Your cat will respect that, once she gets over being pissed at your not noticing her camouflaged on the stair. Because how dare you.

Being actually mean is stressful.

Wow. Paying your kids’ bills in college is so great if you can manage.

That’s the one. Substack is opinionated agenda writing, but with added libel and without all that pesky journalism. If I have to choose only between those two sources, it’s not gonna be good.

I think there have been more than 2 already.

We had a lineman up here get attacked by a cougar. Fought off the cat with a 4-inch pocketknife, got himself out of the bush and to a highway before getting a ride to the hospital.

Absolute badass.

Was it there? Over there?

generally not born simultaneously

I’d say definitely not born simultaneously. Can you imagine?

everytime

Needs a space there. If I had a nickel…

I think the meme-ness here is shaky, but I for one will allow it.

stop, this

Stop calling me Stop.

#commaSplice

Palmetto bugs.

In NJ they were 3 inches long, sleek and black and abhorrent. Ugh!

My old boss, as a child, adopted three orphaned kits.

He’ll confirm there’s nothing illogical about fearing those little thumbed miscreants.

Anecdotal evidence being what it is, trends have smaller dogs being more prone to biting – small dog syndrome. Bigger dogs can be dicks if they’re raised poorly, but are less prone to bite.

Stop by a shelter or pet store (don’t buy from a pet store)

Pet stores in my area exclusively stock shelter dogs with the most personality so they can facilitate adoptions (for a transaction fee). So, ‘buying’ from a pet store gets you a shelter dog.

How did this happen? I apologize for my mistakes and back it up with changed behavior, and Ive never hit him. He is his own person, and I am his safe person. This also means he sometimes will take his anger out on me. I dont take anything he says personally, because he is just a kid, expierencing emotions he doesnt yet know how to regulate. So, not taking his comments personally.

Fantastic. Humility is a great combo while still setting boundaries and guiding development.

#bothSides and people trying to avoid understanding

• in effectively a binary race, the conservatives win when turnout is lower. Take a bow.
• if you don’t vote for the better option, you’re begging for the worst. Self-high-5.
• voting for a can’t win third-party is like spoiling a vote but less fun at parties. Dip a chip.

Aida on Freakin’ Broadway in NYC. I’m not a theatre type but I was in the area for a few years, and the performance was everything I hoped to see in a real broadway play; but I was a little disappointed to learn people do not dress up - biz-casual at least - to see a show.

be prepared to take a (minor) paycut and/or not work on something “shiny and impressive” in exchange for a better working environment.

I can confirm this is an excellent plan. Anecdotal as it is, I traded a fast-paced job with great people and terrible management for a slower-paced job working on things that do not interest me at all, with excellent peers and fantastic management. The change in working environment (and recognition of WFH as work) has made a huge difference.

My pay cut was 3% initially, but the rate increases of the new job has outpaced that of the old, and it’s a few percent in my favour now. I’m pleased and relieved, and I hope its boring self can continue for a few years while I derive satisfaction and joy from interactions at work, and accomplishments and leisure outside of work.

The park has been fenced off for weeks of renovations.

Ah. So that’s where the tunnel goes, and where the escape-Denalis are parked.