Has anyone had any experience with Verizon or T-Mobile 5G home internet solutions? It looks like our CenturyLink line has been downed by Ian and who knows how long before it can be fixed. So... looking for alternatives.

Welp, it looks like Cape Coral is going to really get walloped with the Hurricane Ian bat. https://Nbc-2.com has a live feed with the details.

Hey, LettePonnier , any news on when or where the next Geeks Who Drink convention will be held? Asking for a friend

Big, Invasive Parachuting Spiders Will Begin To Cove...

So I was watching television and a Progressive ad cobranded with the new Addams Family movie appeared. It did a riff on the Addams Family television series theme song which got me to thinking. You don't see many television series with theme songs any more. They were all over the place during the 60s. In addition to The Addams Family,

disappointed. I went to Aldi's yesterday and the Advent calendars for chocolate, wine and dogs that I wanted were either sold out or not available. On the plus side, only two more weeks until butterbeer.

So, it's Kentucky Derby Day today. Is anyone here going to a watch party, drinking mint juleps, making anything special for food or placing any online bets on the outcome?

Things you don't want to hear in a hospital emergency room: "Do you have a cardiologist? Do you have a living will? Especially when preceded by the ambulance EMT popping 4 baby aspirin and saying chew on these. So far I have had numerous bloodwork, a chest X-Ray and I am currently waiting for a chest CT. Plus they have me on a heparin drip.

So, a Trader Joe's opened in Fort Myers last month and I'll be in the shopping center where it is located to get something at BestBuy later this week. So, if I swing by Trader Joe's, what should I buy?

Good news. After more than a month of trying and failing to secure an appointment for a covid shot, I finally succeeded in snagging a Publix appointment for Monday. Second shot appointment is also included, one month later, same time and place. Mrs. W is getting her second shot on Thursday and Mama W got her second shot yesterday.