The Lounge

Last Call

Last Call: 10-31-20

10/31/2020 Ms. G 0

Happy Halloween, everyone! First off, please give a warm welcome to our newest member of our moderating team, PMSwithESP. Welcome aboard, PMS; we are so glad to have you. So, 3 days until the big MORE

It's 5:00 Somewhere

It’s 5:00 Somewhere

10/30/2020 PMSwithESP 0

Does this look like a guy who would approve of the Trump campaign using his music at superspreader rallies? Nope. While many artists have objected to the use of their songs on Trump’s campaign trail, MORE

Talk o Tuesday

Talko Tuesday 10-27-20

10/27/2020 Ms. G 0

One week away from what’s known as the political junkies’ Super Bowl–ELECTION DAY! I hope everyone has their ballots in for those who chose to vote by mail or vote early. Anyway–please feel free to MORE

Last Call

Last Call: 10-24-20

10/24/2020 Ms. G 0

Goooooood evening, News Viewers and Happy Ten Days until the election. If you haven’t voted yet; please do so! PLEASE DO SO. So, we had a discussion about posting videos and links to videos that MORE

It's 5:00 Somewhere

It’s 5:00 Somewhere

10/23/2020 PMSwithESP 0

Today marks the beginning of Big Ten Football, a conference that has agreed upon an eight game conference-only schedule. I should thank Trump for his intervention, right? Otherwise, how would I ever go on? I’ll MORE

Talk o Tuesday

Talko Tuesday 10-20-20

10/20/2020 Ms. G 0

Kind of an odd date when you see it ‘spelled’ out: 10-20-20. It kind of has a nice ring to it or I’m just being weird, probably. It also makes us one day closer to MORE

Last Call

Last Call: 10-17-20

10/17/2020 Ms. G 0

Wow, now October is half over. This year has flown by for me and it just seems that all the days of the week and months of the year pretty much have all run together. MORE

It's 5:00 Somewhere

It’s 5:00 Somewhere

10/16/2020 PMSwithESP 0

Welcome back to “The Lounge” for October 16, 2020. You do realize it’s only 18 days until Election Day? In my view, that calls for a drink! We’ve made it this far! And just think MORE

Last Call

Last Call: 10-10-20

10/10/2020 Ms. G 0

Yeah, I’m way late. Just got back from picking up our wine shipment at one of the wineries owned by members of Tower of Power, called my mother, and started some paella for dinner. So, MORE

It's 5:00 Somewhere

It’s 5:00 Somewhere

10/09/2020 PMSwithESP 0

Bottoms up to 2020. We’ve had to deal with a lot, haven’t we? From lockdowns, civil unrest, economic uncertainty, over 213,000 souls lost to COVID-19 and the efforts to dethrone the sitting president on November MORE

Free Chat Friday

Free Chat Friday, Week 42

10/09/2020 Rachel Kennedy 0

Happy Friday News Viewers — I would’ve had this posted earlier except I ran into technical problems— those tech problems resulted in Major psych problems — I’m sure Moderna or AstraZeneca are whipping up a MORE

Last Call

Last Call: 10-03-20

10/03/2020 Ms. G 0

Goooooooood evening, News Viewers. Thirty more days to the election, providing one candidate lives and the other stays healthy. It’s been a hell of a week in COVID-19 news culminating with the announcement that Trump, MORE

It's 5:00 Somewhere

It’s 5:00 Somewhere

10/02/2020 PMSwithESP 0

Well, who knew that our virus fatigue and our Trump fatigue would commingle into this kind of peculiar Happy Hour? It seems that the news today traveled faster than SARS-CoV-2, and left us wondering how MORE

Last Call

Last Call: 9-26-20

09/26/2020 Ms. G 0

Gooooooood evening, News Viewers. I hope you’re enjoying the last weekend in September. We’re now only 37 days away from what is presumed to be a very, chaotic election day. Just get your ballots in MORE

It's 5:00 Somewhere

It’s 5:00 Somewhere

09/25/2020 PMSwithESP 0

It seems appropriate for our Friday News Views Happy Hour to be Ladies Night. Today’s conversation with my dear sweet dimunitive mom quickly led to us talking about the life and death of a cultural MORE

Last Call

Last Call: 9-19-20

09/19/2020 Ms. G 0

44 days, amicos!!! 44 days and We the People get our ONLY CHANCE to save democracy, our country from fascism, and to kick that Orange Sociopath the hell out of The People’s House. Get registered, MORE

Talk o Tuesday

Talko Tuesday 9-15-20

09/15/2020 Ms. G 0

Good morning, News Viewers! Just saw the weather report and it looks like CA is finally cooling down and the smoke may start dissipating. I look forward to a cool down and less smoke because MORE

Last Call

Last Call: 9-12-20

09/12/2020 Ms. G 0

Live from smokey, haze crazed California! Yes, the air quality is a putrid 200 AQI where I live; San Francisco comes in 201 AQI. We were supposed to walk down the street to a local MORE

It's 5:00 Somewhere

It’s 5:00 Somewhere

09/11/2020 PMSwithESP 0

Peaches are everywhere at my house. All from one tree in my back yard. They’re on my patio, they’re on the kitchen counter, they’re in baskets, they’re in bags. Manna from the peach gods (that’s MORE