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Writer. Editor. Dad jokester. Recovering journalist. Tryin' to get up that great big hill of hope for a destination.
Mostly non-work-related.

[Dᴀɴ Gᴏʟᴅᴇɴ @_DanGolden]

Update for the 2 of you who might still be on this platform:
Therapist in this case finally had her disciplinary hearing last week. Ended up with a 4-month suspension, a $4000 fine and a required course in ethics and boundaries.
No news on the cat.

[Dᴀɴ Gᴏʟᴅᴇɴ @_DanGolden]

The saga started in September 2022, after the therapist ("Defendant" in this filed petition for disciplinary action) had been providing services to "Client A" for nearly a year. A cat ("Eve") was gifted to the client's daughter.

[Dᴀɴ Gᴏʟᴅᴇɴ @_DanGolden]

Aside: If this had been in PACER, I totally would have expected to see it in @SeamusHughes' https://t.co/kFDxZN8wcu

[Dᴀɴ Gᴏʟᴅᴇɴ @_DanGolden]

Did the 2008 Olympic Swimming trials in Omaha lead to significant reductions in the city's public school spending and student-teacher ratios? I need someone at @flatwaterfreep or @NE_Examiner to explain this just-published economics research paper to me.
https://t.co/FTSMWZDP9E

[Dᴀɴ Gᴏʟᴅᴇɴ @_DanGolden]

"Don't forget to eat a plate of ice cream every day"
"A little ice cream every day is good for baby"
Enjoying this random ad I spotted in a November 1918 issue of @OWHnews.

[Dᴀɴ Gᴏʟᴅᴇɴ @_DanGolden]

Anybody want to buy the Haunted Hollow theme park in La Vista?
Part of property package for sale if you've got $1.3 million. "Endless usage possibilities" including weddings and concerts, so the brochure says.
https://t.co/aj5wlbYWji

[Dᴀɴ Gᴏʟᴅᴇɴ @_DanGolden]

New favorite yard signs spotted near Benson.

[Dᴀɴ Gᴏʟᴅᴇɴ @_DanGolden]

Today's word of the day is "levitous," via a filing in a long-running federal case against the City of Omaha involving a protester injured by a police flashbang in 2020.

[Dᴀɴ Gᴏʟᴅᴇɴ @_DanGolden]

Been at @ChildrensNE a few days with my kid. Shout out to the nurse I overheard checking this morning to see if all her colleagues have voted or have a plan to in case she needed to stay late and help cover their patients.

[Dᴀɴ Gᴏʟᴅᴇɴ @_DanGolden]

@briangongol

[Dᴀɴ Gᴏʟᴅᴇɴ @_DanGolden]

Friend showed up to Bible study this morning in costume. Said, "I'm a lumberjack!" I instinctively responded with "And you're OK!"
Got blank looks from everyone. Apparently I am the only one in that friend group who was blessed with a solid grounding in the classics.

[Dᴀɴ Gᴏʟᴅᴇɴ @_DanGolden]

tfw when your child is having a major recent increase in symptoms from ongoing medical issues, so you try to make an appointment with his specialist and you're told:
Of course! Her next available is 7 months away. Should we put you on the schedule?

[Dᴀɴ Gᴏʟᴅᴇɴ @_DanGolden]

Happy "corn night," Omaha:

[Dᴀɴ Gᴏʟᴅᴇɴ @_DanGolden]

Back in the day, Halloween in Omaha was a multi-day event.
Corn night, then rice night, then cabbage night, then Halloween.

10/31/1901:

[Dᴀɴ Gᴏʟᴅᴇɴ @_DanGolden]

More than 500 other animals (including 350 raccoons and 46 skunks) were tested for rabies through July of this year. None were positive. And hundreds of raccoons were vaccinated for rabies across 37 square miles.
Read more: https://t.co/HY8TkgS5Or

[Dᴀɴ Gᴏʟᴅᴇɴ @_DanGolden]

In September 2023, a kitten in Omaha tested positive for Eastern raccoon rabies virus. It was the westernmost detection of the variant in the U.S. to date (850 miles west of the normal range) and it led to a quick and large response by local, state and federal authorities.

[Dᴀɴ Gᴏʟᴅᴇɴ @_DanGolden]

@OMAairport Just curious. You guys still use AFFF?

[Dᴀɴ Gᴏʟᴅᴇɴ @_DanGolden]

@WillieSwett cc @keribla, @MarshallProj

[Dᴀɴ Gᴏʟᴅᴇɴ @_DanGolden]

For Nebraska Corrections watchers:
A couple of letters in the most recent Nebraska Criminal Justice Review noted that "hobby orders" have been stopped. No more crocheting or painting for inmates.
https://t.co/mvqOOcg2hY

[Dᴀɴ Gᴏʟᴅᴇɴ @_DanGolden]

71 years ago today: Left turn ban begins on Dodge Street in Omaha, from 22nd to 52nd Streets.

[Dᴀɴ Gᴏʟᴅᴇɴ @_DanGolden]

Didn't make a lunch
Can I just eat lifesavers?
Poor choices at desk

#HaikuForToday

[Dᴀɴ Gᴏʟᴅᴇɴ @_DanGolden]

Interesting annual report this year from NE's Commission on Problem Gambling, now that we're a few years past casino legalization.
- 30% increase in Nebraskans seeking assistance.
- But casino tax revenue "far below the predictions made in 2021-22. "
https://t.co/OQONoARXLh

[Dᴀɴ Gᴏʟᴅᴇɴ @_DanGolden]

@heymooly Published in the World-Herald 81 years ago tomorrow: