Turned 60 this year. Any surprises in my 50s (2016-present) were overshadowed by current events or social factors (kid leaving the nest, parents growing older, that sort of thing)

The same number of doctor's appointments, but more dentist's appointments.

hence the visit from the table inspector

years ago, the Iraqi blogger Riverbend had a side blog that was just recipes and someone made that same comment about sumac.
(IIRC, she responded something like "if I included mushrooms in a recipe I'd trust my readers not to use the poison ones!"

Exciting! Signed up.

I can evidently make someone hold their breath for an hour from thousands of miles away!

seriously, though, I can organize a tiny workspace so that it is both functional and beautiful

Re: "I love the poorly educated:" that was clipped from a campaign speech in Nevada in 2016.

Replying here because this is where I'm signed in.

And Tri-Met! I haven't been on an inbound 8 that crowded since maybe 2011

Strange Empire, Carnivale, Our Flag Means Death

Many of the other oft-mentioned shows at least became reflected and transformed in great new shows (I'm thinking of Dollhouse and Severance, here, but given a bit more coffee I'm sure I could come up with others)

Mmmm, brats and beer

Save time at the airport for Renaissance Book Shop! The best, and possibly only, used book store in an airport.

Bleah. Which ones and where?

I got the second coat of paint up in my soon-to-be-finished kitchen.