Pet tortoise?

Leave their houses to their pets when they die.

That works best for people who have a few hundred million in cash. I got about tree fiddy.

I have yet to see F4. Reviews have sounded pretty middling. Most people are vaguely positive about it but with some criticisms.

I enjoyed Thunderbolts a lot, but it’s a character story. For as powerful a character as Sentry is, this was a very small movie in a good way. If you enjoy character work, I think it’s the best of the three.

And then there is Superman. Maybe it’s just because I haven’t seen a good Superman movie in over 40 years, but I really loved this movie. It’s got heart. It’s got big characters with great chemistry. It is a little bit camp, but it understands and respects Superman. It’s not afraid to slow down for a couple of character beats, but there is a stopwatch running the whole time and it is a little relentless. Plus the music incorporates John Williams’s theme and I loved every note of it.

bone-conducting headphones

Very curious to try. I bought some surprisingly cheap ones to see if it would be worth spending more on them, but the ones I received said nothing about bone conduction so the ad was a flat out lie.

Air-fryer

Yes

Firefly

Yes

I’m a software developer, but I spent three months chucking boxes in the back of a truck for General Motors one summer. Some days, my brain is fried after six hours at my job, but the physical labor work I could do for 12 hours and walk out feeling almost refreshed.

I sometimes wish I could go through a day of work just… doing. Not wracked with indecision or trying to figure out which tradeoff I won’t regret in three weeks. The idea of going into a framed house and wiring up electric all day and then going home — without ever having done it or experiencing the downsides of course— it sounds really nice.

Of course my back and joints couldn’t keep up at fifty like they did at twenty-two, and I met a bunch of functional addicts working that job and I wouldn’t have wanted to get swept up in that.

I’ve never heard that name in my life, and I’m petty sure I don’t care one way or another. My daughter gets wrapped up in internet drama and I can’t for the life of me understand why. I am not drawn to drama but were I, there is plenty to be found in my own life. It’s all so performative and pointless — the good and the bad.

Outside of the oath to tell the truth in a legal proceeding, which has very specific terms and consequences for violation, oaths are ceremony. Perhaps a vain hope the divine will hold someone accountable even if no earthly authority can.

Although if we do decide to hold people to their oaths, I’d like to start with oaths to follow and defend the constitution.

As long as it’s a sample of your work I think that’s fine. I don’t think it has to be (or can be) from a previous job, as that might violate employment agreements.

How did this take 8+ fucking years?

It’s not illegal for law enforcement to lie to you even if they know it’s a lie. Isn’t this a great system? Happy Friday!

I’m certain that comment was dry humor, which I rather enjoy.

Billionaires.