Sometimes I think I’d prefer physical abuse instead of the constant emotional stuff that makes you doubt yourself decades later. Like, my therapist tells me it was bad but they’re a therapist, isn’t that what they’d say? Mommy Dearest told me no one beat me so it’s not abuse. Abuse is complicated.
I’m a queer librarian. I’m on a list somewhere.
Re: tumbling classes I think I got similar benefits from being bad at roller skating as a kid. I learned to fall gracefully and often, and tuck your hands close to your body so no one runs over your fingers.
I never stopped.
I’ve got too much baggage associated with Thanksgiving. Among other things, it’s when my mom blew up at me and told me we shouldn’t see each other, outside of funerals. (She is now confused about why I don’t visit, outside of funerals.)
Also, the American colonists overall were dicks to the indigenous folks, and the popular treatment of Thanksgiving helps paper over that history, or maybe that’s just where I grew up.
I really just want to know where the bathrooms and sitting areas are.
Snow boots that change color in the cold. I had those as a toddler and they were the coolest things ever.
We used to have a sandwich shop at my office that would do lox and veggies on a bagel for maybe $6. They also had an avocado bagel for $4. They were replaced by a Starbucks in a different building on campus and it’s not as good and more expensive.
Same. Sometimes I’ll add in a bagel with cream cheese and tomato.
At about that age, I enjoyed putting together dominos runs and knocking them down. I also liked wooden building blocks. Nowadays they have building made out of dense foam which probably hurt less when your baby brother knocks your tower onto your head.
I had a marble run at about 6. It was awesome.
Sidenote: shout-out the Cyberiad by Stanisław Lem, a Polish author.
That’s just because you haven’t met my label maker. It does the letters one at a time, manually, embossed into a strip of plastic.
Mine’s fine. My partner is also dating someone else and that person is awesome. Sometimes my partner is gone for a weekend, which means I get the whole condo to myself, can take up the whole dining table with my hobby mess, and can order delivery food that would give him heartburn (instead of ordering from someplace he can also order from).
Sometimes his girlfriend visits us, which is a great impetus to clean the condo. She’s also a great cook ☺️
Exactly. Cards can’t be slower than an Internet connection.
I’ve been enjoying Kagi. You pay a monthly fee (there’s a free trial) and get good search results. You can even tailor the results to prioritize or deprioritize various sites. For example, I told it to never show me anything from Pinterest.
I’m just giving to drop this link here. (Because it’s interesting, not because Nazis lack agency)
I use mine as my daily driver. It’s cute and sufficient. I still have a large smartphone at home for some things, but the Star is what I take into the world.
I’d think of it more as a way to lock in housing costs, rather than a way to buy a home. For example, I bought my condo 5 years ago. My apartment rent was say $2200/month including fees. My condo was $2000/month including fees, with a 15-year mortgage.
Five years later and my old apartment is listed for $3100/month. My condo is only $2200/month (fees went up).
I expect the spread to get worse over time.
Edit: not sure the cost would be lower enough monthly to justify the extra interest, but maybe there’s an edge case where it makes sense?