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Ann Porter
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Cultivating mindfulness. SQL writer, former political junkie, empty nester. Burbs of New Orleans. Ohio native.

"There isn't a way things should be. There's just what happens, and what we do." - Terry Pratchett

"Mind how you go." - Esmerelda Weatherwax
Sometimes the MD needs to see hospital patients before coming in.
December 18, 2025 at 2:09 PM
He's photogenic, though!
December 18, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Well done.
December 18, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Wow.
December 17, 2025 at 9:46 PM
I dunno. Maybe it's like "only Nixon could have gone to China."
December 17, 2025 at 7:06 PM
The whole operation is just a grift.
December 16, 2025 at 11:00 PM
What do we do with those people? They are almost worse than the cult! They know exactly what they are doing and they are doing it anyway.
December 16, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Such a good dog.
December 16, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Detectives. And Then There Were None is a non-series great.
December 16, 2025 at 6:48 AM
I just finished all the Poirots, and then the Marples, in publication order. Again. I started reading her in the 8th grade. There are so many, and of course some are better than others. The Murder of Roger Ackroyd or The Body in the Library are both great places to start with her best known
December 16, 2025 at 6:48 AM
Just when I think he can't sink any lower, I am wrong again.
December 16, 2025 at 1:27 AM
A friend once observed that there were LONG segments of Mission:Impossible with no dialogue, but you can't just listen while looking at something else because ACTION is taking place. Usually Barney doing some amazing tech job.
December 15, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Reposted by Ann Porter
Imagine looking for yourself, because finding yourself is the one thing you need in all the universe to be whole and every time you manage to poke some part of yourself out of the hole of infinite distraction all you can find inside yourself is wind rattling through an emptiness wider than your eyes
December 15, 2025 at 9:58 PM
"The emperor isn't wearing any clothes."
December 14, 2025 at 11:32 PM
I think we chose badly when we planted our mandatory replacement trees. But it was just a year ago so maybe I am wrong.
December 14, 2025 at 5:22 AM
Christmas was always great. It wasn't until my TOLD me, when I was in my late 20's, that she hated Christmas, that I had any idea. She faked her way through like a boss for 25 years.
December 13, 2025 at 9:03 PM
This sounds like it has the potential for a team effort!
December 13, 2025 at 8:59 PM
This is the way. Lagniappe exists for this reason.
December 13, 2025 at 8:58 PM