I_Fart_Glitter

I had a similar, but opposite experience. I got very into The Three Body Problem. The Dark Forest was good, but not really my cup of tea, but I'd heard such good things I carried on. I did not like Death's End one bit and was really trying to slog through but threw in the towel half way through, looking for something light and fun and magical to cleanse the palate after that gory depression fest. I picked up The Color of Magic by Terry Pratchett (delightful) and didn't read any sci-fi for a year or so.

Clackety clackety swishety clack. Every time there is a breeze.

So you're saying that.... video killed the radio star..?

Redfin has been doing this for a while. It's like "Oh wow! That amazing property is wildly within my price range! ....oh... 100% chance of flooding in the next 30 years... but only 9% chance of wildfire! I like those odds!"

I'm closer to a harbor seal, I think..

I was not aware they left for May, June and July. I will be slightly less nervous in the water during those months going forward.

I was just pointing out that this is the reason tons of people in the US don't want universal health care. They don't want the government deciding what health care they receive, just like you don't want them deciding what your children eat. And they don't want their taxes paying for something that someone else receives.

You're both being... short sighted, shall we say.

LOL. The Canadian who gets government funded health care for all is being persnickety about hungry children getting government funded lunch in another country.

Mine have gotten better every time. The first one was fucking miserable. I felt like I had broken glass in my joints and I got absurdly large pimples/boils on my back and chest. I got a milder version of the same with the second and third ones. I think this was shot number 8 (?) and it was just a bit sore at the injection site. Use the muscle before it gets sore, just raise your arm above your head whenever you think about it and you don't get that lasting pain there.

It's $100 minimum to get anything delivered from the hardware store a mile from my house. It's $20 rent a pickup from U-haul for their 4 hour minimum. I do that maybe 4X per year. I drive a little electric car now, but when I had a Prius V (station wagon one) with the seats folded down I could fit as much in there as a light duty pickup.

Two teachers at my high school got married and both of them changed their full names. They chose a last name to share- after a saint they both resonated with, and each chose new first and middle names. They felt it marked the new chapter in their lives, that as they became one, they were both new people. They were both the young, cute, cool teachers that everyone had crushes on so we all thought it was super creative and cool.