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team Zyrtec... my dad was a Pharmacist, I talk to Pharmacists yearly about this, I know beyond the packaging the pills are almost identical; but I'm convinced zyrtec works better (for me) than the others...

fruit and veg, and after hours the odd illicit substance...

As a bear who has spent covid as if preparing for hibernation, I most certainly have his arse... but it's quite stealthily hidden and hopefully will re-emerge one day 😉

May 25th at 12-noon EST... haven't decided if it's going to be @Merboy or @JoeMendoza who will submit the 2-millionth post

@Antonio1981, are you starting to feel more in control?

I've read/reread the original post; read/reread most of the responses; this is my third attempt at responding. @Antonio1981, your post is one my partner could have written five years ago after stepping into a role second to the chief exec with similar number of resources and direct reports. HIs father, feeling unwell, went to the emergency room - was being seen by a cardiologist when he had a massive heart attack, his third. Within minutes he was in ICU, remained in ICU, in a coma, for six weeks before they were able to take him off support and get him to cardiology ward. It was a miracle he survived, and even more a miracle that he was able to return home three months later. Our lives changed dramatically; doing 60-mile round trips nightly, living at the hospital days at a time; a pattern that continued for months. Six months after the event my partner was having same struggles and doubts that you've expressed, as well as going from fully confident to being overwhelmed. The only difference in the story is that he had a quarterly session with an executive mentor/coach. Her background was psychology/psychiatry - specialist in boardroom/executive dynamics. At their next meeting she flagged something we had missed and arranged a session with a grief counselor. This isn't my area of expertise - but the similarities are striking; in our situation the elephant in the room was grief; talking to the counselor (weekly hour long meeting that went on for six or eight weeks) - was probably the best thing we did. It was the elephant in the room, and she helped immensely helping him understand why he was overwhelmed and how to process and complete the grieving. I don't want to repeat any of the other great advice others have offered, but just want to suggest - possibly having an initial session with a grief counselor? You are dealing with much more than my partner did: your Dad, your Mom, your brother; while still carrying the world on your shoulders. Hope this helps a little; please reach out privately if you'd like to chat.

@samhexum, nah. My eccentric, oblique, impenetrable sense of humor is incapable of figuring out a pun on Foyles... London is still full of independent and semi-independent booksellers... when I first moved to London (almost 30 years ago), I fell in love with the massive old rabbit warren known as Foyles. It was still housed in the old warehouse on Charing Cross Road, and one could literally get lost in the twisty maze of miles of bookshelves snaking through the building. They bought and moved into an equally large derelict art college just next door, and the remodel kept the miles of bookshelves, but managed to unwind the hand-built maze of bookshelves. Though now owned by Waterstones (also a wonderful shop), its still a treat to spend a rainy Sunday browsing the shelves... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foyles

@Oliver, I almost lost hope that anyone would get the pun...

cockpit

guysforum, guys-forum ? though oddly um in forum keeps reminding me of that scene from Alice in Wonderland...

not sure I like what I'm about to suggest -- it sounds like the bland opaque results you'd get from a committee searching for a bland opaque rebrand using corporate speak.... contiguity noun, plural con·ti·gu·i·ties. the state of being contiguous; contact or proximity. a series of things in continuous connection; a continuous mass or extent.

smorgasbord.org => asmorgasbord.org

found while searching for forum synonyms: Agora (in ancient Greece) a public open space used for assemblies and markets.

rentbook

I'd swear the oregano in New York pizza makes me still crave it 40 years on... You can never have too much Oregano....

They bought, renovated, and moved into the old/adjacent arts college six or seven years ago. Still an incredible bookstore, but I'm still nostalgic for the old building, especially when it was still run by the founders daughter (Christina Foyle?) in the late '90s. It was everything a book lover wanted a bookshop to be.

@Charlie, @rn901, @E.T.Bass, I can't thank you enough for these recommendations - after spending time browsing Amazon, looking at ones @Charlie recommended, I decided a much better approach was to visit my favorite quasi-independent bookstore in London, and actually touch the books and see if I get lost reading a few pages, as it'll also introduce me to new shelves I've not visited or haven't visited in a while. Will spend a few hours tomorrow lost in Foyles (Charing Cross Road)... may also use it as an excuse to wander down Compton Street for further browsing. Thank you!

These are absolutely perfect. Have just started to find and order them on Amazon -- THANKS!

Some of my earliest childhood memories were weekly visits to the local library with my mom. I remember the first book I read, bursting with pride when I was allowed my first library card, and weekends with her and grandpa browsing old bookstores in NYC. Now 90, mom lives in an "active" retirement community in Arizona, is still active, mobile, and reasonably sharp. At the start of the covid pandemic, my sister and I persuaded her to stay indoors -- and we remotely managed regular deliveries of food. She had a primitive TV so I took over the task of ensuring regular deliveries of DVDs and books; the DVDs stopped once we replaced her television and broadband/internet... the books became an entirely different problem. I knew mom was a reader, but never appreciated how voracious her appetite was. Since start of pandemic (March 2020) I've sent 130 books, some singly, some in large packs, many from Amazon, many more from Bookshop.org (to support local/independent bookshops). I've spent hours reading recommendation lists, NY Times best seller lists, Amazon lists; set up accounts on GoodReads, visited bookstores around London... Here's my problem: I'm running out of ideas, I don't want to sound desperate, but I'm desperate. Does anyone have any recommendations? As a New Yorker her appetite matched her life experience -- anything related to strong women, civil rights, American and British history, American Presidents, immigration, American theater. She loathes romance novels, and refuses to be tricked into reading fiction. Here's just a small sampling of the books I've sent her in the past 20 months... Help ??? Abrams, Dan -- Lincoln's Last Trial: The Murder Case that propelled him to the Presidency Adie, Kate -- The Kindness of Strangers Albright, Madeleine -- Hell and Other Destinations: A 21st-Century Memoir Albright, Madeleine -- Madam Secretary: A Memoir Albright, Madeleine -- Prague Winter: A personal story of remembrance and war Albright, Madeleine -- Read My Pins: Stories from a Diplomat's Jewel Box Applebaum, Anne -- Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism Attenborough, Sir David -- Adventures of a Young Naturalist: The Zoo Quest Expeditions Baime, A. J. -- The Accidental President: Harry S. Truman and the Four Months That Changed the World Barrios, Richard -- West Side Story: The Jets, the sharks and the making of a classic Barry, John M. -- The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History Belafonte, Harry -- My Song: A Memoir Birmingham, Stephen -- Life at the Dakota: New York's Most Unusual Address Bleyer, Bill -- Long Island and the Sea: A Maritime History Bob Woodward -- The Secret Man: The Story of Watergate's Deep Throat Borchert, Scott -- Republic of Detours: How the New Deal Paid Broke Writers to Rediscover America Brands, H. W. -- Heirs of the Founders: The Epic Rivalry of Henry Clay, John Calhoun and Daniel Webster, the Second Generation of American Giants Brands, H. W. -- The Zealot and the Emancipator: John Brown, Abraham Lincoln, and the Struggle for American Freedom Brands, H.W. -- The General vs. The President: MacArthur and Truman at the brink of nuclear war Bren, Paulina -- The Barbizon: The Hotel That Set Women Free Brower, Kate Andersen -- Team of Five: The Presidents Club in the Age of Trump Bryson, Bill -- Mother Tongue: The Story of the English Language Bryson, Bill -- Notes from a Small Island Bundles, A'Lelia -- Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C.J. Walker Bush, George W. -- Out of Many, One: Portraits of America's Immigrants Bythell, Shaun -- Confessions of a Bookseller Cadbury, Deborah -- Queen Victoria's Matchmaking: The Royal Marriages that Shaped Europe Caro, Robert A. -- The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York Carter, Jimmy -- A Full Life: Reflections at Ninety Carville, James -- All's Fair: Love, War, and Running for President Chang, Jung -- Empress Dowager Cixi: The Concubine Who Launched Modern China Chang, Jung -- Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China Chernow, Ron -- Alexander Hamilton Chernow, Ron -- Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr. Colman, Penny -- A Woman Unafraid: The Achievements Of Frances Perkins Cornejo Villavicencio, Karla -- The Undocumented Americans Damrosch, Leo -- The Club: Johnson, Boswell, and the Friends Who Shaped an Age Demarest, Janet Emily -- Tales from the General Store: The Legends of Long Island Downey, Kirstin -- The Woman Behind the New Deal: The Life and Legacy of Frances Perkins, Social Security, Unemployment Insurance, Dray, Stephanie -- My Dear Hamilton: A Novel of Eliza Schuyler Hamilton Dunbar-Ortiz, Roxanne -- An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States (REVISIONING HISTORY) Egan, Timothy -- The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl Epstein, Daniel Mark -- The Loyal Son: The War in Ben Franklin's House Essinger, James -- Ada's Algorithm Evans, Harold -- My Paper Chase: True Stories of Vanished Times Fagone, Jason -- The Woman Who Smashed Codes: A True Story of Love, Spies, and the Unlikely Heroine Who Outwitted America's Enemies Feiffer, Jules -- Conspiracy in the Streets: The Extraordinary Trial of the Chicago Seven Ginsburg, Ruth Bader -- My Own Words Glenconner, Anne -- Lady in Waiting: My Extraordinary Life in the Shadow of the Crown Gornick, Vivian -- Fierce Attachments (FSG Classics) Graham, Katharine -- Personal History Grasso, Dr. Joanne S. -- The American Revolution in Long Island (Military) Gunn, Cameron -- Ben & Me: From Temperance to Humility--Stumbling Through Ben Franklin's Thirteen Virtues,O ne Unvirtuous Day at a Time Holland, Jesse -- Black Men Built the Capitol: Discovering African-American History In and Around Washington, D.C. Hoose, Phillip -- Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice Hurston, Zora Neale -- Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo" James Essinger -- Ada's Algorithm: How Lord Byron's Daughter Launched the Digital Age Through the Poetry of Numbers Jules Feiffer -- Conspiracy in the Streets: The Extraordinary Trial of the Chicago Seven Kamman, Madeline -- When French Women Cook Katz, Catherine Grace -- The Daughters of Yalta: The Churchills, Roosevelts, and Harrimans: A Story of Love and War Kerrison, Catherine -- Jefferson's Daughters: Three Sisters, White and Black, in a Young America Kolker, Robert -- Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American Family Kurin, Richard -- The Smithsonian's History of America in 101 Objects Landdeck, Katherine Sharp -- The Women with Silver Wings: The Inspiring True Story of the Women Air force Service Pilots of World War II Lanier, Shannon -- Jefferson's Children: The Story of One American Family Larson, Erik -- The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz Levine, Suzanne Braun -- Bella Abzug: How One Tough Broad from the Bronx Fought Jim Crow and Joe McCarthy, Pissed Off Jimmy Carter, Battled … Lewis, Michael -- The Fifth Risk MacGregor, Neil -- A History of the World in 100 Objects Mapes, Mary -- Truth: The Press, the President, and the Privilege of Power Margot Lee Shetterly -- Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race Marlon, James -- A Brief History of Seven Killings Matteson, John -- A Worse Place Than Hell: How the Civil War Battle of Fredericksburg Changed a Nation McCarthy, Tom -- Satin Island McNeal, Violet -- Four White Horses and a Brass Band: True Confessions from the World of Medicine Shows, Pitchmen, Chumps, Suckers, Fixers, and Shills Meyers, Stephen L -- Lost Trolleys of Queens and Long Island Milton, Giles -- Churchill's Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare: The Mavericks Who Plotted Hitler's Defeat Moore, Donovan -- What Stars Are Made Of: The Life of Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin Moore, Kate -- The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of Americas Shining Women Morrison, David D. -- Jamaica Station (Images of Rail) Mundy, Liza -- Code Girls Obama, Barack -- A Promised Land Obama, Michelle -- Becoming Obioma, Chigozie -- The Fisherman Olson, Lynne -- Citizens of London: The Americans Who Stood with Britain in Its Darkest, Finest Hour Olson, Lynne -- Madame Fourcade's Secret War: The Daring Young Woman Who Led France's Largest Spy Network Against Hitler Orlean, Susan -- The Library Book Owen, Amanda -- Adventures Of The Yorkshire Shepherdess Purdum, Todd -- Something Wonderful Purnell, Sonia -- A Woman of No Importance: The Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win World War II Rather, Dan -- What Unites Us: Reflections on Patriotism Reid, Jan -- Let the People In: The Life and Times of Ann Richards Richards, Ann -- Straight from the Heart Roberts, Andrew -- Churchill: Walking with Destiny Roosevelt, Eleanor -- The Autobiography of Eleanor Roosevelt Rose, Alexander -- Washington's Spies: The Story of America's First Spy Ring Rothstein, Richard -- The Colour of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America Sahota, Sunjeeve -- The Year of the Runaways Shapiro, James -- Shakespeare in a Divided America: What His Plays Tell Us About Our Past and Future Shetterly, Margot -- Hidden Figures: The true story of four black women and the space race Simpson, John -- We Chose To Speak Of War & Strife Skloot, Rebecca -- The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks Souza, Pete -- Shade: A Tale of Two Presidents Spady, Matthew -- The Neighbourhood Manhattan Forgot: Audubon Park and the Families Who Shaped It Stanton, Brandon -- Humans Stanton, Brandon -- Humans of New York Stanton, Brandon -- Humans of New York: Stories Steinbeck, John -- Travels with Charley in Search of America Steinhauer, Jennifer -- The Firsts: The Inside Story of the Women Reshaping Congress Stevenson, Bryan -- Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption Teachout, Terry -- Pops: A Life of Louis Armstrong Trethewey, Natasha -- Memorial Drive: A Daughter's Memoir Trump Ph.D., Mary L. -- Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World's Most Dangerous Man Tyler, Anne -- A spool of Blue Thread Viertel, Jack -- The Secret Life of the American Musical: How Broadway Shows Are Built Wallach, Janet -- The Richest Woman in America: Hetty Green in the Gilded Age Warren, Frank -- A Lifetime of Secrets: A PostSecret Book Warren, Frank -- PostSecret: Extraordinary Confessions from Ordinary Lives Watson, Christie -- The Language of Kindness: A Nurse's Story Wilkerson, Isabel -- The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration Winegard, Timothy -- The Mosquito Wine-Banks, Jill -- The Watergate Girl: My Fight for Truth and Justice Against a Criminal President Wolff, Michael -- Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House Woodward, Bob -- All the President's Men Woodward, Bob -- Rage Woodward, Bob -- The Final Days Yanagihara, Hanya -- A little Life : A novel Yang, Jia Lynn -- One Mighty and Irresistible Tide: The Epic Struggle Over American Immigration, 1924-1965

Fascinating... the casting write-up in Wikipedia (referencing other sources) suggests: "Eager not to be typecast, they took the suggestion of Sandrich [Director] and switched roles at the last minute".

That text appears to be lacking punctuation, maybe genuine clean means "... remove commas..." ?

I've always had a weakness for erotic fiction, which can probably be traced to the early 70's swiping old Penthouse magazines from my Dad and rare trips to NYC/times-square to forage for porn (coming out, first introduction to glory holes, most marvelous years, but I digress)... With demise of xhamster (stories) I find myself searching for old unread content on a small number of sites... for others with same porn fetish, does anyone have recommendations of other sites for great gay porn ? my reliable (and heavily thumbed) sites are Nifty: http://www.nifty.org/nifty/gay/ Literotica: https://www.literotica.com/ GayDemon: https://www.gaydemon.com/stories/ Xnxx: https://www.sexstories.com/ (though I'm quite cautious with this site) Suggestions?

Fully vaxed, boosted - on pause until new year... Suspect that's due as much to do with infection rates exploding in UK (and Europe), natural caution due to conflicting reports that even vaccinated people are getting ill, and distrust of how UK govt is handling this... as it is with having spent all disposable income on xmas presents, food, and alcohol, and mother-in-law selling the family home and moving in with us (last Sunday)... I suspect my enthusiasm and eagerness with the first hire of 2022 will be on par with losing my virginity a million years ago...