Horse With No Name. Has a limited vocal range, and the humans will give no love.

We joke / complain about this all the time at work. Boss puts in some drop-everything emergency ticket.

Windows Update: Imma let you finish, but first I gotta do some work 'round here.

Invest in aluminum foil now.

Thanks! I will see what they have. Didn’t know Harvard offered free courses.

Some tropes of the 80s and 90s: Teenagers ignoring their family while listening to a Walkman. Dads reading the newspaper and ignoring their family. Moms talking on the landline phone with friends and neighhbors. Nerds reading comic books. Dads playing golf. Mom shopping. Teens just “hanging out” at some random place like a parking lot, near a lake, under a bridge, behind the band hall, etc. Smoking. Crossword puzzles. Jigsaw puzzles. Cards.

Well, that’s what I get for punching down on our gumbo-eating friends.

On the internet, nobody knows you’re the 43rd president, just trying to put food on your family.

Woops. At least I didn’t confuse Iraq with Ukraine…this time.

Ha! Corrected. Thanks.

Louisiana: basic literacy is not their strong suit.

Good advice already replied. Definitely have a business-only phone and a personal-only phone. I’d consider two different phone OS’s if you can. Keep crossover data as minimal as possible.

Would love to read a follow-up post from you 6-12 months down the line. Best of luck. It’s absurd how difficult this is in 2024.

FINALLY! I can open the vault…

Godammitnothingfits.

Me, too. It’s an interesting choice.

It was a global success (translated into over 500 languages and has sold over 140 million copies). That doesn’t seem like much compared modern movies or TV shows, but for a book those are really good numbers. Dr. Seuss sold over 600 million books but that’s spread over 60 different titles. Could be a generational thing. I remember seeing “The Little Prince” in a lot of homes in the 80s.

Not the best, but Koyaanisqatsi is pretty trippy. The music adds a lot to it, but it would still be visually interesting without it.

Jackalope: Am I a joke to you? I hope so. It’s kind of my thing.

Goddammit, I’m an 80s kid and refuse to accept otherwise. Now somebody please help me attach these tennis balls to my walker.

One of my buddies thinks she’s plain / unattractive. Love the guy, but he’s a complete idiot in this regard.

I love yours, and have one almost identical to it. But it’s probably not one I would share with say, coworkers or casual friends. I have a “public and plausible” wish in addition to the fantastic and semi-private one. My public and plausible wish is usually that our lotto pool at work finally hits all the numbers. Considering the odds of that happening, it’s damned unlikely, but at least it’s theoretically possible. So maybe I should call it my “public and barely plausible wish”.

Yup! It’s some kind of redneck macho moron thing with some of them. The same types who mock you for using an umbrella when it rains, or wearing a coat when it’s cold, etc.