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Thursday Morning Herd Check-in: Greetings of the Moosekin

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The morning check-in is an open thread posted to give you a place to visit with the meeses. Feel free to chat about your weather, share a bit of your life, grump (if you must), rave (if you can). The diarist du jour sometimes posts and runs, other times sticks around for a bit, often returns throughout the day and always cares that meeses are happy … or at least content.

For those new to the Moose, Kysen left a Moose Welcome Mat (Part Deux) so, please, wipe your feet before you walk in the front door start posting.

The important stuff to get you started:

– Comments do not Auto-refresh. Click the refresh/reload on your tab to see new ones. Only click Post once for comments. When a diary’s comment threads grow, the page takes longer to refresh and the comment may not display right away.

– To check for replies to your comments, click the “My Comments” link in the right-hand column (or go to “My Moose”). Comments will be listed and a link to Recent Replies will be shown. (Note: Tending comments builds community)

– Ratings: Fierce means Thumbs Up, Fail means Thumbs Down, Meh means one of three things: I am unFailing you but I can’t Fierce you, I am unFiercing after a mistaken Fierce, or Meh. Just Meh. (p.s. Ratings don’t bestow mojo, online behaviour does).

– Finally, the posting rules for a new diary: “Be excellent to each other… or else”

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– The Recommended list has a prominent place on the Front Page because it reflects the interests of the Moose. When people drive-by, we want them to see what we are talking about: news, politics, science, history, personal stories, culture.

– The Rec list algorithm, per Kysen:

The Rec List is based upon number of recs and number of days on the list.

The best way to control Rec List content is to ONLY rec diaries you WANT to see ON the list.

Don’t use the Recommendation button as a ‘I read this and I like it’ indicator….you can say that in the comments and by rating the comments contained within the diary.

– Per me:

… any post that reflects our values and gets us to think about who we are and our place in the world is valuable to progressives.

(Some other commenting/posting/tending notes for newbies can be found in this past check-in and, of course, consult Meese Mehta for all your questions on meesely decorum.)

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Let the greetings begin!

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74 comments

  2. blue jersey mom

    I am headed to Ukraine this afternoon. then I am going on to Israel, and then (fingers crossed) I will go to our excavation in Turkey. I will have some internet access, but I may be rather quiet for the next few weeks. I will post a photo diary when I get home. All my best wishes to all the moose here.

  3. Diana in NoVa

    As bad as losing electricity (and therefore the Internet) is, it’s the loss of air conditioning that will bother us. Last June’s derecho kept the power off for several days.  We were just on our way to a mall to spend the evening in the “coolth” when we noticed lights on in our neighborhood. That’s when we realized it was over.

    Hope everyone will stay safe!

    JanF, read about the goings-on in your state government yesterday with regard to the ultrasound bill. Revolting!

    Whyinell would anyone vote Rethuglican?

  4. Melanie in IA

    It’s about 65 heading to upper 70s, fresh breeze from the north, sunshine, dropping humidity. The birds are singing. The earth-moving equipment is roaring in the distance…

    I have food pantry duty this morning while Jim heads to the golf course. Aaahh retirement!

    Yesterday I had a writing class, which I’m taking with my best bud Beth. Afterwards we went to dinner, which we enjoyed outside.

    Son heads for CO on Monday. He’ll be in Pueblo for his IFS, initial flight screening.

    The first week of Initial Flight Screening (IFS) consists of academics.  Day one is about 10 hours of typical AF welcome briefings and a PFT.  The rest of the week consists of classroom academics for 11 hours a day and one hour of PT with the trainers in the gym.  From the second week on, you will show up each morning in the flight room at a specific hour (this time changes for every flight and rotates weekly) for a formal brief.

    Each morning, the Formal Briefing is led by one of your flight mates followed by the Stand Up Emergency Procedure (EP) that is performed by a randomly chosen flight member.  The rest of your day is usually spent either flying, in the cockpit trainers they have downstairs, working out in the gym, the cafeteria, or in the flight room.  You are required to complete 12 hours of Physical Training (PT) by the time you leave and they take the sign-out sheet away at 1500 so usually people try to get as much done early as possible.

  5. nchristine

    yesterday.  We did get a little bit of rain around midnight.  There were as many as 5 tornado warnings going at one time yesterday – all around an hour north of me and 1.5 from Melanie and Jim.  Thankfully, there weren’t any real injuries and damage can be fixed.

  6. anotherdemocrat

    78 degrees & muggy, already. Very few thoughts in my head this early in the day. Earworm is U2’s cover of Everlasting Love.

    Brought my gym bag. Got to check if my group is meeting this evening or if they’ve switched entirely to mornings.

    Happy Friday Eve!

  9. Melanie in IA

    At least one I’ll let expire. Another I just switched to online-only. I’ve found I prefer to pay for books to keep, rather than magazines to read and recycle.  

  11. DeniseVelez

    not clear here yet how bad the storms will be – we do have flood warnings.

    Cable service was out for about 5 hours last night, into the morning.

  12. pittiepat

    the week-end.  Have spent the last few minutes being totally annoyed with all three Colorado Springs news stations.  IMO they are doing a not-so-great job of providing up-to-date information.  Our Meese friends at Kelley’s are even farther away from the fire trouble but the area just to the north of Black Forest is in for a really bad day.  Still no containment and about 4 am a mandatory evacuation was issued north to County Line (Douglas county) road.  It’s just heart-breaking.  As of yesterday afternoon 92 homes were completely destroyed and the damn fire just keep marching north.  Hope the fire crews can get a break soon and get it under contra.

  13. Diana in NoVa

    Colorado Springs–always heard that was such a nice place.  Isn’t it where the Air Force Academy is located?

  14. Jk2003

    65 sunny and dry.  Beautiful day on tap.  Tomorrow too!  The storms last night brought us only rain.  No wind or flooding in my neck if the woods.  We were lucky.  

    Today the girls fom across the street are coming over while their mom goes to the doctor, so it is four kids for lunch!  Maybe a haircut later.  Have a great day everyone.

  15. Kysen

    It is supposed to hit 98 here in Va Bch today.

    That is so wrong. It ought not be allowed. Where do I send my complaint?

    We are nearing the end of a MASSIVE renovation project here at the house. We gutted the bedroom hallway, closets, and guest bath down to studs/subfloor and a skylight view of the attic….and have been slowly rebuilding ever since (has been about 6 weeks…about a week left to go). We totally reconfigured the spaces (meaning re-routing the plumbing, electrical, and ducting…and rearranging the walls). Ceiling, walls, and floors are all in place…cabinetry, tub/shower enclosure, lighting fixtures and tile is done…all that is left is painting, hanging/installing the mirror, and yer basic ‘punch list’ of touch ups.

    I cannot wait for it to be done…I am over the in and out traffic of workmen. The dogs have loved it, though…they get attention from every one of the fellas we have had on this project. /grin

    Our pups sound FIERCE when someone first knocks/enters…but, once they realize ‘you’ are in the house and ‘we’ are not screaming for help….they are the biggest huggalumps on the planet. 2 of em are Labs…that should tell ya a lot right there. 😛

    Sorry for the ramble…I’m killin’ some time before I head in.

    Hope everyone is well…

    /grin

  16. raina

    Another cloudy day. Rain, rain, rain the past few days.

    A couple of days ago it poured so hard, a bunch of trees fell, and large limbs broke. Must have been very windy, but I couldn’t tell from the heavy rain.

    We’re still under a fire ban, weird. I suspect they’ll lift it temporarily for July 4th. Last 2 summers we had the fire ban, which includes fireworks, due to the severe drought.

  17. bfitzinAR

    repeat daily for the rest of the summer.  Sigh.  I meant to drop in here early before I got started on stuff from not being here yesterday and leaving early Tuesday, but work met me as I walked in the door.  I’d like to fierce the weather comment/icon/tip jar but apparently I can’t fierce.  Wish there was a 4th choice – I mostly don’t fierce because in my mind a fierce is for something I so agree with I’d like to “rec 1000x” – it’s been hard for me to shift that perception – and I’d love something between a meh and a fierce rating.  Yeah, I know.  I’d also like a federal jobs program rebuilding our infrastructure – green while we’re at it – to what should be standard in a country this rich, another one restoring forests and wetlands and catching up with the backlog all the natural resource depts have, to revoke all Big Corporate subsidies, to repeal all the several-steps-towards-totalitarianism legislation passed since 9/11/2001, equal rights – and pay – for everybody, Medicare for All, and world peace – no, I don’t need a unicorn with that, thanks 🙂

    The surgery was very minor – they offered me hydrocodone which I didn’t take, but I haven’t even needed an Ibu – stitches come out in 3 weeks and I’ll be wearing a special sandal until then mostly because even the reduced bandage I’ll be using after tomorrow won’t let me put my regular shoe on.  The main thing is to remember to walk as normally as possible – I have to think when I walk or I automatically start to limp which not only isn’t a good thing for the foot with the problem, it also throws out my back and my knee (both of which are more painful than walking a measured pace in a normal, if slow, rhythm – and singing, even if just in my head, helps a whole lot in remembering to walk in a normal rhythm – so if Kat wants to send me an earwurm – she knows the kind of music I like – that would be nice 🙂 ).

    Since I haven’t seen any emergency alerts about Kelley & crew, I’m assuming they are safe.  I’d like confirmation of that of course but not sure when I’ll be back to get it.  {{{HUGS}}} to everybody in the Mooselands.  

  18. slksfca

    I did wake up at 6AM but said “screw this” and went back to sleep. Get me a coffee IV, stat! ;-p

    It’s a beautiful morning outside and should be slightly warmer than yesterday.

  19. PadreJM

    on us this morning right here in river city.  I hadn’t checked the weather report since yesterday morning, when it said we were going to have continued sunshine for several more days.  So, today’s cool, damp weather was a surprise.

    I’m going to give the upper respiratory infection one more day to show improvement before seeking clinical intervention.  I had a rough night, and feel pretty rotten right now.  I closed the office early yesterday, and didn’t open up after Mass this morning at all.  I’ll probably nap as much of today away as I can.  Frustrating.  I’ve got so much work piling up both at home and the office.

    Hope everyone else’s day is going better.

  20. princesspat

    I’m hoping to have the energy to go to a few nurseries today so I can start finding plants to restore the garden area left (to my eyes) devastated when the  cedar trees were removed last week. I’m starting to get used to the difference in the light and the sound patterns….those trees had a large presence.  

  21. slksfca

    …I’m having trouble tearing myself away from the delights of the internet this morning. My usual routine is to check in here and at New Day over at the GOS, then check out the latest on various blogs I follow daily, an eclectic mixture comprised of LGBT news and certain arts and history blogs.

    Since I’ve gotten a late start today I can’t help but feel like I’m missing out on something — and the time draws near when I ought to get showered and dressed and out the door to enjoy the sunshine.

    BTW, just a word of thanks here to everyone who showed up for my diary. I really couldn’t have published it at the GOS because I’ve learned from past experience that there is, unfortunately, some liberal bigotry there. But I knew the community here would be more accepting, and even respectful. So, my thanks to the herd!

  23. slksfca

    …to the deli, to get a sandwich for lunch (pastrami and swiss on rye). But at 11:30 there was already a longish line, so I decided to skip it. I’m not all THAT hungry yet, and didn’t have the patience to stand around and wait (I was hoping to beat the lunchtime rush). The good news is that I managed the rather steep hill with almost no trouble. 🙂

    It’s really nice out, and even though there’s a strong breeze it’s not all that cold for once. So I’ll be taking a longer walk in an hour or two and will worry about lunch then. It might be a custom-made slice of pizza, or a veggie burrito, or a patty melt from the diner. All three of those can be found on the way to or from the park, which is where I’ll be headed….

  25. Otteray Scribe

    Been running my tail off today, and still stuff to do tomorrow. I will eventually get caught up.

    Please keep the firefighters and those displaced at Black Forest in Colorado in the light of safety and hope.

    Also, eeff brought news of the tragic death of NASCAR race driver Jason Leffler last night.

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