tbh I kind of think it's the opposite - Starbucks has a crazy amount of cash sitting in their bank account from gift cards that will never be used. using them takes some of that cash away from them
Me [after unveiling a new half-baked plan]: “I am simply dragged through life by my passions!”
My husband [affectionately]: “yeah, I am also dragged through life by your passions”
That’s incredible, actually
I'd much rather have a society where racists feel the need to use dog whistles than one where they don't. That doesn't mean I'm fooled by the dog whistles or am defending the whistling racists, it means I want a society where racism is seen as shameful.
I’m on a work trip right now, which means I’m going to have to admit to my boss at breakfast tomorrow that I’m extra tired because I was up all night learning new Taylor Swift lyrics
there was so little guidance from the government on this shutdown that my husband was checking the betting markets the last few days to guess at whether he was gonna get furloughed
keep seeing “who is this for??” and I’m pretty sure the answer is “my husband”
I’d go hang out, tbh. I like quite a few of these! I’m not fancy!
I try not to be a hater, but we just watched Materialists, and I hated almost every minute of it. I think I need to be done with Celine Song movies
Not to brag, but we had a big group dinner this weekend and I knew the most about what everyone has been up to, so I think I get an A+ in Friend Homework for the month
My friend’s sister watched her kids and they wouldn’t go to sleep, so she played them lullabies
Accidentally played them a joke song called “twinkle twinkle little bitch” and now they won’t stop singing it
We both like our jobs quite a lot, but if we could just putter around tending to our little home and loving each other, that would be a perfect life, I think
“So, have you heard of the Merlin bird app??”
I mean… not no!
We briefly considered the Netherlands but it turns out you have to be an EU citizen to work at ESA… we’ve since found out that maaaany of our NASA friends have done the same Google search 🙃
This surprises me bc you love old movies!
Just for fun, I looked up total worldwide deaths from all causes in 2024. 62 million.
Our annual Summer Produce party was so so excellent
A feast! Now I’m ready for fall
They like shooting very special big guns out in the middle of nowhere and are all A+ gun owners, and I still wouldn’t care if they couldn’t do that ever again
The last time I tried to have that conversation publicly, I posted on Facebook and my aunt replied “you would take away the favorite hobby of your dad, uncles, and cousins??”
And I was like ”well, yes…” and it went about as well as you would expect
i think anyone saying he practiced politics the right way or that we should continue his work should first have to read out loud his last days worth of posts to someone they love who doesnt know who he is
[adds to meal plan]
Yeah it does feel less culturally referenced than a lot of other classics!
When you finish, you should read James by Percival Everett. Really great/interesting retelling, would be fun to read back to back
I was for gun control yesterday, and I’m for gun control today
Because I have never believed that these random acts of violence are a fair price to pay for the second amendment, and I’m not foolish enough to expect that a culture awash in guns will spare me
feels like my whole project list is a budget cut right now...
floor power in a renovation involves trenching the concrete slab. it's pretty expensive, and unfortunately the workaround is kinda hideous:
very common budget cut, especially in a renovation!
no surprised that brett ”almost certainly flunked his remedial classes” kavanaugh thinks the constitution authorizes a race-based federal “papers please” regime. quick, someone ask him what he thinks of the fugitive slave act.
I‘m not sure I’ve ever wanted to slap someone on my tv screen before (presidential appearances excluded)
every year the VMAs roll around and remind me of my age bc who are these people… no, nevermind, this is none of my business
One of our neighbors got one, and it’s soooo fckin cute. Why are so few companies making cute cars?!
You’d think mine would be Melissa, but it’s Ashley for some reason
Our friends just bought 55 acres of land, and now I’m trying to convince them that our friend group should build a cottage court and all raise our kids together
