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Rocknation's JournalWe didn't even ATTEMPT "do-it-yourself" end-of-life home care
because it seemed that when it comes to babysitting terminally ill loved ones literally to death with no qualifications, no training, no job experience, and no pay -- well, what could possibly go wrong?
We said that if our mother did not yet qualify for assisted living, nursing home, or hospice care, either they would provide her with 24 hours' worth of professional home health care, or we would provide her with a lawyer. She got 24-hour home attendant care until she qualified for hospice.
My most sincere condolences for all your losses.
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In the immortal words of Mrs. Slocombe
because Kyrie Irving isn't the only guilty party.
If he thought he could "get over" by posting the link to the movie WITHOUT comment, then it's wonderful that Irving got called on it. However, because the Nets/NBA have not also called out the creators of the movie by name, or criticized Amazon for selling it, Irving did "score" a couple of cancel culture victim points.
Irving has since issued a more apologetic statement:
I initially reacted out of emotion to being unjustly labeled Anti-Semitic, instead of focusing on the healing process of my Jewish Brothers and Sisters that were hurt from the hateful remarks made in the Documentary.
I want to clarify any confusion on where I stand fighting against Anti- semticism by apologizing for posting the documentary without context and a factual explanation outlining the specific beliefs in the Documentary I agreed with and disagreed with.
I had no intentions to disrespect any Jewish cultural history regarding the Holocaust or perpetuate any hate. I am learning from this unfortunate event and hope we can find understanding between us all. I am no different than any other human being. I am a seeker of truth and knowledge, and I know who I Am.
Well, if Kyrie Irving wrote that, then I wrote the Talmud (and no wisecracks about my being old enough).
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I am forever indebted to Lansbury for teaching me how to "run a Jessica Fletcher"
(the character she played on Murder She Wrote). She would never embarrass the professionally-trained and allegedly smarter detectives she'd work with by saying, "You didn't notice that the position of the body makes it obvious that the murderer is left-handed?" She would always say, "You noticed, OF COURSE, that the position of the body CLEARLY indicates that the murderer has to be left-handed..."
Example: Last month, I told my new landlord, "I figured that your not telling us that you'd be disconnecting the wifi was a security measure since you were installing surveillance cameras. Lucky for me I have a mobile hotspot account, which I can simply deduct from the next rent!" Our wifi re-materialized within 48 hours...
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Cyntoia wasn't wrongfully convicted. The evidence instantly gutted her claim
that she saw the victim reaching around underneath his side of the bed for what she feared was a gun: he was actually sound asleep with his back to her and BOTH his hands under his pillow. But I am happy for her nonetheless.
What was "wrongful" was the prosecution "making an example" of her rather than leveraging her youth via a plea deal based on manslaughter, which would have provided her with motivation to reform and had her released by now anyway.
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Was the table down or up when her head ended up on or against it? And did the perp KNOW
that her head was on/against the tray table on the back of his seat when he reclined it? He definitely acted unruly afterwards, and the airline should punish him for that ("international incident" or not). But I suspect that they and the FBI are both dragging their feet because ultimately, the initial bumping was simply an accident that she had caused: tray tables are not headrests.
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Will be getting the booster (my third) within two weeks
I refuse to live in fear of getting Covid (particularly in view of my age) when getting vaccinated can minimize if not deflect it altogether; or to risk spreading it via the working, traveling, and just plain living I have due to accomplish. In addition, getting the booster this soon will allow me to get my seasonal "common" flu vaccine "on schedule" in late October (in order to have the fullest-strength protection by January).
#FluVaccineByHalloween
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Shades of of "Fat Axl-Gate"
Boris Minkevich at the Winnipeg Free Press, who took the original photograph, (says) he was unaware Axl had been trying to "cleanse the web" of his picture. Even though the photograph was taken by Minkevic...Web Sheriff, an anti-piracy company...claims he is not the copyright holder.
The company (said) in a statement..."We can gladly confirm that all official/accredited photographers at [Axl Rose] shows sign-off on 'Photography Permission' contracts/'Photographic Release' agreements which...specify and limit the manner in which the photos can be exploited and...transfer copyright ownership in such photos to [Axl Rose's] relevant service company...
"[If a photographer] was there and taking shots without permission or authority, then other considerations/factors would come into play as to what such individuals can and cannot do in terms of attempting to commercially exploit the resultant images of someone else's show..."
Minkevich could not recall if he signed any contracts...
Nice try -- but they're overlooking the facts that Minkevich got his "permission" to take the photos from the Winnipeg Free Press, and that is was they who so cruelly "exploited" Axl by publishing them under the "power and authority" of their editorial copyright. Even worse for Web Sheriff, that isn't even really the point.
This is really the point: neither Minkevich, his newspaper, nor any the search engines created these:
And their creators had every right to do so, because memes are a form of public free speech that do not violate any copyrights if they do not meet the standard of defamation, slander or obscenity (a lower standard if you're a public figure) and if their creators don't profit from them.
Axl "looked bloated" in the photos because he WAS bloated. And bullying the photographer when the Winnipeg Free Press was the closest thing to a culprit equates to stepping on a bug because the alternative is wrestling an alligator. Which might explain why the concert review with Minkevich's photos are STILL online 12 years later.
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I may NEVER listen to the studio version of this song again
Masters Of Reality "100 Years (Of Tears On The Wind)" (Live At The Viper Room)
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"OMG OMG OMG -- my BEST-paying photo gig EVERRRRRRR!"
"I don't know which of the bands who performed at the Dingbatz rock club in Clifton NJ on 4/3/2022 is responsible -- Brainwashed Youth or Seafox or Origami. But because this was left on the floor rather than given to me directly, I have no doubt that they all chipped in. So thanks, and that goes triple for all of them!
"I took this photo as a keepsake, of course -- and of course, I will be bypassing the teller machines at my bank to deposit my bounty IN PERSON first thing in the morning!"
Brainwashed Youth:
Seafox:
Origami:
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I don't always make GIFs. But when I do,
I will be grateful to Stephen Wilhite from now on.
GIFs from my Web server space that I "fostered" in DU posts that got "adopted" as official DU smileys (the last one within 18 hours):
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