luvdoc

especially after you add up all of the extra fees and shipping

shill-bidding is the norm. Few sellers are willing to allow you a true bargain

Longs peak, 14,249 ft

Trailhead at 9374 feet, 4,875 feet elevation change, 15 mi total hike there and back

Ballbuster, especially for a flatlander South Louisiana boy

Summited on my 5th and final try over about 35 year stretch, with weather the limiting factor

WILD mouse. . .

The original short story, "Arena", on which that episode was based, was a better story with a more realistic and better ending

similar to star trek, humans and an alien species are at war. Knowing that if the war was allowed to continue, the victorious race would not have enough strength left to endure, an all-powerful entity plucks a single human and a single alien off the final battlefield, and puts them into a battle arena to fight to the death, with the loser's race to be eliminated entirely

In a battle of wits and strength, the human Wins, killing the alien and ensuring the continuance of the human race

in the star trek version, Kirk wins, but refuses to kill the alien, then lectures the all-powerful entity about compassion, and humans are allowed to live. I do not remember what happened to his opponent, but I am pretty sure they were not eliminated. It was cheesy

I see you've played knifesies-spoonsies before

The defender swatted his foot just as/before the ball arrived, meaningfully throwing off his position / balance. Probably still should have caught it, but it wasn't clean, and the underthrown ball was the underlying cause of that.

Nothing pisses me off more than blatant superfluous product-placement. You should be ashamed Mr Grand TM (all rights reserved)

Never heard of that one. Been to the arboretum sale many times and bought pretty much everything I would ever want that is there.

I'll keep a lookout for the AG center sale in Hammond next year. Don't be afraid to post when it's coming up

Those both look great!

You ought to pick up some Louisiana Iris on your next trip down the atchafalaya for the under-sexdeck bed

Your many Chickasaw plum, the Odom Chickasaw plum, and climbing aster are other natives that will light up your property

The passion flower you gave me is going berserk. Lots of frittery butterflies and caterpillars. Unfortunately, also lots of suckers popping up in the yard. I may need to move it

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U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent previously agreed to occupy two different houses at the same time as his "principal residence,"

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I would guess that this is intentionally worded weirdly to imply but avoid actually stating that he fraudulently claimed a 2nd home or a rental home as his primary residence on mortgage applications in order to get cheaper rates, a felony

either he committed the crime of mortgage fraud or he did not.

"agreeing to occupy 2 houses at the same time", whatever the Heck that means, sure sounds nefarious but does not actually mean anything.

the linked article seems to go out of its way to avoid answering the only salient question