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I Got the Shot!

by WaterGirl|  January 13, 20218:55 am| 75 Comments

This post is in: Open Threads, There can be no unity without accountability.

Remember the I Voted! thread?

Well, commenter cope suggested that we do the same for getting the vaccine.

My wife and I just got ours this past Saturday and the whole process filled me with hope, almost as much hope as when I saw our ballots had been counted in November.

People could talk about the process, why they were able to get it when they did and how they feel after having done so.  You could even award a bandaid in lieu of the “I Voted” sticker or even two bandaids for those who have had both shots.

I thought it was a great idea, and I asked MazeDancer if she could whip up some stickers for us, which she did.  There will be more stickers coming over time, hopefully with Lily, Champ, Tikka, Samwise, Max, my little Henry, and more.

I know we have at least a couple of people who got their shots yesterday, and some of you are lucky enough to have already gotten the first one.

You can also post to the thread if a family member or a member of your household gets the shot, even if you haven’t yet, because that affects us, too.

This post will be in the sidebar.  Pick your sticker when you post, and that’s the one you’ll get.  Otherwise, I will choose.

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Even while we’re holding our collective breath until Jan 21, it’s important to celebrate what’s good.

And no, I did not get the shot.  That’s just the title of the thread.

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DOJ Press Conference Today at 3 pm Eastern

by WaterGirl|  January 12, 20212:55 pm| 119 Comments

This post is in: Investigations Into Violent Extremist Attacks, Open Threads, Violent Insurrection at the Capitols, There can be no unity without accountability.

TaMara is in meetings all day today, so you get this from me instead of TaMara.

WATCH Today at 3:00pm ET: Acting U.S. Attorney Michael Sherwin for the District of Columbia and FBI Washington Field Office ADIC Steven D’Antuono to provide update on criminal charges related to events at the Capitol on January 6. @FBI @FBIWFO @USAO_DC https://t.co/VOabbFCPRW

— Justice Department (@TheJusticeDept) January 12, 2021

If anyone finds it on YouTube, please add a link in the comments so I can embed it. (Thank you NotMax)

 

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Late Evening Open Thread

by WaterGirl|  January 11, 20219:50 pm| 165 Comments

This post is in: Open Threads, There can be no unity without accountability.

It looks like the flurry of posts for today might be over for the moment, and the previous thread is getting long in the tooth.

So I’m going to follow Tamara’s lead from last week with her Authors in Our Midst post, and bigfoot myself with the On The Road After Dark post in a couple of minutes.

After the recent discussion related to conjugation of the word fuck, Kattails sent me this screen cap blast from the past.

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Open thread.  Political or otherwise.

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