Cutting out from SS for a while. Maybe one day I'll be back under a different incarnation. I think it's run its course with me. Be safe Nessie!

[KimKevorkian]

There are so many incredible people here. But I think it's run its course for the time being. I'll continue lurking though and wishing you all strength to go forward with whatever you choose. Please take care of Nessie.

 

[Toxic Positivity]

Whenever anyone takes a break from this place, I hope it is only ever a good thing. Enjoy your break and I wish you the best.

 

[NearlyIrrelevantCake]

I wish you the best.

 

[Sherri]

Wish you the best, sad to see you go.

 

[FuneralCry]

I wish you the best in whatever happens, farewell.

 

[GrumpyFrog]

Bye-bye, friend! I'm going to miss you! Take care!

 

[KimKevorkian]

Bye-bye, friend! I'm going to miss you! Take care!

I logged back in because of you, Nessie. Please take care. I am consumed with your well-being and the safety and health of your countrywomen and men. Zelensky has really been one hell of an inspirational leader, I'll say that. What a guy. Man, I feel so bad for the straits you face. I hope you have friends who will help you in EU. You are so bright, aware, articulate. Shit, I'd fly over and we cd marry in Warsaw. I cd whisk you away to Calif. and we cd be cohabiting curmudgeons. I do great soup;)

I'll be lurking. Don't think I'm a weirdo b/c of this post (nervous chuckle). I'm a double Pisces, just a veritable El Nino of emotion and sensitivity. With love and great concern,

"Kim"



And love to all you wonderful folks. I got pissed off last night at having to justify and explain my extreme positions on defending Ukraine to some other member and I was sick of dealing with an apologist for passivity. Please, repectfully, piss off.

Taking a break. At least I learned that D is legit, the quality of N is legit and the protocol. Man, there are some serious chem majors on the board here. Quite impressive. I'm with you, validating you in the struggle against an insane world and cruel people and inhumane systems. I really am. Keep the music playing and the soup simmering:) Quoting the title of the documentary on Jack Sheldon (not only a superlative trumpeter, but one of the funniest dudes on this or any other planet). "Tryin' To Get Good." That's all we're tryin' to do against all odds, eh? Also, to quote the title on another superlative jazz trumpeter and human being, the great Clark Terry: "Keep On Keepin' On." So that's what I leave you with...Keep on keepin' on tryin' to get good. Much peace and love.

Bye-bye, friend! I'm going to miss you! Take care!

PM me (I don't know how). If you need some funds, let me know how I can help. Seriously. Your identity would be totally secure with me. Absolute secrecy guaranteed. Just don't want you on the skids. You've too fine a brain and you're too kind of a soul for that to happen. Offer stands. I don't know how PM works, but I'll leave it to you. Tata for now.

 

[KimKevorkian]

There are so many incredible people here. But I think it's run its course for the time being. I'll continue lurking though and wishing you all strength to go forward with whatever you choose. Please take care of Nessie.

Well, I'm sort of back..just not engaging when things are too incendiary. Plus, being older, there are perspectives and takes on life that are different than when I was in my youth, and I'd like to dialogue and learn from those in their fifties and beyond. I've been looking through the vast number of threads and pages. Yikes. There sure is a LOT of material with some very interesting questions posed and replies given from throughout the years. It's really something. Trying to not get too depressed reading it though. It's comforting, distressing, downright disturbing, impressive, even inspired at times...but let's face it..none of it is a real pick-me-up. Maybe SS should create a special edition in Russian, encouraging Putin and the Duma to off themselves. I'll pitch in a few rubles and have D send N to the Kremlin's Head of Smoothie Operations. Dah?

 

[hopelessgirl]

Good luck. I wish you the best

 

[KimKevorkian]

I feel foolish, I'm taking a break but am still here, It's hard to leave the one place that feels like a "refuge" in a way, as strange as it seems. Thanks for responding. Already missing motel room. Great humor. I don't do any social media other than this. Came on looking for methods and peaceful exit. Still hoping there will be more developments toward a peaceful bus ride in future. But then I started reading the posts and it's rough. I find I get really down the more I read them. Yet I understand where they're coming from. But as an older person--not old--just older--I also find there are differences in my reasons than many of the much younger people. So, it's a toss up whether I continue on S.S. or say adieu.

 

[NSA]

When I first found this place I binged out too. It's perfectly reasonable to like it here despite the downer it can be I think. This place gets it.
Everything in moderation, as they say.

 

[KimKevorkian]

Yeah, I think I'll be checking out new subjects from time to time to see if something hits home more, like news about a new DeBreather, some new formulation that comes closer to a "peaceful pill", that sort of thing. Otherwise, I don't know how active I'll be. Who the hell knows? I originally came on because I was wanting to know if the DeBreather would prove effective, as that seemed like the golden ticket. Sigh.
The NY Times really put out a one-dimensional profile on quite a varied and eclectic ecosystem, the good, the bad, the beautiful, the ugly, the irreverent, the whimsical, the eudite, the high-falutin' philosophisin', etc. I cancelled my subscription to the Times long ago, esp. after they fucked over Assange, like the Guardian, and most others. Poor Julian. And the American politicoes asserted he fed info. to Russia. The y are so full of shit. Assange and Snowden (another brilliant human who has been completely screwed by both parties here--incl. the great messiah Obama..). God, what America has become is vile, and the Progs are as repugnant as the Bubbas. I need an anti-emetic just thinking about it.