Random Thoughts...or...What's on Your Mind?

[Commander Troi]

I've got another for you guys.
There's a woman I follow on Instagram, who I've never met in person, but lives about 20 minutes away, and posts a lot of videos and pictures from a park that we go to sometimes. If we go out there, and I see her, would it be inappropriate for me to go to her and say hi.
We've talked back on forth in the comments on her posts, so she is aware of me and knows I'm one of her followers on there.

Sorry if these are stupid questions, but I have social anxiety, and coming on here, and commenting back and forth with people on Instagram, are the closest I've come to socializing outside of family or work since I was in school. There are some days I don't interact with anyone in person besides my mom. And to be honest, the first time I commented on an Instagram post, I was terrified of kind of response it would get. Luckily, everyone who's responded to my comments has been really nice.

These are not stupid questions.

Given that she knows who you are and you've interacted online, I don't see anything inappropriate. If you say hi and she looks confused, say "we talked about X on Instagram" or something like that.

I'm not sure which part of AZ you're in (I'm in Phoenix), but I'd love to meet you IRL at some point. You're a hoopy frood.

A prayer warrior, at least the actual usage of the term, associated with the act of being willing, to the point of discomfort, to call upon God (Jesus, Mary, etc) to intercede on someone else's behalf, and to remain praying until an action has been taken, has been around for at least several generations. I had partaken in a number of such things when I was a kid back in the 1980s.

Ah! Thanks! I first heard the term after my parents started going to an Evangelical church in the 90s.

 

[JD]

I'm in Peoria.

 

[Non Sync]

I'm in Peoria.

I guess it doesn't play there.

 

[JD]

So my mom and I discovered that one of the parks where we walk the dogs has a huge open desert area behind it and we had no idea we could go back there. Which means we've been walking around the man made lake and ball fields for the last year, and we could have been out in the open desert, which we both prefer, instead.

 

[Velocity]

Better late than never. Enjoy your new venue.

 

[JD]

Oh we will, and the pups always love new places to explore. And we just saw some wild donkeys out there on Friday, so we might run into them out there too.

 

[Worf factor9]

Don't bite down hard . As a rock-hound I can not be but impressed. Merry X-mas everyone.

The feast looks so lifelike that more than a few gawkers over the years have tried to partake. Spread across the central table is a generous dinner for eight, complete with an immense ham made of petrified wood. In the bowl of fruit at the center sit prunes made of Apache tears, a round pebble form of obsidian, along with blueberries made from azurite. Hearty bowls of hominy consist of pearl slugs, iridescent wonders produced by mollusks in the dark mud of the Mississippi River. The pepper in the pepper shaker is ash from the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens. The tea in the porcelain tea cups is black volcanic sand from the beaches of Hawai’i. Over on the dessert table, a hunk of fossilized shark vertebrae is a dead ringer for an oatmeal cookie. Sitting next to it, a box of gleaming gemstone truffles look too tempting to resist.

The ‘Rock Food’ Feast That Looks Good Enough to Eat
Welcome to the world of rockhounds, pebble puppies, and a bizarre art installation almost 40 years in the making.

 

[Commander Troi]

I'm in Peoria.

Cool! When I can drive again, we should grab a beverage.

Don't bite down hard . As a rock-hound I can not be but impressed.

Cool! Thanks for sharing! I dig rocks too.

 

[Worf factor9]

I dig rocks too.

I saw what you did there and of Quartz you could not resist.

 

[Worf factor9]

Cool! When I can drive again, we should grab a beverage.


Cool! Thanks for sharing! I dig rocks too.

i have a few arrow heads too, which makes me a bit flinty.

 

[JD]

Cool! When I can drive again, we should grab a beverage.

That could be fun. I don't drink though, so it would have to be non-alcoholic.

 

[Worf factor9]

Merry X-Mas, ya'all still wanta' Kiss under that?

The Enduring Romance of Mistletoe, a Parasite Named After Bird Poop

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[JD]

It's amazing how much longer a day is when you can't go on a 1 1/2 to 2 hour bike ride, and at least one hourish dog walk. It's been raining all day, so the only times was two much shorter than usual dog walks when it let up and stopped briefly.

 

[Commander Troi]

That could be fun. I don't drink though, so it would have to be non-alcoholic.

No problem. I was referring more to coffee, tea, etc.

 

[Worf factor9]

Merry Christmas, and gawd bless us... everyone.

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[JD]

No problem. I was referring more to coffee, tea, etc.

Oh, OK.

 

[Avro Arrow]

The best part of the holidays... that time after Christmas Day, but before you have to go back to work, when you can actually relax and unwind after all the hustle leading up to Christmas.

All that time, effort and money for a single day... it's like a miniature wedding that we repeat every 12 months.

 

[Oddish]

I was just watching a parody of the Nightmare Before Christmas, and thought about what almost happened...

1. The artillery fire is a little more accurate. Jack Skellington is blown to bone dust.
2. With no one to assist him, Santa (and Sally) winds up in Oogie's snake and spider stew.
3. The Easter Bunny, as the last holiday icon left standing, proceeds to take over all three holidays. Expect Christmas eggs and Halloween baskets in your future...

 

[JD]

My mom and I went back out to the new park to hike today, and it was rather eventful. We both fell on our asses trying to go down a steep rocky ravine, and then after we turned around, we made the mistake of going off along a side smaller side path that was super muddy (it rained all day Friday), and ended going out way farther than we thought it would.

 

[Oddish]

I just took a hard fall on an icy road. Bruised an elbow, did something to my back, and I'm lucky I didn't get a concussion. So I feel your pain.