Thinking it's fun to have a sneaky leprechaun who visits my first grade class every day until St. Patrick's day. He even has his own email account that he uses to send my class emails and pictures. I'm feeling very clever this week!

I reported him. He's spamming a lot of threads with this crap.

Please stop spamming the threads. No one cares about this.

I have to roll my eyes at this one. Trump isn't in the past. It's not as if he's retiring and looking to lead a quiet life out of the public eye. He's running for president again. And it's just common sense for people to look at a person's past history in determining whether to vote for them. We all factor in a person's past when deciding the role they will play in our lives. Would you date a recent parolee who had tortured and killed her prior boyfriend? Or would her past factor into your decision?

This should not have been given to only one side. Furthermore, if it is given to the right, giving it to Tucker Carlson seriously undermines any credibility. His show is entertainment (not news), and even Fox News says as much.

In a slander case against Tucker Carlson in 2020, Fox News lawyers claim that a reasonable person would not take the things Tucker Carlson says as facts.

"Just read U.S. District Judge Mary Kay Vyskocil's opinion, leaning heavily on the arguments of Fox's lawyers: The "'general tenor' of the show should then inform a viewer that [Carlson] is not 'stating actual facts' about the topics he discusses and is instead engaging in 'exaggeration' and 'non-literal commentary.' "

She wrote: "Fox persuasively argues, that given Mr. Carlson's reputation, any reasonable viewer 'arrive[s] with an appropriate amount of skepticism' about the statement he makes."

The link to this entire NPR article is here:

https://www.npr.org/2020/09/29/917747123/you-literally-cant-believe-the-facts-tucker-carlson-tells-you-so-say-fox-s-lawye

Unfortunately, a LOT of Fox News viewers DO take what he says as fact (I used to be one of them). So my opinion is, either give the footage to both sides, or give it to a legitimate and credible news personality.

Lunch break

Thinking International Women's Day is a pretty big deal here. It's a government holiday, so schools are closed, and we get the day off! And today I received several gifts and flowers. Loving it!

Happy birthday, Vibes! Wishing you a magical day!

Agree with what Delightful has said above. I'd also add Hungarian Parliament Building -- STUNNING. Also, have lunch at New York Cafe, which is touted as being the most beautiful restaurant in the world. It really is beautiful. The view from Buda Castle is pretty amazing as well.

I wonder how Storm chose her screen name?

She has a lovely new haircut.

In a Yandex on the way to work. So not up for work today, but we do get Wednesday off this week for a national holiday.

22 days, to be exact.

Aww. Hope you're feeling better today, River.



OT: I have buyer's remorse.

Zooming with Mark, posting together and drinking coffee.

My vote goes to the crazy poster who claims to have received insider information from Russia ahead of time regarding the invasion of Ukraine.

Fun! What are you having done, River?

Oh no! Sorry, Storm! I had a foot fracture a few months ago. I spent November and December in a boot. Lame! I hope you heal quickly and feel better soon.

Thinking that today wasn’t that terrible. The entire elementary school spent the whole school day in the mountains, skiing and tubing. I was dreading it. But the kids loved it and it wasn’t as chaotic as I thought it would be.