OldAndCranky

Moved over from mastodon.social and a Twitter refugee as of late October 2022. I plan to be just as ridiculous here. I am old, weird, left of liberal (but pretty pragmatic), and a former resident of San Francisco, who then moved to NJ and am now in MA. It's a long story. Likes music, film, science, interested in everything. I swear a lot. Avatar is cartoon pic of blonde woman with short hair and large brown glasses, background avatar is a very shaggy brown dog. she/her #BLM #IDIC #LLAP

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2024-11-14 19:48:18

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@nprofile…chpz well, aren't we all?

2024-09-11 00:47:50

My husband insists on watching. He's a Vulcan emotionally so stuff doesn't upset him. I can't watch without feeling stuff viscerally. I am made of emotion and it is so boring and so annoying. I obviously need to undergo Kolinahr.

2024-09-03 00:41:52

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@npub1zak…d6uu hah!!!! Ok I just laughed so hard that I think it cured me.

2024-09-02 23:27:42

That last covid doomer is also one of those male experts on everything. Total mansplainer. His timeline gives me hives.

2024-09-02 23:22:55

I have blocked a couple of covid doomers who feel obliged to tell me, a 73 year old woman still recovering from Covid, that I am likely a long hauler whose life will never be the same, because I am experiencing some fatigue intermittently. This is not helpful.

2024-08-24 02:03:14

I believe it was 58 years ago tonight that I saw The Beatles at Shea stadium.

2024-08-19 23:22:37

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@npub1je3…qpn2 I'm so grateful.

2024-08-19 23:13:31

It's been two weeks and one day since I got Covid and I have to say, I feel great. Thank the pharmaceutical gods for vaccines and antivirals. I do like that whole science thing. Big fan.

2024-08-17 15:07:12

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@npub1ahq…wjwd Indeed. I still can't quite believe this is all happening.

2024-08-14 21:25:57

Oh wow, my old pal Spam Risk is calling! I love that guy!

2024-08-13 12:30:36

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@npub1ykd…6j2y ugh. I'm so sorry!!!! Are you very ill?

2024-08-12 23:15:15

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@npub1ykd…6j2y how long did your rebound last?

2024-08-12 21:17:04

This is reminding me a lot of getting the flu on our honeymoon. Except we were traveling then and it was so difficult to do anything. At one point we looked at each other and sang "some day we'll look back at this, and it will all seem funny". And we did, and it did.

2024-08-11 23:35:21

basically the spouse watches TV and plays solitaire on his phone, and I have TV on as background and surf the web, or whatever you kids are calling it now. I let him choose the show since most of the time I'm not really watching. can you tell that Covid has us very bored?

2024-08-11 12:51:39

I'm still testing positive a week after my first positive #Covid test. This means I'm still contagious right? Anyone want me to cough on one of their enemies? Maybe I should go to a Trump rally...

2024-08-10 19:19:18

my husband does not do well with the whole resting thing. He's very annoyed.

2024-08-10 01:51:15

My daughter’s cat, Stanley.
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2024-08-09 21:48:34

The dog was convinced to go in the pool briefly today. He was not fond of this experience but it cooled him off so he could hang out there with us. He doesn't like being left alone in the house, but gets so hot out there...today was pretty steamy for a shaggy critter.

2024-08-09 21:10:11

I was a Game Of Thrones fan. I resisted but I got swept in. What the hell is wrong with House Of The Dragon? It's got a good cast, the dragons look great, interesting characters, I enjoy the political intrigue- but damn, could that show be any slower? It's just so inert. It's as if whoever is directing it is determined to suck all the life out of the story. I love Matt Smith, but an entire season of Daemon looking at visions just isn't all that interesting and could've been covered in an episode. Great dragons, tho.

2024-08-09 13:12:49

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@npub1sfl…gczt hah. Also, ugh. Windy?

2024-08-07 16:14:56

The bad news is that I am experiencing some covid brain fog. The good news is that it's not unpleasant.

2024-08-07 16:13:51

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2024-08-06 22:35:36

I like this emphasis on joy. Trump sucks the joy out of every room he enters.

2024-08-06 22:17:09

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@npub1sfl…gczt can you believe this is happening?I was in the depths of political despair just a couple of weeks ago! How quickly things can change.

2024-08-06 22:15:32

Walz is a great choice, I think.

2024-08-06 19:01:11

How's everyone doing? Husband is coughing a bit, but breathing ok. I basically have no symptoms except metallic Paxlovid taste. It's only day 3 for me, and 4 for him, so we'll see how this plays out. So far I'm massively bored. Happily there seems to be many episodes of Portlandia on the telly.

2024-08-06 14:08:53

Someone needs to write music for The Harris Walz immediately.

2024-08-05 19:46:56

This whole RFKjr bear cub thing is never going to not be hilarious.He's so weird.

2024-08-05 13:05:40

So far, this Covid bout isn't too bad. Just achy and kind of in a fog (which I rather enjoy). I'm Tired and I feel like the effects of gravity have increased around me. Has the planet gotten suddenly larger?

2024-08-04 21:48:41

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@npub1xpc…3t05 Yeah, it's not ideal.

2024-08-04 17:13:39

Ok, well, this is less than fun. Is it possible that the paxlovid is causing some of this nausea and this headache? Doctor Google says it's possible.

2024-08-04 15:33:34

Picked up Paxlovid at local CVS. There was a guy there looking for Covid tests- he was not wearing a mask. CVS was all out of Covid tests. People are so weird.

2024-08-04 13:12:53

positive test this morning. No longer a novid. Sigh. It was inevitable. Searching for PAxlovid on a weekend is such fun.

2024-08-03 15:43:06

I'm sitting here astounded that my husband is hacking away with Covid and I'm sitting here feeling just fine. I went shopping. I wore a mask and got looks. The Covid wastewater rates are twice the national average here in MA, and yet I get weird looks for protecting everyone in Stop n Shop by wearing a freaking mask. People are so weird. Kind of like Trump-*WEIRD*.

2024-08-03 15:04:44

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@npub1sfl…gczt really? My seventh grade English teacher is probably spinning in her grave.

2024-08-03 15:02:04

I'm starting to dream about Harris' VP picks. And, to think, this was the election that a month ago I said I wouldn't pay any attention to (and please forgive me for attempting to end a sentence with a preposition).

2024-08-02 22:58:55

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@npub1aq2…4nfw interesting...

2024-08-02 11:15:51

husband has Covid- testing positive. I'm still negative but I'm sure I'm right behind him. Call in to doc for Paxlovid. four and. a half years and our record is shattered. Sigh. We're no longer Covid Unicorns.

2024-08-02 00:05:54

Just read an interesting thread about folks becoming more conservative as they age. It certainly hasn't been true for me, nor was it for my mom. My mom was a very conservative youth and as she aged and grew became less conservative about *everything*. It was kind of interesting to watch.

2024-08-01 00:04:45

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@npub1q9m…zgdu Everything is tired.

2024-07-28 23:24:53

New friend
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2024-07-28 23:22:51

The older I get the more I enjoy being alone- and I've always liked being along so that's a lot.

2024-07-22 02:46:29

Ok. This has been a mess but I’m starting to get a wee bit excited about our new presidential candidate. Harris was my girl before Biden got the nom and I’m getting kinda of happy now. It probably won’t last because everything is insane in this absurd country and I’m old and cynical. But I smiled earlier.

2024-07-21 18:56:47

Ok, the lefty Kamala -bashing is starting up on my timeline - may I remind you that the Republican candidate is named Donald Trump?

2024-07-19 00:16:03

Frankie portrait #dogsofmastodon
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2024-07-13 23:17:04

I hate Trump with every fiber of my being. What I hate most is the fact that you can't run for POTUS without getting shot at...or go to school, or go to church, or go to the mall, or go to a nighclub in Florida, or walk down the street, or go to an outdoor concert, or ... fuck this country. Fuck guns. Fuck people who shoot guns. Fuck people who refuse to try to get guns off the streets...people are awful in general.

2024-07-07 02:19:06

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@npub1xpc…3t05 tales from the crypt.

2024-07-04 16:35:59

I am not doing well. Too much news consumption. My stomach is in knots.

2024-07-04 01:47:28

Never have I felt less like celebrating the 4th of July. Enjoy your long weekend, though.

2024-07-03 22:19:56

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@npub1kmk…mtuy I worry about all those, and then seem bent on worrying about totally inconsequential things just because that is how my stupid brain works.

2024-06-19 23:45:25

Frankie the dog lurking in the bushes
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2024-06-07 02:22:18

I think full purple has been achieved. Our wall 0’ Rhodies is complete.
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2024-05-21 14:40:42

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@npub1xsy…cevg I think I agree with it all, though.

2024-05-21 14:35:54

anyone else have constant self criticism in their head and how the fuck do you make it go away?

2024-05-03 17:31:01

The news is on(spouse watching) - I sat down, listened for a second, and then said "He said Pecker", because I'm actually a 13 year old boy. Also, Lawrence O Donnell is starting to look old. Are my eyes that baggy? We're the same age. Anyone know a plastic surgeon that works for free? Just got in from a lovely walk in the cold grey bullshit that passes for spring in New England. Bah humbug. I ramble a bit. I'd unfollow were I you.

2024-05-01 22:01:25

It's amazing to me how many Americans haven't a clue about how our government works. You can't have a "democracy" that works with an undereducated populace- and this place seems to get dumber by the day.

2024-04-26 23:21:15

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@npub1kmk…mtuy I really like and agree with your bio, BTW.

2024-04-25 22:35:32

I've got that gorgeous Fairport Convention song in my head tonight- Farewell, Farewell...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPq5ijmY6wQ

2024-04-04 00:57:40

The fact that I’m 72 and nearing the end of this chaotic life is interesting. I would like to meet and talk with others who are dealing with this transition. It’s fascinating and no one wants to talk about it.

2024-03-31 13:21:37

Last night I had a dream that I couldn't sleep. How meta is that?

2024-03-26 20:25:19

I think RKFJr is probably quite mentally ill. It doesn't seem to slow rich people down as much as it does the less financially fortunate.

2024-02-23 02:50:30

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@npub1xsy…cevg I edited my post! It originally said best! I realized that I meant dumbest!

2024-02-23 02:36:06

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@npub1xsy…cevg those are great- I think I was going for dumb… I should amend my original post.

2024-02-23 00:56:28

Best Lines in Science Fiction History:
1) An intellectual carrot; the mind boggles!
2)It needs love almost as much as it needs salt.
3)?????

2024-02-22 13:34:02

good morning. What's happening out there in the world? It's...you know, winter, here.

2024-01-22 14:16:50

I feel like I've grown up thinking the world was going to end at any moment. I was 10 during the Cuban Missile Crisis (and terrified). Is my generation the first to grow up with that constant fear? I mean lots of folks grew up in war zones, etc,- but were we boomers the first to be kids contemplating the end of *everything* (other than those who were very religious)? And now every kid has that as a given.

2024-01-05 16:01:03

let me know if any of you want a bluesky invite- I've got four available.

2024-01-05 01:51:22

Hi Bob. Ten minutes to For All Mankind! Yes, I'm an old geek.

2023-11-29 21:23:24

I just spent a completely useless hour driving around Hyannis Ma. I did not see any Kennedys. Kennedies? It's a long story.

2023-11-21 00:15:13

Favorite Dylan song, folks. Taking votes.
I've always said "Tomorrow is a Long Time" but that might be for purely sentimental and nostalgic reasons.

2023-10-20 00:07:13

oh, for pete's sake we're always facing an inflection point in history, Mr POTUS. Why are humans so ridiculous?

2023-09-16 14:12:16

Damn, Jann Wenner is an asshole. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/15/arts/jann-wenner-the-masters-interview.html#commentsContainer

2023-09-16 00:00:22

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@npub1xsy…cevg Cape Cod. Good luck to you guys up there! I'm waving!

2023-09-15 23:55:06

apparently they refer to hurricanes as "blows" in these parts.

2023-09-15 23:46:12

fellow mastodonians- I am so sick of humans. Just sick of them. I mean, you all are lovely, but there are so many that just, how do I say this...suck.

2023-08-17 12:22:45

We just finished this latest series of Black Mirror. Man, did that show fall from grace. I remember that first season being so good- and this last season just...wasn't.

2023-08-01 13:18:55

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@npub1nxt…055a Really enjoyed Dent in the Universe. I might need to re- read it soon. Every time I describe the premise to someone they laugh and then say, "I've got to read that". Maybe they just want to get pizza *really* quickly.

2023-08-01 13:16:29

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@npub1nxt…055a and wrote a very amusing novel, recently!!!

2023-07-07 00:43:34

I checked out Threads. Not impressed. I like it here. It bothers me that more folks won't give this place a chance. I like the fact that it's a bit harder to use- I'd rather be with folks who have to think about their social media, you know? Reminds me of the good old days. Also, (changes topic abruptly) Star Trek SNW was again just delightful. What a gorgeous cast. I could just watch them walk around and look good- plot not needed.

2023-06-03 14:46:59

Woke up grumbling about having to buy a new heater for the swimming pool- and then laughed at myself for complaining about having to buy a new heater for our SWIMMING POOL! We are absurdly lucky people. #FirstWorldProblemINeverThoughtIWouldHave.

2023-04-02 22:07:58

Since Covid I get my death defying thrills from eating at restaurants. Everything has that little extra added spice of fear.

2023-03-16 14:51:16

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#[0] I saw that in the theater five times. I was obsessed.