I'm so, so sorry. 😿

One of my favorites.

Not how papal infallibility works but it's still a Really Bad Idea to tell the Pope he's gotten it wrong.

We're feeling it here in my FL Gulf beach county. We always had a solid contingent of Canadian snow birds every winter. You'd see Canadian flags flying over RVs and cottages throughout the county. Now? A notable absence.
Their dollars will be missed but I can't blame any Canadians. It's all on us.

Blue eyes are blue because of Rayleigh scattering as well. There's no pigment in the irises of pure blue & gray eyes.
The color is a result of light being reflected by the protein strands supporting their internal structures. The exact color depends on the arrangement of the protein structures.

*blandly* He had to add more layers to his Kevlar vest.
They're very bulky.
*blinks expressionlessly*

Can I add extra hearts to this?
♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️

Churu.
I don't know where that last "u" went. I was sure I typed it. *smh*

She won't get over it. If she's anything like my Void Queen she'll just transfer her violent enthusiasm to obtaining Churus.
MiuMiu will pretty much hang herself off my arm to get her Chur. 😄

🎶 "They had it comin'
They had it comin'
They only had themselves to blame.
If you'da been there
If you'da seen it
I betcha you would'a done the same"

As my kitten pusher, er fosterer often says "Kittens are bad at everything!"
(as she washes food off every available part of them and retrieves them from various predicaments they've adorably gotten themselves into). 😹😹😹

D cups tend towards engineering marvels rather than fetching bits of frivolity. The few frivolous ones _invariably_ had underwire.
It's not so bad with larger band sizes but in my younger days I was a 32 D. I'm now a much more standard 36.
SarahScott and I used to grumble about finding our size.

😂😂😂

I've stuck to sports bras except now they've started making me itch! I'm sensitive to bandage adhesives, the elastic must have the same stuff in it.
*sigh* Time to make/have made a set of linen jumps. (Regency era stays.)
Taking standard sizes/stuff is so much easier.
Is yours a pretty bra? 🙂
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It's why they don't actually give me any support either; the cups are too far apart. They want another couple of inches of ribcage to rest on that I don't have - it's sitting underneath my arms.
I also used to wonder why people found them so supportive - they didn't do anything for me. 😄 /3

I used to wonder how anyone could _stand_ them. It was an embarrassingly long time before I went "Oh. Non-standard body. Right." /2

I can't wear underwire bras, they just don't work for me.
Between a narrow ribcage and high set tits, the outside ends of the wires manage to poke me right in the underarm tendons. 🙁 /1

Kryptonians probably have more voluntary control over the process. The Kents' farm likely needed some interesting repairs during his adolescence depending on how instinctive control is.
It's possible their women could voluntarily control ovulation. It would account for their advanced civilization.

Bluer, yes, but still in GOP control. Too much voter suppression & gerrymandering. And the FL Dems are a hot mess.
Still, Bluer is good.

Wish I could take Paxlovid; my other meds make that a no go.
There's another one that works. It's expensive without insurance or manufacturer's assistance.
I got Covid over a 4th of July weekend after screwing up my insurance auto pays. It was a huge fustercluck.

Check your coverage/assistance!

They now have those projections and spreadsheets. They want to be able to _keep on_ robbing people. Can't do that if you've ruined them.
All part of doing business, simply maximizing their revenue potential.

It wasn't psychotherapy.
My PCP didn't give me or charge me for a physical exam when I went in to renew my GERD meds. She did check for interaction with my weak kidneys or my asthma triggers. That was part of the med check.
Apparently now they _will_ bill for exams for all my comorbidities. 🙄

Yeah, happened with my psych provider. Went for required med check. Reported: what I was feeling, what was new in my life, my reactions. Purpose: evaluate if meds were still working, if new factors indicated and med adjustments.
Split billed for medication management AND psychotherapy. 🙄

Well, many do thanks to his opposition to social safety net and regulatory oversight agencies. Unfortunately so do many who didn't vote for him.

Not just homeowners leaving FL. Rents are high. Wages haven't gone up. It's not a cheap place to live anymore.
A lot of people head for TN. If you're going to live in a corrupt Red state*, may as well be an affordable one.
________
*or in a Blue island, such as Nashville. More expensive, though.

There was a lot of Covid fueled influx. High tech firms found a friendly regulatory environment and housing was cheaper.
Health care is a sticking point now. Not enough providers.
Not just OB/Gyns. Reproductive age health care providers don't want to live there and are leaving if possible. FL too

Lots of the people leaving FL are Blue. They've mostly given up on the state. I'd leave if I could afford it.
But yes, I don't think we'll see the influx of conservatives unless/until they can figure out a solution to the insurance issues. It's not just climate change but poor state regulation.

Despite strong authoritarian GOP parties, AZ, GA, & NC are majority Blue. They're just voter suppressed due to the efforts of said authorita parties.
In order to flip them Blue, what's truly needed is organization at the local government and state house level.

One reason for the current anti-immigration push and the refusal to reform our insanely Byzantine immigration process.
Note they're targeting immigrants at their regular immigration check ins. Law-abiding, long settled immigrants, highly motivated and actively seeking naturalized citizenship.

You notice the "white male" in parentheses.
I am aware that their devotion to 2nd A gun rights has strict limitations on who actually possesses those rights.
The fact that CBP shot a member of the privileged class who have 2nd A rights has gotten them riled up in a way previous killings have not.