Gail O'Connor

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I didn't take my steroidal anti-inflammatory med yesterday morning because I'd run out. I've been feeling better the last couple of months and I sometimes wonder if I still need that drug or if it's time to stop taking it. The way I felt by 5 pm yesterday made it clear: I still need it.

08:50 AM - May 14, 2024

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Want less clickbait? Stop reading and sharing it. You think Newsweek cares you say the article sucked? No. They care that you read and shared it. #SayNoToClickbait

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They keep writing those stories because people keep reading and sharing them. Those publications don't know or care if you are sharing it because you think it sucks. People share clickbait here ALL the time. "Look how awful this is!!" doesn't translate to the people who put out the clickbait.
10:43 AM - May 11, 2024

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The usually busy street and park by my workplace were #empty during this snowstorm. #dailypicturetheme

08:41 AM - May 10, 2024

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Tonight I’m at the Mabel Tainter theater in Menomonie to see Arsenic and old Lace. It’s another gorgeous old theatre.

08:20 PM - May 03, 2024 (Edited)

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I've recently discovered the music of Philip Glass. I'm really enjoying Einstein on the Beach. It helps the work day go by more pleasantly. #spoutingmusic

Einstein on the Beach: Knee 1 - YouTube

Provided to YouTube by Sony ClassicalEinstein on the Beach: Knee 1 · Philip Glass · Lucinda Childs · Sheryl Sutton · Michael Riesman · Philip Glass EnsembleG...

08:32 AM - May 02, 2024

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#DailyPictureTheme #grass
A buffalo at Theodore Roosevelt National Park

08:06 AM - May 02, 2024

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I’m watching Waiting for Guffman again tonight. It is such a great sendup of community theatre.

08:35 PM - Apr 24, 2024

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I’m at the Sheldon Theatre tonight in Red Wing to see Buckets and Tap Shoes. It’s a beautiful old venue. I hadn’t been here before.

08:31 PM - Apr 20, 2024

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#DanceParty #FridayNight

04:21 PM - Apr 19, 2024

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I'm trying physical therapy again to fix some problems. Now I just need to remember to do the exercises ...

03:52 PM - Apr 19, 2024

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I feel amazingly good today. This is after spending the last two days outside and driving in sunny weather. I can only assume this must have replenished my vitamin D. The difference is startling. I always physically feel better in the spring, but wow. Winter half kills me.

09:06 AM - Apr 10, 2024

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Home! I’m glad I went on an adventure, but I’m delighted to be back.

06:30 PM - Apr 09, 2024

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Eclipse viewing was a success. I traveled to southern Illinois to see it. I'm in Peoria tonight, have another 7 hours or so tomorrow to get home. I think driving most of three days to see the eclipse for a little less than 4 minutes might be excessive, but I don't get many adventures in my life.

08:41 PM - Apr 08, 2024

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After driving most of the day in the rain, sunlight and this double rainbow was a nice change. Then I drove back into the rain again.

09:30 PM - Apr 07, 2024 (Edited)

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The person who was going to look in on my cat while I was out of town didn't do it. Fortunately it was a short trip and I'd left her plenty of food.

12:58 PM - Mar 31, 2024

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Home now from Minicon, a local science fiction convention. I had a nice time, though that was largely due to hanging out with my brother and sister-in-law. But there was also some fun programming.

12:54 PM - Mar 31, 2024 (Edited)

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I'm watching a recording of an old Broadway production of Camelot, for research purposes. It's ... not enjoyable to me. But as someone who used to do historical costuming, I am especially cringing at 1982 Broadway's idea of medieval garb.

08:28 PM - Mar 20, 2024

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Minnesota court rules pharmacist discriminated against woman in denying emergency contraception | AP News

The Minnesota Court of Appeals has ruled that a pharmacist engaged in sex-based discrimination when he refused to provide emergency contraception to a woman in 2019.

01:28 PM - Mar 20, 2024

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Documents suggest Wisconsin was genesis of Trump false elector plot - WPR

New documents show more clearly that Wisconsin was a sort of test case for the false elector plot former President Donald Trump's campaign used in vain to overturn the results of his 2020 loss to President Joe Biden. Using the state's official 2016 elector certificates as a model, two atto..

09:05 AM - Mar 08, 2024

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These Women Were the Real Geniuses Behind the Iconic Tiffany Lamps | At the Smithsonian| Smithsonian Magazine

A chic light fixture reveals how female designers remade the Tiffany brand—and went largely uncredited for nearly a century

02:01 PM - Mar 08, 2024

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I've got a stack of library books and some scripts to read for play selection committee, but all I want to do with my evenings right now is watch TV and play Stardew Valley. Reading material with deadlines feels stressful to me at the moment. This is probably related to depression somehow.

07:11 PM - Mar 04, 2024

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Name a movie you've seen more than 7 times with a GIF.

Phred @Phred

Name a movie you’ve seen more than 7 times with a GIF.

06:48 PM - Feb 24, 2024

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Book completed: Mammoths at the Gates by Nghi Vo. Fourth in the Singing Hills cycle, I had read the first in the series but not the ones in between. I loved the talking birds who remember everything. Very enjoyable, and I will definitely track down books 2 and 3.

06:19 PM - Feb 24, 2024

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I seem to have pulled something in my side this morning while shaving my armpits, and I feel it every time I move. 🤣 It never ceases to amaze me all the unexpected ways it hurts to get older.

11:04 AM - Feb 22, 2024

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My current to-read list. I’m looking forward to digging into these.

05:01 PM - Feb 18, 2024

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Book finished: Driving the Deep by Suzanne Palmer. I started this last summer and only just finished it. Even though I trusted the author that it would turn out all right, the situation was so claustrophobic that it stressed me out and I had to make myself continue. It was worth it in the end.

09:50 AM - Feb 18, 2024 (Edited)

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This morning I'm reading more details about what happened with the Hugo Award ballot manipulations by the organizers. So senseless. Most English-speaking fans seem focused on the exclusion of certain authors, but to me the lack of Chinese works was a huge red flag.

11:54 AM - Feb 15, 2024

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