Good News Only

Men cry Peace, Peace and there is no peace.

Not exactly what I was expecting from the name of the thread. I'll try to fix it. 
I'm on line waiting to get my first vaccine shot this morning. It's a drive through event and is reminding me a little of trying to get to Englishtown in '77. Lol. 

That is Great News Raz !

Trump dropped by biggest lender Deutsche Bank for future business - NYT
https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/trump-dropped-biggest-lender-deutsche...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xkc-en0_LGY

I think Sheldon died when he saw the Capitol insurrection and realized he'd been donating to the wrong party all these years.  

Giant New GE Wind Turbine Can Power A Home For A Day In Just 7 Seconds

https://cleantechnica.com/2020/12/03/new-giant-ge-wind-turbine-can-power...

Death isn't good news.

But this is: my son, now 6, brought a folder full of work home from school (he just started back in-person), and he and I wallered around on the ground laughing about the stickers, stars and "excellent" on his little papers he brought home. Then we put them on the fridge.

I hope everyone is well. Time to get intentionally and relentlessly positive. Best way to fight negative idiots. And remember to be smart and thoughtful...can't fight that.

Best,

Chance

It snowed in Louisiana the day the Saints beat the bears.

He didn't pee on the snowman today.

US military issues rare statement denouncing Capitol riot and confirming Biden as next commander-in-chief.

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/us-military-issues-rare-statement-d...

I got 2 stents put in yesterday. Fixed a couple of 90% blockages. 

Heal quickly and take care of yourself Slick.

I miss teaching 1st grade.

6-year-olds are the best.

Well, I don't really miss TEACHING 1st grade, but I miss being around 6-year-olds.

They're the best.

Damn, Slick. Get well, man.

SLICK!!!

xox

keep that baby aspirin handy 

Slick, that's good news, for sure. I hope you're comfortable.

I've been wearing a most loathsome binder since my surgery and I got released from it today! I'm unfettered!

6 year olds are really fun, it's true.

Happy to celebrate a bit of good news for Slick and for Judit! 
Let's find some more sunshine today!

Damn, Slick.  Get better soon.

Yay for J!

here's to all good news

and good hopeful vibes to all who need

today i got to exercise my white privilege to assist a French Caribbean woman at walmart. sucks it happened. glad i was there

COVID test came back negative, so there's that.

Thanks loads for the good wishes folks. And wow - kisses and a hug from LLTD. Now I'm all verklempt. 

Feeling pretty good. Had some trouble with shortness of breath. Saw my doc mid-December. She said to get a stress test. I took it easy and hoped for the best and waited til the new deductible period kicked in Jan 1st and got the first available appointment on Wednesday Jan 7th,. Doc called next day QUITE alarmed. Got in Monday for an angiogram and they found 2 blockages in the 90% range and put stents in. They were running a 2 for 1 special so I figured what the hell? Overnight Monday, got out Tuesday. At least they got me to a room in time for the College Football Championship game. I'm pretty sure I blew through that $4,000 deductible and left it in pieces on the side of the road. Amazing what they can do nowadays. Went up a vein the wrist. 

Funny sideline in mormon Utah - the doctor's name was Brigham Smith (Brigham Young - Joseph Smith?). I figured with a name like that, he must have some extra good juju in a place like Utah. "Blessed hands" a co-worker said. Then after, he explained my blockages were close together where one artery veer's off making a "Y" shape.  I laughed inside as "the Y" is what they call the mormon college BYU. Had to work that in, eh doc? I figured it was just some kind of mormon harmonic convergence.    

Mark, hope that arm and fingers are coming along. I have a brace for my arm for a few days so I don't bend my wrist and that's enough of a pain in the ass, I feel for you. Glad things are coming along for you, Judit. Stay strong. 

Good news? I got scheduled for my first COVID shot on the 20th. Between the stents and the shot, I'm feeling pretty fortunate.

And the COVID tests before and after the "procedure" were negative also. And I still have over 300 hours of sick time to use.  

Love the Bogo

get well, Slick

It's kind of funny. When I got my diagnosis - cancer - I said to myself,  "Why me"? And then, the other day, when I got the good news, I said the same thing.

-Walter White

{{{{{{{{{goodnewsforall}}}}}}}}}}

It's been a rough couple of months for me personally, but I'm still looking for the positives every day.  My dad succumbed to pneumonia at age 93 on December 27th, joining my Mom in eternity 72 days after she had passed.  The positives I take from that experience are that he is at peace and no longer hampered by his broken down body, that he was able to fly out here after Mom passed, and we had about a month and a half of good time together with lots of clear conversations and good meals, and that I was able to be there at the end and to see he was free of pain and ready to let go.  Since Mom's health started deteriorating rapidly in June, it had felt like being on all systems alert every day for months, so while there is still grieving to process, it was a big reduction of stress once they were both gone.  I slept many hours that first week.

Having my record store to focus on has been a welcome distraction through all of this, and some good news is we're still open and have made it through 2020 debt-free.  
 

Of course, life is always going to throw you curveballs.  Tuesday night, I was crossing the street in my neighborhood after the pedestrian light had switched to go, when a lady stopped at the intersection turned right without looking.  I tried to get out of the way, but her car rolled onto my left foot and bumped into me.  Fortunately, I didn't break any bones, but I instinctively tried to pull my foot back, and because it was pinned under her wheel, I wrenched my already gimpy left knee.   I got knocked down and got soaked, as a torrential rain was falling.  The woman stopped and offered to call an ambulance, but once I was able to get back on my feet and determine nothing was broken, I told her to drive safely and let her go without asking for her information.  Overnight, my knee swelled up like a grapefruit, and the last couple of days have been challenging to get from my 3rd floor walk-up apartment to my basement business location.  I think I strained ligaments in both my ankle and my knee.  Good news is that my knee's range of motion has gone from very little to 50%, so I think I'll be okay.  Good thing that I have a short commute.  My sister is bringing my Dad's old cane to me today, which will help greatly.  I will need that to effectively cross the street.  Ultimately, this could have been much worse, and I am grateful that it wasn't.

Herbal, so sorry for your recent losses and you are lucky that you didn't break any bones, OMG!

((((((healing energy)))))))

well, judging by another thread, over a hundred Zoners still remembered their user names and passwords -- that's good news!

lol ^

after dealing with a concussion  for the past month, I can relate. if you thought stoner brain was bad..
 

good new is that I got a brand new hybrid vehicle! And the  insured driver who totaled my vehicle payed for most of it.

(I was lucky to avoid major injury after an enormous extension ladder and other debris fell off a truck and another car hit my Honda Element)

Every single person reading this thread is alive!

National Rifle Association files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy 

Glad you were able to really connect with your Dad, Herbal Dave, and I'm sure he enjoyed it too. Sorry the last few months have been so rough on ya emotionally.

Then to throw the auto mishap on top of that?  I'm impressed with your great attitude. All the best to you. 

Jimmy Carter with a guitar made from wood he grew (Paulownia); 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQECjt1Ks3A&feature=emb_logo

That's a good picture, Noodler.  Jimmy's looking pretty good.  He's been through a lot and lived a long life.  Wonder if he plays at all?  I remember photos of him with some of the Bluegrass legends while he was President.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=G0C1IZUbDa8&feature=youtu.be

https://vimeo.com/500314446

Dylan talks about Jimmy recently. 

A dear friend of mine was a fished guide for him in Mongolia many years ago.  Jimmy wrote a nice story about his experience fishing for the largest of the salmanoid species, but he did it totally President Jimmy Carter style;

Jimmy had a favorite fly tying knot he loved (my buddy Matt's an expert, taught fly tying for decades), but my buddy said it wouldn't be strong enough for the fish they were after.  But the former president was stubborn (his words), and stuck with his knots...  which failed, so the he switched to my buddies knots.  But he spent 3 paragraphs on the foibles of him being arrogant and not (knot?) listening to the expert, and the merits of being humble.  Was quite the lesson on humilty, while really complementing my friend. (in other words, classy class act!)

(SCOTUS judge Sandra Day O'conner was also given that fishing tour a few years before that.  She was an arrogant know it all, who was wrong about everything, but was unrepentent, her husband even warned my friend to just let it go, which he did after a few attempts at the truth;   "that's not an eagle, it's a Cormorant",   she'd go "no, it's an eagle", he'd go, you eagle just dove underwater for fish, and it hasn't come back up yet, eagles don't do that",  or no, those aren't dogwoods, etc...   one of his least favorite fares, and says a lot about the 2 different parties, LOL). 

Taimen^^^

Story goes Willy Nelson smoked a joint at the White House during Carter's term

A deadhead we all know snorted some key bumps in a bathroom stall in the Whitehouse during Obama's first term

Good news: NO CHEMO for me!

That is great news, judit. Slightly off-topic for a good news only thread, but we'll let it slide this time.

Wishing you well and weller.

Much relieved Judit.

Great to hear, Judit.  
 

(((((wellness)))))

Woot!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=186FmQ4QZeY

Skyler Foley

You're Gonna Outlive Mitch McConnell

Can I buy you a cup of Joe ?

biden still has kids in cages. 

this is good news for blue maga like yourself. 

My snow blower kicked ass this morning. Started with one pull and threw snow like an Eskimo. 

My life is practically no different then it was 20 years ago. Still got my guns I was told the enemy was coming for....things cost more but so do I. 

Festival on the schedule and I received both COVID vaccine doses! 

https://www.jibberjazz.com/skoj15

Rooms booked for NOLA JazzFest in October (2nd weekend).

YAY

Live music.  Happy for ya'll. 

February is almost over and my thoughts are turning towards gardening. Almost time to get some plants going indoors.

No more urine tests: Proposed California law would end most workplace marijuana tests

https://lancasteronline.com/news/health/no-more-urine-tests-proposed-cal...

New York AG: "We are now actively investigating the Trump Organization in a criminal capacity"
https://www.yahoo.com/news/york-ag-now-actively-investigating-021841961....

Most Boxerdogs are not swimmers. A lot of them sink. They have no rudder and swallow a lot of water wich leads to hacking  and puckage. He is no exception yet it works out.

Good news discoveries on this end.it 

They've been saying that for five years. 

Razmatass ,he in no way almost drowned. We were the only ones at the dogpark pond. The basketball was floating in the pond and my sir dude jumped in and played with the ball. This dog will not retrieve shit. 

He keeps up with the water- type retrievers though and enjoys swimming alongside his water buddies. He is no way in any danger to the best of my abilities. 

Edit..

I'm sorry you are missing out on the % 100 Boxer dog experience.  

Be nice ,Bro.

There's talk Allen Weisselberg will flip.  That's good news. 

loving good news

(((Judit!)))

had a fab weekend with many family reunions, SUCH FUN music (Steal Your Peach!) with one of my dearest friends, topped off by candle making with my girly & her bf on sunday (day after PROM)

my man loves his lobstering work and his boss super appreciates him

RENAISSANCE FAIRE upcoming, for 2 weekends, one of which my best girl will be my Assistant Faerie ~

appreciating any and all goodness the universe chooses to bless me with these days (;

here is to the further spreading of goodness for us all !

My first nepenthes to put out an over 7" trap!  (be afraid, be very afraid!) 

trap is def happy to see us

Good news? One more day I find myself alive.

My total cholesterol dropped 20% and LDL 30% after 3 months on the statin  Lipitor.

Better living through chemistry...

#dupont

This morning I picked up tickets for Grateful Shred at the Libbey Bowl in Ojai, CA on July 16th. First time I've seen live music in way too long.

Death isn't usually good news unless it's Rush LImbaugh.

I met a new lady.

All we do is laugh

Laugh when we're cookin'

Laugh when we tackle projects in the yard

Laugh when we're meeting each other's people

Laugh when we're making whoopie!

Love bursts all day

She never met or really heard of a deadhead, although I consider my self more of a Grateful Dead enthusiast than a deadhead.

Great link on that quantum microscope article.  Thanks!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0h-8f4jJUE

Good news in Louisiana.  The governor signed a bill to decriminalize cannabis up to fourteen grams at a maximum fine of $100 statewide. 

The Governor also signed a bill allowing dry flower cannabis to be sold as Medical Marijuana. 

Deep South, wow!

Baby steps, indeed.

18 yr old Grant Rader,  who has a rare form of muscular dystrophy, set a new world record yesterday for Paddlefish when he caught this one, weighing in at 164 lbs, at Keystone Lake in OK.  Pictured are Grant, his dad and grandpa.