Rarely and I live in red state Ohio. Yard signs and flags are all over the place

Consolation prize: the Gene Wilder documentary on Netflix is pretty good if you haven’t already seen it

Yeah I’ll give em $20 some years and never got hit with emails. EDIT: just checked i have 2 solicitation in my inbox this year

What do you think subsidies are?

My state will subsidize child care for parents under a certain income. Nobody is saying anyone will get in trouble for babysitting family members. You could simply Google it and save yourself some typing and a whole lot of embarrassment

Try googling it. It my state day cares must be registered and it looks like there’s lots of regulations. If there is any government funding you can bet your britches there are inspections.

I haven’t known anyone to do this but I always thought managing social media accounts for small businesses would be a good side hustle. A steakhouse restaurant nearby went out of business in a year. They spent a ton of money on remodeling and a billboard with a logo but weren’t even listed on Google Maps. I’ll wager some businesses would be willing to barter in order to keep things simple

Getting paid for it crosses a threshold I’ll bet

I find with stuff like this it’s important to understand the context of when it first came out. Had a neighbor say he didn’t get the appeal of the Ramones because a lot of bands sound similar. I told him when the Ramones came out NOBODY sounded like that. Another is David Letterman. By the time he retired he was nothing special but when he first started it was groundbreaking.

Most of the time just the headline. If it’s obviously opinion I’ll often skip. If the headline is a question I’ll usually skip. If it’s an obviously horrific story I’ll skip. If it’s something that is relevant or useful I’ll read. You are what you eat. That applies to your eyes and ears as well as your mouth

That I never watched the final Star Wars movie. I was 10 years old in 1977 when the original came out

I quit playing video games in my mid 30’s. Pretty much went cold turkey. Why would you want to start now? Plenty of healthier things to do with your time

“for your kids sake” is the only part that should be relevant. This is for you to decide. If the answer is no that’s ok but you owe him an explanation. If the answer is yes you have it in you to make everyone else uncomfortable

If you are still on X yet couldn’t bring yourself to vote for Kamala because of Palestine then WTF?

This just made my day

While working i am occasionally in parking garages which can be dark and creepy. If i see a woman walking alone I’ll try to make some noise like pulling out my keys. People with bad intentions will be stealthy, hopefully they get that I’m not a threat

The Brookings Institute

Everyone is smart about something but dumb about most things

One of my regular customers is a factory that’s been around 100+ years. My contact there was a maintenance man who retired and was difficult to replace. The young guy that replaced him gets caught jacking off on security cameras. They give him a stern warning and he gets caught jacking off again. Fired.

“Come and knock on our door…”