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Posted on July 3, 2020 by Orb at 8:00 am

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• Had planned to turn some of the excess delivery boxes into a cat scratcher today, but then I worked out with the du… https://t.co/1ScZ7ZKiJo 11:11:52
• The trash pickup is running really late. The husband’s Thursday conference call is running really long. The book I… https://t.co/cEmebHghC6 12:04:32
• RT @blantonmuseum: Watch the kaleidoscopic passing of time inside #EllsworthKelly's "Austin" from anywhere in the world! 🌈

  Experience calm… 12:58:08

• RT @CapMetroATX: Even our buses wear masks to protect you during this time. Do your part & wear your mask to protect others.

  REMEMBER: Fac… 22:30:42

• We’ve been watching the latest season of Dark the last few nights. I say "we", but Lin falls asleep about 15 minute… https://t.co/1JZmCu8A70 22:38:26

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Posted on July 2, 2020 by Orb at 8:00 am

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• I think I'm just about done with the Huff Family compound. Final decorating will happen as they move in! https://t.co/mqfn9pHHBW 00:27:16
• RT @CNNPolitics: Senate strips a provision from an intelligence bill requiring campaigns to report foreign election help https://t.co/92cIZ… 00:35:48
• The husband’s alarm went off … twice. He finally got up to go to the bathroom, so I got up to make coffee, which… https://t.co/mWeTQINsS5 04:17:37
• Texas never did listen to Fauci, so what’s new? And why hasn’t Patrick sacrificed himself for his grandchildren's e… https://t.co/QUUUWb4gZD 04:22:50
• Apparently, the workday is starting now. Glad I got that nap in yesterday evening! I’ll be making coffee now. Ugh.… https://t.co/yMZ5gQsyOA in reply to JustOrb 04:30:44
• A Sims 4 story: Moved the great grandmoms into the new family house. Set the handy one to upgrading all the things,… https://t.co/YCieXR1qLn 14:06:38
• Late in the evening, I hear someone playing guitar in the living room. It’s a vampire. He’s not happy, due to the g… https://t.co/wdN3AEFYfD in reply to JustOrb 14:06:39
• The vampire continues to follow them around the house, complaining about the garlic until late afternoon. Zoe sits… https://t.co/qAPQT2PDLS in reply to JustOrb 14:06:39
• As Zoe is giving the vampire his foot massage, he begins to smolder. By the time the massage is over, there are a f… https://t.co/lPQaihS69w in reply to JustOrb 14:06:39
• Kudos to Zoe for ridding the world of one really irritating vampire! What’s really funny is she just started learni… https://t.co/WTKObRIjpX in reply to JustOrb 14:06:40
• In 1983, one of my professors gave me a copy of Bless Me, Ultima, because he thought I’d enjoy it. I did. I went on… https://t.co/suhPAAtp5E 14:41:20
• Am debating whether I dare have a cocktail. It’s been a DAY. I’d really like one, but … I’m also freaking fatigue… https://t.co/xBJX8i7VNm 22:44:17

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Posted on July 1, 2020 by Orb at 8:00 am

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• In case any of you have forgotten things from the before-times, Henry Louis Gates is not "some criminal". He is a p… https://t.co/EyFHr8UudM 14:26:05
• RT @JenniL_KVUE: Protesters are upset @GovAbbott shut down bars in order to help slow the spread of COVID-19. More than 30 bar owners are s… 14:49:55
• WFH Day 109: "We're either going to break the law or figure something out." 15:43:57
• Have decided the corner of the living room currently occupied by a pile of empty delivery boxes I need to break dow… https://t.co/PyddGfKpbn 16:03:30
• Was about to take a nap, then realized it’s already 6:30 pm. How is it already 6:30 pm?! Welp, no nap for me. 🙁 18:25:08
• Peak stupidity has been achieved for today. https://t.co/vpejM88YQJ 18:30:35

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Posted on June 30, 2020 by Orb at 8:00 am

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• RT @ExtraHighMarx: In case anyone is confused by the new research, I think the picture sums it up. https://t.co/c906naYEwD 13:02:51
• RT @QasimRashid: Just thinking about how the same republicans who want to ban all abortion b/c “life begins at conception” also blocked a $… 13:08:05
• RT @statesman: All Travis County parks will close starting at 8 p.m. on July 2 and remain closed until 8 am. on July 7 https://t.co/Xe611IF… 13:52:26
• Distracted by a conversation with the husband about the smoothies I just made, I didn’t notice Yuki tasting said sm… https://t.co/MXbY2yb7iE 16:20:43
• Today has definitely been a Monday. 22:23:53
• RT @RepLloydDoggett: As I told @washingtonpost today, the new, high price set for #COVID19 treatment is a signal to manufacturers that they… 22:24:49
• I need to wash my hair. I mean REALLY need to. But … that feels like it’s gonna take way more energy than I have… https://t.co/0h6kXfihvp 22:41:16
• RT @ElArroyo_ATX: I can teach you, but I have to charge 😬 https://t.co/3U6CMov4JW 23:07:27

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Posted on June 29, 2020 by Orb at 8:00 am

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• Words of advice: If you steam broccoli for dinner, remember to clean the steamer before going to bed, or by morning… https://t.co/tnJNB7hls6 11:21:00
• Oh hell no. Absolutely not. Are they insane?! https://t.co/qwMALXzgzh 11:34:53
• RT @BauhausMovement: 🔲 Geometric #Art https://t.co/SmUqc1qS8c 11:35:43
• APD punching a guy they’re holding down. For? Just about nothing. Totally on brand for the Austin Police Department… https://t.co/ySiwy0BboE 12:17:26
• Today’s lazy Sunday project will be selecting a large Sims lot and beginning the design of a multi family lot. I do… https://t.co/HvwK2VQ433 13:39:34
• Oh, selling nooses and having a confederate "heritage" night were just jokes, and of course, he’s not at all racist… https://t.co/B0A6rZOFEE 15:15:49
• RT @austin78753: Over 600 confirmed #COVID19 cases in 78753. That's about 1 out of 80 of us. 22:05:26

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Posted on June 28, 2020 by Orb at 8:00 am

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• RT @KristenCurrieTV: The much-talked about Saharan dust has arrived & will linger through the day tomorrow.

  📸: Jaime Becerra

  #Austin #ATX… 01:39:33

• But he did take action. He praised Putin and insisted Russia be allowed back into the G7. That’s an action. It’s ju… https://t.co/zkhceuhBYO 12:11:28
• Much like police departments, I think the only way to get racism out of NASCAR is to burn it down and build somethi… https://t.co/puwNaXdyjY 12:26:59
• His regret is that he opened bars? What he should regret is taking control of the pandemic response away from local… https://t.co/Edacgy46Mv 12:32:33
• If a bunch of Texas Republicans want to sacrifice themselves for the economy, who am I to complain? There are, afte… https://t.co/sx5be9xYUl 20:23:54

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Posted on June 27, 2020 by Orb at 8:00 am

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• I have returned from Fritztown. The problem requiring my physical presence was solved. A few other things too. I’m… https://t.co/QGEWPPkcEA 17:52:12
• I look a little crazed here, don’t I?🤣 It was that kinda day. https://t.co/qqaaVslL95 18:01:31
• And now, while I’m trying to sit quietly and enjoy some silence, the husband is going on and on and on and on and o… https://t.co/jOIisoPMPk 18:09:15
• RT @RepLloydDoggett: FACT CHECK: Unfortunately, totally false.
  SOURCE: Texas. 18:12:19