Fire Stick users

I am a luddite in many ways. Here's one.

How can I get the Oscars tomorrow night? Do I have to subscribe to ABC?

This is old news. How would you respond to this individual?

I'm scrolling through my twitter feed and ran across this.

https://twitter.com/beachybertha/status/1439696357437441267

For those who can't watch, these are the comments of a citizen at the Johnson County, KS, County Board of Commissioners meeting (date unknown):

"I've an open heart, and I am here for the children. There is zero evidence that COVID-19 exists in the world. PCR tests were recalled. This is a plandemic. Fake virus; bio-weapon jab. Fake president. You will not experiment on my children. It's always been about the children. We know you're coming for the children. We will not comply. We only answer to god. People are waking up: nothing can stop what is coming. You vote yes? You will all be tried for crimes against humanity. Children don't disappear. Eight hundred thousand children in the United States disappear. Where did they go? Human trafficking is the real pandemic. The mainstream media doesn't cover it. There's no virus; the media's the virus. Politicians, Hollywood are all involved. Please vote no today. I'm begging you. I want you to think real hard about these children. Trump won."

What would you wear to a '60s party?

I was going to wear bell bottoms and a tie-dyed t-shirt.

My "3X" bell bottoms arrived today. I didn't even try them on. They look about like a size 14. I'm bummed. They would've been perfect for my party.

Oh, well. I'll find something else.

What would you wear?

What's the funniest thing you've seen on DU (or anywhere else) today?

In my thread about alcoholic Tang drinks, permanut posted:

"needs a little milk of magnesia ...
"a philips screwdriver."

What's yours?

I want to create an alcoholic drink with Tang. Ideas? n/t

I seek ideas for my 60th birthday party. Theme: The '60s!

I'll take any ideas you have.

I am especially looking for food ideas. So far for foods that originated in the '60s, we're doing shrimp cocktail, onion dip , and Jello mold.

Hit me!

This is pathetic. I can't math. Grr

I was watching The Fugitive in the wee hours. In the beginning of the film, in the corrections department bus a guard says it's 20 miles to the prison and they should be there in 40 minutes.

I puzzled and puzzled and played with my calculator and damned if I could come up with how bloody fast they were going.

Pathetic.

How fast were they going?

tremendous burden

I'm almost as deeply depressed as I was in September '21 when I admitted myself to a mental hospital. Tonight's events haven't helped. Without getting too graphic, I've had to clean up the bathroom twice after my wife, who is ill. It has been three years since the last time she was this sick.

It's an all-night endeavor, getting up with her, nursing her, and cleaning up. Even if the attacks stop, I get no sleep. The anxiety is crushing and I can find no relief.

And tomorrow - well, this afternoon - we have to euthanize her favorite cat, who is very ill and suffering. No doubt her grief is what's brought on tonight's attacks.

We've been together 22½ years, married for 12½. I love her and I'm committed. I take my vows seriously. They help me get through nights like this. It's as if that's where I get my energy from for these all-nighters

This is my late night rant of catharsis, only it's not all that cathartic. If there were someone I could've called, I would've done that instead of writing here. I wish there were someone I could text, like a suicide hotline - not for suicide but for extreme depression.