Good thing I’m my own grandpa

If you put your hand out, they’ll either sniff you and go in for a head rub or turn their head away or hiss.

That’s a great indication of what kind of cat you’re dealing with… sometimes. Other times, they’ll run up to your leg and try to bowl you over with a cuddle. Then when you lean down for a scritch, they’ll try and bit your arm off.

Okay, but if we post this shit it gets upvotes. And I crave online attention and validation.

When I was living in apartments, the nicer spots would have big community fire pits in between blocks. They were great for mixing and mingling with other apartment residents, especially during the holidays or weekends with good weather.

One of the more annoying parts of being a home owner right now is getting people over to your place and finding places for all their cars. So much easier when everyone just kinda lives in the same two or three blocks and can walk over to catch a show or BBQ or play board games.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Active_listening

Really helps both the person talking and the person listening stay engaged. You’re encouraging the speaker to focus on the parts of the conversation you find interesting. They’re receiving feedback, so they know what they’re saying is being valued and encouraged.

They look like a good idea until you have to vacuum.

Why do you think Bill was always sending down all that lotion?

I always considered meditation a kind-of inward focus. Like, you’re not ridding yourself of thoughts. You’re deliberately ignoring outside stimulus. That’s why people meditating will typically close their eyes, relax their body, play some kind of white noise to deaden outside sounds, burn some incense to occlude any distracting scents, etc. Also why some kind of physical practice like long distance running or yoga is helpful - you’re leveraging exhaustion to encourage relaxation.

For someone with ADHD, that probably does feel like a superpower. But it’s more like a muscle that you develop over time. Little kids are notoriously bad at it. Much older people tend to fall into a meditative state more easily.

The mythology of neurotypical/neurodivergent discourse is ten times as fascinating as the actual science.

The fact that nobody watched the damned thing but everyone seems to want to talk about it should say something about the state of American politics.

Who is holding the camera?

Everything Israel does coordinates with Russias goals

Where do you get this stuff?

Only catch is, one of these people is the target of CIA hit squads and the other gets a standing ovation in the US Capital.

Like, you can’t talk to me about influence peddling and not talk about J-Street. Let me know when Washington DC has an R-Street and we can talk about their relative influence.

Liberty protects but does not bind

Tyranny binds but does not protect

Heterosexuality.

Not even once.

Lived in an apartment complex with a small pool at the center. It was an absolute breeding pit for mosquitoes which, in turn, became an all you can eat buffet for the bats.

But bats scared the neighbors, so an exterminator was called in to kill them all. And within a month, swarms of mosquitoes were all over the complex.

Bloomberg Democrats are just the new Reagan Democrats

I believe that I can go to the store and purchase a sense of security. Once I own a gun, I can indulge in revolutionary fantasies that aren’t complicated by material conditions.

Safety is just another thing we’ve commoditized. No need to struggle against my own alienation or form coalition with my neighbors.

It’s a direct quote

It’s religious mythology built atop historical cultural standards. Arguing over the age at which a literal angel impregnated a virgin is fucking absurd and has nothing to do with modern morals either inside or outside the religious traditions predicated on it.

Two-thousand years later, members of this same Christian faith have overhauled both the cultural and legal standards for marriage around the globe. Meanwhile, outspoken atheists like Richard Dawkins and Lawrence Krauss ended up all over the Epstein Files, despite unburdening themselves of archaic religious dogma.