Random 3 for September 13, 2026 – Birthdays, food tastes, scams

It was a slow week for excitement so only three thoughts for today.

Happy birthday Mom! – Today is my mom’s birthday. She would be over 100 at this point. She died in 1986 and I still miss her! (and her cooking!)

Another side effect of aging! – My food tastes are changing. Last year I fell in love with black raspberry soft-serve ice cream. I couldn’t get enough of it. After a summer of no ice cream shop visits, we finally went this week. Meh. I’ll probably go back to Vanilla. A long time ago, I worked across the street from a large department store with the best ice cream counter. Tin roof was my favorite and sometimes it was my lunch. Sadly, as I’ve aged, I’ve become more lactose sensitive so now I must take meds to eat ice cream. That’s just wrong!

“Let’s reset your password” – That is the latest scam. Sometimes the message is from places you never heard of but sometimes they look legit. Our local hospital put out a message that there is a scam asking you to reset your password for their patient portal. I don’t ever respond to emails like that directly. If I get one, I’ll go to their website (without using any link) and see if there is a message for me. Nope, never. I got 10 emails like this a day for a week. Now it seems to have stopped. The scammers are throwing jelly at the wall to see what sticks or in this case clicks.

So how was your week?

14 thoughts on “Random 3 for September 13, 2026 – Birthdays, food tastes, scams

  1. I don’t mind being lactose intolerant. It’s a reminder that my body is not a fan and that I should indulge sparingly. BFF has ice cream daily. I might have a small bowl of vanilla with blueberries once or twice a month . . . accompanied by a little dairy relief pill.

    Happy Birthday to your mom. Wouldn’t it be nice to travel through time and be reunited with persons, places, and pets that we have loved and lost?

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  2. Happy Birthday Mom. Here’s hoping you’re having your favorite ice cream flavor, mine being butterscotch. Though I do know how our taste buds become finicky, like one of Kate’s cats. The only thing I NEVER get tired of is coffee. Hi Sasha, hi Gus, Hi Kate. :)

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  3. Love the cartoon! The scam mail is so annoying. I get multiple calls and emails daily “following up on my request for funding” for a business I closed 5 years ago. And never needed funding anyway. It is exhausting.

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