More people should tell treasonous Republican politicians to fuck off. If they want to fish for sound bites the can exploit, they can get a subpoena.

Sea life is collapsing everywhere. For instance, over the last decade or so, invasive lionfish have exploded in the waters between Florida and the Bahamas, throwing the animal balance way out of whack. I haven't been back to the Caribbean in a long time, but I'm sure it's feeling the negative affects as well.

I'm glad I snorkeled the Carribean back in the late 80s, early 90s. I think I saw it before it all goes dead. Such a shame, it was so beautiful back then.

So maybe don't go there. Nobody is forcing you.

Wow! It has a really strong 3D effect. Really nice work.

These people operate at a level far above mere severance packages. Ever since the news broke, the show they host has been continues to be called "GMA3, with your hosts TJ and Amy," which tells us that they weren't out yet. Surely their lawyers were fighting it out with the network's lawyers, and if the shows intro hadn't mentioned them, it probably would have been seen as firing them, thus violating their contract.

The network would have cited the rite to cancel the contracts under the "moral turpitude" clause, and the stars' lawyers would have reminded them that simply having an adult relationship while separated from their spouses wouldn't have qualified as a violation of moral turpitude.

So the network wanted them gone, but were bound by their contracts, and the stars' lawyers have been busy negotiating golden parachutes for them.

They broke up with their spouses months before this. Then they started openly hanging out in bars and restaurants in Manhattan. They aren't idiots, they knew they'd be outed. They wanted it.

Most Americans had no idea who they are, now all of Americs knows them. They are already rich, and now they are out of their contracts. This widespread notoriety will make them far richer in the long run. Soon there will be the TJ & Amy show, and they will be the Executive Producers.

Have you seen Breaking Bad, or The Americans? The two most satisfying TV shows I've ever seen. The Sopranos and The Wire are up there, too. You've seen The Sopranos, so you've got some great TV ahead of you.

I just started the first book. I didn't realize there was a series based on it.

>Who the hell works somewhere and even cares enough about the company to protect it with literal stalking and threats? I

Some people would gladly do that for fun. There are lots of sick people who are looking for any justification to bully people. "Protecting" your employer would be good enough for them, especially if it comes with a bit of a cash bonus. It also gives them a bit of job security because the company will keep them around to do dirty work whenever it's needed.

The hardest move is jump from worker to manager, and there is usually a big difference in income and benefits. So once they are there, they want to move up and make even more money, and get even more perks, like company cars and going to conferences and conventions. Their Allegiance switches from the workers to the management, and they need to prove that loyalty. The competition gets fiercer and fiercer the farther up the ladder they go, because there are fewer and fewer spots, so they have to prove the ability to get results, even if they have to force those results. Eventually they start to see the workers as just getting in the way of a better way of life for him and his family.

Years ago I was visiting NYC and staying in a hotel on the upper west side. I got out early on a Sunday morning to buy some bagels, and there were cool little sayings written in chalk on the sidewalk every 20 feet or so, sometimes a cute little cartoon. They were all over the streets. The artist had spent the entire previous night writing these all over the upper west side.

The word got out about them, and it made the local news first, then the national news. Eventually the artist was identified, and I have always felt lucky to have experienced them personally, especially so early in the morning before they were scuffed up and disappeared. Now that I think about it, that's probably why he did it on a Sunday morning, when there would be less sidewalk traffic, and his exhibition would last just a bit longer. It was before digital cameras, or I would have taken pictures of all of them.

Its things like this that make NYC so endlessly fascinating and cool.

They're writing a book, probably. I don't blame them. It's a cool story.

Can you imagine Musk or Bezos minting their own coins and valuing them based on the current price if the metal? That seems like something that would get those guys off.

Conservatives are constantly showing their ignorance, but the Conservative Propaganda Machine gives them an innacurate 5 minute talk about FISA warrants or top secret document declassification laws, and suddenly they know more than a room full of Harvard educated lawyers.

The more they "learn," the dumber they get.

It was all audiophile stereo equipment, the beginning of home video games, and porn stars.

I remember the year they introduced Karaoke, and they had someone singing karaoke in the booth all weekend. I passed that booth on Sunday, when everyone was really exhausted from 4 days of working their busy booth, followed by staying out most of the night partying in Vegas. There was a guy dressed like Billy Idol (he'd been alternating with a woman singer), and he was slumped on a stool, barely able to mutter the words to White Wedding in a monotone. I thought Karaoke was stupid, and would NEVER catch on.

Many years ago, pre-Cell phone, pre-internet, I was working my company's booth at the CES Show in Las Vegas, and somebody left their wallet behind. I took it back to my room amd found his driver's license. I called the operator in his hometown and asked for his name. They didn't have a listing for him, but they had a woman. Hoping it was a relative, I had them connect me.

It turned out to be his mother. I asked her to contact him at his hotel, and tell him to come to our booth the next day and I'd have his wallet.

He showed up, and was hugely grateful that I had his wallet. Imagine being at a big conference like that with no wallet, no money, no credit cards, no ID? What a disaster. He wanted to give me $50, but I refused it, so he threw it at me and ran out of my booth.

I gambled it away on slot machines.

This guy had all these different coins that he wore as pendants. 5 were Arab coins, and the rest from different European countries. He was an early coin collector, and liked to show them off to his friends. He was probably known for it: "Here comes Lothar! Nobody ask him about the coin around his neck, or that's all we'll hear about for the rest of the night."

It's a really interesting, humanizing detail of this person.

Sifting their litter box every day takes care of that problem, but I'm not sure what you mean by "sporadic behavior." If you mean their odd, unpredictable nature, that is actually the fun of cats. You never know what they'll do next, especially if you have more than one. Having multiple cats brings out their personalities better.

I've been taking the medication for years with no problems. My wife has too, and she tends to be sensitive to a lot of meds. These drugs have been around for many, many years, especially the OTC drugs like Claritin and Cetirizine. They were prescription-only for many years before becoming generic. The side effects are extremely well known and controllable.

As for your "emotional" issues towards cats, that's another story. I suggest that the best treatment for that would be to live with a couple of cats for an extended period of time, and see how they affect your "emotional allergies." I suspect you will come to appreciate their entertaining qualities.

I have severe cat allergies, but I've been able to have as many as five cats at once with daily medication. I started with Claritin, but I switched to Cetirizine and Monelukast (Singulair). Those two both work on allergies, but in different ways, so it's a very effective combo. I get the Cetirizine at the wholesale club very cheap, and the Montelukast was prescribed by my doctor. It's expensive but insurance covers it. I think there may be a generic version now.

I didn't believe that medication would work, but it really did. I had a favorite cat who would sleep next to my head every night and I didn't get sick. I know it's the medication working, too, because I've stopped taking it a couple times as an experiment, and the symptoms start to come back in about 3 days.

Start with generic Claritin (cheap), and take it for a couple of weeks, and then visit someone with cats, and see if you have a big reaction.