The Rant and Rave Thread

[czb]

why are they complaining about dolly?

[beeyotch]

Probably because she's inclusive and kind to everyone, LGBTQ+ and POC

[HWBL]

Jun 7, 2024 19:28:52 GMT czb said:

why are they complaining about dolly?

From Smith Legacy Law:

The overarching structure of Parton’s giving is the “Dollywood Foundation.” Over the years, the foundation has taken on several different initiatives including hospitals, animal sanctuaries, and scholarships. She even donated $1 million towards COVID-19 vaccine research.

From Billboard:

Dolly Parton is not only talented, but she’s also charitable.



As the coronavirus began to spread worldwide in April 2020, the icon donated $1 million to the disease’s research at Vanderbilt University, which helped fund Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine. Data released this week shows that Moderna’s vaccine is 94.5% effective against coronavirus, marking the second vaccine with a high success rate.



But her coronavirus efforts are hardly the first time Parton has used her success for good. Beyond her support for the Black and LGBTQ+ communities, plus generous donations to the Barbara Davis Center for Childhood Diabetes, Save the Music Foundation, the Boot Campaign and more, see below for a timeline of the country star’s biggest philanthropic efforts.

[kittylady]

Jun 7, 2024 19:28:52 GMT czb said:

why are they complaining about dolly?

Jun 7, 2024 21:11:09 GMT beeyotch said:

Probably because she's inclusive and kind to everyone, LGBTQ+ and POC

^^^ This.

[czb]

that stinks. leave dolly a LONE.

i have a rave: the dad of a friend of one of my kids made a movie. he wrote, directed, and produced it. i guess it was seen at some US film festivals but he also had a screenning in a tiny local theater last night and i went. so fun.

[lindsaywhit]

That's awesome, czb!

[louiswinthorpe111]

Rant:

I have a new buyer who wants to move from Illinois to Iowa due to Illinois "gun laws." He wants the "outskirts" at a price point that is completely unrealistic. We ask further, "is that you feel unsafe in your present home that you need guns?" (My realtor partner and I are both center left. Technically, she's still a registered Republican, but left after Trump and never changed her registration.)

The answer is "Illinois is taking my gun rights away." (Illinois recently made owning an AR15 illegal.) Then he says he "only wants to live in a 'white neighborhood'." We informed him that we don't know of any whites-only neighborhoods, as that's illegal under the Fair Housing Act.

My text from my partner this morning..."He's going to be a challenge." I'm going to be lucky if he doesn't shoot me, cuz I have a hard time keeping my mouth shut.

FUUUUUUCK ME. Lord help me with this one.

[kittylady]

Rant: I was nearly knocked cold this morning - by a cat. I'd gone upstairs to grab my boots and as I was standing up she launched herself from her latest favourite perch of on top of a bookcase and hit me square in the back of the head. I saw stars, my ears were ringing and the world tilted slightly, but thankfully I didn't go over. The cat was fine. In face, she barely broke her charge and was busy stuffing her face full of food when I managed to wobble back downstairs.

Late edit to add a rave: I nearly put off going to visit Ma Kitty until later in the week but I'm so glad I didn't as it would have coincided with Taylor Swift playing in the city where I have to change trains. I don't think my nerves could take the chaos that's about to be unleashed.

[kittylady]

Rant two: We've just had another mouse in. Thankfully I went to investigate why one of the cats was so fervently singing the song of her people and found her with it on the draining board. I eventually managed to knock it into the sink and trap it with a colander and casserole dish lid and set it free a little way away from the house, where it scuttled off into the undergrowth. Hopefully it has enough sense not to come back as it may not get so lucky a second time.

[no1novice]

You ungrateful cat slave! That was a gift for you to play with & then devour!

[kittylady]

Jun 15, 2024 15:02:42 GMT no1novice said:

You ungrateful cat slave! That was a gift for you to play with & then devour!

But I did get to show off some impressive ninja skills by fending off two excited stripey fuckwits while simultaneously trying to slap a colander down on a fast moving mouse! I tell ya, Bruce Lee would have been proud of the moves I was throwing lol.

Then the next morning I came downstairs to find Stripey Fuckwit #2 sat in the sink and staring down the plughole, waiting for the mouse to come back out.

[funky]

^ My cat Mia just brought home the tinest little mouse I've ever seen. It was still a baby I think, luckily they are much easier to catch. Two days later I heard my dog walk around in the living room at 2am or so, which is a bit unusual and since he's so young I got up to see what's going on. He was staring at his water bowl. I lifted it up - and I swear that was the same mouse as two days before. It looked angry, disappointed at itself and didn't even try to run away. I hope it will find a new hiding place from now on.

[notoriousmkg]

That reminds me - our daughter has been taking care of our neighbor's 4 cats, 3 dogs, 9 fish tanks, and 1 gecko, while they were away on vacation.  It's a whole thing - believe me.  Anyway, I didn't want her to be in the house by herself with 3 dogs (one is a Pit mix, but very timid), so the rest of us have been alternating hanging out and helping while she does everything). 

Yesterday, she went to let the dog into their enclosed "Where the Wild Things Are" back yard, when our daughter suddenly scrambled up the hill in the middle of them because they were in a massive rolling dog-pile.  I was not happy about her doing that.  But the dogs were never aggressive toward her.  When she came back into the house, she said they had cornered a groundhog and the oldest and fattest of the dogs had it by the scruff of the neck and was shaking it.  Our daughter's shouting got him to let it go and it scrambled away.  Our daughter checked in with the owner after that and found out that they had killed one the week before.  I'm not a fan of groundhogs AT ALL, but that is a terrible way to go.

[funky]

^ I regret to inform I found said baby mouse on the carpet, dead. And, weirdest shit ever, another dead mouse ON my rolled up yoga mat. As in, yoga mat is standing up, and the mouse was on the side, vertical. Hanging there. Dead. WTF??

[brookie]

Jun 17, 2024 15:36:42 GMT notoriousmkg said:

That reminds me - our daughter has been taking care of our neighbor's 4 cats, 3 dogs, 9 fish tanks, and 1 gecko, while they were away on vacation.  It's a whole thing - believe me.  Anyway, I didn't want her to be in the house by herself with 3 dogs (one is a Pit mix, but very timid), so the rest of us have been alternating hanging out and helping while she does everything). 

Yesterday, she went to let the dog into their enclosed "Where the Wild Things Are" back yard, when our daughter suddenly scrambled up the hill in the middle of them because they were in a massive rolling dog-pile.  I was not happy about her doing that.  But the dogs were never aggressive toward her.  When she came back into the house, she said they had cornered a groundhog and the oldest and fattest of the dogs had it by the scruff of the neck and was shaking it.  Our daughter's shouting got him to let it go and it scrambled away.  Our daughter checked in with the owner after that and found out that they had killed one the week before.  I'm not a fan of groundhogs AT ALL, but that is a terrible way to go.

Next door neighbor's two dogs killed two groundhog babies last year. Again, by the neck scruff. Sad way to go.