hopeward

RickiTarr, 18 hours ago to random

You are going to make love to a Cereal Mascot, who do you choose?

I'm going Snap, Crackle, & Pop.

kristiedegaris, 1 day ago to Scotland

Last night in Perthshire, Scotland.

#auroraborealis #scotland

A colour photograph of an aurora directly overhead. The pillars of light are visible and the colours are blue, purple and pink.
A colour photograph of an aurora. Like a close up on a rainbow, yellow on the right of the frame to bright purple and deep blue on the left.
A colour photograph of an aurora. Silhouettes of trees border the image like lace, and the sky is on fire with a glowing rainbow of colour.

hopeward, 3 days ago to random

That one day when the clouds looked like they were trying to extend the mural on this building.
#ThrowbackThursday
#tbt #clouds

hopeward, 3 days ago to Bloomscrolling

A little geranium mania for you.
#BloomScrolling

hopeward, 4 days ago to animals

The S.S. Doggo on maneuvers.
#DogsOfMastodon
#WavyWednesday

Small lake with rippling surface and a bushy green tree growing in the water at the edge. A white dog is paddling back and forth in the water under and near the tree, finally heading back to the tiny beach at the edge. The water looks very blue against the dog’s white fur- it’s a (harmless to animals) compound added to the water to keep it algae free. It’s in a park, where dogs are welcome to swim around.

RickiTarr, 4 days ago to random

Halp!!! I got deodorant in my mouth!

RickiTarr, 5 days ago to random

Okay, this might sound weird, but this is what I'm thinking of today. I'm assuming most of you know the idiom, "Don't look a gift horse in the mouth." I know it's about looking at the horse's teeth to check it's age and health, but in my heart I have an alternate history where it's about The Trojan Horse, which doesn't really even make much sense, but it's still living there rent free.

So, does anyone else do this, make up alternate histories for words or phrases? If you do, I'd love examples!

AndyPaciorekArt, 8 days ago to random

😬🤢🤯
#Migraine

RickiTarr, 8 days ago to random

Awww this takes me back! What has been the most important in your life?

RickiTarr, 14 days ago (edited 14 days ago) to random

The Tale of Two Gynecologists

This is a bit long, and I've talked about this a lot lately, but it's something I'm thinking about a lot in the wake of so much hatred of female Healthcare. When my female troubles got bad enough that I finally talked to my doctor about it, he referred me to a gynecologist. I had already had several ultrasounds and an MRI at this point, and she had put me on some oral contraceptives for several months, (which made sick to my stomach no matter what I did) and had just done another ultrasound. She greeted me with "Well, you're really messed up inside, Honey.", which already had me pretty stressed out. Then told me I would probably need surgery to figure out exactly what was going on. She then asked me if I wanted children, and I said No. I had taken my husband with me to the appointment for moral support, and she glanced over at him, and then talked to me for 5 minutes about how many women my age could still have children, and I could definitely consider it, and that they would do everything they could to make sure I could stay viable. They could freeze my eggs if I had to do a hysterectomy, just on and on. She probably asked me directly 4-5 if I was sure I didn't want kids. Finally, I said, "Ma'am, my husband got a vasectomy over a decade ago, we are absolutely sure we don't want kids." After hubs had found me crying on the toliet, because my period was late again, he went to his doctor and said, "Hey doctor, I'm thinking about a vasectomy." The doctor gave him a pamphlet to read, and made him an appointment. The whole thing was done in a few weeks.

Anyhow, she finally referred me to a gynecological surgeon, and I was not looking forward to dealing with this again, and was just generally terrified of having surgery for the first time. I met with this woman and she was so efficient and practical. It is the longest doctor appointment I've ever had, since this surgery would be exploratory, she went over every possibility of what could happen when she was inside. She did a thorough exam, she went over all the scans that I had, and explained why she thought this needed done. Then she said she would like to put in a Mirena IUD during surgery. She said, "You're in pain half the month, and there's no reason for you to have a period if you don't want to have kids. You'll have some erratic bleeding for six months, but by a year most women have a very light or no period at all, there's no reason for you to needlessly suffer if you don't end up needing a hysterectomy."

It's interesting to me still, that one doctor was so focused on what my body could do, and another so focused on how I felt. I came out of the first appointment feeling scared and confused, and the second feeling heard and cared for. Feeling valued as a person and not a baby maker made the surgery much easier to go through, and the Mirena has been great btw. Women don't have to needlessly suffer.

somafm, 15 days ago to random

deleted_by_author

Albatross, 16 days ago to random

Finally closed down my Twitter account which I've had for at least 18 years. I just felt more and more sick whenever I even browsed the site, to say nothing of posting. Nothing but bots and fascists and fascist bots. Quite depressing but I can't even casually participate in that weird, delusional clusterfuck anymore.

RickiTarr, 16 days ago to random

I'm going to start writing all my posts on old English, and daring people to correct my grammar and spelling.

RickiTarr, 18 days ago to random

Who wins?!

https://youtube.com/shorts/NHat7IaZ488?si=mU9tboeKw8bdrKpF

me, 19 days ago to random

Tuesday is always a special day. The chaos of Monday is over, but it's not yet the middle of the week. It's a day I've always liked a lot. You don't have the anticipation rush of the weekend, but neither the sadness of its end.
Have a great Tuesday, whoever is reading!

hopeward, 19 days ago to random

This is a strange little rock that I found in #GoldenGatePark that looks like some weird altar or ancient tool.

It will definitely fit the #Mosstodon label, as well as #TextureTuesday I think.

Maybe #parkaeology ? (Nah…)

RickiTarr, 19 days ago to random

Okay, a little mystery also for today. After the Toxic Club, my
brother and I got a strawberry limeade at a little drive inn, and drove around this Conservation Area, but then we start seeing this fence with these signs, it's like 8 foot tall with lots of the fence totally blacked out, and these signs placed on them that say:

Saline Valley Ranch, No Hunting, No Trespassing

This fence went for miles, and miles had to be incredibly pricey to put in, it reminded me of the fence they'd have at a minimum security prison, but we didn't see cows, horses, crops, nothing but woods and hills and miles and miles of giant fence.

We try to find information about what it is, but there's basically nothing. My husband looks it up on Google Earth, and finds Little Saline Ranch, and I look it up, and it says permanently closed, and even less information is available about that. Google Earth shows lots of wooded land, a lake, and a few open fields, but we couldn't see any buildings or animals, nothing like that.

So, looking up that I find this article about mysterious happenings in the area:

https://www.cjonline.com/story/news/local/2018/10/31/hunting-ghosts-miller-county-other/9408986007

It mentions several people seeing a Bigfoot type cryptid in the area, so obviously the fence is to keep it in. My other guesses involve a government blacksite, as it isn't too far from and airforce base, or a doomsday cult, what do you all think?

hopeward, 24 days ago to random

Yeaaah, I’m thinking this is permanently out of service, not ‘temporarily’!
#tbt #ThrowbackThursday
#payphone

hopeward, 25 days ago to random

When your head starts to spin (and the camera, too) at a Chihuly glass art exhibit!
#WavyWednesday

hopeward, 26 days ago to random

This was seen in a small park area next to the SF Bay, right after a big renovation. This refuse container was taller than me and wide and FILLED to the top with oyster shells that had been cleared out of the bay during reconstruction of the area.

So many shells!

#TextureTuesday

RickiTarr, 26 days ago to random

What if the weird thoughts I have popping into my head are animals trying to telepathically communicate with me?

hopeward, 26 days ago to Bloomscrolling

This #BloomScrolling pic of a rosemary bush is also bonus #HerbScrolling.
(But I don’t know what else that hashtag might lead one to…)

RickiTarr, 29 days ago to random

Your porn name is:

Your First Name

Your Last Name

RickiTarr, 29 days ago to random

Whenever I laugh at a line in a movie, hubs will look up a T-shirt with the line on Co-pilot, and send me the results. The line was:

She missed her High Colonic?!

SHE WOULD NEVER DO THAT!

Okay another Mexican guy T-shirt with this time he has a nice suit but he has finger guns instead of real ones
Another Mexican guy, this one is very tough looking, he has the fanciest suit of all, still pistols and pink roses all around and the word: HISPANTANIC, For some reason
Now It's and African guy in a fancy outfit and a great head wrap there's a city sunset in the back and a floating guy

TechConnectify, 1 month ago to random

In the latest edition of "complicated communication misfires I want to pick at," remember that your knowledge isn't always common.

People form simple opinions about complex issues. The mind you may find yourself arguing with doesn't necessarily have ANY awareness of the complexities and nuances of the thing they're arguing about. They may very well be parroting talking points which were fed to them.

If you're arguing presuming they know the roots of a systemic problem, you could be wrong.