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In my sopranos rewatch, I’m now at the point where they occasionally talk about how they’re skimming money from the construction of the Newark Museum of Science and Trucking lmao

I learned that when George R R Martin started making Game of Thrones money he bought a second house next door to his current house, and that’s been my rich person fantasy ever since

When that one girl posted Crow from MST3K, now *that* was a Hear Me Out

The deal with the cheesecake restaurant, of course, is that it’s *not* fancy while still being a place that works for special occasions. You can go there to celebrate a high school graduation, you can take little kids and grandparents there, you can book a giant table for a big group.

The deal with the cheesecake restaurant, of course, is that it’s *not* fancy while still being a place that works for special occasions. You can go there to celebrate a high school graduation, you can take little kids and grandparents there, you can book a giant table for a big group.

Just scrolling lists of ballads copyrighted in London in the 1500s and 1600s, for fun. Would love to listen songs like “The Repulsive Maid” or “A Brief Discourse of Four Cruel Murders”

We need a name for this game where you pretend that Ordinary Americans are basically Charles Dickens orphan characters who just came to life straight from a book. One thing about Americans, poor or not - they do know what the deal is with the Cheesecake Factory

I got unemployment insurance twice, once in California and once in Virginia. In California it was very bureaucratic and if you needed to call someone on the phone it took like 45 minutes. In Virginia all the forms were wrong and out of date and the website help started with this lecture:

When I was getting unemployment, it was for temporary furloughs, not for being out of work. But all of the basic instructions were for people who were laid off and looking for a new job.

I got unemployment insurance twice, once in California and once in Virginia. In California it was very bureaucratic and if you needed to call someone on the phone it took like 45 minutes. In Virginia all the forms were wrong and out of date and the website help started with this lecture:

Things like getting my address registered for utilities, or getting my car inspected, involved dealing with some difficult personalities with their own little fiefdoms within the govt

I got unemployment insurance twice, once in California and once in Virginia. In California it was very bureaucratic and if you needed to call someone on the phone it took like 45 minutes. In Virginia all the forms were wrong and out of date and the website help started with this lecture:

Movie pitch: a big action disaster movie set at the Olympics. The group of survivors all have to work together with their different sport skills to survive. Pole vaulting and deadlifting and shit. Maybe the shot putter can throw a tiny gymnast across a chasm or something.

One of the Olympic archers turns out to be evil and is firing arrows at them. At the end the hero has to let go of their gold medal to save a hated rival.

Movie pitch: a big action disaster movie set at the Olympics. The group of survivors all have to work together with their different sport skills to survive. Pole vaulting and deadlifting and shit. Maybe the shot putter can throw a tiny gymnast across a chasm or something.

As a Californian, I have to say that I have seen this at least a couple of times

I need to talk to my kid about politics more. I’ve kind of downplayed it or put it off for a lot of reasons, but it’s finding him anyway and has been for a long time.

So yeah, it probably would have been better to talk to him about these things *befofe* he found himself in high stress emergency situations involving them. Gonna try to do that.

I need to talk to my kid about politics more. I’ve kind of downplayed it or put it off for a lot of reasons, but it’s finding him anyway and has been for a long time.

There are things we’ve had to talk about. He’s been very worried about it Trump ever since the ice raids around town last year, which had a palpable effect on our life. I don’t think he really knew who Trump was before that.