I follow Allison Gill’s Daily Beans morning audio podcast which gives the news from the prior day with the sources to verify it. This is one of the stories they cover deeply. They now have a video version called Beans Talk on the YouTube channel MSW. I do recommend them as a valid news source. Hugs
Scottie's Playtime 
So I believe you about the podcast, but. The above is a Tumblr opinion post. I did click the links for citation that the general info is good, but maybe post Allison Gill’s work instead of a graphic opinion post? I don’t know. Just wondering. I liked this because I verified the links, but I’d have had no doubts if you’d posted the Law & Crime story, or one of the others instead of a Tumblr. It’s just me, though. I’m a credibility nerd.
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Hi Ali. I think you missed that this was a snip from the Law & Order site. It is no different from the snips you post here. People could say the same of Scotties Playtime, it is just a WordPress blog. You clicked the link which took you to the full story. That Tumblr blog simply uses snips like you do rather than post the eniter orginal like I do. It is a good blog that has links to the stories it posts. I have used it for quick news hits for a long time. In my day I simply do not have time to track down and long post each story. There is far too much the tRump people are doing to screw things up to keep up with it all. As I had already heard and kept up with the info of his case I already knew the information was true. That is the important part, that it is as true as can be, and it was. I have gotten fooled before but it is rare because I follow so many news sources if it seems off I don’t post it. Hugs
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Oops, I meant Law & Crime. Had that old TV show that never seems to die in my head. When ever I see or hear “law,” my mind follows it with “order.” Hugs
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I knew what you meant! 😀
I usually post text, though, from the pieces I link, rather than graphics. No worries. Like I said, I’m a nerd about stuff that nobody cares about.
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Hi Ali. Like I said, I’m a nerd about stuff that nobody cares about.
If I may gently correct you, we do care. I care. I know you post and I rarely read or comment, and sometimes I read and don’t. I understand that might be frustrating for you because you are a caring wonderful person. I comment on Randy’s posts because when he does them he bugs me on texts until I do. He needs the validation, which you don’t. Ali it is not that I don’t value your posts it is that I am so tired. If you have followed the cartoon meme round up you will notice at the top I am posting mental / emotional health issues and yes I have to admit I am suffering from them. Ron dropped a bomb shell on me yesterday which I tried to deny but I think he is correct when I look at it honestly. He flat out told me I am in depression. He said it is getting deeper. He told me if I get worse he will leave Texas and come home, which only made me certain not to tell him things anymore/ I don’t know what being in depression means but he cited my not eating or sleeping. Again today even as he begged me to eat anything I couldn’t. I had a shake & bake porkchop for breakfast and I have not been able to eat anything else all day. I have laundry I need in the washer and dryer and I need to wash the dishes because I am out of cat feeding plates. I have a doctores appointment tomorrow morning so I have to push myself to do some of them. Yet it is 7:37 PM amd again last night I got a broken 3 & 1/2 hours. My phone watch app says my sleep score is in the bottom part, and yet I spent three hours today talking to Kamyk who was recently moved to a different facility because he was being physically and sexually abused. The man can’t walk and has limited control over one leg. I asked him why he didn’t tell me so I could try to do something. His reply was damning. He said Scottie you are dealing with so much right now I worried adding more might crush you. I told him never, sticking up for abused people is what I do. He replied yes you do but you are not well, you need to get help. Anyway, sorry I went there my mind just flowed. I like your posts, viewers likes your posts, and you are a wonderful big sister. Hugs
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I’m very sorry. I do not disagree with Ron, or with Kamyk as to your current state. I doubt any regular reader here does, but am not speaking for anyone but myself. Of course you’re in a depression. And if you follow your pattern, you’re about to become pretty ill from lack of fuel. Put something down you. It doesn’t have to be a full meal, just jam something with calories and preferably protein down your throat every couple of hours every day until you get your appetite burning again.
I’m not meaning to sound heartless. I know you miss Ron. He’s been gone a long time, and I think you’ve done a great job holding out on all this for as long as you have. I started worrying when it was over a week that he was gone. But you’ve been very strong! ⭐ Now you have to be strong enough to eat/drink something, whether you want it or not, because you need it. It will not hurt you to eat when you’re not hungry. My Nana used to tell me, when I was young and on a diet (and still eating more calories than you admit to, but not a lot) that I would shrink my stomach! 😱 Of course that doesn’t happen, but when a person starves their heart, they will join Karen Carpenter. Just humor us all, yes? Pretty please with a salad on top? And thank you, too!🍨
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And you’re a wonderful brother. I’m not worried about my posts; I can see likes. I’m a nerd about things no one cares about like grammar and punctuation and formatting and sources and such. No worries.
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Hi Ali. Thank you. I do worry about your feelings, it is normal for me to care about others. I am trying to eat. Ron has been gone since the first week of January but the good news is he plans to head home early Saturday morning. So almost two months. Diane has the hard cast off and has a brace she wears that if flexable and she can use the fingers and the hand. So I will have to take some time off from blogging to do the floors before he comes home. I am working on a post to explain what my pain doctor and my pain surgeon told me. Hugs
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I thought it had been longer than 2 weeks, but it’s been so busy here, I didn’t want to overstate. Polly left some well wishes for you, then asked a question about Ron, and I jumped in to let her know that Ron’s been gone to help his sister for at least 2 weeks. But I was certain it’s been longer. Time is passing so quickly for me these past 2 years, when I was certain it would just crawl. So some things seem longer ago. Anyway, hey!
Let me gift you with a cleaner to do your floors. You have to arrange it to suit your needs, but I’ll pay for it. You deserve it.
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Hi Ali. You are correct it has been long because Ron went to Texas twice. The first time to help his sister get the large home and property ready for sale, and she came back with him. She was here for about two weeks and flew back to Texas the day after Christmas. But the first week of january she fell and broke her wrist and needed help. She was losing it and afraid. When Ron told me I said go, you have no choice. He was like I could be gone a while, I told him he would hate himself if he did not go. So in a way you are correct. I had him home for about three weeks sharing his time for two of them with her. One week alone and then gone again. On the cleaner I thank you but no please. Ron and I bought all lightweight cleaning stuff. A Dyson stick vacuum with all the attachments because the large hover was too much for me. We have the Swiffer sweeper and the pads and we have the wet jet mop system that I can handle. The thing is with my damaged shoulders and spine, I can only do one or at most two rooms at a time. Then I need pain medications and rest. Normally Ron does the floors while I do laundry (he helps a lot of the time) and I try to do the dishes. But as I go to bed earlier than him if he has seen me struggling he will do all the dishes at night so in the morning there is not or just little for me to do. Ali you are a wonderful person and I am proud to have you as a big sister, but I don’t deserve that gift, I don’t feel I do. I am just doing the best I can with what I am. You have far more things needing your funds than me. I thank you, but I will be OK. I just won’t be able to blog much for the two or three days it takes. Thanks again for the offer. On Polly I emailed you. It explains why I let her post here again and why I will ignore her. Hugs
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OK. No worries. About any of it. But, the offer will stand, so if ever, just let me know!
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