They’re boot lick’en good!

Oh great, we’re on the Darth Jar Jar timeline.

A few of them, we are still friends, and they did find their own success, but most of them I have no idea what happened after I moved away. A lot of these friendships were born of necessity and only surface level.

At night on walks!? We are talking about the dangers of walking alone at night. Are 13 year old boys afriad to walk in the park because they will get jumped by pedophiles of the opposite gender?

It is good advice if you can save the money. One of the things I learned when I was desperately poor is you must lean on your community of other poor poeple. Trading favors is how we survived. If my friend didn’t have enough for food we fed them. We worked on each other’s cars. We had to live close to each other because we didn’t have gas money or reliable transportation. It sucked.

Now that I have escaped the poverty trap and have an emergency fund, it’s like I’ve activated a cheat code. Everything it easier when you have immediate money.

Agreed, I wish people built better instead of just slapping AC over the problem.

Problem is, I moved somewhere cold so I wouldn’t have to run the AC, and now summers here are just as hot as they were where I grew up. I can’t take the heat but it seems to be following me wherever I go.

Starlink is the only thing that works at my house. It is amazing. The difference between the less than dial up speeds of Hugesnet and the damn near Comcast high speed that is Starlink. It’s the only way I can view the internet as more than just text blocks.

My cats. They want things and as soon as they know I am awake they will come get me up. Unlike an alarm clock they have zero snooze.

I never liked his books. Just kept trying and trying to get into them, seemed like everyone was reading Sandman and American gods and I was just struggling to finish Neverwhere. Like there was something just…wrong about it. Now I’m thinking I saw something under those words he wrote. Something I didn’t like.

I established a solid bedtime routine. Take shower, brush teeth, read a little of something like a book or short story (no news) and then settle into bed. I also use a certain hand lotion right before bed, and only before bed. The smell tells me, it’s time to sleep now. Keeping it consistent even when I am smoking again really helps.

I got stuck on a table leg. So that was fun.

Thanks for this!

Right now, climate change. This planet was a paradise and we ruined it for ourselves. I don’t think we have very long before ecosystems just start breaking down in massive ways.

Ah, a classic wizard battle

Hmmm my friend had a cat that was presenting as asthma and wasn’t responding to treatment. Turns out the apt she was renting had mold in the walls and she had to emergency move. I don’t want to freak you out, but also consider environmental factors as well. Best of luck to you are your kitty!

Sometimes I just want to go back to bed, and never leave it again. No more going to work, no more grocery shopping, no more chores, just me laying in my bed cozy and warm.

I believe Trump means what he says about the tariffs. I have been buying like crazy, trying to make sure I have new work clothes, shoes and some consumables going forward. Things like dish soap, detergent and the like. I don’t know what else to do except insulate myself as much as possible.

I’m nearby and we have been having lady bugs and stinkbugs everywhere too. Shits ridiculous.

I love strong black teas. English Bteakfast is my go to, but I love a good PG tips now and again.