The Real Reason the Twin Towers Fell

[mallorys_camera]

The tax law final was hard. Filled with questions like, Julius & Murgatroyd are a married couple under age 65. Julius is retired on permanent and total disability. What is their adjusted gross income limit to qualify for the hardly-ever-used (because never indexed for inflation) Credit for the Elderly or the Disabled?

But I got 94% on it, so you know: Go me.

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Before I collapsed to watch endless episodes of The Real Housewives of Miami, Season 2—which is simply the best season of The Real Housewives ever made—I forced myself to tromp because exercise.

It was a very grey day.

It wanted to rain, but it did not rain, so the landscape was pregnant with a sense of thwarted desire. Not conducive to photography, so instead I offer you a photograph of golden grove unleaving during day-before-yesterday's drive through the Catskills:



Season 2 of The Real Housewives of Miami is iconic!!! So many vile people! So much bad behavior! What's worst? Aging Brazilian narcissist Adrianna punching foul-mouthed-but-seraphic-appearing model Joanna in the face at a lingerie party/charity event put on by Miami's Boob Doctor to benefit the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation? Or coked-out Nazi-cum-Real-Estate-Developer Thomas Kramer so perfectly blending misogyny & patriarchy at the Dinner Party from Hell?? (Shortly thereafter, Kramer was convicted on a RICO charge.)

Ben always maintained that the real reason Osama bin Laden took down the Twin Towers was because of The Real Housewives.

And you know, I think he just may have been right.

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Anyway, I have carved out an entire day to play with the Work in Progress. So, that is what I'm gonna do.

Comments

[adoptedwriter]

Congrats on the 94%!!!

[mallorys_camera]

Thank you! It was a hard test, so I am proud.

[puddleshark]

Congratulations on the exam score! Answering that sample question is pretty much the opposite of Fun Ways to Spend Time. 😊

Your golden grove is glorious.

[mallorys_camera]

It is fun for me in a strange puzzle-solving way, actually, that is not natural to me, so I'm always very, very nervous I'm answering it wrong.

[suzannareads]

You are a gorgeous genius!

Also, I look forward to reading the book someday.

[mallorys_camera]

Awwwww. Thank you. ❤️

[asakiyume]

Congrats on that test score! Boom, you have a new income stream! **mad admiration**

[mallorys_camera]

Yeah. Right now, I think diversifying one's revenue stream is a wise moove.

[asakiyume]

All my skills are targeted toward the educational industrial complex, therefore are hugely vulnerable in these times. I did offer myself up to a completely different type of job, one I'm curious about and think I could probably (probably?) do, and the people were friendly and encouraging, but they didn't actually offer me work. Normally I'd follow up, but with my dad in the process (at last, yay! but it's very stressful and time-consuming) of moving to this area, I haven't bothered (because what's the point if I then have to say, Yeah, no, actually, I can't work those hours). Eventually I may try following up, though.

[mallorys_camera]

Glad your Dad is moving! ❤️

[asakiyume]

Me too, very!

[lookfar2]

Thank you for the Hopkins! Do you know this version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUySH7Q6NNM&list=RDFUySH7Q6NNM&start_radio=1

Well done and Congratulations!

[smokingboot]

Go you!

Also, beautiful photo.

Also, I have never watched a single episode of the Real Housewives. I can't work out whether it sounds terrifying or hilarious!

Re: Well done and Congratulations!

[mallorys_camera]

I am confident you would loathe The Real Housewives. 😀