Huh. So, back in the day (the #BeforeTimes), you could visit #Amazon and listen to samples of #songs before deciding whether you wanted to buy. Apparently, that's not the case anymore. Now (starting I don't know when) if you want to listen to a sample of a particular track, you must have a paid membership.

I continue to be reminded of why I shop there as rarely as possible. #LateStageCapitalism is, besides cruel and hateful, just plain stupid. But enough people fall for it, unfortunately.

An oldie but a goodie.

"So here's a gentle reminder to everyone feeling under the weather, stay home! Don't come into the office coughing, infecting the whole place with your balled up wet tissues thinking you're virtuous to work sick

Nobody thinks you're Jesus, they think you're gross."

#22Minutes #Newfoundland

This was in the #BeforeTimes but applicable for #Covid19

#Humour #Health

https://youtu.be/Iy3QxNd_y0w?feature=shared

On a normal day, I have no inclination to go to the theatre, even in the #beforetimes but for some reason, my inner child wants to see the Barbie movie that's out this July.

It looks like ridiculous fun!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxBzestuK7s

Having some breakfast at the #Datacom café (#Mojo).

This is the first time I’ve flown anywhere since the #BeforeTimes. It’s a beautiful day in #TamakiMakaurau.

@lolennui anything before that is the #beforeTimes, and we shall not speak of it.

@Sfwmson if it helps, I'm 45 and I've lost a lot of what happened prior to 2020. Those were the #BeforeTimes

A mental health check-up sounds like a good idea, everyone's brain needs a little tune-up occassionally 🧰

Make sure you're giving it weird, new input - I've found that unique & interesting memories are more likely to be remembered.

I'm not suggesting, like, becoming a serial killer; I'm saying maybe go to a new restaurant, or a street fair. Something healthy & not at home.

These pictures were in every room at a hotel I frequented in the #beforetimes. I know which rooms I already visited.

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My husband didn't speculate if #Rihanna was with child. Good. Because I've spent a decade calling him out on fat shaming & commenting on anyone's physical appearance. He, like the rest of us, have been conditioned in doing this.

Over the last year, I've gained 40lbs through no "fault" of my own. Thanks #menopause. People who haven't seen me since the #BeforeTimes are often shocked at my appearance. Then the "you're still beautiful" sentiments spill forth.

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Tiny cabin across the bay from Longyearbyen we rented from a local while on Svalbard for the eclipse, 2015.

There’s always a lot of “it’s impossible to get there / stay there” talk before eclipses, but there’s always a way. And then you meet others that know that, and you become friends and travel together to the next one 🤗

#Norway #ArcticCircle #Svalbard #EclipseChaser #Travel #BeforeTimes

Almost February and I’m not in #Goa 😕
#travel #BeforeTimes

I wonder if we will ever go back to the #BeforeTimes of things being open 24-hours. Heck, there doesn't even seem to be many bars in my town open past 9 o'clock nowadays. Can you imagine that being the case thirty years ago?

Top of the world. Svalbard 2015, 12 degrees North, closest I’ve gotten to a Pole. Nothing left to do but wait for the total solar eclipse.
#ThrowbackThursday #EclipseChaser #Norway #Travel #BeforeTimes #Selfie

“lansa lansa rambutan!”

#Indonesia #Food #Travel #BeforeTimes

Story time: on an island beach hut, hadn’t heard English in days, Belgian accent asks about the volcano, local says he knows the way, I pick up my plate and move to their table 🤘
#Indonesia #Halmahera #Dukono #Volcano #PeakBagging #Backpacking #Selfie #BeforeTimes

One of the better ideas that I had was bringing a #CrossFilter to the #RobotRestaurant in the #beforetimes. That place was a victim of the pandemic, and it was problematic in some ways, but it was a full embrace of kitch and letting student artists off the chain with a budget. #photography #EventPhotography #Shinjuku #Tokyo #Tourism #PrePandemic

@kristyhamilton #RedRockCanyon is my favorite place in the world. I love the #CalicoHills

I took this picture on the last day of the #BeforeTimes (March, 2020), socially distanced.

Maui. Four years ago this week. 🌴🏖️🌊

#Beforetimes #Maui #Hawaii #Kihei #WestMauiMountains #Travel #TravelPhoto

Ordered 3 more pairs of the jeans that make my ass look like a cupcake. I’m phasing out all my #BeforeTimes skinny jeans. They are all falling apart. I still have lots of clothing that I never unpacked from when I moved from Rochester. I’m gonna go though everything and create a mountain to take to #GoodWill. It’s time to let it all go. I am never going back to work in a formal office environment. The world has changed.

Walked into the first company #allhands in three years, and it struck me that I knew none of these people!

Eventually found folk from the #beforetimes and met some who had only been virtual until now.

This photo is from the #BeforeTimes but I am loving #StandingStoneSunday, so here’s my tribute: the electrifying Castlerigg in the Lake District, which I reckon must be one of the most perfect settings for any stone circle anywhere.