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It was Memorial Day 2020 when a driver in New Jersey spotted a small black kitten on the side of the road. Her eyes were closed. She was blind. Her mother had been killed by a car. So he picked up the kitten and took her to Funny Farm, a rescue outfit where no animal in need is turned away. “She was near death,” recalled Laurie Zaleski, who runs the place in Mays Landing. “That little kitten wasn’t going to make it.” A day later, a police officer arrived. He’d also found an abandoned animal — a duckling. Zaleski put the two orphans together. “They kept each other warm,” she said. And so it was that Hope the kitten got her own seeing-eye duck, Jello, who delighted in helping the tiny feline find her way around. “That’s the happiest little duck you ever saw,” Zalesky said. Theirs is just one of many unlikely bonds she’s witnessed among her band of 600 misfits. There are dogs helping chickens. A llama who adopted a donkey. A German shepherd and blind lamb who are best friends. Zaleksi, who wrote a new book, “Funny Farm,” about starting the sanctuary as a tribute to her late mom, says humans can learn from what goes on there. “They’re all brothers and sisters here,” she said. “We have a kindness program where we go to all these schools. We tell the kids, ‘These animals all get along together so maybe you guys can, too.'” Hope the kitten and Jello the duck Laurie Zaleski Hope, found blind, was lucky to arrive at the farm just one day before Jello, who took the tiny feline under his wing and acts as her seeing-eye duck. Scooby-Doo the dog and Bradley the lamb This little lamb, Bradley, got off to a rough start: His mom refused to let him nurse, and he was blind. But once he arrived at the farm, Scooby-Doo adopted him. Now Bradley and the big dog, a German shepherd who had been abandoned in an apartment in Brooklyn, are best buddies. Yogi the cow and Cooper the alpaca Matt Reeves These longtime pals share a pen but have to be careful when getting close — Yogi once accidentally poked the alpaca in the side with his horn. While Cooper needed medical care and a week to recover, Yogi clearly missed his buddy, laying on the ground and refusing to eat any treats. But, caretaker Laurie Zaleski said, he perked right up when Cooper returned. Lorenzo the llama and Jethro the mini donkey Laurie Zaleski After Jethro lost his longtime companion Smokey the horse, the 50-year-old mini donkey stopped eating, avoided other animals and seemed inconsolable. Enter Lorenzo, who bonded with the heartbroken Jethro and helped him regain his health. The two enjoy one of the strongest friendships on the farm. Nemo the baby goat and Tad the chicken These two bunk mates sleep next to each other every night, after hanging out together on the farm during the day. Adele the chicken and E’yore the donkey Known as the diva of the hen house, Adele does not like cold tootsies. Her favorite way to warm up her feet is by sinking them into the coat of E’yore, who seems happy about it. Pinky the baby emu and Puppy the miniature schnauzer Pinky has splayed legs and needs a special brace to walk on her own, but that doesn’t bother Puppy. The two chase each other around for hours, until it’s time for nap. Cowboy the goat, Reggie the sheep, Yogi the cow and Farley the dog Laurie Zaleski The embodiment of getting by with a little help from your friends, this group is known as the farm’s Fab Four. https://nypost.com/2022/03/01/the-blind-kitten-with-a-seeing-eye-duck-and-other-farm-friends/

The review is wrong. It starts Thursday March 3.

https://nypost.com/2022/02/28/why-you-need-to-watch-jamie-dornan-in-the-tourist/ The opening sequence of “The Tourist” bears a striking resemblance to “Duel,” the 1971 ABC TV movie starring Dennis Weaver as a businessman terrorized by a tanker truck chasing him through the Mojave Desert — and trying to kill him for reasons unknown. But that’s where the similarities end. A few minutes into “The Tourist,” a six-episode series premiering Tuesday (March 1) on HBO Max, a British man (Jamie Dornan) engages in a high-speed game of cat-and-mouse with a trucker in the Australian Outback. The big rig runs his car off the road and nearly kills him, and he wakes up in a remote hospital with no idea who he is our how he got there. That sets the wheels (pun intended) in motion for “The Tourist,” as The Man, as he’s called — his real identity is disclosed in the final minutes of Episode 2 — tries to piece together his history, starting with a scrap of paper he finds in his pocket that leads him to a far-flung diner, an explosion there that’s meant to kill him, an ex-girlfriend, Luci Miller (Shalom Brune-Franklin), he doesn’t remember — but who has her own reasons for helping him — and a man who’s buried alive in an underground oil drum to whom The Man is somehow connected. There are a lot of moving parts here, with gears that mesh smoothly. “The Tourist” starts with that bang and doesn’t let up and, in another departure from “Duel,” it has its share of low-key humor and quirky characters. There’s the probationary law officer, Helen Chambers (Danielle Macdonald), working her first case, who’s getting married in nine weeks to Ethan Krum (Greg Larsen) and is trying to lose weight and not “love the lard” as society tells her; the truck driver, a burly, bearded American named Billy Nixon (Ólafour Darris Ólaffson); and DI Lachlan Rogers (Damon Herriman, “Mindhunter,” “Perpetual Grace, Ltd.”), who’s sent by major crimes to investigate — and has health issues of which I won’t go into here. Each hour-long episode ends with a big reveal leading directly into the next installment, which keeps the action going at a nice clip as the mystery slowly starts to unwind and we learn more about The Man — who is not as innocent as he appears to be … if only he could remember why. The series has a first-rate pedigree — it was written by Jack and Harry Williams (“The Missing,” “Baptiste,” “Liar”), and co-star Shalom Brune-Franklin will be familiar to fans of the BBC’s “Line of Duty” as DC Chloe Bishop (Season 6). Dornan, of course, needs no introduction. “The Tourist,” which premiered in January on BBC One and in Australia on Stan, was shot on location in various regions of the continent (including Adelaide and the South Australian town of Peterborough) and you can almost feel the Outback desert grit and dust getting into your clothes. It’s a ride down a winding road that’s worth your time. sounds interesting!

I had diverticulosis in my 20s. Never changed my diet, and have had mild to moderate digestive problems at times.

MLB Reportedly Indicates Willingness To Miss A Month Of Regular Season Games Samhexum indicates indifference to missing a month of regular season games.

How are you feeling? Have you made any progress?

Another cheerful story from the spring without baseball: The Red Sox released minor leaguer and 2017 third-round pick Brett Netzer following a series of racist, homophobic and anti-Semitic tweets. The Red Sox confirmed the posts were Netzer’s. Netzer, 25, targeted Red Sox executive Chaim Bloom, the LGBTQ community and black Americans, saying in one tweet: “i am a racist. i do sometimes make assumptions based on another persons [sic] race/ethnicity/culture. glad that is out of the way.” After The Athletic’s Chad Jennings reported that Netzer was being released, Netzer quote-tweeted him, agreeing that he was racist and homophobic but taking issue with the characterization of him as anti-Semitic. “[Chaim] bloom is a hypocrite and an embarrassment to any torah-following jew,” Netzer wrote. Netzer attacked Bloom for supporting Black Lives Matter and LGBT initiatives in another tweet. He also wrote that black people should “go back to their roots and start to re-establish their true black culture,” and in another tweet, called closeted transgender people rapists. Netzer, who hadn’t played a game since prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, had a career .263/.327/.355 slash line in the minor leagues. He was on the restricted list in 2021.

For better or for worse, I was, and continue to be... The doctor called me himself to say everything was normal.

Is everyone set for the thrilling action-packed season finale tonight?

yes, I edited it to show that. thanks

CRUSTLESS QUICHE 1 1/2 CUPS SKIM MILK 1/3 STICK BUTTER SOFTENED, NOT MELTED 1/3 CUP FLOUR (+ a bit more along the bottom of casserole dish) 3 LARGE EGGS ANY VEGGIES YOU WANT (I'VE ALSO ADDED TUNA OR HAM AT TIMES) 2% MILK SHREDDED CHEDDAR (+ AMERICAN IF I HAVE ON HAND) 1. Spray bottom & sides of casserole dish w/ cooking spray 2. Sprinkle some flour along bottom to absorb excess liquid (just a bit). If you're using veggies that give off a lot of moisture like spinach or tomatoes, use a few tablespoons. 3. cover bottom of dish with American cheese slices or a fairly generous amount of grated cheddar 4. add your veggies 5. top with a layer of grated cheddar 6. Blend together milk, butter, flour, eggs & pour over everything in the casserole dish a. probably will look gross at this point... don't worry! I only have a manual hand mixer, so no matter how much I soften the butter, I get a gross looking mixture with butter glob-lets mixed in, & it always comes out perfectly. b. with everything added, it usually comes right to the top of the casserole dish, but doesn't tend to spill over, even during baking. put the casserole dish on a baking pan to catch any spillovers, just to be sure 7. Bake in pre-heated 375 degree oven for 42-55 minutes. Begin checking at 42 min for desired browning on top. Be aware that major puffing up happens during baking, and deflating occurs upon cooling. 8. Let cool for at least 10 minutes so cheese has time to firm up and contents aren't molten lava. 9. You may have a small layer of liquid along the bottom of the casserole dish, depending on the veggie/flour amounts you used. It might not be the most appealing sight, but it doesn't affect the flavor, and it'll give you an idea how to adjust the ratio in the future. A HAM, RED PEPPER, SPINACH QUICHE I MADE:

Tea leaves. The room. The writing on the wall.

I thought last night's episode was the best yet. BTW, Sass' dad was played by Sass' dad.

It was fine; watching it was not a life-changing experience.

I think I've made my feelings on the subject pretty clear: https://www.companyofmen.org/topic/119059-our-long-national-nightmare-is-finally-over/?_rid=5124

So you wouldn't have wanted to be Genny From The Block? She's a hit-woman. She uses the jump ropes around her neck to strangle her victims.

The Law & Order reboot begins tonight, shifting The Blacklist, which has been renewed for season 10, back to Fridays beginning tomorrow.

Which one did he shoot-- Will or Grace? I've tried to blackout my memories of the reboot.

First of all, I had to google the name to find out who that is. No wonder I didn't know. The Olympics (summer AND winter) are a bigger bore to me than even the Stupor Bowl. Having done my research, I think I'll pass. Besides, his dance card's already full.

I pity any family with a patriarch named Riccardo, as future generations are bound to have a bunch of males who are Dicks.

https://nypost.com/2022/02/23/alison-parkers-father-turns-video-of-murder-into-nft-in-bid-to-pull-it-from-web/ The father of a TV reporter who was fatally shot along with her cameraman during a live broadcast turned the horrifying video into an NFT, or non-fungible token, in a “Hail Mary” bid to remove it from the internet. Andy Parker, whose daughter Alison Parker was gunned down by a disgruntled former co-worker, has transformed the harrowing clip of her murder into an NFT in an effort to claim copyright ownership of it and allow him to sue social media outlets, the Washington Post reported. “This is the Hail Mary — an act of desperation,” Parker told the newspaper. Parker created an NFT of the murder video in December on Rarible, a marketplace that deals in crypto assets, the newspaper reported. An NFT is a non-interchangeable unit of data — such as images, videos and audio files — stored on a blockchain that can be sold and traded. Attorney Adam Massey of C.A. Goldberg, a law firm that has advised Parker, said NFTs could be used to claim the copyright of a video. “For victims of horrific images being distributed on the internet generally, unfortunately and inappropriately copyright does end up being an effective tool,” he said. Andy Parker created an NFT of the murder video in December on Rarible. Vester Lee Flanagan II/Twitter via AP But ownership disputes have emerged and case law regarding their use is still limited. Parker’s latest strategy is his most recent effort to prevent the shocking footage of the August 2015 shooting from circulating online, where it has become a painful reminder of his daughter’s death. Despite assurances from top social media execs that it will be removed, the grisly video repeatedly resurfaces, according to a recent complaint filed by Parker and attorneys with the Georgetown Law Civil Rights Clinic. WDBJ parent company Gray Television reportedly owns the copyright to the original video of Alison Parker’s shooting. Facebook The grisly video has been viewed millions of times on Facebook, YouTube, Instagram and other sites. In October, Parker’s complaint to the Federal Trade Commission said “the reality is that Facebook and Instagram put the onus on victims and their families to do the policing of graphic content — requiring them to relive their worst moments over and over to curb the proliferation of these videos.” Parker said at the time that he also wanted to see action from Congress. Andy Parker said the circulating video of the shooting is a painful reminder of his daughter’s death. Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images “Alison’s murder, shared on Facebook, Instagram and YouTube, is just one of the egregious practices that are undermining the fabric of our society,” he said last year. Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have called for stripping away some of the protections granted by a 25-year-old law — in a provision known as Section 230 — that shields internet companies from liability for what users post. Facebook and YouTube said they have removed thousands of clips of the murders, but many have remained on the platforms, the newspaper reported. “Facebook and Instagram put the onus on victims and their families to do the policing of graphic content,” Andy Parker argued. WDBJ parent company Gray Television reportedly owns the copyright to the original video of the shooting. Kevin Latek, chief legal officer for Gray, argues that the clip does not depict Parker’s murder since the “video does not show the assailant or the shootings during the horrific incident,” according to the Washington Post. He told the paper in a statement that the company has “repeatedly offered to provide Mr. Parker with the additional copyright license” to call on social media outlets to remove the video “if it is being used inappropriately.” Alison Parker and photojournalist Adam Ward were both killed in the shooting. Facebook But even if Parker’s strategy works, getting the copyrighted clip removed would not be enough because the NFT doesn’t cover a separate clip of the murder captured by the shooter, the outlet said. “We remain committed to removing violent footage filmed by Alison Parker’s murderer, and we rigorously enforce our policies using a combination of machine learning technology and human review,” YouTube spokesperson Jack Malon told the paper in a statement. Jen Ridings, a spokesperson for Facebook parent company Meta, said, “We’ve removed thousands of videos depicting this tragedy since 2015, and continue to proactively remove more.” I can't even imagine the pain this must bring him... I hope he succeeds.